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Tsirkin" , "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" , Eric Blake , Paolo Bonzini , devel@lists.libvirt.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/10] net: Add passt network backend In-Reply-To: <957e1b39-bb40-4752-9d61-84f2b1ca7aa2@redhat.com> (Laurent Vivier's message of "Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:37:12 +0200") References: <20250618155718.550968-1-lvivier@redhat.com> <20250618155718.550968-10-lvivier@redhat.com> <87pletlflp.fsf@pond.sub.org> <957e1b39-bb40-4752-9d61-84f2b1ca7aa2@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:55:20 +0200 Message-ID: <87pleticbb.fsf@pond.sub.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.30.177.4 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=armbru@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 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: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Laurent Vivier writes: > On 24/06/2025 10:16, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> Laurent Vivier writes: >> >>> This commit introduces support for passt as a new network backend. >>> passt is an unprivileged, user-mode networking solution that provides >>> connectivity for virtual machines by launching an external helper process. >>> >>> The implementation reuses the generic stream data handling logic. It >>> launches the passt binary using GSubprocess, passing it a file >>> descriptor from a socketpair() for communication. QEMU connects to >>> the other end of the socket pair to establish the network data stream. >>> >>> The PID of the passt daemon is tracked via a temporary file to >>> ensure it is terminated when QEMU exits. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier >> >> [...] >> >>> diff --git a/qapi/net.json b/qapi/net.json >>> index 97ea1839813b..76d7654414f7 100644 >>> --- a/qapi/net.json >>> +++ b/qapi/net.json >>> @@ -112,6 +112,125 @@ >>> 'data': { >>> 'str': 'str' } } >>> >>> +## >>> +# @NetDevPasstOptions: >>> +# >>> +# Unprivileged user-mode network connectivity using passt >>> +# >>> +# @path: path to passt binary >> >> I'd prefer a more descriptive name. >> >> Elsewhere in this file, we refer to programs like this: >> >> # @script: script to initialize the interface >> # >> # @downscript: script to shut down the interface >> >> passt isn't a script, of course. >> >> I don't know, perhaps >> >> # @passt-filename: the passt program to run. >> >> or even >> >> # @passt: Filename of the passt program to run. >> >>> +# >>> +# @quiet: don't print informational messages >> >> What does the printing? A peek at the code I snipped suggests this flag >> is passed to the passt binary as --quiet. Correct? >> >>> +# >>> +# @debug: be verbose >>> +# >>> +# @trace: extra verbose >> >> Likewise for these two. >> >>> +# >>> +# @vhost-user: enable vhost-user [...] >>> +# @udp-ports: UDP ports to forward >> >> Is there anything in this struct that configures qemu-system-FOO itself, >> i.e. isn't just passed to passt? >> > > Yes, all parameters are just passed to passt. > > Do you think it's better not to add all these parameters to netdev backend but only one > generic containing the passt command line parameters? I'm not sure. Thoughts from libvirt's perspective?