RE: [PATCH 1/5] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Get rid of unnecessary state in hv_context

From: KY Srinivasan
Date: Wed Oct 17 2018 - 01:59:30 EST




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> From: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> To: KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Get rid of unnecessary state in
> hv_context
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 03:14:02AM +0000, kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Currently we are replicating state in struct hv_context that is unnecessary -
> > this state can be retrieved from the hypervisor. Furthermore, this is a per-
> cpu
> > state that is being maintained as a global state in struct hv_context.
> > Get rid of this state in struct hv_context.
> >
> > Reply-To: kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Why is this here?

No sure how this happened; will fix it and resend.

K. Y
>
> greg k-h