[PATCH V2 00/18] drivers: hv: kvp

KY Srinivasan kys at microsoft.com
Thu Aug 16 22:40:40 UTC 2012



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh at linuxfoundation.org]
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 4:55 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org; devel at linuxdriverproject.org;
> virtualization at lists.osdl.org; olaf at aepfle.de; apw at canonical.com;
> ben at decadent.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 00/18] drivers: hv: kvp
> 
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:06:24AM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > This patchset expands the KVP (Key Value Pair) functionality to
> > implement the mechanism to GET/SET IP addresses in the guest. This
> > functionality is used in Windows Server 2012 to implement VM
> > replication functionality. The way IP configuration information
> > is managed is distro specific. Based on the feedback I have gotten
> > from Olaf, Greg, Steve, Ben and Mairus, I have chosen to seperate
> > distro specific code from this patch-set. Most of the GET operation
> > can be implemented in a way that is completely distro independent and
> > I have implemented that as such and is included in this patch-set.
> > Some of the attributes that can only be fetched in a distro
> > dependent way as well the mechanism for configuring an interface
> > (the SET operation) that is clearly distro specific is to be
> > implemented via external scripts that will be invoked via the KVP
> > code. We define here the interface to these scripts.
> >
> > Adding support for IP injection resulted in some changes to the
> > protocol between the user level daemon and the kernel driver.
> > These changes have been implemented in way that would retain
> > compatibility with older daemons. I would like to thank Olaf and
> > Greg for pointing out the compatibility issue.
> >
> > This version of the patch set addresses all of the comments that I
> > have received to date from Olaf, Ben and others. Specifically, I have
> > cleanedup all of the string manipulation code. Furthermore, I have also
> > simplified the format of the interface configuration file that is
> > generated by the KVP daemon and gotten rid of some constant strings that
> > may not be relevant on all distros. I would like to thank Olaf and Ben
> > for their detailed review.
> 
> I've applied some of these, care to resend the rest, with the change I
> pointed out, and get the reviewed-by: lines correct.

Will do.

Thanks,

K. Y
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 
> 






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