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

From: KY Srinivasan
Date: Fri Feb 10 2017 - 10:18:17 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2017 6:40 AM
> To: KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: Fix the bug in generating the guest ID
>
> On Sat, Feb 04, 2017 at 04:24:40PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote:
> >
> >
> > > -----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,

Will do; thanks.

K. Y
>
> greg k-h