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Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h | 26 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h b/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h index fd0ed7221645..46918a1852d7 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ #define _UAPI_VM_SOCKETS_H #include <linux/socket.h> +#include <linux/types.h> /* Option name for STREAM socket buffer size. Use as the option name in * setsockopt(3) or getsockopt(3) to set or get an unsigned long long that @@ -114,6 +115,26 @@ #define VMADDR_CID_HOST 2 +/* The current default use case for the vsock channel is the following: + * local vsock communication between guest and host and nested VMs setup. + * In addition to this, implicitly, the vsock packets are forwarded to the host + * if no host->guest vsock transport is set. + * + * Set this flag value in the sockaddr_vm corresponding field if the vsock + * packets need to be always forwarded to the host. Using this behavior, + * vsock communication between sibling VMs can be setup. + * + * This way can explicitly distinguish between vsock channels created for + * different use cases, such as nested VMs (or local communication between + * guest and host) and sibling VMs. + * + * The flag can be set in the connect logic in the user space application flow. + * In the listen logic (from kernel space) the flag is set on the remote peer + * address. This happens for an incoming connection when it is routed from the + * host and comes from the guest (local CID and remote CID > VMADDR_CID_HOST). + */ +#define VMADDR_FLAG_TO_HOST 0x01 + /* Invalid vSockets version. */ #define VM_SOCKETS_INVALID_VERSION -1U @@ -148,10 +169,13 @@ struct sockaddr_vm { unsigned short svm_reserved1; unsigned int svm_port; unsigned int svm_cid; + __u8 svm_flags; unsigned char svm_zero[sizeof(struct sockaddr) - sizeof(sa_family_t) - sizeof(unsigned short) - - sizeof(unsigned int) - sizeof(unsigned int)]; + sizeof(unsigned int) - + sizeof(unsigned int) - + sizeof(__u8)]; }; #define IOCTL_VM_SOCKETS_GET_LOCAL_CID _IO(7, 0xb9) |