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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Allow host_net_add monitor command accept f
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Daniel P. Berrange |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Allow host_net_add monitor command accept file descriptors |
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Tue, 7 Jul 2009 11:06:30 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.4.1i |
On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 12:03:18PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 07/07/2009 11:13 AM, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> >>>
> >>>Nice idea, certainly.
> >>>
> >>>However, since it's only currently useful for tap/socket networking, I'm
> >>>happier with not adding two new monitor commands and only supporting a
> >>>single fd for now.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>What happens when we do get more commands?
> >>
> >
> >Any specific ideas around what else might use it?
> >
>
> Migration, usb, passing around eventfds for interguest communication.
I must say the idea of being able to pass a FD for migration would be
very nice. We currently have to open a localhost TCP port and tell QEMU
to connect to is, which is less than desirable for security since we
cannot guarentee the process we want is the one actually connecting.
Daniel
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- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Allow host_net_add monitor command accept file descriptors, Mark McLoughlin, 2009/07/06
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/3] Make tcp_chr_read() use recvmsg(), Mark McLoughlin, 2009/07/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Allow host_net_add monitor command accept file descriptors, Avi Kivity, 2009/07/07
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Allow host_net_add monitor command accept file descriptors, Mark McLoughlin, 2009/07/07
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Allow host_net_add monitor command accept file descriptors, Avi Kivity, 2009/07/07
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Allow host_net_add monitor command accept file descriptors, Mark McLoughlin, 2009/07/07
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Allow host_net_add monitor command accept file descriptors, Avi Kivity, 2009/07/07
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Allow host_net_add monitor command accept file descriptors,
Daniel P. Berrange <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Allow host_net_add monitor command accept file descriptors, Mark McLoughlin, 2009/07/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Make tcp_chr_read() use recvmsg(), Mark McLoughlin, 2009/07/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/5] Add SCM_RIGHTS support to unix socket character devices, Mark McLoughlin, 2009/07/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/5] Add getfd and closefd monitor commands, Mark McLoughlin, 2009/07/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/5] Add monitor_get_fd() command for fetching named fds, Mark McLoughlin, 2009/07/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/5] Add support for fd=name to tap and socket networking, Mark McLoughlin, 2009/07/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/5] Add getfd and closefd monitor commands, Avi Kivity, 2009/07/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/5] Add getfd and closefd monitor commands, Mark McLoughlin, 2009/07/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/5] Add getfd and closefd monitor commands, Avi Kivity, 2009/07/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/5] Add getfd and closefd monitor commands, Anthony Liguori, 2009/07/08