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Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2017 15:38:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     decui@...rosoft.com
Cc:     jhansen@...are.com, stefanha@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        mkubecek@...e.cz, olaf@...fle.de, sthemmin@...rosoft.com,
        rolf.neugebauer@...ker.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
        dave.scott@...ker.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        apw@...onical.com, marcelo.cerri@...onical.com,
        dan.carpenter@...cle.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        joe@...ches.com, devel@...uxdriverproject.org, vkuznets@...hat.com,
        haiyangz@...rosoft.com, georgezhang@...are.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 1/1] hv_sock: implements Hyper-V transport
 for Virtual Sockets (AF_VSOCK)

From: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
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@...rosoft.com>

Applied, thank you.