"Michael S. Tsirkin" <[email protected]> writes: > On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 01:24:47PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: >> "Michael S. Tsirkin" <[email protected]> writes: >> > virtio spec requires that all drivers set DRIVER_OK >> > before using devices. While balloon isn't yet >> > included in the virtio 1 spec, previous spec versions >> > also required this. >> > >> > virtio balloon might violate this rule: probe calls >> > kthread_run before setting DRIVER_OK, which might run >> > immediately and cause balloon to inflate/deflate. >> > >> > To fix, call virtio_device_ready before running the kthread. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> >> >> Replied, CC'd stable. > > Did you mean applied?
I stand erected. Franks, Rusty. -- 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/
