Re: [PATCH] Drivers: hv: vmbus: finally fix hv_need_to_signal_on_read()

[gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 07:44:46AM +0000, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > From: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > As I checked against the kernels listed on the homapage,
> > > the below versions are impacted:
> > > v3.16.39
> > > v3.18.47
> > > v4.1.38
> > > v4.8.17
> > > v4.9.5
> > > v4.10-rc5
> > >
> > > It's interesting v4.4.44 is not impacted, but actually it needs both the 2 patches:
> > > i.e. this patch, and the previous one:
> > > Commit a389fcfd2cb5 ("Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix signaling logic in
> > hv_need_to_signal_on_read()")
> > 
> > That patch does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree, which is why it was
> > not included there.  If you feel it should be included, please provide a
> > backport and send it to the stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailing list.
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> Thanks! I'll do the backport after this patch goes in the mainline.

Why wait?