Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qmp: extend QMP to provide read/write access to physical memory

[Fam Zheng]

On Wed, 12/03 22:28, Bryan D. Payne wrote:
> >
> > It is critical as a transport data structure. You have to define a
> > byte-by-byte
> > layout (concerning endianness and padding) and use padding fields together
> > with
> > QEMU_PACKED, so the representation is not dependent on alignment
> 
> 
> This makes sense for network protocols.  But, in this case, the protocol is
> always taking placing over a unix socket on the localhost.  This is why I
> wasn't sure that it was necessary.
> 
> Just to be clear... the QMP connection could go over the network, but its
> only purpose is to set up the unix socket on the local machine (meaning
> that doing it over the network is kind of pointless, even if it is
> possible).  Once the unix socket is setup, the memory access protocol
> happens over that socket.

This doesn't stop the client from using a different alignment than we expect.
It's necessary to be explicit as a binary protocol.

Fam