>On 3/30/18, 2:23 PM, "Bjorn Helgaas" <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 07:35:04PM +0000, Sridhar Pitchai wrote:
> >commit 4a9b0933bdfc ("PCI: hv: Use device serial number as PCI
> >domain") need to be reverted. Also, we no longer need it as commit
> >4a1626dd233e ("netvsc: transparent VF management") remove the
> >need for it.
>
>Do you mean 0c195567a8f6 ("netvsc: transparent VF management")?
>
>I don't see a 4a1626dd233e commit in Linus' tree.
>
That is right. sha should be 4a1626dd233e.
>The connection between 0c195567a8f6 ("netvsc: transparent VF
>management") and this Hyper-V domain ID issue is not clear to me at
>all. But obviously I'm not a networking or a Hyper-V person.
>
>A hint in the changelog about what that connection is would be nice.
>
> >Revert commit 4a9b0933bdfc ("PCI: hv: Use device serial number as PCI
> >domain") so we can reliably support multiple devices being assigned to
> >a guest.
> >
> >This revert should only be backported to kernels that contain commit
> >4a1626dd233e ("netvsc: transparent VF management").
> >
> >Fixes: 4a9b0933bdfc ("PCI: hv: Use device serial number as PCI domain")
> >Signed-off-by: Sridhar Pitchai <sridhar.pitchai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>This backporting guidance is very confusing.
>
>4a9b0933bdfc ("PCI: hv: Use device serial number as PCI domain")
>appeared in v4.11.
>
>0c195567a8f6 ("netvsc: transparent VF management") appeared in v4.14.
>
>The changelog and the "Fixes" tag both suggest that 4a9b0933bdfc was
>flat-out buggy and should be reverted unconditionally. That would
>mean this patch should be applied to v4.11 and later stable kernels.
>
>But the changelog also says "only revert 4a9b0933bdfc if you have
>0c195567a8f6". That would mean this patch should only be applied to
>v4.14 and later stable kernels.
>
>Which is it? You can answer in this thread if you want, but Lorenzo
>will ultimately be looking for a v6 patch with a corrected changelog.
It is the Case 1. We just need to revert 4a9b0933bdfc. I will remove the
reference to 0c195567a8f6 altogether in the commit message.
>
>I think Lorenzo is out this week, but I suspect he'll look at it next
>week.
>
>Bjorn
I will send out the update patch version 6.
Thanks,
Sridhar Pitchai
