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Tsirkin" To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Subject: [PULL 45/45] docs: vhost-user: add subsection for non-Linux platforms Message-ID: <20220304133556.233983-46-mst@redhat.com> References: <20220304133556.233983-1-mst@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20220304133556.233983-1-mst@redhat.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.27.0.106.g8ac3dc51b1 X-Mutt-Fcc: =sent Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=mst@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=mst@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -28 X-Spam_score: -2.9 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.082, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Peter Maydell , Stefan Hajnoczi , Sergio Lopez Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" From: Sergio Lopez Add a section explaining how vhost-user is supported on platforms other than Linux. Signed-off-by: Sergio Lopez Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi Message-Id: <20220304100854.14829-5-slp@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Sergio Lopez Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi --- docs/interop/vhost-user.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst index edc3ad84a3..4dbc84fd00 100644 --- a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst +++ b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst @@ -38,6 +38,26 @@ conventions `. *Master* and *slave* can be either a client (i.e. connecting) or server (listening) in the socket communication. +Support for platforms other than Linux +-------------------------------------- + +While vhost-user was initially developed targeting Linux, nowadays it +is supported on any platform that provides the following features: + +- A way for requesting shared memory represented by a file descriptor + so it can be passed over a UNIX domain socket and then mapped by the + other process. + +- AF_UNIX sockets with SCM_RIGHTS, so QEMU and the other process can + exchange messages through it, including ancillary data when needed. + +- Either eventfd or pipe/pipe2. On platforms where eventfd is not + available, QEMU will automatically fall back to pipe2 or, as a last + resort, pipe. Each file descriptor will be used for receiving or + sending events by reading or writing (respectively) an 8-byte value + to the corresponding it. The 8-value itself has no meaning and + should not be interpreted. + Message Specification ===================== -- MST