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| author | Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com> | 2017-08-26 07:52:43 +0300 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2017-08-29 01:38:18 +0300 |
| commit | ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 (patch) | |
| tree | c7c3f444a538885333f157491f1c19cb19bde757 /net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig | |
| parent | 7cadf2cbe8051dd43cb340d02d0d30960f061ac2 (diff) | |
| download | linux-ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9.tar.xz | |
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig b/net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig index 8831e7c42167..a24369d175fd 100644 --- a/net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig +++ b/net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig @@ -46,3 +46,15 @@ config VIRTIO_VSOCKETS_COMMON This option is selected by any driver which needs to access the virtio_vsock. The module will be called vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common. + +config HYPERV_VSOCKETS + tristate "Hyper-V transport for Virtual Sockets" + depends on VSOCKETS && HYPERV + help + This module implements a Hyper-V transport for Virtual Sockets. + + Enable this transport if your Virtual Machine host supports Virtual + Sockets over Hyper-V VMBus. + + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be + called hv_sock. If unsure, say N. |