On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 10:06:18PM +0800, Coiby Xu wrote:
> vhost-user-blk can have played as vhost-user backend but it only supports raw 
> file and don't support VIRTIO_BLK_T_DISCARD and VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES 
> operations on raw file (ioctl(fd, BLKDISCARD) is only valid for real block 
> device).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <coiby...@gmail.com>
> ---
>  qemu-vu.c | 264 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 264 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 qemu-vu.c

Kevin has been working on qemu-storage-daemon, a tool for running NBD
exports, block jobs, and other storage features that are not part of a
guest.  I think qemu-storage-daemon would be the appropriate tool for
running vhost-user-blk servers.  A dedicated binary is not necessary.

Stefan

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