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Subject: RE: [PATCH 5/5] X86: Hyper-V: Consolidate the allocation of the
 hypercall input page
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Date:   Fri, 27 Apr 2018 06:29:25 +0000
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 3:24 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
> Cc: x86@kernel.org; gregkh@linuxfoundation.org; linux-
> kernel@vger.kernel.org; devel@linuxdriverproject.org; olaf@aepfle.de;
> apw@canonical.com; jasowang@redhat.com; hpa@zytor.com; Stephen
> Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>; Michael Kelley (EOSG)
> <Michael.H.Kelley@microsoft.com>; vkuznets@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] X86: Hyper-V: Consolidate the allocation of the
> hypercall input page
>=20
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2018, kys@linuxonhyperv.com wrote:
>=20
> > From: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>
> >
> > Consolidate the allocation of the hypercall input page.
>=20
> Again. You can provide the new way of allocation first, then you don't ha=
ve
> to add code first in order to remove it later again.=20

I have implemented the new way upfront for the new code - the IPI code
[PATCH 2/5] X86: Hyper-V: Enable IPI enlightenments.
What I am doing here using that infrastructure for the TLB flush enlightenm=
ents
and getting rid of unnecessary code.

Regards,

K. Y