linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/15] Drivers: hv: Add KVP definitions for IP address injection

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Message-ID: <20120717160505.GB20481@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:05:05 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
Cc:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>, apw@...onical.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/15] Drivers: hv: Add KVP definitions for IP address
 injection

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 06:09:13AM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 14, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/hyperv.h b/include/linux/hyperv.h
> > index 68ed7f7..38b561a 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/hyperv.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/hyperv.h
> > @@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ enum hv_kvp_exchg_op {
> >  	KVP_OP_SET,
> >  	KVP_OP_DELETE,
> >  	KVP_OP_ENUMERATE,
> > +	KVP_OP_GET_IP_INFO,
> > +	KVP_OP_SET_IP_INFO,
> >  	KVP_OP_REGISTER,
> >  	KVP_OP_COUNT /* Number of operations, must be last. */
> >  };
> 
> I think this will break the kernel/daemon API for existing binaries.

I know it will break :)

KY, you can't break the existing user/kernel api that you created a few
kernel versions ago, sorry.  Please fix this, we can not take this
as-is, nor should you want us to.

thanks,

greg k-h
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