Re: [PATCH v2] net/9p: add vsock transport

On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 04:31:25PM +0200, [email protected] wrote:
>On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 09:12 +0000, [email protected] wrote:
>> >The privport mount option is not currently supported for vsock and
>> >returns -EOPNOTSUPP if specified.
>>
>> Why not?
>
>The existing p9_bind_privport() implementation is TCP-specific
>(uses inet_pton and struct sockaddr_in), so it cannot be reused
>for vsock directly. Per Stefan Hajnoczi's suggestion, I opted to
>reject the option cleanly for now rather than leave it silently

Ah, I see now. Sorry, I didn't look at the v1.

>ignored. Support can be added in a follow-up if needed.

I'd add a comment in the code to explain that, maybe with a TODO label.  
Because initially I thought it was not applicable to AF_VSOCK sockets 
for some reason related to he socket family.

Thanks,
Stefano