diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v5/pkg/db/kvstore/kvutils.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v5/pkg/db/kvstore/kvutils.go
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package kvstore
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"math/rand"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const (
+	minRetryInterval  = 100
+	maxRetryInterval  = 5000
+	incrementalFactor = 1.2
+	jitter            = 0.2
+)
+
+// ToString converts an interface value to a string.  The interface should either be of
+// a string type or []byte.  Otherwise, an error is returned.
+func ToString(value interface{}) (string, error) {
+	switch t := value.(type) {
+	case []byte:
+		return string(value.([]byte)), nil
+	case string:
+		return value.(string), nil
+	default:
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unexpected-type-%T", t)
+	}
+}
+
+// ToByte converts an interface value to a []byte.  The interface should either be of
+// a string type or []byte.  Otherwise, an error is returned.
+func ToByte(value interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	switch t := value.(type) {
+	case []byte:
+		return value.([]byte), nil
+	case string:
+		return []byte(value.(string)), nil
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected-type-%T", t)
+	}
+}
+
+// Helper function to verify mostly whether the content of two interface types are the same.  Focus is []byte and
+// string types
+func isEqual(val1 interface{}, val2 interface{}) bool {
+	b1, err := ToByte(val1)
+	b2, er := ToByte(val2)
+	if err == nil && er == nil {
+		return bytes.Equal(b1, b2)
+	}
+	return val1 == val2
+}
+
+// backoff waits an amount of time that is proportional to the attempt value.  The wait time in a range of
+// minRetryInterval and maxRetryInterval.
+func backoff(ctx context.Context, attempt int) error {
+	if attempt == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	backoff := int(minRetryInterval + incrementalFactor*math.Exp(float64(attempt)))
+	backoff *= 1 + int(jitter*(rand.Float64()*2-1))
+	if backoff > maxRetryInterval {
+		backoff = maxRetryInterval
+	}
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(backoff) * time.Millisecond)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return ctx.Err()
+	case <-ticker.C:
+	}
+	return nil
+}