The VMADDR_CID_RESERVED (1) was used by VMCI, but now it is not used anymore, so we can reuse it for local communication (loopback) adding the new well-know CID: VMADDR_CID_LOCAL.
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| 99 | 99 | |
| 100 | 100 | #define VMADDR_CID_HYPERVISOR 0 |
| 101 | 101 | |
| 102 | −/* This CID is specific to VMCI and can be considered reserved (even VMCI | |
| 103 | − * doesn't use it anymore, it's a legacy value from an older release). | |
| 102 | +/* Use this as the destination CID in an address when referring to the | |
| 103 | + * local communication (loopback). | |
| 104 | + * (This was VMADDR_CID_RESERVED, but even VMCI doesn't use it anymore, | |
| 105 | + * it was a legacy value from an older release). | |
| 104 | 106 | */ |
| 105 | 107 | |
| 106 | −#define VMADDR_CID_RESERVED 1 | |
| 108 | +#define VMADDR_CID_LOCAL 1 | |
| 107 | 109 | |
| 108 | 110 | /* Use this as the destination CID in an address when referring to the host |
| 109 | 111 | * (any process other than the hypervisor). VMCI relies on it being 2, but |