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    SubjectRE: [PATCH v14 net-next 1/1] hv_sock: introduce Hyper-V Sockets
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    > From: David Miller [mailto:davem@davemloft.net]
    > Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2016 14:27
    > To: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
    > Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 net-next 1/1] hv_sock: introduce Hyper-V Sockets
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    > From: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
    > Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 01:58:31 +0000
    >
    > > Not sure if you had a chance to review this version.
    >
    > Why me?
    I just think you're the most responsive reviewer. :-)

    > Other people have to review this too.
    Sure. Let me try to ask more people to review this.

    > > Now I have a question: may I split the include/linux/socket.h change
    > > and ask you to pre-allocate the number for AF_HYPERV to allow
    > > backporting of Hyper-V Sockets to distro kernels, and to make sure
    > > that applications using the socket type will work with the backport
    > > as well as the upstream kernel?
    >
    > Sorry, I'm not going to do this.
    >
    > You cannot commit anything in userspace to this value anywhere
    > until it is accepted upstream.
    Got it. Thanks for the explanation!

    Thanks,
    -- Dexuan

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