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From: "'gregkh@linuxfoundation.org'" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
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        'Wang Jian' <jianjian.wang1@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] [for linux-4.4.y only] Hyper-V: backport 4 KVP fixes
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On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 01:22:47AM +0000, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

All now queued up, and I added the last one to 4.9.y as well.  If it
shouldn't be there, please let me know.

thanks,

greg k-h