Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] block/blkio: support fd passing for virtio-blk-vhost-vdpa driver

[Jonathon Jongsma <jjongsma@redhat.com>]

On 5/30/23 2:19 AM, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> v5:
> - moved `features` to the object level to simplify libvirt code [Jonathon]
> - wrapped a line too long in the documentation [Markus]
> - added Stefan R-b tags
> 
> v4: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20230526150304.158206-1-sgarzare@redhat.com/
> - added patch 02 to allow libvirt to discover we support fdset [Markus]
> - modified the commit description of patch 01
> 
> v3: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20230511091527.46620-1-sgarzare@redhat.com/
> - use qemu_open() on `path` to simplify libvirt code [Jonathon]
> - remove patch 01 since we are not using monitor_fd_param() anymore
> 
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20230504092843.62493-1-sgarzare@redhat.com/
> - added patch 01 to use monitor_fd_param() in the blkio module
> - use monitor_fd_param() to parse the fd like vhost devices [Stefan]
> 
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20230502145050.224615-1-sgarzare@redhat.com/
> 
> The virtio-blk-vhost-vdpa driver in libblkio 1.3.0 supports the new
> 'fd' property. Let's expose this to the user, so the management layer
> can pass the file descriptor of an already opened vhost-vdpa character
> device. This is useful especially when the device can only be accessed
> with certain privileges.
> 
> Stefano Garzarella (2):
>    block/blkio: use qemu_open() to support fd passing for virtio-blk
>    qapi: add '@fdset' feature for BlockdevOptionsVirtioBlkVhostVdpa
> 
>   meson.build          |  4 ++++
>   qapi/block-core.json |  6 +++++
>   block/blkio.c        | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>   3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 


Looks good from my perspective as a libvirt developer.

Thanks,
Jonathon