RE: [PATCH 3/7] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix a bug in hv_need_to_signal_on_read()

[KY Srinivasan]

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> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
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> To: KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix a bug in
> hv_need_to_signal_on_read()
> 
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 05:53:53PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > We need to issue a full memory barrier prior making a signalling decision.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ---
> >  drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c |    1 +
> >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> why is this burried in a 7 patch series?  Don't you want this in
> 4.6-final?
> 
> Please break this out into a separate patch, and redo this series.

Will do.

Thanks,

K. Y
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h