netdev - [PATCH net-next 2/6] vsock: add VMADDR_CID

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Date:   Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:01:17 +0100
From:   Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
        Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jorgen Hansen <jhansen@...are.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/6] vsock: add VMADDR_CID_LOCAL definition

The VMADDR_CID_RESERVED (1) was used by VMCI, but now it is not
used anymore, so we can reuse it for local communication
(loopback) adding the new well-know CID: VMADDR_CID_LOCAL.

Cc: Jorgen Hansen <jhansen@...are.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h | 8 +++++---
 net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h b/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h
index 68d57c5e99bc..fd0ed7221645 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h
@@ -99,11 +99,13 @@
 
 #define VMADDR_CID_HYPERVISOR 0
 
-/* This CID is specific to VMCI and can be considered reserved (even VMCI
- * doesn't use it anymore, it's a legacy value from an older release).
+/* Use this as the destination CID in an address when referring to the
+ * local communication (loopback).
+ * (This was VMADDR_CID_RESERVED, but even VMCI doesn't use it anymore,
+ * it was a legacy value from an older release).
  */
 
-#define VMADDR_CID_RESERVED 1
+#define VMADDR_CID_LOCAL 1
 
 /* Use this as the destination CID in an address when referring to the host
  * (any process other than the hypervisor).  VMCI relies on it being 2, but
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
index 644d32e43d23..4b8b1150a738 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ static int vmci_transport_recv_dgram_cb(void *data, struct vmci_datagram *dg)
 static bool vmci_transport_stream_allow(u32 cid, u32 port)
 {
 	static const u32 non_socket_contexts[] = {
-		VMADDR_CID_RESERVED,
+		VMADDR_CID_LOCAL,
 	};
 	int i;
 
-- 
2.21.0