netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v8 4/4] netvsc: refactor notifier/event handling code to use the failover framework

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Message-ID: <20180426052908-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 26 Apr 2018 05:30:05 +0300
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>,
        davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        virtio-dev@...ts.oasis-open.org, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com,
        alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, kubakici@...pl, jasowang@...hat.com,
        loseweigh@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us, aaron.f.brown@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v8 4/4] netvsc: refactor notifier/event handling
 code to use the failover framework

On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 05:08:37PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:59:28 -0700
> Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com> wrote:
> 
> > Use the registration/notification framework supported by the generic
> > failover infrastructure.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>
> 
> NAK unless you prove this works on legacy distributions and with DPDK 18.05
> without modification.

It looks like it should work. What kind of proof are you looking for?

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