linux-kernel.vger.kernel.org archive mirror
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"devel@linuxdriverproject.org" <devel@linuxdriverproject.org>,
	"virtualization@lists.osdl.org" <virtualization@lists.osdl.org>,
	"olaf@aepfle.de" <olaf@aepfle.de>,
	"apw@canonical.com" <apw@canonical.com>,
	"ben@decadent.org.uk" <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Subject: RE: [PATCH V2 00/18] drivers: hv: kvp
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:40:40 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <426367E2313C2449837CD2DE46E7EAF9236C18C4@SN2PRD0310MB382.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120816205506.GA16940@kroah.com>



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@linuxfoundation.org]
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 4:55 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; devel@linuxdriverproject.org;
> virtualization@lists.osdl.org; olaf@aepfle.de; apw@canonical.com;
> ben@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
> 
> 




      reply	other threads:[~2012-08-16 22:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-13 17:06 [PATCH V2 00/18] drivers: hv: kvp K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-13 17:06 ` [PATCH V2 01/18] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Use the standard format string to format GUIDs K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-13 17:06   ` [PATCH V2 02/18] Drivers: hv: Add KVP definitions for IP address injection K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-14  1:38     ` Greg KH
2012-08-14  1:56       ` Ben Hutchings
2012-08-14  2:56       ` KY Srinivasan
2012-08-15 12:39         ` KY Srinivasan
2012-08-13 17:06   ` [PATCH V2 03/18] Drivers: hv: kvp: Cleanup error handling in KVP K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-13 17:06   ` [PATCH V2 04/18] Drivers: hv: kvp: Support the new IP injection messages K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-16 20:50     ` Greg KH
2012-08-13 17:06   ` [PATCH V2 05/18] Tools: hv: Prepare to expand kvp_get_ip_address() functionality K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-13 17:06   ` [PATCH V2 06/18] Tools: hv: Further refactor kvp_get_ip_address() K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-14  1:46     ` Ben Hutchings
2012-08-14  3:01       ` KY Srinivasan
2012-08-13 17:06   ` [PATCH V2 07/18] Tools: hv: Gather address family information K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-13 17:06   ` [PATCH V2 08/18] Tools: hv: Gather subnet information K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-13 17:06   ` [PATCH V2 09/18] Tools: hv: Represent the ipv6 mask using CIDR notation K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-13 17:06   ` [PATCH V2 10/18] Tools: hv: Gather ipv[4,6] gateway information K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-13 17:07   ` [PATCH V2 11/18] Tools: hv: Gather DNS information K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-13 17:07   ` [PATCH V2 12/18] Tools: hv: Gather DHCP information K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-13 17:07   ` [PATCH V2 13/18] Tools: hv: Implement the KVP verb - KVP_OP_SET_IP_INFO K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-13 17:07   ` [PATCH V2 14/18] Tools: hv: Rename the function kvp_get_ip_address() K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-13 17:07   ` [PATCH V2 15/18] Tools: hv: Implement the KVP verb - KVP_OP_GET_IP_INFO K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-13 17:07   ` [PATCH V2 16/18] Tools: hv: Get rid of some unused variables K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-13 17:07   ` [PATCH V2 17/18] Tools: hv: Correctly type string variables K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-13 17:07   ` [PATCH V2 18/18] Tools: hv: Properly manage open streams K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-14  1:57     ` Ben Hutchings
2012-08-14  3:17       ` KY Srinivasan
2012-08-16 20:55 ` [PATCH V2 00/18] drivers: hv: kvp Greg KH
2012-08-16 22:40   ` KY Srinivasan [this message]

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=426367E2313C2449837CD2DE46E7EAF9236C18C4@SN2PRD0310MB382.namprd03.prod.outlook.com \
    --to=kys@microsoft.com \
    --cc=apw@canonical.com \
    --cc=ben@decadent.org.uk \
    --cc=devel@linuxdriverproject.org \
    --cc=gregkh@linuxfoundation.org \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=olaf@aepfle.de \
    --cc=virtualization@lists.osdl.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body. 
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).