On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 08:11:18PM +0000, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > From: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, December 3, 2018 6:16 AM
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > [This is an automated email]
> >
> > This commit has been processed because it contains a "Fixes:" tag,
> > fixing commit: 8195b1396ec8 hv_netvsc: fix deadlock on hotplug.
> >
> > The bot has tested the following trees: v4.19.6, v4.14.85,
> >
> > v4.19.6: Build OK!
> > v4.14.85: Failed to apply! Possible dependencies:
> > 50229128727f ("Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix the offer_in_progress in
> > vmbus_process_offer()")
> > c2e5df616e1a ("vmbus: add per-channel sysfs info")
> >
> > How should we proceed with this patch?
> > Sasha
>
> BTW, the patch went into char-misc.git's char-misc-linus branch 13 hours ago:
> 37c2578c0c40 ("Drivers: hv: vmbus: Offload the handling of channels to two workqueues")
>
> linux-4.14.y (v4.14.85) lacks c2e5df616e1a ("vmbus: add per-channel sysfs info")
> and the other related patches so this patch can't apply cleanly.
>
> I suggest we cherry-pick all the related patches to linux-4.14.y in this order:
>
> (Note: 37c2578c0c40 is in char-misc.git's char-misc-linus branch and is not in Linus's tree yet)
>
> c2e5df616e1a ("vmbus: add per-channel sysfs info")
> 869b5567e12f ("vmbus: unregister device_obj->channels_kset")
> 6712cc9c2211 ("vmbus: don't return values for uninitalized channels")
> 50229128727f ("Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix the offer_in_progress in vmbus_process_offer()")
> 37c2578c0c40 ("Drivers: hv: vmbus: Offload the handling of channels to two workqueues")
>
>
> Alternatively, we can skip c2e5df616e1a ("vmbus: add per-channel sysfs info"), and then
> please use the attached rebased patch for v4.14.85.
I've taken the attached patch instead.
thanks,
greg k-h
