Recently Wang Jian reported some KVP issues on the v4.4 kernel: https://github.com/LIS/lis-next/issues/593: e.g. the /var/lib/hyperv/.kvp_pool_* files can not be updated, and sometimes if the hv_kvp_daemon doesn't timely start, the host may not be able to query the VM's IP address via KVP. I identified these 4 mainline patches to fix the issues. The patches can be applied cleanly to the latest 4.4.y branch (currently it's v4.4.161). The first 3 are simply cherry-picked from the mainline, and the 4th has to be reworked for the v4.4 kernel. Wang Jian tested the 4 patches, and the issues can be fixed. I also did some tests and found no regression. Thanks! -- Dexuan K. Y. Srinivasan (2): Drivers: hv: utils: Invoke the poll function after handshake Drivers: hv: util: Pass the channel information during the init call Long Li (1): -- Reworked by Dexuan HV: properly delay KVP packets when negotiation is in progress Vitaly Kuznetsov (1): Drivers: hv: kvp: fix IP Failover drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c | 2 +- drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- drivers/hv/hv_snapshot.c | 4 ++-- drivers/hv/hv_util.c | 1 + drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h | 5 +++++ include/linux/hyperv.h | 1 + 6 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) -- 2.7.4
