linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH V2 1/5] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Get rid of unnecessary state in hv

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Date:   Wed, 24 Oct 2018 15:04:08 +0000
From:   Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
To:     KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "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>,
        "jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        vkuznets <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH V2 1/5] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Get rid of unnecessary state
 in hv_context

From: kys@...uxonhyperv.com <kys@...uxonhyperv.com>  Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 10:09 PM
> 
> Currently we are replicating state in struct hv_context that is unnecessary -
> this state can be retrieved from the hypervisor. Furthermore, this is a per-cpu
> state that is being maintained as a global state in struct hv_context.
> Get rid of this state in struct hv_context.
> 
> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> ---
>  drivers/hv/hv.c           | 10 +++-------
>  drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h |  2 --
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>