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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/1] backend: multi-client-socket
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Stefan Hajnoczi |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/1] backend: multi-client-socket |
Date: |
Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:08:08 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) |
On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 10:12:46AM +0100, Baptiste Reynal wrote:
> This patch introduces a new socket for QEMU, called multi-client-socket. This
> socket allows multiple QEMU instances to communicate by sharing messages
> and file descriptors.
>
> A socket can be instantiated with the following parameters:
> -object multi-socket-backend,id=<id>,path=<socket_path>,listen=<on/off>
>
> If listen is set, the socket will act as a listener and register new
> clients.
>
> This patch is a follow-up to "[RFC PATCH 0/8] Towards an Heterogeneous QEMU":
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-10/msg00171.html
>
> This work has been sponsored by Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baptiste Reynal <address@hidden>
> ---
> backends/Makefile.objs | 2 +
> backends/multi-socket.c | 355
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/qemu/multi-socket.h | 124 ++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 481 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 backends/multi-socket.c
> create mode 100644 include/qemu/multi-socket.h
Is it possible to reuse QEMU's UNIX domain socket and fd passing code?
For example, take a look at io/channel-socket.c.
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