linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] vhost: fix get_user_pages

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Message-ID: <20100224073424.GC27806@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:34:25 +0200
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	gleb@...hat.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.osdl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, markmc@...hat.com,
	herbert.xu@...hat.com, quintela@...hat.com, dlaor@...hat.com,
	avi@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] vhost: fix get_user_pages_fast error handling

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 11:04:28PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:37:37 +0200
> 
> > Dave, so while Rusty's on vacation, what's the best way to get vhost
> > infrastructure fixes in? Are you ok with getting pull requests and
> > merging them into net-next?  That should keep the clutter in your inbox
> > to the minimum.
> > 
> > Of course network changes would still go the usual way.
> 
> Well, who is providing oversight of vhost work while he's
> gone?

My plan was to get peer review of the patches before merging.
So far Juan Quintela and Gleb Natapov gave feedback.

> Has he, implicitly or explicitly, appointed a maintainer
> while he's away?

Implicitly, I guess. He said "if there's an issue Michael Tsirkin is the
best person to resolve it", this was wrt merging his virtio&lguest tree.
He didn't mention vhost, I wrote all of vhost though, there shouldn't be
an issue with that.

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MST
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