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-rw-r--r--docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst68
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diff --git a/docs/interop/parallels.txt b/docs/interop/parallels.txt
index f15bf35bd1..bb3fadf369 100644
--- a/docs/interop/parallels.txt
+++ b/docs/interop/parallels.txt
@@ -208,21 +208,25 @@ of its data area are:
28 - 31: l1_size
The number of entries in the L1 table of the bitmap.
- variable: l1_table (8 * l1_size bytes)
- L1 offset table (in bytes)
+ variable: L1 offset table (l1_table), size: 8 * l1_size bytes
-A dirty bitmap is stored using a one-level structure for the mapping to host
-clusters - an L1 table.
+The dirty bitmap described by this feature extension is stored in a set of
+clusters inside the Parallels image file. The offsets of these clusters are
+saved in the L1 offset table specified by the feature extension. Each L1 table
+entry is a 64 bit integer as described below:
-Given an offset in bytes into the bitmap data, the offset in bytes into the
-image file can be obtained as follows:
+Given an offset in bytes into the bitmap data, corresponding L1 entry is
- offset = l1_table[offset / cluster_size] + (offset % cluster_size)
+ l1_table[offset / cluster_size]
-If an L1 table entry is 0, the corresponding cluster of the bitmap is assumed
-to be zero.
+If an L1 table entry is 0, all bits in the corresponding cluster of the bitmap
+are assumed to be 0.
-If an L1 table entry is 1, the corresponding cluster of the bitmap is assumed
-to have all bits set.
+If an L1 table entry is 1, all bits in the corresponding cluster of the bitmap
+are assumed to be 1.
-If an L1 table entry is not 0 or 1, it allocates a cluster from the data area.
+If an L1 table entry is not 0 or 1, it contains the corresponding cluster
+offset (in 512b sectors). Given an offset in bytes into the bitmap data the
+offset in bytes into the image file can be obtained as follows:
+
+ offset = l1_table[offset / cluster_size] * 512 + (offset % cluster_size)
diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst
index c05b3d3811..086493ebb3 100644
--- a/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst
+++ b/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Standard options:
a description of character device properties. A common character device
definition configures a UNIX domain socket::
- --chardev socket,id=char1,path=/tmp/qmp.sock,server=on,wait=off
+ --chardev socket,id=char1,path=/var/run/qsd-qmp.sock,server=on,wait=off
.. option:: --export [type=]nbd,id=<id>,node-name=<node-name>[,name=<export-name>][,writable=on|off][,bitmap=<name>]
--export [type=]vhost-user-blk,id=<id>,node-name=<node-name>,addr.type=unix,addr.path=<socket-path>[,writable=on|off][,logical-block-size=<block-size>][,num-queues=<num-queues>]
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ Standard options:
requests for modifying data (the default is off).
The ``nbd`` export type requires ``--nbd-server`` (see below). ``name`` is
- the NBD export name. ``bitmap`` is the name of a dirty bitmap reachable from
- the block node, so the NBD client can use NBD_OPT_SET_META_CONTEXT with the
+ the NBD export name (if not specified, it defaults to the given
+ ``node-name``). ``bitmap`` is the name of a dirty bitmap reachable from the
+ block node, so the NBD client can use NBD_OPT_SET_META_CONTEXT with the
metadata context name "qemu:dirty-bitmap:BITMAP" to inspect the bitmap.
The ``vhost-user-blk`` export type takes a vhost-user socket address on which
@@ -101,14 +102,17 @@ Standard options:
.. option:: --nbd-server addr.type=inet,addr.host=<host>,addr.port=<port>[,tls-creds=<id>][,tls-authz=<id>][,max-connections=<n>]
--nbd-server addr.type=unix,addr.path=<path>[,tls-creds=<id>][,tls-authz=<id>][,max-connections=<n>]
+ --nbd-server addr.type=fd,addr.str=<fd>[,tls-creds=<id>][,tls-authz=<id>][,max-connections=<n>]
is a server for NBD exports. Both TCP and UNIX domain sockets are supported.
- TLS encryption can be configured using ``--object`` tls-creds-* and authz-*
- secrets (see below).
+ A listen socket can be provided via file descriptor passing (see Examples
+ below). TLS encryption can be configured using ``--object`` tls-creds-* and
+ authz-* secrets (see below).
- To configure an NBD server on UNIX domain socket path ``/tmp/nbd.sock``::
+ To configure an NBD server on UNIX domain socket path
+ ``/var/run/qsd-nbd.sock``::
- --nbd-server addr.type=unix,addr.path=/tmp/nbd.sock
+ --nbd-server addr.type=unix,addr.path=/var/run/qsd-nbd.sock
.. option:: --object help
--object <type>,help
@@ -118,6 +122,20 @@ Standard options:
List object properties with ``<type>,help``. See the :manpage:`qemu(1)`
manual page for a description of the object properties.
+.. option:: --pidfile PATH
+
+ is the path to a file where the daemon writes its pid. This allows scripts to
+ stop the daemon by sending a signal::
+
+ $ kill -SIGTERM $(<path/to/qsd.pid)
+
+ A file lock is applied to the file so only one instance of the daemon can run
+ with a given pid file path. The daemon unlinks its pid file when terminating.
+
+ The pid file is written after chardevs, exports, and NBD servers have been
+ created but before accepting connections. The daemon has started successfully
+ when the pid file is written and clients may begin connecting.
+
Examples
--------
Launch the daemon with QMP monitor socket ``qmp.sock`` so clients can execute
@@ -127,6 +145,42 @@ QMP commands::
--chardev socket,path=qmp.sock,server=on,wait=off,id=char1 \
--monitor chardev=char1
+Launch the daemon from Python with a QMP monitor socket using file descriptor
+passing so there is no need to busy wait for the QMP monitor to become
+available::
+
+ #!/usr/bin/env python3
+ import subprocess
+ import socket
+
+ sock_path = '/var/run/qmp.sock'
+
+ with socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as listen_sock:
+ listen_sock.bind(sock_path)
+ listen_sock.listen()
+
+ fd = listen_sock.fileno()
+
+ subprocess.Popen(
+ ['qemu-storage-daemon',
+ '--chardev', f'socket,fd={fd},server=on,id=char1',
+ '--monitor', 'chardev=char1'],
+ pass_fds=[fd],
+ )
+
+ # listen_sock was automatically closed when leaving the 'with' statement
+ # body. If the daemon process terminated early then the following connect()
+ # will fail with "Connection refused" because no process has the listen
+ # socket open anymore. Launch errors can be detected this way.
+
+ qmp_sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+ qmp_sock.connect(sock_path)
+ ...QMP interaction...
+
+The same socket spawning approach also works with the ``--nbd-server
+addr.type=fd,addr.str=<fd>`` and ``--export
+type=vhost-user-blk,addr.type=fd,addr.str=<fd>`` options.
+
Export raw image file ``disk.img`` over NBD UNIX domain socket ``nbd.sock``::
$ qemu-storage-daemon \