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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Introduce xensock socket and implement sockback and sockfront drivers



On 08/08/14 12:32, Oleksandr Dmytryshyn wrote:
> Next series of the patches adds new socket support: xensock.
> Those sockets will be used for the xen-sock frontend/backend
> drivers. Those drivers will allow to connect via xensock
> sockets (in this case dom0/domD sockets can be used for the
> server application and domU sockets can be used for the
> client application). Those sockets are similar to the TCP sockets.
> But there are some limitations. Xensock sockets
> ignore an address and can act only as the stream
> sockets. Only one xensock socket can be opened in the frontend
> side and it will be connected with the single xensock socket
> in the backend side (this link is created automatically by
> frontend and backend driver).

You should look at using AF_VSOCK sockets instead.

David


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