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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH RESEND] net: convert xen-netfront to hw_features

from [Michał Mirosław] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH RESEND] net: convert xen-netfront to hw_features
From: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:37:27 +0200
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On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:13:30PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-03-31 at 12:01 +0100, Michał Mirosław wrote:
> > Not tested in any way. The original code for offload setting seems broken
> > as it resets the features on every netback reconnect.
> Thanks, I've got a pending TODO item to test this and propagate similar
> changes to netback. I hope to get to it soon...
> 
> Is this urgent (for 2.6.39) IYHO? I think it's been broken this way for
> a long time now...

This probably affects only people who are using suspending VM's to disk or
[live] migration. The bug is hard to notice if you're not looking for it.
I only noticed it after trying to change the code.

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław

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