[Python-Dev] python issue27584 AF_VSOCK support

Cathy Avery cavery at redhat.com
Thu Aug 24 13:45:36 EDT 2017


On 08/17/2017 05:38 PM, Christian Heimes wrote:
> On 2017-08-17 14:21, Cathy Avery wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a python pull request https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/2489
>> that introduces AF_VSOCK to the python C socket module.  Unfortunately
>> things have gone quiet for several weeks. Since I am new to this process
>> I am unclear on what to expect as the next steps. I believe I have
>> addressed all issues. If I am mistaken please let me know. A real
>> functioning test setup is a bit painful and I would be happy to help in
>> anyway I can. The Microsoft Hyper V team is now introducing support of
>> vsock in the upstream linux kernel so its adoption is spreading amongst
>> the various hypervisors.
>>
>> Any guidance on the basic timelines would be very helpful.
> Hi Cathy,
>
> thanks for your contribution! Your patch looks mostly fine. I pointed
> out some minor issues in my review.
>
> Regards,
> Christian
>
>
>

Thanks! I'm going to push it soon. I think I got everything.


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