linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 2/4] Drivers: hv: fcopy: restore correct transfer length

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Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:59:06 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     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,
        marcelo.cerri@...onical.com, sthemmin@...rosoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 2/4] Drivers: hv: fcopy: restore correct transfer
 length

On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 08:54:17PM -0700, kys@...hange.microsoft.com wrote:
> From: Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
> 
> Till recently the expected length of bytes read by the
> daemon did depend on the context. It was either hv_start_fcopy or
> hv_do_fcopy. The daemon had a buffer size of two pages, which was much
> larger than needed.
> 
> Now the expected length of bytes read by the
> daemon changed slightly. For START_FILE_COPY it is still the size of
> hv_start_fcopy.  But for WRITE_TO_FILE and the other operations it is as
> large as the buffer that arrived via vmbus. In case of WRITE_TO_FILE
> that is slightly larger than a struct hv_do_fcopy. Since the buffer in
> the daemon was still larger everything was fine.
> 
> Currently, the daemon reads only what is actually needed.
> The new buffer layout is as large as a struct hv_do_fcopy, for the
> WRITE_TO_FILE operation. Since the kernel expects a slightly larger
> size, hvt_op_read will return -EINVAL because the daemon will read
> slightly less than expected. Address this by restoring the expected
> buffer size in case of WRITE_TO_FILE.
> 
> Fixes: 'commit c7e490fc23eb ("Drivers: hv: fcopy: convert to hv_utils_transport")'
> Fixes: 'commit 3f2baa8a7d2e ("Tools: hv: update buffer handling in hv_fcopy_daemon")'

What's with the 'commit' here?

It should look like:
Fixes: c7e490fc23eb ("Drivers: hv: fcopy: convert to hv_utils_transport")

Please fix...