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at 4:00 PM, Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com> wrote:

> All of these patches are intended for 4.18:
>=20
> - Patches 1-5 are bug fixes.
> - Patch 6 changes the GPL comment. It is actually required just to
>  remove the maintainers list from the source file (since it has
>  changed).
> - Patch 7 is an update to the maintainer list.
>=20
>=20
> This patch-set addresses minor issues and bugs in the VMware balloon
> driver. Patches 1-5 address bugs that were *not* reported by customers,
> but we would like to get them to 4.18 if possible.
>=20
> Patches 1-4 are cc'd to stable. Patch 5 might be too big to be
> considered for stable.
>=20
> We will send separately later a patch-set with new features to be set on
> top of this set, which will be intended for 4.19.
>=20
> v2->v3:	* Removing empty lines (Greg)
> 	* Removing the GPL message entirely (Greg)
>=20
> v1->v2:	* Reordering patches to have bug fixes first (Greg)
> 	* Fixing SPDX tag
> 	* Cc'ing stable when appropriate
>=20
> Nadav Amit (7):
>  vmw_balloon: fix inflation of 64-bit GFNs
>  vmw_balloon: do not use 2MB without batching
>  vmw_balloon: VMCI_DOORBELL_SET does not check status
>  vmw_balloon: fix VMCI use when balloon built into kernel
>  vmw_balloon: remove inflation rate limiting
>  vmw_balloon: update copyright message
>  vmw_balloon: update maintainers list
>=20
> MAINTAINERS                |   2 +-
> drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 181 +++++++++++--------------------------
> 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 128 deletions(-)
>=20

Greg,

Any reservations regarding this version?

Thanks,
Nadav