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[v3,08/26] Add vhost-user-backend

Message ID 20180618161729.334-9-marcandre.lureau@redhat.com
State New
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Series vhost-user for input & GPU | expand

Commit Message

Marc-André Lureau June 18, 2018, 4:17 p.m. UTC
Create a vhost-user-backend object that holds a connection to a
vhost-user backend and can be referenced from virtio devices that
support it. See later patches for input & gpu usage.

A chardev can be specified to communicate with the vhost-user backend,
ex: -chardev socket,id=char0,path=/tmp/foo.sock -object
vhost-user-backend,id=vuid,chardev=char0.

Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
---
 include/sysemu/vhost-user-backend.h |  60 +++++++
 backends/vhost-user.c               | 257 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 vl.c                                |   3 +-
 backends/Makefile.objs              |   3 +-
 4 files changed, 321 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 include/sysemu/vhost-user-backend.h
 create mode 100644 backends/vhost-user.c

Comments

Marc-André Lureau June 20, 2018, 2:31 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 6:17 PM, Marc-André Lureau
<marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> wrote:
> Create a vhost-user-backend object that holds a connection to a
> vhost-user backend and can be referenced from virtio devices that
> support it. See later patches for input & gpu usage.
>
> A chardev can be specified to communicate with the vhost-user backend,
> ex: -chardev socket,id=char0,path=/tmp/foo.sock -object
> vhost-user-backend,id=vuid,chardev=char0.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
> ---
>  include/sysemu/vhost-user-backend.h |  60 +++++++
>  backends/vhost-user.c               | 257 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  vl.c                                |   3 +-
>  backends/Makefile.objs              |   3 +-
>  4 files changed, 321 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/sysemu/vhost-user-backend.h
>  create mode 100644 backends/vhost-user.c
>
> diff --git a/include/sysemu/vhost-user-backend.h b/include/sysemu/vhost-user-backend.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..60f811cae7
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/sysemu/vhost-user-backend.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
> +/*
> + * QEMU vhost-user backend
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat Inc
> + *
> + * Authors:
> + *  Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
> + *
> + * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
> + * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
> + */
> +#ifndef QEMU_VHOST_USER_BACKEND_H
> +#define QEMU_VHOST_USER_BACKEND_H
> +
> +#include "qom/object.h"
> +#include "exec/memory.h"
> +#include "qemu/option.h"
> +#include "qemu/bitmap.h"
> +#include "hw/virtio/vhost.h"
> +#include "hw/virtio/vhost-user.h"
> +#include "chardev/char-fe.h"
> +#include "io/channel.h"
> +
> +#define TYPE_VHOST_USER_BACKEND "vhost-user-backend"
> +#define VHOST_USER_BACKEND(obj) \
> +    OBJECT_CHECK(VhostUserBackend, (obj), TYPE_VHOST_USER_BACKEND)
> +#define VHOST_USER_BACKEND_GET_CLASS(obj) \
> +    OBJECT_GET_CLASS(VhostUserBackendClass, (obj), TYPE_VHOST_USER_BACKEND)
> +#define VHOST_USER_BACKEND_CLASS(klass) \
> +    OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(VhostUserBackendClass, (klass), TYPE_VHOST_USER_BACKEND)
> +
> +typedef struct VhostUserBackend VhostUserBackend;
> +typedef struct VhostUserBackendClass VhostUserBackendClass;
> +
> +struct VhostUserBackendClass {
> +    ObjectClass parent_class;
> +};
> +
> +struct VhostUserBackend {
> +    /* private */
> +    Object parent;
> +
> +    char *cmd;
> +    char *chr_name;
> +
> +    CharBackend chr;
> +    VhostUserState vhost_user;
> +    struct vhost_dev dev;
> +    QIOChannel *child;
> +    VirtIODevice *vdev;
> +    bool started;
> +    bool completed;
> +};
> +
> +int vhost_user_backend_dev_init(VhostUserBackend *b, VirtIODevice *vdev,
> +                                unsigned nvqs, Error **errp);
> +void vhost_user_backend_start(VhostUserBackend *b);
> +void vhost_user_backend_stop(VhostUserBackend *b);
> +
> +#endif
> diff --git a/backends/vhost-user.c b/backends/vhost-user.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..db97037306
