> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olaf Hering [mailto:o...@aepfle.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 2:13 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: gre...@linuxfoundation.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
> de...@linuxdriverproject.org; a...@canonical.com; jasow...@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/1] Drivers: hv: Implement the file copy service
> 
> On Tue, Jan 14, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> 
> 
> > +static ssize_t fcopy_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
> > +                   size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
> > +{
> > +   int error = 0;
> > +
> > +   if (count != sizeof(int))
> > +           return 0;
> > +
> > +   if (copy_from_user(&error, buf, sizeof(int)))
> > +           return -EFAULT;
> > +
> > +   if (in_hand_shake) {
> > +           fcopy_handle_handshake();
> > +           return 0;
> > +   }
> 
> 
> > +   /*
> > +    * Register with the kernel.
> > +    */
> > +   write(fcopy_fd, &version, sizeof(int));
> 
> 
> Shouldnt there be some version check already even in this initial
> implementation? What if there will be a newer daemon running on an older
> kernel?

Currently, the daemon registers with the kernel passing its version number. I 
will make the
version check "real".

Thanks,

K. Y
> 
> Olaf

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