linux-kernel - Re: [Pv-drivers] [PATCH 0/6] VSOCK for Linux upstreaming

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Message-ID: <1683801.VNKd61ZM1Q@dtor-d630.eng.vmware.com>
Date:	Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:41:44 -0800
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...are.com>
To:	pv-drivers@...are.com
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [Pv-drivers] [PATCH 0/6] VSOCK for Linux upstreaming

On Tuesday, January 08, 2013 05:30:56 PM David Miller wrote:
> From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 16:21:10 -0800
> 
> > On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 03:59:08PM -0800, George Zhang wrote:
> >> * * *
> >> 
> >> This series of VSOCK linux upstreaming patches include latest udpate from
> >> VMware to address Greg's and all other's code review comments.
> > 
> > Dave, you acked these patches a while ago,
> 
> Really?  I'd like to see where I did that.
> 
> Instead, what I remember doing was deferring to the feedback these
> folks received, stating that ideas that the virtio people had
> mentioned should be considered instead.
> 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=135301515818462&w=2

I believe Andy replied to Anthony's AF_VMCHANNEL post and the differences
between the proposed solutions.

> 
> So definitely NACK this code and any infrastructure you've
> merged which essentialy depends upon it.

No, there is no infrastructure that depends on VSOCK, as VSOCK is built
on top of VMCI, not the other way around.

Thanks,
Dmitry

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