Hello guys, In commit d021c344051af91 (VSOCK: Introduce VM Sockets), VMware added VM Sockets support. VM Sockets allows communication between virtual machines and the hypervisor. VM Sockets is able to use different hyervisor neutral transport to transfer data. Currently, only VMware VMCI transport is supported. This series introduces virtio transport for VM Sockets. Any comments are appreciated! Thanks! Code: ========================= 1) kernel bits git://github.com/asias/linux.git vsock 2) userspace bits: git://github.com/asias/linux-kvm.git vsock Howto: ========================= Make sure you have these kernel options: CONFIG_VSOCKETS=y CONFIG_VIRTIO_VSOCKETS=y CONFIG_VIRTIO_VSOCKETS_COMMON=y CONFIG_VHOST_VSOCK=m $ git clone git://github.com/asias/linux-kvm.git $ cd linux-kvm/tools/kvm $ co -b vsock origin/vsock $ make $ modprobe vhost_vsock $ ./lkvm run -d os.img -k bzImage --vsock guest_cid Test: ========================= I hacked busybox's http server and wget to run over vsock. Start http server in host and guest, download a 512MB file in guest and host simultaneously for 6000 times. Manged to run the http stress test. Also, I wrote a small libvsock.so to play the LD_PRELOAD trick and managed to make sshd and ssh work over virito-vsock without modifying the source code. Draft VM Sockets Virtio Device spec: ========================= Appendix K: VM Sockets Device The virtio VM sockets device is a virtio transport device for VM Sockets. VM Sockets allows communication between virtual machines and the hypervisor. Configuration: Subsystem Device ID 13 Virtqueues: 0:controlq; 1:receiveq0; 2:transmitq0 ... 2N+1:receivqN; 2N+2:transmitqN Feature bits: Currently, no feature bits are defined. Device configuration layout: Two configuration fields are currently defined. struct virtio_vsock_config { __u32 guest_cid; __u32 max_virtqueue_pairs; } __packed; The guest_cid field specifies the guest context id which likes the guest IP address. The max_virtqueue_pairs field specifies the maximum number of receive and transmit virtqueue pairs (receiveq0 ... receiveqN and transmitq0 ... transmitqN respectively; N = max_virtqueue_pairs - 1 ) that can be configured. The driver is free to use only one virtqueue pairs, or it can use more to achieve better performance. Device Initialization: The initialization routine should discover the device's virtqueues. Device Operation: Packets are transmitted by placing them in the transmitq0..transmitqN, and buffers for incoming packets are placed in the receiveq0..receiveqN. In each case, the packet itself is preceded by a header: struct virtio_vsock_hdr { __u32 src_cid; __u32 src_port; __u32 dst_cid; __u32 dst_port; __u32 len; __u8 type; __u8 op; __u8 shut; __u64 fwd_cnt; __u64 buf_alloc; } __packed; src_cid and dst_cid: specify the source and destination context id. src_port and dst_port: specify the source and destination port. len: specifies the size of the data payload, it could be zero if no data payload is transferred. type: specifies the type of the packet, it can be SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_DGRAM. op: specifies the operation of the packet, it is defined as follows. enum { VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_INVALID = 0, VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_REQUEST = 1, VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_NEGOTIATE = 2, VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_OFFER = 3, VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_ATTACH = 4, VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RW = 5, VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_CREDIT = 6, VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RST = 7, VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_SHUTDOWN = 8, }; shut: specifies the shutdown mode when the socket is being shutdown. 1 is for receive shutdown, 2 is for transmit shutdown, 3 is for both receive and transmit shutdown. fwd_cnt: specifies the the number of bytes the receiver has forwarded to userspace. buf_alloc: specifies the size of the receiver's recieve buffer in bytes. Virtio VM socket connection creation: 1) Client sends VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_REQUEST to server 2) Server reponses with VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_NEGOTIATE to client 3) Client sends VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_OFFER to server 4) Server responses with VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_ATTACH to client Virtio VM socket credit update: Virtio VM socket uses credit-based flow control. The sender maintains tx_cnt which counts the totoal number of bytes it has sent out, peer_fwd_cnt which counts the totoal number of byes the receiver has forwarded, and peer_buf_alloc which is the size of the receiver's receive buffer. The sender can send no more than the credit the receiver gives to the sender: credit = peer_buf_alloc - (tx_cnt - peer_fwd_cnt). The receiver can send VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_CREDIT packet to tell sender its current fwd_cnt and buf_alloc value explicitly. However, as an optimization, the fwd_cnt and buf_alloc is always included in the packet header virtio_vsock_hdr. The guest driver should make the receive virtqueue as fully populated as possible: if it runs out, the performance will suffer. The controlq is used to control device. Currently, no control operation is defined. Asias He (5): VSOCK: Introduce vsock_find_unbound_socket and vsock_bind_dgram_generic VSOCK: Introduce virtio-vsock-common.ko VSOCK: Introduce virtio-vsock.ko VSOCK: Introduce vhost-vsock.ko VSOCK: Add Makefile and Kconfig drivers/vhost/Kconfig | 4 + drivers/vhost/Kconfig.vsock | 7 + drivers/vhost/Makefile | 5 + drivers/vhost/vsock.c | 534 +++++++++++++++++ drivers/vhost/vsock.h | 4 + include/linux/virtio_vsock.h | 200 +++++++ include/uapi/linux/virtio_ids.h | 1 + include/uapi/linux/virtio_vsock.h | 70 +++ net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig | 18 + net/vmw_vsock/Makefile | 4 + net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c | 70 +++ net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.h | 2 + net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c | 424 ++++++++++++++ net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 992 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 14 files changed, 2335 insertions(+) create mode 100644 drivers/vhost/Kconfig.vsock create mode 100644 drivers/vhost/vsock.c create mode 100644 drivers/vhost/vsock.h create mode 100644 include/linux/virtio_vsock.h create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/virtio_vsock.h create mode 100644 net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c create mode 100644 net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c -- 1.8.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html