Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Include the limit on the number of pfns we can handle

[Dan Carpenter]

On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 09:07:42AM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dan Carpenter [mailto:dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, March 7, 2014 1:46 PM
> > To: KY Srinivasan
> > Cc: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; olaf@xxxxxxxxx; apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Include the limit on the number
> > of pfns we can handle
> > 
> > On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 11:15:08PM -0800, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > > Increase the maximum number of pfns we can handle is a single vmbus
> > packet.
> >                                                     ^^ in
> 
> Thanks Dan. I am traveling in India and it shows. I have already sent a corrected patch.
> 

Yeah.  I saw that.  Thanks.

> > >
> > 
> > What are the user visible effects of this patch?
> The current code will drop these packets that have more PFNs than the limit.
> Upping the limit will mitigate this problem.
> 

Meanwhile, the revised patch says that it is not a bugfix.  It sort of
sounds like upping the limit does improve performance for some people?

I am confused now.

regards,
dan carpenter

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