linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Miscellaneous cleanup

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Message-ID: <20140829080807.GB842@sucs.org>
Date:	Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:08:08 +0100
From:	Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@...il.com>
To:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com,
	jasowang@...hat.com, decui@...rosoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Miscellaneous cleanup

On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 06:29:33PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> Cleanup hv_post_message() to minimize failures. Also disable preemption
> when sampling CPU ID when preemption is otherwise possible.
> 
> K. Y. Srinivasan (2):
>   Drivers: hv: vmbus: Cleanup hv_post_message()
>   Drivers: hv: vmbus: Properly protect calls to smp_processor_id()

These patches (on top of the "Drivers: hv: vmbus: Eliminate calls to
BUG_ON()" series) resolve an issue I was seeing  where the Hyper-V
framebuffer driver would fail when booting a 3.17.0-rc2 verification
kernel on a UP system.

Tested-by: Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@...oo.com>

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