Messages in this thread | | | From | KY Srinivasan <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: kvp: Copy the address family information | Date | Wed, 5 Sep 2012 00:29:38 +0000 |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@linuxfoundation.org] > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 8:03 PM > To: KY Srinivasan > Cc: apw@canonical.com; devel@linuxdriverproject.org; olaf@aepfle.de; > ben@decadent.org.uk; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: kvp: Copy the address family information > > On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 11:36:30PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote: > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@linuxfoundation.org] > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 6:57 PM > > > To: KY Srinivasan > > > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; devel@linuxdriverproject.org; > olaf@aepfle.de; > > > apw@canonical.com; ben@decadent.org.uk > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: kvp: Copy the address family > information > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 03:20:19PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: > > > > Copy the address family information. > > > > > > Why? > > > > This is part of the IP injection protocol in that the host expects this field to > reflect what addresses > > (address families) are currently bound to the interface. The KVP daemon is > currently collecting this > > Information and sending it to the kernel component. I had overlooked copying > this and sending it > > back to the host. This patch addresses this issue. > > That's nice and descriptive, any reason you didn't put it in the patch > changelog section the first time? > > Please redo this...
Will do.
Regards,
K. Y > > greg k-h > >
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