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From: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
To: qemu-block@nongnu.org
Cc: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>,
	qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] qsd: Document FUSE exports
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 12:58:44 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210217115844.62661-1-mreitz@redhat.com> (raw)

Implementing FUSE exports required no changes to the storage daemon, so
we forgot to document them there.  Considering that both NBD and
vhost-user-blk exports are documented in its man page (and NBD exports
in its --help text), we should probably do the same for FUSE.

Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
---
 docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst   | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst
index f63627eaf6..f5a906f6fc 100644
--- a/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst
+++ b/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Standard options:
 .. option:: --export [type=]nbd,id=<id>,node-name=<node-name>[,name=<export-name>][,writable=on|off][,bitmap=<name>]
   --export [type=]vhost-user-blk,id=<id>,node-name=<node-name>,addr.type=unix,addr.path=<socket-path>[,writable=on|off][,logical-block-size=<block-size>][,num-queues=<num-queues>]
   --export [type=]vhost-user-blk,id=<id>,node-name=<node-name>,addr.type=fd,addr.str=<fd>[,writable=on|off][,logical-block-size=<block-size>][,num-queues=<num-queues>]
+  --export [type=]fuse,id=<id>,node-name=<node-name>,mountpoint=<file>[,growable=on|off][,writable=on|off]
 
   is a block export definition. ``node-name`` is the block node that should be
   exported. ``writable`` determines whether or not the export allows write
@@ -91,6 +92,16 @@ Standard options:
   ``logical-block-size`` sets the logical block size in bytes (the default is
   512). ``num-queues`` sets the number of virtqueues (the default is 1).
 
+  The ``fuse`` export type takes a mount point, which must be a regular file,
+  on which to export the given block node. That file will not be changed, it
+  will just appear to have the block node's content while the export is active
+  (very much like mounting a filesystem on a directory does not change what the
+  directory contains, it only shows a different content while the filesystem is
+  mounted). Consequently, applications that have opened the given file before
+  the export became active will continue to see its original content. If
+  ``growable`` is set, writes after the end of the exported file will grow the
+  block node to fit.
+
 .. option:: --monitor MONITORDEF
 
   is a QMP monitor definition. See the :manpage:`qemu(1)` manual page for
@@ -142,6 +153,14 @@ domain socket ``vhost-user-blk.sock``::
       --blockdev driver=qcow2,node-name=qcow2,file=file \
       --export type=vhost-user-blk,id=export,addr.type=unix,addr.path=vhost-user-blk.sock,node-name=qcow2
 
+Export a qcow2 image file ``disk.qcow2`` via FUSE on itself, so the disk image
+file will then appear as a raw image::
+
+  $ qemu-storage-daemon \
+      --blockdev driver=file,node-name=file,filename=disk.qcow2 \
+      --blockdev driver=qcow2,node-name=qcow2,file=file \
+      --export type=fuse,id=export,node-name=qcow2,mountpoint=disk.qcow2,writable=on
+
 See also
 --------
 
diff --git a/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c b/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c
index 9021a46b3a..bdf8877995 100644
--- a/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c
+++ b/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ static void help(void)
 "                         export the specified block node over NBD\n"
 "                         (requires --nbd-server)\n"
 "\n"
+"  --export [type=]fuse,id=<id>,node-name=<node-name>,mountpoint=<file>\n"
+"           [,growable=on|off][,writable=on|off]\n"
+"                         export the specified block node over FUSE\n"
+"\n"
 "  --monitor [chardev=]name[,mode=control][,pretty[=on|off]]\n"
 "                         configure a QMP monitor\n"
 "\n"
-- 
2.29.2



             reply	other threads:[~2021-02-17 12:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-17 11:58 Max Reitz [this message]
2021-02-17 16:26 ` [PATCH] qsd: Document FUSE exports Eric Blake
2021-02-18  8:49   ` Max Reitz
2021-03-29 16:29 ` Max Reitz

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