> -----Original Message----- > From: Vitaly Kuznetsov [mailto:vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 4:53 PM > To: KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Haiyang > Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Drivers: hv: vmbus: make bus ids in sysfs > persistent > > Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Bus ids for VMBus devices in /sys/bus/vmbus/devices/ are not guaranteed > > to be persistent across reboot or kernel restart and this causes problems > > for some tools. E.g. kexec tools use these ids to identify NIC on kdump. > > Fix the issue by using if_instance from channel offer as the unique id > > instead of an auto incremented counter. > > > > Changes since v1: > > - Use if_instance instead of relid [K. Y. Srinivasan] > > > > Vitaly Kuznetsov (2): > > Drivers: hv: make VMBus bus ids persistent > > Drivers: hv: get rid of id in struct vmbus_channel > > > > K. Y., > > I don't see these patches in your submissions to Greg. Could you please > pick them up (in case there are no issues with them in your opinion, of > course). > > Thanks! Sorry about that; patches sent out. K. Y > > > drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c | 2 -- > > drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c | 4 ++-- > > include/linux/hyperv.h | 3 --- > > 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > -- > Vitaly _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
