linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] vmw_balloon: addressing bugs and issues

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Message-ID: <09F9289C-9709-49CF-8592-48F1B4A2EF8E@vmware.com>
Date:   Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:13:52 +0000
From:   Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     Xavier Deguillard <xdeguillard@...are.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] vmw_balloon: addressing bugs and issues

at 4:00 PM, Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com> wrote:

> All of these patches are intended for 4.18:
> 
> - Patches 1-5 are bug fixes.
> - Patch 6 changes the GPL comment. It is actually required just to
>  remove the maintainers list from the source file (since it has
>  changed).
> - Patch 7 is an update to the maintainer list.
> 
> 
> This patch-set addresses minor issues and bugs in the VMware balloon
> driver. Patches 1-5 address bugs that were *not* reported by customers,
> but we would like to get them to 4.18 if possible.
> 
> Patches 1-4 are cc'd to stable. Patch 5 might be too big to be
> considered for stable.
> 
> We will send separately later a patch-set with new features to be set on
> top of this set, which will be intended for 4.19.
> 
> v2->v3:	* Removing empty lines (Greg)
> 	* Removing the GPL message entirely (Greg)
> 
> v1->v2:	* Reordering patches to have bug fixes first (Greg)
> 	* Fixing SPDX tag
> 	* Cc'ing stable when appropriate
> 
> Nadav Amit (7):
>  vmw_balloon: fix inflation of 64-bit GFNs
>  vmw_balloon: do not use 2MB without batching
>  vmw_balloon: VMCI_DOORBELL_SET does not check status
>  vmw_balloon: fix VMCI use when balloon built into kernel
>  vmw_balloon: remove inflation rate limiting
>  vmw_balloon: update copyright message
>  vmw_balloon: update maintainers list
> 
> MAINTAINERS                |   2 +-
> drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 181 +++++++++++--------------------------
> 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 128 deletions(-)
> 

Greg,

Any reservations regarding this version?

Thanks,
Nadav