This patch has been submitted for a few times. The first time was my first time doing any sort of Linux patch submission. At the time, I was unaware of ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl and sent the patch to only a subset of the correct people. Consequently, it was not submitted properly for acceptance by the subsystem maintainer.
The second time was a week ago. I had taken advice from Greg Koah-Hartman to use ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl to determine the correct recipients. It was initially accepted by the subsystem maintainer and then rejected. This patch uses is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(), which is not exported for use in kernel modules. Using it causes a build failure when CONFIG_NET_9P_VIRTIO=m is set in .config. The third time was earlier today, when I sent it straight to Linus Torvalds because merging it required exporting is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(), which he wrote. A brief correspondence with Linus revealed that my earlier belief that it would be better to use is_vmalloc_or_module_addr() instead of is_vmalloc_addr() was incorrect. I expect this submission to be the last. I have changed the patch to use is_vmalloc_addr() as Linus Torvalds suggested. This resolves the build regression the problem David S. Miller found when CONFIG_NET_9P_VIRTIO=m was set and should resolve all criticism. Richard Yao (1): 9p/trans_virtio.c: Fix broken zero-copy on vmalloc() buffers net/9p/trans_virtio.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) -- 1.8.3.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
