Re: [PATCH 02/15] Drivers: hv: Add KVP definitions for IP addressinjection

From: Olaf Hering
Date: Tue Jul 17 2012 - 00:10:00 EST


On Sat, Jul 14, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:

> diff --git a/include/linux/hyperv.h b/include/linux/hyperv.h
> index 68ed7f7..38b561a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/hyperv.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hyperv.h
> @@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ enum hv_kvp_exchg_op {
> KVP_OP_SET,
> KVP_OP_DELETE,
> KVP_OP_ENUMERATE,
> + KVP_OP_GET_IP_INFO,
> + KVP_OP_SET_IP_INFO,
> KVP_OP_REGISTER,
> KVP_OP_COUNT /* Number of operations, must be last. */
> };

I think this will break the kernel/daemon API for existing binaries.
Perhaps a forward/backwards compatible API where an older binary
continues to work with a newer kernel should be added.

Olaf
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