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/backends/vhost-user.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
> +/*
> + * QEMU vhost-user backend
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat Inc
> + *
> + * Authors:
> + *  Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
> + *
> + * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
> + * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
> + */
> +
> +
> +#include "qemu/osdep.h"
> +#include "hw/qdev.h"
> +#include "qapi/error.h"
> +#include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
> +#include "qemu/error-report.h"
> +#include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
> +#include "sysemu/vhost-user-backend.h"
> +#include "sysemu/kvm.h"
> +#include "io/channel-command.h"
> +#include "hw/virtio/virtio-bus.h"
> +
> +static bool
> +ioeventfd_enabled(void)
> +{
> +    return kvm_enabled() && kvm_eventfds_enabled();
> +}
> +
> +int
> +vhost_user_backend_dev_init(VhostUserBackend *b, VirtIODevice *vdev,
> +                            unsigned nvqs, Error **errp)
> +{
> +    int ret;
> +
> +    assert(!b->vdev && vdev);
> +
> +    if (!ioeventfd_enabled()) {
> +        error_setg(errp, "vhost initialization failed: requires kvm");
> +        return -1;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (!vhost_user_init(&b->vhost_user, &b->chr, errp)) {
> +        return -1;
> +    }
> +
> +    b->vdev = vdev;
> +    b->dev.nvqs = nvqs;
> +    b->dev.vqs = g_new(struct vhost_virtqueue, nvqs);
> +
> +    ret = vhost_dev_init(&b->dev, &b->vhost_user, VHOST_BACKEND_TYPE_USER, 0);
> +    if (ret < 0) {
> +        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "vhost initialization failed");
> +        return -1;
> +    }
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +void
> +vhost_user_backend_start(VhostUserBackend *b)
> +{
> +    BusState *qbus = BUS(qdev_get_parent_bus(DEVICE(b->vdev)));
> +    VirtioBusClass *k = VIRTIO_BUS_GET_CLASS(qbus);
> +    int ret, i ;
> +
> +    if (b->started) {
> +        return;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (!k->set_guest_notifiers) {
> +        error_report("binding does not support guest notifiers");
> +        return;
> +    }
> +
> +    ret = vhost_dev_enable_notifiers(&b->dev, b->vdev);
> +    if (ret < 0) {
> +        return;
> +    }
> +
> +    ret = k->set_guest_notifiers(qbus->parent, b->dev.nvqs, true);
> +    if (ret < 0) {
> +        error_report("Error binding guest notifier");
> +        goto err_host_notifiers;
> +    }
> +
> +    b->dev.acked_features = b->vdev->guest_features;
> +    ret = vhost_dev_start(&b->dev, b->vdev);
> +    if (ret < 0) {
> +        error_report("Error start vhost dev");
> +        goto err_guest_notifiers;
> +    }
> +
> +    /* guest_notifier_mask/pending not used yet, so just unmask
> +     * everything here.  virtio-pci will do the right thing by
> +     * enabling/disabling irqfd.
> +     */
> +    for (i = 0; i < b->dev.nvqs; i++) {
> +        vhost_virtqueue_mask(&b->dev, b->vdev,
> +                             b->dev.vq_index + i, false);
> +    }
> +
> +    b->started = true;
> +    return;
> +
> +err_guest_notifiers:
> +    k->set_guest_notifiers(qbus->parent, b->dev.nvqs, false);
> +err_host_notifiers:
> +    vhost_dev_disable_notifiers(&b->dev, b->vdev);
> +}
> +
> +void
> +vhost_user_backend_stop(VhostUserBackend *b)
> +{
> +    BusState *qbus = BUS(qdev_get_parent_bus(DEVICE(b->vdev)));
> +    VirtioBusClass *k = VIRTIO_BUS_GET_CLASS(qbus);
> +    int ret = 0;
> +
> +    if (!b->started) {
> +        return;
> +    }
> +
> +    vhost_dev_stop(&b->dev, b->vdev);
> +
> +    if (k->set_guest_notifiers) {
> +        ret = k->set_guest_notifiers(qbus->parent,
> +                                     b->dev.nvqs, false);
> +        if (ret < 0) {
> +            error_report("vhost guest notifier cleanup failed: %d", ret);
> +        }
> +    }
> +    assert(ret >= 0);
> +
> +    vhost_dev_disable_notifiers(&b->dev, b->vdev);
> +    b->started = false;
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +pre_exec_cb(void *data)
> +{
> +    int *sv = data;
> +    int maxfd = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX);
> +    int fd;
> +
> +    dup2(sv[1], 3);
> +    for (fd = 4; fd < maxfd; fd++) {
> +        close(fd);
> +    }
> +}

