Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: Implement the file copy service

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 03:48:35PM -0800, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> Implement the file copy service for Linux guests on Hyper-V. This permits the
> host to copy a file (over VMBUS) into the guest. This facility is part of
> "guest integration services" supported on the Windows platform.
> Here is a link that provides additional details on this functionality:
> 
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn464282.aspx
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
> ---
>  drivers/hv/Makefile        |    2 +-
>  drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c      |  451 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/hv/hv_util.c       |   10 +
>  include/linux/hyperv.h     |   60 ++++++
>  tools/hv/hv_fcopy_daemon.c |  171 +++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 693 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/hv/hv_fcopy_daemon.c

It's too late in the 3.14 development cycle for this (i.e. 3.13 is going
to be out this weekend), but I'll queue this up for 3.15-rc1.

thanks,

greg k-h