linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/15] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Prevent sending data on a rescinded channel

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Date:   Mon, 5 Dec 2016 13:01:24 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     kys@...rosoft.com
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devel@...uxdriverproject.org, olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com,
        vkuznets@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
        leann.ogasawara@...onical.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/15] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Prevent sending data on a
 rescinded channel

On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 09:28:41AM -0800, kys@...hange.microsoft.com wrote:
> From: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> 
> After the channel is rescinded, the host does not read from the rescinded channel.
> Fail writes to a channel that has already been rescinded

What are the user visible effects of this bug?  Presumably none right
since it doesn't need to be back ported.

But it's absolutely impossible to tell from the commit message.

regards,
dan carpenter