I moved that function to the next patch.

Added files to MAINTAINERS

Added help to qemu-options.hx

> +
> +static void
> +vhost_user_backend_complete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
> +{
> +    VhostUserBackend *b = VHOST_USER_BACKEND(uc);
> +    Chardev *chr;
> +
> +    if (!b->chr_name) {
> +        error_setg(errp, "You must specificy 'chardev'.");
> +        return;
> +    }
> +
> +    chr = qemu_chr_find(b->chr_name);
> +    if (chr == NULL) {
> +        error_set(errp, ERROR_CLASS_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND,
> +                  "Chardev '%s' not found", b->chr_name);
> +        return;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (!qemu_chr_fe_init(&b->chr, chr, errp)) {
> +        return;
> +    }
> +
> +    b->completed = true;
> +    /* could vhost_dev_init() happen here, so early vhost-user message
> +     * can be exchanged */
> +}
> +
> +static void set_chardev(Object *obj, const char *value, Error **errp)
> +{
> +    VhostUserBackend *b = VHOST_USER_BACKEND(obj);
> +
> +    if (b->completed) {
> +        error_setg(errp, QERR_PERMISSION_DENIED);
> +    } else {
> +        g_free(b->chr_name);
> +        b->chr_name = g_strdup(value);
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +static char *get_chardev(Object *obj, Error **errp)
> +{
> +    VhostUserBackend *b = VHOST_USER_BACKEND(obj);
> +    Chardev *chr = qemu_chr_fe_get_driver(&b->chr);
> +
> +    if (chr && chr->label) {
> +        return g_strdup(chr->label);
> +    }
> +
> +    return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static void vhost_user_backend_init(Object *obj)
> +{
> +    object_property_add_str(obj, "chardev", get_chardev, set_chardev, NULL);
> +}
> +
> +static void vhost_user_backend_finalize(Object *obj)
> +{
> +    VhostUserBackend *b = VHOST_USER_BACKEND(obj);
> +
> +    g_free(b->dev.vqs);
> +    g_free(b->chr_name);
> +
> +    vhost_user_cleanup(&b->vhost_user);
> +    qemu_chr_fe_deinit(&b->chr, true);
> +
> +    if (b->child) {
> +        object_unref(OBJECT(b->child));
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +static bool
> +vhost_user_backend_can_be_deleted(UserCreatable *uc)
> +{
> +    return true;
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +vhost_user_backend_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
> +{
> +    UserCreatableClass *ucc = USER_CREATABLE_CLASS(oc);
> +
> +    ucc->complete = vhost_user_backend_complete;
> +    ucc->can_be_deleted = vhost_user_backend_can_be_deleted;
> +}
> +
> +static const TypeInfo vhost_user_backend_info = {
> +    .name = TYPE_VHOST_USER_BACKEND,
> +    .parent = TYPE_OBJECT,
> +    .instance_size = sizeof(VhostUserBackend),
> +    .instance_init = vhost_user_backend_init,
> +    .instance_finalize = vhost_user_backend_finalize,
> +    .class_size = sizeof(VhostUserBackendClass),
> +    .class_init = vhost_user_backend_class_init,
> +    .interfaces = (InterfaceInfo[]) {
> +        { TYPE_USER_CREATABLE },
> +        { }
> +    }
> +};
> +
> +static void register_types(void)
> +{
> +    type_register_static(&vhost_user_backend_info);
> +}
> +
> +type_init(register_types);
> diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
> index 6e34fb348d..1c21339ba7 100644
> --- a/vl.c
> +++ b/vl.c
> @@ -2718,7 +2718,8 @@ static bool object_create_initial(const char *type)
>      }
>
>  #if defined(CONFIG_VHOST_USER) && defined(CONFIG_LINUX)
> -    if (g_str_equal(type, "cryptodev-vhost-user")) {
> +    if (g_str_equal(type, "cryptodev-vhost-user") ||
