RE: [PATCH 1/2] Drivers: hv: balloon: Fix a bug in the hot-add code

[KY Srinivasan]

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> From: Ben Hutchings [mailto:ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 5:13 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Drivers: hv: balloon: Fix a bug in the hot-add code
> 
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 09:07:19PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote:
> [...]
> > > Well now it might look like a bug that you don't test the result
> > > of wait_for_completion_timeout().  Maybe update the comment to
> > > explain why it's OK to continue anyway?
> >
> > I put in the comment in the patch explaining why it is ok to continue.
> [...]
> 
> But that is not nearly as easy to see as the comment that is
> already *in the code* which your patch isn't updating.

Agreed; I will resend the patch with comments added.

Thanks,

K. Y
> 
> Ben.
> 
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> Ben Hutchings
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