Re: [PATCH 1/1] VSOCK: Introduce VM Sockets

From: Andy King
Date: Tue Feb 12 2013 - 22:23:08 EST


Hi Gerd,

> > +/* Option name for socket's service label. Use as the option name in
> > + * setsockopt(3) or getsockopt(3) to set or get the service label for a
> > socket.
> > + * The service label is a C-style NUL-terminated string. Only available
> > for
> > + * hypervisor endpoints.
> > + */
> > +
> > +#define SO_VM_SOCKETS_SERVICE_LABEL 4
> > +
>
> What is this and how does it work?

Oops, that's specific to ESX. Thankfully it's only in the header and not
in anything under net/vmw_vsock, so removing it is easy. I'll send out a
patch in the morning.

Thanks!
- Andy
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