linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 05/13] vmbus: remove per channel state

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Date:   Sun, 12 Feb 2017 05:55:26 +0000
From:   KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
        "olaf@...fle.de" <olaf@...fle.de>,
        "apw@...onical.com" <apw@...onical.com>,
        "vkuznets@...hat.com" <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        "jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        "leann.ogasawara@...onical.com" <leann.ogasawara@...onical.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 05/13] vmbus: remove per channel state



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hemminger
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2017 8:39 AM
> To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>; KY Srinivasan
> <kys@...rosoft.com>
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; devel@...uxdriverproject.org;
> olaf@...fle.de; apw@...onical.com; vkuznets@...hat.com;
> jasowang@...hat.com; leann.ogasawara@...onical.com; Stephen
> Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
> Subject: RE: [PATCH 05/13] vmbus: remove per channel state
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@...uxfoundation.org]
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2017 6:47 AM
> To: KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; devel@...uxdriverproject.org;
> olaf@...fle.de; apw@...onical.com; vkuznets@...hat.com;
> jasowang@...hat.com; leann.ogasawara@...onical.com; Stephen
> Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>; Stephen Hemminger
> <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/13] vmbus: remove per channel state
> 
> On Sun, Feb 05, 2017 at 05:20:35PM -0700, kys@...hange.microsoft.com
> wrote:
> > From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
> >
> > The netvsc no longer needs per channel state hook to track receive buffer.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
> > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/hyperv.h |   14 --------------
> >  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> This patch breaks the build badly, I don't know how it passed anyone's
> build tests :(
> 
> The functions are still used in two different files.
> 
> I've applied the first 4 patches here, but really, I shouldn't have had
> to bisect down to the offending patch.
> 
> ugh.
> 
> greg k-h
> 
> In the set I submitted was the patch to remove usage of per channel state in
> netvsc.
> KY dropped it, because it already is in net-next. So this patch can wait until
> net-next is merged.
> The current split tree process is a pain and causes slow development cycles

Greg,

Sorry for the confusion; I will be resending the rest of the patches.

Thanks,

K. Y