RE: [PATCH 1/1] hv: Use only one receive buffer and kmalloc on initialize

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 11:41 AM
> > The current versions of Hyper-V support interrupt handling on CPU0 only.
> > I can make multiple buffers per channel, but because of Hyper-V
> > implementation It does not really make a difference.
> 
> Then put a big fat note in there saying this, and that it will have to change if
> the hyperv channel ever changes.
> 
> Hm, how will you handle things if the hyperv core changes and an old kernel
> is running this code where things were "assumed" about the reentrancy
> happening here?

I will re-roll this patch to have a buffer per channel. It is a more elegant design
Even though Hyper-V behavior is not changing in Win8 for this.

Hank.

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