> From: Michael Kelley
> Sent: Friday, November 1, 2024 2:11 PM
> > Michael, will you post a formal patch or want me to do it?
> > Either works for me.
>
> I can do it. You probably have more pressing issues to keep
> you busy :-)
Thanks a lot! :-)
> Fair enough. I'll do it that way.
>
> M
From: Dexuan Cui Sent: Friday, November 1, 2024 1:27 PM
>
> > From: Michael Kelley
> > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2024 6:39 PM
> > > > From: Michael Kelley
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 5:12 PM
> > > > [...]
> > > > What do you think about this (compile tested only), which splits t
> From: Michael Kelley
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2024 6:39 PM
> > > From: Michael Kelley
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 5:12 PM
> > > [...]
> > > What do you think about this (compile tested only), which splits the
> > > "init" function into two parts for devices that have char devs?
From: Dexuan Cui Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2024 5:17 PM
>
> > From: Michael Kelley
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 5:12 PM
> > [...]
> > What do you think about this (compile tested only), which splits the
> > "init" function into two parts for devices that have char devs? I'm
> > trying
> From: Michael Kelley
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 5:12 PM
> [...]
> What do you think about this (compile tested only), which splits the
> "init" function into two parts for devices that have char devs? I'm
> trying to avoid adding yet another synchronization point by just
> doing the ini
From: Dexuan Cui Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 12:04
PM
>
> > From: Michael Kelley
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 4:45 PM
> > [...]
> > An alternate approach occurs to me. util_probe() does these three
> > things in order:
> >
> > 1) Allocates the receive buffer
> > 2) Calls the util_i
> From: Michael Kelley
> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 4:45 PM
> [...]
> An alternate approach occurs to me. util_probe() does these three
> things in order:
>
> 1) Allocates the receive buffer
> 2) Calls the util_init() function, which for KVP and VSS creates the char dev
> 3) Sets up the VMBu
From: Dexuan Cui Sent: Monday, September 9, 2024 9:47 AM
>
> If the KVP (or VSS) daemon starts before the VMBus channel's ringbuffer is
> fully initialized, we can hit the panic below:
>
> hv_utils: Registering HyperV Utility Driver
> hv_vmbus: registering driver hv_utils
> ...
> BUG: kernel NUL
