On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 09:43:09PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg KH [mailto:gre...@linuxfoundation.org] > > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2016 2:05 PM > > To: KY Srinivasan <k...@microsoft.com> > > Cc: linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; de...@linuxdriverproject.org; > > o...@aepfle.de; a...@canonical.com; vkuzn...@redhat.com; > > jasow...@redhat.com > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] Drivers: hv: kvp: fix IP Failover > > > > On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 04:57:40PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: > > > From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuzn...@redhat.com> > > > > > > Hyper-V VMs can be replicated to another hosts and there is a feature to > > > set different IP for replicas, it is called 'Failover TCP/IP'. When > > > such guest starts Hyper-V host sends it KVP_OP_SET_IP_INFO message as > > soon > > > as we finish negotiation procedure. The problem is that it can happen (and > > > it actually happens) before userspace daemon connects and we reply with > > > HV_E_FAIL to the message. As there are no repetitions we fail to set the > > > requested IP. > > > > > > Solve the issue by postponing our reply to the negotiation message till > > > userspace daemon is connected. We can't wait too long as there is a > > > host-side timeout (cca. 75 seconds) and if we fail to reply in this time > > > frame the whole KVP service will become inactive. The solution is not > > > ideal - if it takes userspace daemon more than 60 seconds to connect > > > IP Failover will still fail but I don't see a solution with our current > > > separation between kernel and userspace parts. > > > > > > Other two modules (VSS and FCOPY) don't require such delay, leave them > > > untouched. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuzn...@redhat.com> > > > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <k...@microsoft.com> > > > --- > > > drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h | 5 +++++ > > > 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > > > This series doesn't apply to my tree :( > > Looks like you have already applied most of the patches in this series. I > will resend what is not applied.
If this was a "resend", why didn't it show that in the patch description? _______________________________________________ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
