linux/tools
K. Y. Srinivasan 96dd86fa58 Drivers: hv: Add a new driver to support host initiated backup
This driver supports host initiated backup of the guest. On Windows guests,
the host can generate application consistent backups using the Windows VSS
framework. On Linux, we ensure that the backup will be file system consistent.
This driver allows the host to initiate a  "Freeze" operation on all the mounted
file systems in the guest. Once the mounted file systems in the guest are frozen,
the host snapshots the guest's file systems. Once this is done, the guest's file
systems are "thawed".

This driver has a user-level component (daemon) that invokes the appropriate
operation on all the mounted file systems in response to the requests from
the host. The duration for which the guest is frozen is very short - a few seconds.
During this interval, the diff disk is comitted.

In this version of the patch I have addressed the feedback from Olaf Herring.
Also, some of the connector related issues have been fixed.

Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
Cc: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-03-15 12:12:36 -07:00
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cgroup cgroups: fix cgroup_event_listener error handling 2013-01-08 10:00:44 -08:00
firewire tools/firewire: nosy-dump: check for allocation failure 2012-12-02 20:10:18 +01:00
hv Drivers: hv: Add a new driver to support host initiated backup 2013-03-15 12:12:36 -07:00
include/tools tools/include: Add byteshift headers for endian access 2012-02-28 10:22:51 -08:00
lguest tools/lguest: remove depends on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL 2013-01-11 11:40:03 -08:00
lib/traceevent tools lib traceevent: Handle dynamic array's element size properly 2013-01-25 12:49:28 -03:00
nfsd NFSD: Added fault injection script 2011-11-07 21:10:47 -05:00
perf ImgTec Meta architecture changes for v3.9-rc1 2013-03-03 12:06:09 -08:00
power Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux 2013-02-18 22:34:11 +01:00
scripts tools: Pass the target in descend 2012-11-19 22:10:36 +00:00
testing efivars: efivarfs_valid_name() should handle pstore syntax 2013-03-06 14:46:04 +00:00
usb testusb: remove all mentions of 'usbfs' 2013-02-08 12:15:24 -08:00
virtio Some nice cleanups, and even a patch my wife did as a "live" demo for 2012-12-20 08:37:05 -08:00
vm tools/vm: add .gitignore to ignore built binaries 2013-02-05 20:38:46 +11:00
Makefile Merge branch 'for-3.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2013-02-20 09:16:21 -08:00