From: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
To: mhklinux@outlook.com
Cc: kys@microsoft.com, haiyangz@microsoft.com, wei.liu@kernel.org,
decui@microsoft.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
vkuznets@redhat.com, linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Drivers: hv: util: Two fixes in util_probe()
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 07:54:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Z1P_NSktVyPyF0Cv@liuwe-devbox-debian-v2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Z1PzH0F-3BAXpuBU@liuwe-devbox-debian-v2>
On Sat, Dec 07, 2024 at 07:02:55AM +0000, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 06, 2024 at 07:42:45AM -0800, mhkelley58@gmail.com wrote:
> > From: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com>
> >
> > Patch 1 fixes util_probe() to not force the error return value to
> > ENODEV when the util_init function fails -- just return the error
> > code from util_init so the real error code is displayed in messages.
> >
> > Patch 2 fixes a more serious race condition between initialization
> > of the VMBus channel and initial operations of the user space
> > daemons for KVP and VSS. The fix reorders the initialization in
> > util_probe() so the race condition can't happen.
> >
> > The two fixes are functionally independent, but Patch 2 introduces
> > the util_init_transport function that parallels the existing code
> > for the util_init function. Doing Patch 1 first avoids an
> > inconsistency in the error handling in similar code for these two
> > parts of util_probe().
> >
> > This series is v2 of a single patch first posted by Dexuan Cui
> > to fix the race condition.[1] I've taken over the patch per
> > discussion with Dexuan.
> >
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hyperv/20240909164719.41000-1-decui@microsoft.com/
> >
> > Michael Kelley (2):
> > Drivers: hv: util: Don't force error code to ENODEV in util_probe()
> > Drivers: hv: util: Avoid accessing a ringbuffer not initialized yet
>
> Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
Applied to hyperv-fixes, thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-12-07 7:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-11-06 15:42 [PATCH v2 0/2] Drivers: hv: util: Two fixes in util_probe() mhkelley58
2024-11-06 15:42 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] Drivers: hv: util: Don't force error code to ENODEV " mhkelley58
2024-12-08 17:30 ` Saurabh Singh Sengar
2024-12-08 23:12 ` Michael Kelley
2024-12-09 17:30 ` Saurabh Singh Sengar
2024-11-06 15:42 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] Drivers: hv: util: Avoid accessing a ringbuffer not initialized yet mhkelley58
2024-12-06 2:44 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Drivers: hv: util: Two fixes in util_probe() Michael Kelley
2024-12-07 7:02 ` Wei Liu
2024-12-07 7:54 ` Wei Liu [this message]
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