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

[Greg KH]

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.

thanks,

greg k-h
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