RE: [PATCH 05/13] vmbus: remove per channel state

[KY Srinivasan]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
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> To: KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/13] vmbus: remove per channel state
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> On Sun, Feb 05, 2017 at 05:20:35PM -0700, kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> > From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The netvsc no longer needs per channel state hook to track receive buffer.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/hyperv.h |   14 --------------
> >  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> This patch breaks the build badly, I don't know how it passed anyone's
> build tests :(
> 
> The functions are still used in two different files.
> 
> I've applied the first 4 patches here, but really, I shouldn't have had
> to bisect down to the offending patch.
> 
> ugh.
> 
> greg k-h
> 
> In the set I submitted was the patch to remove usage of per channel state in
> netvsc.
> KY dropped it, because it already is in net-next. So this patch can wait until
> net-next is merged.
> The current split tree process is a pain and causes slow development cycles

Greg,

Sorry for the confusion; I will be resending the rest of the patches.

Thanks,

K. Y