> +        g_str_equal(type, "vhost-user-backend")) {
>          return false;
>      }
>  #endif
> diff --git a/backends/Makefile.objs b/backends/Makefile.objs
> index ad7c0325ed..1ffcf76bb1 100644
> --- a/backends/Makefile.objs
> +++ b/backends/Makefile.objs
> @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ common-obj-y += cryptodev-builtin.o
>  ifeq ($(CONFIG_VIRTIO),y)
>  common-obj-y += cryptodev-vhost.o
>  common-obj-$(call land,$(CONFIG_VHOST_USER),$(CONFIG_LINUX)) += \
> -    cryptodev-vhost-user.o
> +    cryptodev-vhost-user.o \
> +    vhost-user.o
>  endif
>
>  common-obj-$(CONFIG_LINUX) += hostmem-memfd.o
> --
> 2.18.0.rc1
>
>
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diff --git a/include/sysemu/vhost-user-backend.h b/include/sysemu/vhost-user-backend.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60f811cae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/sysemu/vhost-user-backend.h
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ 
+/*
+ * QEMU vhost-user backend
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat Inc
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+#ifndef QEMU_VHOST_USER_BACKEND_H
+#define QEMU_VHOST_USER_BACKEND_H
+
+#include "qom/object.h"
+#include "exec/memory.h"
+#include "qemu/option.h"
+#include "qemu/bitmap.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/vhost.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/vhost-user.h"
+#include "chardev/char-fe.h"
+#include "io/channel.h"
+
+#define TYPE_VHOST_USER_BACKEND "vhost-user-backend"
+#define VHOST_USER_BACKEND(obj) \
+    OBJECT_CHECK(VhostUserBackend, (obj), TYPE_VHOST_USER_BACKEND)
+#define VHOST_USER_BACKEND_GET_CLASS(obj) \
+    OBJECT_GET_CLASS(VhostUserBackendClass, (obj), TYPE_VHOST_USER_BACKEND)
+#define VHOST_USER_BACKEND_CLASS(klass) \
+    OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(VhostUserBackendClass, (klass), TYPE_VHOST_USER_BACKEND)
+
+typedef struct VhostUserBackend VhostUserBackend;
+typedef struct VhostUserBackendClass VhostUserBackendClass;
+
+struct VhostUserBackendClass {
+    ObjectClass parent_class;
+};
+
+struct VhostUserBackend {
+    /* private */
+    Object parent;
+
+    char *cmd;
+    char *chr_name;
+
+    CharBackend chr;
+    VhostUserState vhost_user;
+    struct vhost_dev dev;
+    QIOChannel *child;
+    VirtIODevice *vdev;
+    bool started;
+    bool completed;
+};
+
+int vhost_user_backend_dev_init(VhostUserBackend *b, VirtIODevice *vdev,
+                                unsigned nvqs, Error **errp);
+void vhost_user_backend_start(VhostUserBackend *b);
+void vhost_user_backend_stop(VhostUserBackend *b);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/backends/vhost-user.c b/backends/vhost-user.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db97037306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backends/vhost-user.c
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@ 
+/*
+ * QEMU vhost-user backend
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat Inc
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "hw/qdev.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
+#include "sysemu/vhost-user-backend.h"
+#include "sysemu/kvm.h"
+#include "io/channel-command.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/virtio-bus.h"
+
+static bool
+ioeventfd_enabled(void)
+{
+    return kvm_enabled() && kvm_eventfds_enabled();
+}
+
+int
+vhost_user_backend_dev_init(VhostUserBackend *b, VirtIODevice *vdev,
+                            unsigned nvqs, Error **errp)
+{
+    int ret;
+
+    assert(!b->vdev && vdev);
+
+    if (!ioeventfd_enabled()) {
+        error_setg(errp, "vhost initialization failed: requires kvm");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (!vhost_user_init(&b->vhost_user, &b->chr, errp)) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    b->vdev = vdev;
+    b->dev.nvqs = nvqs;
+    b->dev.vqs = g_new(struct vhost_virtqueue, nvqs);
+
+    ret = vhost_dev_init(&b->dev, &b->vhost_user, VHOST_BACKEND_TYPE_USER, 0);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "vhost initialization failed");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void
+vhost_user_backend_start(VhostUserBackend *b)
+{
+    BusState *qbus = BUS(qdev_get_parent_bus(DEVICE(b->vdev)));
+    VirtioBusClass *k = VIRTIO_BUS_GET_CLASS(qbus);
+    int ret, i ;
+
+    if (b->started) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!k->set_guest_notifiers) {
+        error_report("binding does not support guest notifiers");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ret = vhost_dev_enable_notifiers(&b->dev, b->vdev);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ret = k->set_guest_notifiers(qbus->parent, b->dev.nvqs, true);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_report("Error binding guest notifier");
+        goto err_host_notifiers;
+    }
+
+    b->dev.acked_features = b->vdev->guest_features;
+    ret = vhost_dev_start(&b->dev, b->vdev);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_report("Error start vhost dev");
+        goto err_guest_notifiers;
+    }
+
+    /* guest_notifier_mask/pending not used yet, so just unmask
+     * everything here.  virtio-pci will do the right thing by
+     * enabling/disabling irqfd.
+     */
+    for (i = 0; i < b->dev.nvqs; i++) {
+        vhost_virtqueue_mask(&b->dev, b->vdev,
+                             b->dev.vq_index + i, false);
+    }
+
+    b->started = true;
+    return;
+
+err_guest_notifiers:
+    k->set_guest_notifiers(qbus->parent, b->dev.nvqs, false);
+err_host_notifiers:
+    vhost_dev_disable_notifiers(&b->dev, b->vdev);
+}
+
+void
+vhost_user_backend_stop(VhostUserBackend *b)
+{
+    BusState *qbus = BUS(qdev_get_parent_bus(DEVICE(b->vdev)));
+    VirtioBusClass *k = VIRTIO_BUS_GET_CLASS(qbus);
+    int ret = 0;
+
+    if (!b->started) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    vhost_dev_stop(&b->dev, b->vdev);
+
+    if (k->set_guest_notifiers) {
+        ret = k->set_guest_notifiers(qbus->parent,
+                                     b->dev.nvqs, false);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            error_report("vhost guest notifier cleanup failed: %d", ret);
+        }
+    }
+    assert(ret >= 0);
+
+    vhost_dev_disable_notifiers(&b->dev, b->vdev);
+    b->started = false;
+}
+
+static void
+pre_exec_cb(void *data)
+{
+    int *sv = data;
+    int maxfd = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX);
+    int fd;
+
+    dup2(sv[1], 3);
+    for (fd = 4; fd < maxfd; fd++) {
+        close(fd);
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+vhost_user_backend_complete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
+{
+    VhostUserBackend *b = VHOST_USER_BACKEND(uc);
+    Chardev *chr;
+
+    if (!b->chr_name) {
+        error_setg(errp, "You must specificy 'chardev'.");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    chr = qemu_chr_find(b->chr_name);
+    if (chr == NULL) {
+        error_set(errp, ERROR_CLASS_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND,
+                  "Chardev '%s' not found", b->chr_name);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!qemu_chr_fe_init(&b->chr, chr, errp)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    b->completed = true;
+    /* could vhost_dev_init() happen here, so early vhost-user message
+     * can be exchanged */
+}
+
+static void set_chardev(Object *obj, const char *value, Error **errp)
+{
+    VhostUserBackend *b = VHOST_USER_BACKEND(obj);
+
+    if (b->completed) {
+        error_setg(errp, QERR_PERMISSION_DENIED);
+    } else {
+        g_free(b->chr_name);
+        b->chr_name = g_strdup(value);
+    }
+}
+
+static char *get_chardev(Object *obj, Error **errp)
+{
+    VhostUserBackend *b = VHOST_USER_BACKEND(obj);
+    Chardev *chr = qemu_chr_fe_get_driver(&b->chr);
+
+    if (chr && chr->label) {
+        return g_strdup(chr->label);
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static void vhost_user_backend_init(Object *obj)
+{
+    object_property_add_str(obj, "chardev", get_chardev, set_chardev, NULL);
+}
+
+static void vhost_user_backend_finalize(Object *obj)
+{
+    VhostUserBackend *b = VHOST_USER_BACKEND(obj);
+
+    g_free(b->dev.vqs);
+    g_free(b->chr_name);
+
+    vhost_user_cleanup(&b->vhost_user);
+    qemu_chr_fe_deinit(&b->chr, true);
+
+    if (b->child) {
+        object_unref(OBJECT(b->child));
+    }
+}
+
+static bool
+vhost_user_backend_can_be_deleted(UserCreatable *uc)
+{
+    return true;
+}
+
+static void
+vhost_user_backend_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
+{
+    UserCreatableClass *ucc = USER_CREATABLE_CLASS(oc);
+
+    ucc->complete = vhost_user_backend_complete;
+    ucc->can_be_deleted = vhost_user_backend_can_be_deleted;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo vhost_user_backend_info = {
+    .name = TYPE_VHOST_USER_BACKEND,
+    .parent = TYPE_OBJECT,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(VhostUserBackend),
+    .instance_init = vhost_user_backend_init,
+    .instance_finalize = vhost_user_backend_finalize,
+    .class_size = sizeof(VhostUserBackendClass),
+    .class_init = vhost_user_backend_class_init,
+    .interfaces = (InterfaceInfo[]) {
+        { TYPE_USER_CREATABLE },
+        { }
+    }
+};
+
+static void register_types(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&vhost_user_backend_info);
+}
+
+type_init(register_types);
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 6e34fb348d..1c21339ba7 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2718,7 +2718,8 @@  static bool object_create_initial(const char *type)
     }
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_VHOST_USER) && defined(CONFIG_LINUX)
-    if (g_str_equal(type, "cryptodev-vhost-user")) {
+    if (g_str_equal(type, "cryptodev-vhost-user") ||
+        g_str_equal(type, "vhost-user-backend")) {
         return false;
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/backends/Makefile.objs b/backends/Makefile.objs
index ad7c0325ed..1ffcf76bb1 100644
--- a/backends/Makefile.objs
+++ b/backends/Makefile.objs
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@  common-obj-y += cryptodev-builtin.o
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_VIRTIO),y)
 common-obj-y += cryptodev-vhost.o
 common-obj-$(call land,$(CONFIG_VHOST_USER),$(CONFIG_LINUX)) += \
-    cryptodev-vhost-user.o
+    cryptodev-vhost-user.o \
+    vhost-user.o
 endif
 
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_LINUX) += hostmem-memfd.o