linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Drivers: hv: vmbus: fix error return code in vmbus

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Message-ID: <20130912110752.GI25896@mwanda>
Date:	Thu, 12 Sep 2013 14:07:53 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
Cc:	Wei Yongjun <weiyj.lk@...il.com>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
	"yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn" <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Drivers: hv: vmbus: fix error return code in
 vmbus_connect()

On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:36:46AM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote:
> When you try a given version, vmbus_negotiate_version() returns an error code
> if the host does not support that version. Hence, in this code you will not be able to
> run on anything prior to ws2012. I have already sent in a patch to fix that - if we timeout
> only then we jump to cleanup. In any event, if we tried all versions and none was acceptable
> to the host, we would return the value from vmbus_negotiate_version().
> 

First of all Wei's patch fixes an obvious bug.  Read the code.

If you already fixed it then what's the URL or the subject of your
email so we can look for it in our inbox.  Give us a clue here.

regards,
dan carpenter

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