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Tsirkin" To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Subject: [PULL 10/23] docs: Add documentation for vhost based RNG implementation Message-ID: <20210713220946.212562-11-mst@redhat.com> References: <20210713220946.212562-1-mst@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210713220946.212562-1-mst@redhat.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.27.0.106.g8ac3dc51b1 X-Mutt-Fcc: =sent Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=mst@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Disposition: inline Received-SPF: pass (zohomail.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.51.188.17; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Received-SPF: pass client-ip=216.205.24.124; envelope-from=mst@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -34 X-Spam_score: -3.5 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.5 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.7, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Peter Maydell , Mathieu Poirier Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @redhat.com) X-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1626215648749100003 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" From: Mathieu Poirier Add description and example for the vhost-user based RNG implementation. Tailored on Viresh Kumar's vhost-user-i2c documentation. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier Message-Id: <20210710005929.1702431-5-mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin --- docs/tools/index.rst | 1 + docs/tools/vhost-user-rng.rst | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 75 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/tools/vhost-user-rng.rst diff --git a/docs/tools/index.rst b/docs/tools/index.rst index d923834a73..9d80fa89ec 100644 --- a/docs/tools/index.rst +++ b/docs/tools/index.rst @@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ Contents: qemu-nbd qemu-pr-helper qemu-trace-stap + vhost-user-rng virtfs-proxy-helper virtiofsd diff --git a/docs/tools/vhost-user-rng.rst b/docs/tools/vhost-user-rng.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7f69d7bb3c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/tools/vhost-user-rng.rst @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +QEMU vhost-user-rng - RNG emulation backend +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D + +Synopsis +-------- + +**vhost-user-rng** [*OPTIONS*] + +Description +----------- + +This program is a vhost-user backend that emulates a VirtIO random number +generator (RNG). It uses the host's random number generator pool, +/dev/urandom by default but configurable at will, to satisfy requests from +guests. + +This program is designed to work with QEMU's ``-device +vhost-user-rng-pci`` but should work with any virtual machine monitor +(VMM) that supports vhost-user. See the Examples section below. + +Options +------- + +.. program:: vhost-user-rng + +.. option:: -h, --help + + Print help. + +.. option:: -v, --verbose + + Increase verbosity of output + +.. option:: -s, --socket-path=3DPATH + + Listen on vhost-user UNIX domain socket at PATH. Incompatible with --fd. + +.. option:: -f, --fd=3DFDNUM + + Accept connections from vhost-user UNIX domain socket file descriptor FD= NUM. + The file descriptor must already be listening for connections. + Incompatible with --socket-path. + +.. option:: -p, --period + + Rate, in milliseconds, at which the RNG hardware can generate random dat= a. + Used in conjunction with the --max-bytes option. + +.. option:: -m, --max-bytes + + In conjuction with the --period parameter, provides the maximum number o= f byte + per milliseconds a RNG device can generate. + +Examples +-------- + +The daemon should be started first: + +:: + + host# vhost-user-rng --socket-path=3Drng.sock --period=3D1000 --max-byte= s=3D4096 + +The QEMU invocation needs to create a chardev socket the device can +use to communicate as well as share the guests memory over a memfd. + +:: + + host# qemu-system \ + -chardev socket,path=3D$(PATH)/rng.sock,id=3Drng0 \ + -device vhost-user-rng-pci,chardev=3Drng0 \ + -m 4096 \ + -object memory-backend-file,id=3Dmem,size=3D4G,mem-path=3D/dev/shm,s= hare=3Don \ + -numa node,memdev=3Dmem \ + ... --=20 MST