Re: Request DLT_/LINKTYPE_ value for vSockets

[Gerard <ggarcia () deic uab cat>]

There are control packets which don't have payload, and data packets which
have the application data after the header.

On Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 20:32 Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu> wrote:

> On Jul 15, 2016, at 7:32 AM, Gerard Garcia <ggarcia () abra uab cat> wrote:
>
> > vSockets are used for host<>guest communication using the standard
> socket API. They already supported in the mainline Linux kernel and can be
> used in VMware VMs.
> > There is an ongoing work to implement a virtio transport which will add
> vSockets support to QEMU. Additionally, it will include a vsockmon device
> that will allow the host to monitor the data exchanged through vSockets.
> > The vsockmon device has already been reviewed and its header is already
> defined:
> > http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=146661193816961&w=2
> https://github.com/GerardGarcia/linux/blob/vsockmon/include/uapi/linux/vsockmon.h
>
> So what follows the header?  I.e., what's the payload of a vSocket packet?
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