Re: [PATCH 4/4] Drivers: hv: vmbus: avoid unneeded compiler optimizations in vmbus_wait_for_unload()

From	Radim Krcmar <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
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Subject	Re: [PATCH 4/4] Drivers: hv: vmbus: avoid unneeded compiler optimizations in vmbus_wait_for_unload()
Date	2016-02-15 22:20 +0100
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2016-02-12 16:42+0100, Vitaly Kuznetsov:
> Message header is modified by the hypervisor and we read it in a loop,
> we need to prevent compilers from optimizing accesses. There are no such
> optimizations at this moment, this is just a future proof.
> 
> Suggested-by: Radim Krcmar <rkrcmar@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>

> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>

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[PATCH 0/4] Drivers: hv: vmbus: bugfix and improvements for message handling Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> - 2016-02-12 16:50 +0100
  [PATCH 1/4] Drivers: hv: vmbus: don't loose HVMSG_TIMER_EXPIRED messages Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> - 2016-02-12 16:50 +0100
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  [PATCH 4/4] Drivers: hv: vmbus: avoid unneeded compiler optimizations in vmbus_wait_for_unload() Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> - 2016-02-12 16:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 4/4] Drivers: hv: vmbus: avoid unneeded compiler  optimizations in vmbus_wait_for_unload() Radim Krcmar <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-02-15 22:20 +0100

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