From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:13:30 -0700 From: Greg KH To: KY Srinivasan Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "devel@linuxdriverproject.org" , "olaf@aepfle.de" , "apw@canonical.com" , "jasowang@redhat.com" , "stable@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix a bug in the handling of channel offers Message-ID: <20130826231330.GB26285@kroah.com> References: <1377551338-29582-1-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com> <20130826215656.GA2276@kroah.com> <240d7113f9cd4862a44bd5d6a7751ca0@SN2PR03MB061.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <240d7113f9cd4862a44bd5d6a7751ca0@SN2PR03MB061.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 10:48:16PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@linuxfoundation.org] > > Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 2:57 PM > > To: KY Srinivasan > > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; devel@linuxdriverproject.org; olaf@aepfle.de; > > apw@canonical.com; jasowang@redhat.com; stable@vger.kernel.org > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix a bug in the handling of channel > > offers > > > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 02:08:58PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: > > > The channel state should be correctly set before registering the device. In the > > current > > > code the driver probe would fail for channels that have been rescinded and > > subsequently > > > re-offered. Fix the bug. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan > > > Cc: > > > > What older kernel versions have this bug? When did it show up? > > The patch that introduced the bug is: > > commit e68d2971d26577b932a16333ce165af98a96e068 > Author: K. Y. Srinivasan > Date: Thu May 23 12:02:32 2013 -0700 > > Drivers: hv: vmbus: Implement multi-channel support > > I think 3.10 shipped with this bug. Why do you think that, it's not what git shows: $ git describe --contains e68d2971d26577b932a16333ce165af98a96e068 v3.11-rc1~157^2~64 So this is a 3.11-only thing, right? thanks, greg k-h