linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Add comments about races with "channels" sysfs dir

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Message-ID: <aDCjSc4w79IuHfD6@liuwe-devbox-ubuntu-v2.tail21d00.ts.net>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 16:33:13 +0000
From: Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
To: mhklinux@...look.com
Cc: haiyangz@...rosoft.com, wei.liu@...nel.org, decui@...rosoft.com,
	kys@...rosoft.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Add comments about races with
 "channels" sysfs dir

On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 03:55:08PM -0700, mhkelley58@...il.com wrote:
> From: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@...look.com>
> 
> The VMBus driver code has some inherent races in the creation of the
> "channels" sysfs subdirectory and its per-channel numbered subdirectories.
> These races have not generally been recognized or understood. Add some
> comments to call them out. No code changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@...look.com>

Applied to hyperv-next-staging. Thanks.