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2008 Dec 14
5
[PATCH] AF_VMCHANNEL address family for guest<->host communication.
...use TCP/IP for this purpose since network
connectivity may not exist between host and guest and if it exists the
traffic can be not routable between host and guest for security reasons
or TCP/IP traffic can be firewalled (by mistake) by unsuspecting VM user.
This patch implement new address family AF_VMCHANNEL that is used
for communication between guest and host. Channels are created at VM
start time. Each channel has a name. Agent, that runs on a guest, can
send/receive data to/from a channel by creating AF_VMCHANNEL socket and
connecting to a channel using channels name as an address.
Only stream soc...
2008 Dec 14
5
[PATCH] AF_VMCHANNEL address family for guest<->host communication.
...use TCP/IP for this purpose since network
connectivity may not exist between host and guest and if it exists the
traffic can be not routable between host and guest for security reasons
or TCP/IP traffic can be firewalled (by mistake) by unsuspecting VM user.
This patch implement new address family AF_VMCHANNEL that is used
for communication between guest and host. Channels are created at VM
start time. Each channel has a name. Agent, that runs on a guest, can
send/receive data to/from a channel by creating AF_VMCHANNEL socket and
connecting to a channel using channels name as an address.
Only stream soc...