Re: Draft RFC for ONC RPC over AF_VSOCK

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On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 09:16:42AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-10-05 at 16:50 -0400, Matt Benjamin wrote:
> > Hi Stefan,
> > 
> > On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I have previously submitted patches that implement NFS client and nfsd
> > > support for the AF_VSOCK address family.  In order for this to be
> > > acceptable for merge the AF_VSOCK transport needs to be defined in an
> > > IETF RFC.  Below is a draft RFC that defines ONC RPC over AF_VSOCK.
> > > 
> > > My patches use netid "vsock" but "tcpv" has also been suggested.  This draft
> > > RFC still uses "vsock" but I'll update it to "tcpv" if there is consensus.
> > > 
> > 
> > I think "vsock" is the appropriate netid, not "tcpv."  Stream
> > orientation, if anything, is the general category containing TCP and
> > VSOCK, not the reverse.  But really I think it's just more clear.
> > 
> 
> Agreed. VSOCK is its own thing. It bears some resemblance to TCP, but
> calling it tcpv would be confusing. IIRC, Chuck only proposed that when
> we were discussing an alternative transport that would look more like a
> typical network.
> 
> BTW: Does VSOCK have a connectionless mode, analogous to UDP? If so,
> then it may be nice to consider what the netid for that might look like
> as well, before we settle on any names.

Yes, you can use SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_DGRAM when using vsock.

Regards,
Daniel
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