The VMADDR_CID_RESERVED (1) was used by VMCI, but now it is not
used anymore, so we can reuse it for local communication
(loopback) adding the new well-know CID: VMADDR_CID_LOCAL.
Cc: Jorgen Hansen <jhan...@vmware.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jorgen Hansen <jhan...@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarz...@redhat.com>
---
include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h | 8 +++++---
net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h b/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h
index 68d57c5e99bc..fd0ed7221645 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h
@@ -99,11 +99,13 @@
#define VMADDR_CID_HYPERVISOR 0
-/* This CID is specific to VMCI and can be considered reserved (even VMCI
- * doesn't use it anymore, it's a legacy value from an older release).
+/* Use this as the destination CID in an address when referring to the
+ * local communication (loopback).
+ * (This was VMADDR_CID_RESERVED, but even VMCI doesn't use it anymore,
+ * it was a legacy value from an older release).
*/
-#define VMADDR_CID_RESERVED 1
+#define VMADDR_CID_LOCAL 1
/* Use this as the destination CID in an address when referring to the host
* (any process other than the hypervisor). VMCI relies on it being 2, but
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
index 644d32e43d23..4b8b1150a738 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ static int vmci_transport_recv_dgram_cb(void *data, struct
vmci_datagram *dg)
static bool vmci_transport_stream_allow(u32 cid, u32 port)
{
static const u32 non_socket_contexts[] = {
- VMADDR_CID_RESERVED,
+ VMADDR_CID_LOCAL,
};
int i;
--
2.23.0
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