Drivers: hv: util: introduce hv_utils_transport abstraction
authorVitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Sun, 12 Apr 2015 01:07:51 +0000 (18:07 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sun, 24 May 2015 19:17:41 +0000 (12:17 -0700)
commit14b50f80c32dd4e84b6baeaa8bf4049cc5ecf56d
tree3395e643fb235bfb8568b29a5178d46589a4bc5c
parent3f0dccf86cab38d96b67efdfc944954f5490d057
Drivers: hv: util: introduce hv_utils_transport abstraction

The intention is to make KVP/VSS drivers work through misc char devices.
Introduce an abstraction for kernel/userspace communication to make the
migration smoother. Transport operational mode (netlink or char device)
is determined by the first received message. To support driver upgrades
the switch from netlink to chardev operational mode is supported.

Every hv_util daemon is supposed to register 2 callbacks:
1) on_msg() to get notified when the userspace daemon sent a message;
2) on_reset() to get notified when the userspace daemon drops the connection.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Alex Ng <alexng@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/hv/Makefile
drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c [new file with mode: 0644]
drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.h [new file with mode: 0644]