Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752243AbcLEKCD (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2016 05:02:03 -0500 Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:43615 "EHLO userp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751686AbcLEKCC (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2016 05:02:02 -0500 Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 13:01:24 +0300 From: Dan Carpenter To: kys@microsoft.com Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@linuxdriverproject.org, olaf@aepfle.de, apw@canonical.com, vkuznets@redhat.com, jasowang@redhat.com, leann.ogasawara@canonical.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/15] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Prevent sending data on a rescinded channel Message-ID: <20161205100124.GA8176@mwanda> References: <1480613287-7748-1-git-send-email-kys@exchange.microsoft.com> <1480613332-7788-1-git-send-email-kys@exchange.microsoft.com> <1480613332-7788-4-git-send-email-kys@exchange.microsoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1480613332-7788-4-git-send-email-kys@exchange.microsoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Source-IP: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 469 Lines: 13 On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 09:28:41AM -0800, kys@exchange.microsoft.com wrote: > From: K. Y. Srinivasan > > After the channel is rescinded, the host does not read from the rescinded channel. > Fail writes to a channel that has already been rescinded What are the user visible effects of this bug? Presumably none right since it doesn't need to be back ported. But it's absolutely impossible to tell from the commit message. regards, dan carpenter