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

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Feb 10 2017 - 10:58:09 EST


On Sat, Feb 04, 2017 at 04:24:40PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2017 7:58 AM
> > To: KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > olaf@xxxxxxxxx; apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx;
> > jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx; leann.ogasawara@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 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.

Next time please put that in the patch area.

thanks,

greg k-h