2 files changed, 69 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/hw/remote/mpqemu-link.h b/include/hw/remote/mpqemu-link.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cac699cb42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hw/remote/mpqemu-link.h
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Communication channel between QEMU and remote device process
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2018, 2021 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef MPQEMU_LINK_H
+#define MPQEMU_LINK_H
+
+#include "qom/object.h"
+#include "qemu/thread.h"
+#include "io/channel.h"
+
+#define REMOTE_MAX_FDS 8
+
+#define MPQEMU_MSG_HDR_SIZE offsetof(MPQemuMsg, data.u64)
+
+/**
+ * MPQemuCmd:
+ *
+ * MPQemuCmd enum type to specify the command to be executed on the remote
+ * device.
+ *
+ * This uses a private protocol between QEMU and the remote process. vfio-user
+ * protocol would supersede this in the future.
+ *
+ */
+typedef enum {
+    MPQEMU_CMD_MAX,
+} MPQemuCmd;
+
+/**
+ * MPQemuMsg:
+ * @cmd: The remote command
+ * @size: Size of the data to be shared
+ * @data: Structured data
+ * @fds: File descriptors to be shared with remote device
+ *
+ * MPQemuMsg Format of the message sent to the remote device from QEMU.
+ *
+ */
+typedef struct {
+    int cmd;
+    size_t size;
+
+    union {
+        uint64_t u64;
+    } data;
+
+    int fds[REMOTE_MAX_FDS];
+    int num_fds;
+} MPQemuMsg;
+
+bool mpqemu_msg_send(MPQemuMsg *msg, QIOChannel *ioc, Error **errp);
+bool mpqemu_msg_recv(MPQemuMsg *msg, QIOChannel *ioc, Error **errp);
+
+bool mpqemu_msg_valid(MPQemuMsg *msg);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/sysemu/iothread.h b/include/sysemu/iothread.h
index 0c5284dbbc..f177142f16 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/iothread.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/iothread.h
@@ -57,4 +57,10 @@ IOThread *iothread_create(const char *id, Error **errp);
 void iothread_stop(IOThread *iothread);
 void iothread_destroy(IOThread *iothread);
 
+/*
+ * Returns true if executing withing IOThread context,
+ * false otherwise.
+ */
+bool qemu_in_iothread(void);
+
 #endif /* IOTHREAD_H */