RE: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: Explicitly size elements of protocolstructures

[KY Srinivasan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 3:36 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; olaf@xxxxxxxxx; apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: Explicitly size elements of protocol
> structures
> 
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 08:23:20AM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > Use explicitly sized types in data structures defining the host/guest
> > protocol. I would like to thank Juan Sanchez-Agrelo  <jagrelo@xxxxxxxxx>
> > for reporting this.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> If someone reports a problem, mark it as:
> 	Reported-by: Juan Sanchez-Agrelo <jagrelo@xxxxxxxxx>
> in the signed-off-by: area of the patch.

Will do. 
> 
> Does this need to go into 3.6, and possibly older kernels?  Or can it
> wait for 3.7?

Given the "stable kernel rules",  I don't think this needs to go into older kernels.
This can wait for 3.7.

Thanks,

K. Y
 



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