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From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH 5/5] X86: Hyper-V: Consolidate the allocation of the
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On Fri, 27 Apr 2018, KY Srinivasan wrote:

> 
> 
> > -----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
> > 
> > On Wed, 25 Apr 2018, kys@linuxonhyperv.com wrote:
> > 
> > > From: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>
> > >
> > > Consolidate the allocation of the hypercall input page.
> > 
> > Again. You can provide the new way of allocation first, then you don't have
> > to add code first in order to remove it later again. 
> 
> 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 enlightenments
> and getting rid of unnecessary code.

Ok. I maybe misread it, but a bit more elaborate change log might help to
avoid that.

Thanks,

	tglx