Re: [PATCH v2] net/9p: add vsock transport

[Stefano Garzarella]

On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 04:31:25PM +0200, skvarlamatus@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 09:12 +0000, sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > >The privport mount option is not currently supported for vsock and
> > >returns -EOPNOTSUPP if specified.
> >
> > Why not?
>
> The existing p9_bind_privport() implementation is TCP-specific
> (uses inet_pton and struct sockaddr_in), so it cannot be reused
> for vsock directly. Per Stefan Hajnoczi's suggestion, I opted to
> reject the option cleanly for now rather than leave it silently

Ah, I see now. Sorry, I didn't look at the v1.

> ignored. Support can be added in a follow-up if needed.

I'd add a comment in the code to explain that, maybe with a TODO label.  
Because initially I thought it was not applicable to AF_VSOCK sockets 
for some reason related to he socket family.

Thanks,
Stefano