linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] module_refcounting and anonymous inodes

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Date:	Tue, 9 Dec 2008 17:43:25 +0800
From:	Sheng Yang <sheng@...ux.intel.com>
To:	kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] module_refcounting and anonymous inodes

On Monday 08 December 2008 19:57:14 Avi Kivity wrote:
> Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, 2. Dezember 2008 schrieb Christian Borntraeger:
> >> Hello Avi,
> >>
> >> here is the latest respin of my fixes for the kvm module unload problem:
> >>
> >> [PATCH 1/2] anon_inodes: use fops->owner for module refcount
> >> [PATCH 2/2] kvm: set owner of cpu and vm file operations
> >
> > In the meantime patch 2 has a offset against the latest git. Should I
> > resend the patch or will you apply it anyway?
>
> Applied the patches; thanks for the reminder.

Should we push the first patch to 2.6.28? I got some trouble with the separate 
2nd patch, for I am using Linus' tree and make KVM as modules, so the 
reference count reduced to negative now... (Oh Avi, I know you suggest to use 
in kernel rather than modules, but module is indeed convenient. :) )

-- 
regards
Yang, Sheng
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