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2013-09-26Drivers: hv: util: Correctly support ws2008R2 and earlierK. Y. Srinivasan
The current code does not correctly negotiate the version numbers for the util driver when hosted on earlier hosts. The version numbers presented by this driver were not compatible with the version numbers supported by Windows Server 2008. Fix this problem. I would like to thank Olaf Hering (ohering@suse.com) for identifying the problem. Reported-by: Olaf Hering <ohering@suse.com> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-07-26Drivers: hv: util: Fix a bug in version negotiation code for util servicesK. Y. Srinivasan
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. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-03-15Drivers: hv: Add a new driver to support host initiated backupK. Y. Srinivasan
This driver supports host initiated backup of the guest. On Windows guests, the host can generate application consistent backups using the Windows VSS framework. On Linux, we ensure that the backup will be file system consistent. This driver allows the host to initiate a "Freeze" operation on all the mounted file systems in the guest. Once the mounted file systems in the guest are frozen, the host snapshots the guest's file systems. Once this is done, the guest's file systems are "thawed". This driver has a user-level component (daemon) that invokes the appropriate operation on all the mounted file systems in response to the requests from the host. The duration for which the guest is frozen is very short - a few seconds. During this interval, the diff disk is comitted. In this version of the patch I have addressed the feedback from Olaf Herring. Also, some of the connector related issues have been fixed. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> Cc: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>