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SubjectRe: [34-longterm 020/196] staging: hv: use sync_bitops when interacting with the hypervisor
On 12-03-13 03:00 AM, Olaf Hering wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 12, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
>
>> From: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
>>
>> -------------------
>> This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
>> If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
>> -------------------
>>
>> commit 22356585712d1ff08fbfed152edd8b386873b238 upstream.
>
> Unless there is a happy user of the hv drivers in this old kernel, it
> makes no sense to backport just this one patch.

There is no real way any of can tell just exactly who is using what
feature in what release.

>
> I suggest to leave drivers/staging/hv alone in longterm releases, or
> backport the entire history of drivers/staging/hv up to 3.4.

I had actually thought of this in the past myself as well, but
in the end, decided to follow Greg's lead so at least it would
be consistent with what is/was done for 2.6.32

P.

>
> Olaf


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