RE: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: Fix the bug in generating the guest ID

From: KY Srinivasan
Date: Sat Feb 04 2017 - 11:24:48 EST




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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 1/1] Drivers: hv: Fix the bug in generating the guest ID
>
> On Sat, Feb 04, 2017 at 08:46:23AM -0700, kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> > From: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Fix the bug in the generation of the guest ID. Without this fix
> > the host side telemetry code is broken.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> If it's broken, does that mean this should go to the stable kernels?
> What commit caused the breakage?

Commit 352c9624242d5836ad8a960826183011367871a4 introduced the bug.
The stable kernels are fine.

Thanks,

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