linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Fixes to Xen pcifront and pciback (v1)

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Date:	Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:38:22 +0000
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Tommi Airikka <tommi@...ikka.net>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
	<boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Fixes to Xen pcifront and pciback (v1)

On 15/02/16 14:35, David Vrabel wrote:
> On 11/02/16 21:10, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> These are patches that were developed for the Debian bug
>> 810379 which san Tommi had openned.
>>
>> The issue around from the two XSA fixes - which introduced
>> this regression.
> 
> Applied to for-linus-4.6, thanks.

I mean for-linus-4.5.

I also fixed the minor style quibbles.

David

> I rewrote some of the commit messages for clarity.  Please only put
> relevant information in them and for regression fixes, make sure it's
> clear what functionality regressed.
> 
> e.g. #1 now reads:
> 
>     Commit 408fb0e5aa7fda0059db282ff58c3b2a4278baa0 (xen/pciback: Don't
>     allow MSI-X ops if PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY is not set) prevented enabling
>     MSI-X on passed-through virtual functions, because it checked the VF
>     for PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY but this is not a valid bit for VFs.
> 
>     Instead, check the physical function for PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY.
> 
> David
>