linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] HID: hyperv: Use in-place iterator API in the channel callback

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Date:   Tue, 3 Sep 2019 00:43:34 +0000
From:   Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
To:     "jikos@...nel.org" <jikos@...nel.org>,
        "benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com" <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        "linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Sasha Levin <Alexander.Levin@...rosoft.com>,
        "sashal@...nel.org" <sashal@...nel.org>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
CC:     "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] HID: hyperv: Use in-place iterator API in the channel
 callback

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2019 7:57 PM
> To: jikos@...nel.org; benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com;
> linux-input@...r.kernel.org; linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org; Stephen
> Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>; Sasha Levin
> <Alexander.Levin@...rosoft.com>; sashal@...nel.org; Haiyang Zhang
> <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>; KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>; Michael
> Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
> Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Dexuan Cui
> <decui@...rosoft.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] HID: hyperv: Use in-place iterator API in the channel callback
> 
> Simplify the ring buffer handling with the in-place API.
> 
> Also avoid the dynamic allocation and the memory leak in the channel
> callback function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
> ---
> 
> Hi Jiri, Benjamin, can this patch go through Sasha's hyperv tree:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hyperv/linux.git
> 
> This is a purely Hyper-V specific change.

Hi Jiri, Benjamin,
Are you OK if this patch for the Hyper-V HID driver goes through the Hyper-V
tree maintained by Sasha Levin? It's a purely Hyper-V change, and I have
been using the patch for several months and there is no regression.

Thanks,
-- Dexuan