On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 01:55:58PM +0000, Jorgen Hansen wrote: > > From: Stefano Garzarella [mailto:sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2020 2:08 PM > > To: mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx > > Cc: Jorgen Hansen <jhansen@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux-man@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxxx>; Dexuan Cui > > <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [PATCH v2] vsock.7: add VMADDR_CID_LOCAL description > > > > Linux 5.6 added the new well-known VMADDR_CID_LOCAL for local > > communication. > > > > This patch explains how to use it and remove the legacy > > VMADDR_CID_RESERVED no longer available. > > > > Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > v2: > > * rephrased "Local communication" description [Stefan] > > * added a mention of previous versions that supported > > loopback only in the guest [Stefan] > > --- > > > > @@ -222,6 +232,11 @@ are valid. > > Support for VMware (VMCI) has been available since Linux 3.9. > > KVM (virtio) is supported since Linux 4.8. > > Hyper-V is supported since Linux 4.14. > > +.PP > > +VMADDR_CID_LOCAL is supported since Linux 5.6. > > +Local communication in the guest and on the host is available since Linux > > 5.6. > > +Previous versions partially supported it only in the guest and only > > +with some transports (VMCI and virtio). > > Maybe rephrase the last part slightly to something like: > > Previous versions only supported local communication within a guest (not on the host), > and only with some transports (VMCI and virtio). I think it is better, I'll send a v3 with this part changed :-) > > Otherwise, looks good to me. Thanks for making this update. > > Reviewed-by: Jorgen Hansen <jhansen@xxxxxxxxxx> > Thanks, Stefano
