linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] staging: hv: Fixed the value of the 64bit-hole inside ring buffer

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Message-ID: <20100803174405.GF1455@suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 3 Aug 2010 10:44:06 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Hank Janssen <hjanssen@...rosoft.com>
Cc:	"'linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org'" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'devel@...verdev.osuosl.org'" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	"'virtualization@...ts.osdl.org'" <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] staging: hv: Fixed the value of the 64bit-hole
 inside ring buffer

On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 05:31:57PM +0000, Hank Janssen wrote:
> From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
> 
> Fixed the value of the 64bit-hole inside ring buffer, this caused a problem on Hyper-V when running checked Windows builds.

What was the problem, and why would this fix it?  Was it a bug in this
code, by virtue that the code was incorrect in the client and the
checked builds properly warned of this, or something else?

thanks,

greg k-h
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