netdev - Re: [PATCH] VSOCK: Handle changes to the VMCI context ID.

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Date:	Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:39:46 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	grantr@...are.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	pv-drivers@...are.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] VSOCK: Handle changes to the VMCI context ID.

From: Reilly Grant <grantr@...are.com>
Date: Mon,  1 Apr 2013 11:41:52 -0700

> The VMCI context ID of a virtual machine may change at any time. There
> is a VMCI event which signals this but datagrams may be processed before
> this is handled. It is therefore necessary to be flexible about the
> destination context ID of any datagrams received. (It can be assumed to
> be correct because it is provided by the hypervisor.) The context ID on
> existing sockets should be updated to reflect how the hypervisor is
> currently referring to the system.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Reilly Grant <grantr@...are.com>
> Acked-by: Andy King <acking@...are.com>

Applied, thanks.
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