linux-kernel - Re: move hyperv CHANNELMSG_UNLOAD from crashed kernel to kdump kernel

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Date:   Wed, 7 Dec 2016 17:39:53 +0100
From:   Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
To:     KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     "vkuznets@...hat.com" <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>
Subject: Re: move hyperv CHANNELMSG_UNLOAD from crashed kernel to kdump kernel

On Wed, Dec 07, KY Srinivasan wrote:

> May be a better solution might be to have a new mechanism to indicate
> to the host that all state of the previous incarnation of the kernel
> needs to be cleaned up.  This will be close to what we have on
> hardware.

That would be cool, but until this appears and until its deployed in
Azure and elsewhere I will likely lose the remaining hairs.

Olaf

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