Re: [PATCH 00/40] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup

2011-07-01 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 11:28:27PM +, KY Srinivasan wrote: On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 07:38:21AM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: Further cleanup of the hv drivers: 1) Cleanup the reference counting mess for both stor and net devices. I really don't understand the need for

RE: [PATCH 00/40] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup

2011-07-01 Thread KY Srinivasan
...@linuxdriverproject.org; gre...@suse.de; linux- ker...@vger.kernel.org; virtualizat...@lists.osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/40] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:32:34 + KY Srinivasan k...@microsoft.com wrote: -Original Message- From

RE: [PATCH 00/40] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup

2011-07-01 Thread KY Srinivasan
] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 11:28:27PM +, KY Srinivasan wrote: On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 07:38:21AM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: Further cleanup of the hv drivers: 1) Cleanup the reference counting mess for both stor and net devices. I

Re: [PATCH 00/40] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup

2011-06-30 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 07:38:21AM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: Further cleanup of the hv drivers: 1) Cleanup the reference counting mess for both stor and net devices. I really don't understand the need for reference counting on the storage side, especially now that you only have a

RE: [PATCH 00/40] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup

2011-06-30 Thread KY Srinivasan
-Original Message- From: Christoph Hellwig [mailto:h...@infradead.org] Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 3:34 PM To: KY Srinivasan Cc: gre...@suse.de; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; de...@linuxdriverproject.org; virtualizat...@lists.osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/40] Staging: hv

RE: [PATCH 00/40] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup

2011-06-30 Thread KY Srinivasan
-Original Message- From: Christoph Hellwig [mailto:h...@infradead.org] Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 3:34 PM To: KY Srinivasan Cc: gre...@suse.de; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; de...@linuxdriverproject.org; virtualizat...@lists.osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/40] Staging: hv

RE: [PATCH 00/40] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup

2011-06-30 Thread KY Srinivasan
...@vger.kernel.org; de...@linuxdriverproject.org; virtualizat...@lists.osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/40] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 07:38:21AM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: Further cleanup of the hv drivers: 1) Cleanup the reference counting

Re: [PATCH 00/40] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup

2011-06-30 Thread Stephen Hemminger
; linux- ker...@vger.kernel.org; virtualizat...@lists.osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/40] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:32:34 + KY Srinivasan k...@microsoft.com wrote: -Original Message- From: Christoph Hellwig [mailto:h...@infradead.org