[ovs-dev] [PATCH v2] Windows: Fix broken kernel userspace communication

Ben Pfaff blp at ovn.org
Fri Nov 16 14:36:10 UTC 2018


On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 03:32:58PM +0200, Alin Gabriel Serdean wrote:
> Patch: https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/69c51582ff786a68fc325c1c50624715482bc460
> broke Windows userpace - kernel communication.
> 
> On windows we create netlink sockets when the handlers are initiated and
> reuse them.
> This patch remaps the usage of the netlink socket pool.
> 
> Fixes:
> https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs-issues/issues/164
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alin Gabriel Serdean <aserdean at ovn.org>
> Acked-by: Shashank Ram <rams at vmware.com>
> Tested-by: Shashank Ram <rams at vmware.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org>
> Co-authored-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org>
> ---
> v1 -> v2: Fold in nice incremental from Ben
> RFC -> v1: Improve wording, change function name and add ifdef guard for them

Looks good to me, thank you!


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