Re: [PATCH 3/6] staging: hv: Fixed the value of the 64bit-hole inside ring buffer

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On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 04:25:40AM +0000, Hank Janssen wrote:
> 
> >>On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 05:31:57PM +0000, Hank Janssen wrote:
> >> From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> 
> >> Fixed the value of the 64bit-hole inside ring buffer, this caused a problem on Hyper-V 
> >>when running checked Windows builds.
> >
> >What was the problem, and why would this fix it?  Was it a bug in this code, 
> >by virtue that the code was incorrect in the client and the checked builds properly warned
> >of this, or something else?
> 
> Checked builds of Windows are used internally and given to external system builders at times.
> They are builds that for example that all elements in a structure follow the definition of that 
> Structure. The bug this fixed was for a field that we did not fill in at all (Because we do
> Not use it on the Linux side), and the checked build of windows gives errors on it internally 
> to the Windows logs.
> 
> This fixes that error.

Wonderful, please provide this information in the changelog comment.

thanks,

greg k-h
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