From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Haiyang Zhang Subject: [PATCH] staging: hv: Enable sending GARP packet after live migration Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 13:42:58 -0800 Message-ID: <1296682978-19223-1-git-send-email-haiyangz@microsoft.com> Return-path: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: haiyangz@microsoft.com, hjanssen@microsoft.com, gregkh@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@linuxdriverproject.org, virtualization@lists.osdl.org Cc: stable List-Id: virtualization@lists.linuxfoundation.org The hv_netvsc gets RNDIS_STATUS_MEDIA_CONNECT event after the VM is live migrated. Adding call to netif_notify_peers() for this event to send GARP (Gratuitous ARP) to notify network peers. Otherwise, the VM's network connection may stop after a live migration. This patch should also be applied to stable kernel 2.6.32 and later. Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang Signed-off-by: Hank Janssen Cc: stable --- drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c index 54706a1..b41c964 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c +++ b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c @@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ static void netvsc_linkstatus_callback(struct hv_device *device_obj, if (status == 1) { netif_carrier_on(net); netif_wake_queue(net); + netif_notify_peers(net); } else { netif_carrier_off(net); netif_stop_queue(net); -- 1.5.5.6