linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 1/2] Drivers: hv: balloon: Fix a bug in the hot-add code

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Date:	Sun, 14 Jul 2013 02:03:19 +0000
From:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
CC:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"olaf@...fle.de" <olaf@...fle.de>,
	"apw@...onical.com" <apw@...onical.com>,
	"jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] Drivers: hv: balloon: Fix a bug in the hot-add code



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Hutchings [mailto:ben@...adent.org.uk]
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 5:13 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> devel@...uxdriverproject.org; olaf@...fle.de; apw@...onical.com;
> jasowang@...hat.com; Stable
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Drivers: hv: balloon: Fix a bug in the hot-add code
> 
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 09:07:19PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote:
> [...]
> > > Well now it might look like a bug that you don't test the result
> > > of wait_for_completion_timeout().  Maybe update the comment to
> > > explain why it's OK to continue anyway?
> >
> > I put in the comment in the patch explaining why it is ok to continue.
> [...]
> 
> But that is not nearly as easy to see as the comment that is
> already *in the code* which your patch isn't updating.

Agreed; I will resend the patch with comments added.

Thanks,

K. Y
> 
> Ben.
> 
> --
> Ben Hutchings
> We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.
>                                                               - Albert Camus
> 


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