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@ 2010-06-07 21:54 Daniel Stodden
  2010-06-07 21:54 ` [PATCH 1 of 7] blktap2: Remove tapdisk-ipc module Daniel Stodden
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From: Daniel Stodden @ 2010-06-07 21:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi.

Apart from removing some dead code and tidying up tapdisk-vbd a
little, the bigger introduces our new tap-ctl utility code.

The code aims to be a complete replacement for the original blktap2
control path, run through sysfs. Fully implemented in userspace, all
tapdisks now gained a small IPC layer on top of Unix domain sockets.

Sample usage:

# tap-ctl allocate
/dev/xen/blktap-2/tapdev0

# tap-ctl spawn
tapdisk spawned with pid 4168

# tap-ctl list
    4168  -    -          - -
       -  0    -          - -

# tap-ctl attach -p 4168 -m 0
# tap-ctl list
    4168  0    0          - -

# tap-ctl open -p 4168 -m 0 -a aio:/var/tmp/lenny.ext

# tap-ctl list
    4168  0    0        aio /var/tmp/lenny.ext

# tap-ctl close -p 4168 -m 0
# tap-ctl detach -p 4168 -m 0
# tap-ctl free -m 0

The above example is a bit noisy, because it's mediating between minor
number (block devices), tapdisks and tapdisk VBDs (the tapdisk I/O
queue running a bdev) in detail. 

There are shortcuts. At the same time, the low-level interface should
be general enough to stay extensible, and help accomodate some of the
more esoteric features, like shared images and/or multiple VBDs
sharing the same tapdisk.

Cheers,
Daniel

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2010-06-07 21:54 [PATCH 0 of 7] blktap2: The tap-ctl userspace control utility and library Daniel Stodden
2010-06-07 21:54 ` [PATCH 1 of 7] blktap2: Remove tapdisk-ipc module Daniel Stodden
2010-06-07 21:54 ` [PATCH 2 of 7] blktap2: Remove LVM hacks Daniel Stodden
2010-06-07 21:54 ` [PATCH 3 of 7] blktap2: Fix tapdisk disktype issues Daniel Stodden
2010-06-07 21:54 ` [PATCH 4 of 7] blktap2: Fix E/DPRINTF defs all around the driver/ subdir Daniel Stodden
2010-06-07 21:54 ` [PATCH 5 of 7] blktap2: Cleanup vdi stacking code Daniel Stodden
2010-06-07 21:54 ` [PATCH 6 of 7] blktap2: The tap-ctl userspace control utility and library Daniel Stodden
2010-06-07 21:54 ` [PATCH 7 of 7] blktap2: Port Xend to the tap-ctl interface Daniel Stodden
2010-06-09 20:25   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2010-06-09 20:57     ` Daniel Stodden
2010-06-09 22:11       ` Daniel Stodden
2010-06-09 22:32         ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2010-06-10  3:26     ` [PATCH 0 of 4] libxl/blktap2 Daniel Stodden
2010-06-10  3:26       ` [PATCH 1 of 4] blktap2: Fix broken tap-ctl-list type/path filter logic Daniel Stodden
2010-06-10  3:26       ` [PATCH 2 of 4] blktap2: Add tap_ctl_find_minor Daniel Stodden
2010-06-10  3:26       ` [PATCH 3 of 4] blktap2: Build libblktapctl.so Daniel Stodden
2010-06-10  3:26       ` [PATCH 4 of 4] libxl: Use libblktapctl.so Daniel Stodden
2010-06-10 15:43         ` Stefano Stabellini
2010-06-10 20:11           ` Daniel Stodden
2010-06-10 16:25         ` Stefano Stabellini
2010-06-10 22:27           ` Daniel Stodden
2010-06-11 10:42             ` Stefano Stabellini
2010-06-11 13:00               ` Stefano Stabellini
2010-08-03 19:14 ` [PATCH 0 of 7] blktap2: The tap-ctl userspace control utility and library Łukasz Oleś

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