diff --git a/Authors b/Authors
index ad6351b07..888f3008f 100644
--- a/Authors
+++ b/Authors
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ Kevin L. Mitchell <kevin.mitchell@rackspace.com>
 Kiall Mac Innes <kiall@managedit.ie>
 Kirill Shileev <kshileev@gmail.com>
 Koji Iida <iida.koji@lab.ntt.co.jp>
+Liam Kelleher  <liam.kelleher@hp.com>
 Likitha Shetty <likitha.shetty@citrix.com>
 Loganathan Parthipan <parthipan@hp.com>
 Lorin Hochstein <lorin@isi.edu>
diff --git a/nova/tests/policy.json b/nova/tests/policy.json
index c231bff60..d2e647f9f 100644
--- a/nova/tests/policy.json
+++ b/nova/tests/policy.json
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@
 
     "volume:attach": [],
     "volume:detach": [],
+    "volume:reserve_volume": [],
+    "volume:unreserve_volume": [],
     "volume:check_attach": [],
     "volume:check_detach": [],
     "volume:initialize_connection": [],
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_compute.py b/nova/tests/test_compute.py
index 30027eb67..f8f87cba7 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_compute.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_compute.py
@@ -3049,12 +3049,16 @@ class ComputeAPITestCase(BaseTestCase):
         def fake_check_attach(*args, **kwargs):
             pass
 
+        def fake_reserve_volume(*args, **kwargs):
+            pass
+
         def fake_volume_get(self, context, volume_id):
             return {'id': volume_id}
 
         self.stubs.Set(nova.volume.api.API, 'get', fake_volume_get)
         self.stubs.Set(nova.volume.api.API, 'check_attach', fake_check_attach)
-
+        self.stubs.Set(nova.volume.api.API, 'reserve_volume',
+                       fake_reserve_volume)
         instance = self._create_fake_instance()
         self.compute_api.attach_volume(self.context, instance, 1, '/dev/vdb')
 
diff --git a/nova/utils.py b/nova/utils.py
index 85f39dbe0..172b68afa 100644
--- a/nova/utils.py
+++ b/nova/utils.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import datetime
 import functools
 import hashlib
 import inspect
+import itertools
 import json
 import lockfile
 import os
@@ -712,6 +713,11 @@ def to_primitive(value, convert_instances=False, level=0):
         if test(value):
             return unicode(value)
 
+    # value of itertools.count doesn't get caught by inspects
+    # above and results in infinite loop when list(value) is called.
+    if type(value) == itertools.count:
+        return unicode(value)
+
     # FIXME(vish): Workaround for LP bug 852095. Without this workaround,
     #              tests that raise an exception in a mocked method that
     #              has a @wrap_exception with a notifier will fail. If