netdev - RE: [PATCH v3 net-next 1/1] hv_sock: implements Hyper-V transport for Virtual Sockets (AF

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Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2017 23:30:08 +0000
From:   Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     "jhansen@...are.com" <jhansen@...are.com>,
        "stefanha@...hat.com" <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "mkubecek@...e.cz" <mkubecek@...e.cz>,
        "olaf@...fle.de" <olaf@...fle.de>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        "rolf.neugebauer@...ker.com" <rolf.neugebauer@...ker.com>,
        "jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        "dave.scott@...ker.com" <dave.scott@...ker.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "apw@...onical.com" <apw@...onical.com>,
        "marcelo.cerri@...onical.com" <marcelo.cerri@...onical.com>,
        "dan.carpenter@...cle.com" <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "joe@...ches.com" <joe@...ches.com>,
        "devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
        "vkuznets@...hat.com" <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        "georgezhang@...are.com" <georgezhang@...are.com>,
        "Cheng-mean Liu (SOCCER)" <soccerl@...rosoft.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 net-next 1/1] hv_sock: implements Hyper-V transport for
 Virtual Sockets (AF_VSOCK)

> From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net]
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 15:39
> 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.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
> 
> Applied, thank you.

Thanks a lot!

There are some supporting patches still pending in the VMBus driver.
I'll make sure they go in through the char-misc tree.

Thanks,
-- Dexuan