Carsten Otte wrote: > Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > >> As a userspace apps service, I'd very much like to see a common sockets >> interface for inter-VM communication that is portable across virt systems >> like Xen & KVM. I'd see it as similar to UNIX domain sockets in style. So >> basically any app which could do UNIX domain sockets, could be ported to >> inter-VM sockets by just changing PF_UNIX to say, PF_VIRT >> Lots of interesting details around impl & security (what VMs are allowed >> to talk to each other, whether this policy should be controlled by the >> host, or allow VMs to decide for themselves). >> > z/VM, the premium hypervisor on 390 already has this capability for > decades. This is called IUCV (inter user communication vehicle), where > user really means virtual machine. It so happens the support for > AF_IUCV was recently merged to Linux mainline. It may be worth a look, > either for using it or because learning from existing solutions is > always a good idea. >
Is there anything that explains what the fields in sockaddr mean: sa_family_t siucv_family; unsigned short siucv_port; /* Reserved */ unsigned int siucv_addr; /* Reserved */ char siucv_nodeid[8]; /* Reserved */ char siucv_user_id[8]; /* Guest User Id */ char siucv_name[8]; /* Application Name */ Regards, Anthony LIugori > so long, > Carsten > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > kvm-devel mailing list > kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel