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    "date": "2017-09-12T07:56:12",
    "name": "[v3,0/4] *** Introduce a new vhost-user-blk host device to Qemu ***",
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        "name": "Liu, Changpeng",
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        "From": "Changpeng Liu <changpeng.liu@intel.com>",
        "To": "changpeng.liu@intel.com,\n\tqemu-devel@nongnu.org",
        "Date": "Tue, 12 Sep 2017 15:56:12 +0800",
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        "Subject": "[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/4] *** Introduce a new vhost-user-blk host\n\tdevice to Qemu ***",
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        "Cc": "james.r.harris@intel.com, mst@redhat.com, stefanha@gmail.com,\n\tpbonzini@redhat.com, felipe@nutanix.com, marcandre.lureau@redhat.com",
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    "content": "Although virtio scsi specification was designed as a replacement for virtio_blk,\nthere are still many users using virtio_blk. Qemu 2.9 introduced a new device\nvhost user scsi which can process I/O in user space for virtio_scsi, this commit\nintroduces a new vhost user block host device, which can support virtio_blk in\nGuest OS, and I/O processing in another I/O target.\n\nDue to the limitation for virtio_blk specification, virtio_blk device cannot get\nblock information such as capacity, block size etc via the specification, several\nnew vhost user messages were added to support deliver virtio config space\ninformation between Qemu and I/O target, VHOST_USER_GET_CONFIG/VHOST_USER_SET_CONFIG\nmessages used for get/set config space from/to I/O target, VHOST_USER_SET_CONFIG_FD\nwas added for event notifier in case the change of virtio config space. Also, those\nmessages can be used for vhost device live migration as well.\n\nChangpeng Liu (4):\n  vhost-user: add new vhost user messages to support virtio config space\n  vhost-user-blk: introduce a new vhost-user-blk host device\n  contrib/libvhost-user: enable virtio config space messages\n  contrib/vhost-user-blk: introduce a vhost-user-blk sample application\n\n .gitignore                              |   1 +\n Makefile                                |   3 +\n Makefile.objs                           |   2 +\n configure                               |  11 +\n contrib/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c   |  74 ++++\n contrib/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.h   |  15 +\n contrib/vhost-user-blk/Makefile.objs    |   1 +\n contrib/vhost-user-blk/vhost-user-blk.c | 735 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\n docs/interop/vhost-user.txt             |  32 ++\n hw/block/Makefile.objs                  |   3 +\n hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c               | 360 ++++++++++++++++\n hw/virtio/vhost-user.c                  |  97 +++++\n hw/virtio/vhost.c                       |  63 +++\n hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c                  |  55 +++\n hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h                  |  18 +\n include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h       |   8 +\n include/hw/virtio/vhost-user-blk.h      |  40 ++\n include/hw/virtio/vhost.h               |  16 +\n 18 files changed, 1534 insertions(+)\n create mode 100644 contrib/vhost-user-blk/Makefile.objs\n create mode 100644 contrib/vhost-user-blk/vhost-user-blk.c\n create mode 100644 hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c\n create mode 100644 include/hw/virtio/vhost-user-blk.h"
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