Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 1/1] hv_sock: implements Hyper-V transport for Virtual Sockets (AF_VSOCK)

[David Miller]

From: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 04:52:43 +0000

> 
> Hyper-V Sockets (hv_sock) supplies a byte-stream based communication
> mechanism between the host and the guest. It uses VMBus ringbuffer as the
> transportation layer.
> 
> With hv_sock, applications between the host (Windows 10, Windows Server
> 2016 or newer) and the guest can talk with each other using the traditional
> socket APIs.
> 
> More info about Hyper-V Sockets is available here:
> 
> "Make your own integration services":
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/user-guide/make-integration-service
> 
> The patch implements the necessary support in Linux guest by introducing a new
> vsock transport for AF_VSOCK.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thank you.