I wasn't aware of this new framework when I started the development of this socket. For sure I'll have a deeper look and see what can be shared for the next version.
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 10:12:46AM +0100, Baptiste Reynal wrote: >> This patch introduces a new socket for QEMU, called multi-client-socket. This >> socket allows multiple QEMU instances to communicate by sharing messages >> and file descriptors. >> >> A socket can be instantiated with the following parameters: >> -object multi-socket-backend,id=<id>,path=<socket_path>,listen=<on/off> >> >> If listen is set, the socket will act as a listener and register new >> clients. >> >> This patch is a follow-up to "[RFC PATCH 0/8] Towards an Heterogeneous QEMU": >> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-10/msg00171.html >> >> This work has been sponsored by Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH. >> >> Signed-off-by: Baptiste Reynal <b.rey...@virtualopensystems.com> >> --- >> backends/Makefile.objs | 2 + >> backends/multi-socket.c | 355 >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> include/qemu/multi-socket.h | 124 ++++++++++++++++ >> 3 files changed, 481 insertions(+) >> create mode 100644 backends/multi-socket.c >> create mode 100644 include/qemu/multi-socket.h > > Is it possible to reuse QEMU's UNIX domain socket and fd passing code? > For example, take a look at io/channel-socket.c.
