Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: util: Fix a bug in version negotiationcode for util services

From: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed Jul 17 2013 - 13:14:08 EST


On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:35:42PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: K. Y. Srinivasan [mailto:kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 1:32 PM
> > To: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; olaf@xxxxxxxxx; apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: KY Srinivasan
> > Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: util: Fix a bug in version negotiation code for util
> > services
> >
> > The current code picked the highest version advertised by the host. WS2012 R2
> > has implemented a protocol version for KVP that is not compatible with prior
> > protocol versions of KVP. Fix the bug in the current code by explicitly specifying
> > the protocol version that the guest can support.
>
> Greg,
>
> Do you want me to resubmit this patch.

No, it's not lost, I'm just working on 3.11 patches at the moment, I'll
push this one to 3.12 later.

thanks,

greg k-h
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