hv_sock: implements Hyper-V transport for Virtual Sockets (AF_VSOCK)
authorDexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
Sat, 26 Aug 2017 04:52:43 +0000 (04:52 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 28 Aug 2017 22:38:18 +0000 (15:38 -0700)
commitae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9
treec7c3f444a538885333f157491f1c19cb19bde757
parent7cadf2cbe8051dd43cb340d02d0d30960f061ac2
hv_sock: implements Hyper-V transport for Virtual Sockets (AF_VSOCK)

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@microsoft.com>
Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>
Cc: Andy King <acking@vmware.com>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@vmware.com>
Cc: George Zhang <georgezhang@vmware.com>
Cc: Jorgen Hansen <jhansen@vmware.com>
Cc: Reilly Grant <grantr@vmware.com>
Cc: Asias He <asias@redhat.com>
Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Cc: Cathy Avery <cavery@redhat.com>
Cc: Rolf Neugebauer <rolf.neugebauer@docker.com>
Cc: Marcelo Cerri <marcelo.cerri@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig
net/vmw_vsock/Makefile
net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c [new file with mode: 0644]