RE: [PATCHv2] tools: hv: hv_set_ifconfig.sh double check before setting ip

[KY Srinivasan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olaf Hering [mailto:olaf@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 3:34 AM
> To: Eduardo Otubo <otubo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Stephen
> Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Haiyang Zhang
> <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx; mgamal@xxxxxxxxxx; cavery@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] tools: hv: hv_set_ifconfig.sh double check before
> setting ip
> 
> On Fri, Dec 08, Eduardo Otubo wrote:
> 
> >  tools/hv/hv_set_ifconfig.sh | 45
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> > +        # let's wait for 3 minutes
> 
> Was this codepath runtime tested?
> 
> Last time this came up, the conclusion was that Windows terminates the
> "KVP connection" after 60 seconds. After that, the VM must be rebooted
> because the kernel does not deal with the long-running script. It is
> also not clear what the kernel is supposed to do: either silently report
> success and hope the scripts reports success one day, or report error
> independent from what the script actually returns. New KVP requests
> would need to be queued either way.

Agreed; 180 seconds is more than what the host is willing to wait.

K. Y
> 
> 
> Olaf