linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] vhost: cleanups and fixes

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Date:   Thu, 16 Apr 2020 17:58:42 -0400
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     KVM list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
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Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] vhost: cleanups and fixes

On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 10:01:51AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 5:20 AM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
> > Well it's all just fallout from
> 
> What? No. Half of it seems to be the moving of "struct vring" around
> to other headers and stuff.
> 
> And then that is done very confusingly too, using two different
> structures both called "struct vring".
> 
> No way can I pull that kind of craziness as a "fix".
> 
>                 Linus

OK, I'll just disable vhost on that config for now - it was
suggested previously. Thanks for the comment and sorry about geeting it
wrong!


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MST