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

From: Andy King <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:23:02 -0800 (PST)

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