Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] virtio_console: free unused buffers with port delete

[Pankaj Gupta <pagupta@redhat.com>]

> 
> On Thu, Aug 08, 2019 at 05:06:05PM +0530, Pankaj Gupta wrote:
> >   The commit a7a69ec0d8e4 ("virtio_console: free buffers after reset")
> >   deferred detaching of unused buffer to virtio device unplug time.
> > 
> >   This causes unplug/replug of single port in virtio device with an
> >   error "Error allocating inbufs\n". As we don't free the unused buffers
> >   attached with the port. Re-plug the same port tries to allocate new
> >   buffers in virtqueue and results in this error if queue is full.
> > 
> >   This patch removes the unused buffers in vq's when we unplug the port.
> >   This is the best we can do as we cannot call device_reset because virtio
> >   device is still active.
> 
> Why is this indented?

o.k. will remove the empty lines.

> 
> > 
> > Reported-by: Xiaohui Li <xiaohli@redhat.com>
> > Fixes: b3258ff1d6 ("virtio_console: free buffers after reset")
> 
> Fixes: b3258ff1d608 ("virtio: Decrement avail idx on buffer detach")
> 
> is the correct format to use.

Sorry! for this. Commit it fixes is:
a7a69ec0d8e4 ("virtio_console: free buffers after reset")

> 
> And given that this is from 2.6.39 (and 2.6.38.5), shouldn't it also be
> backported for the stable kernels?

Yes.

Thanks,
Pankaj

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
>