devices/virtio/vhost_user_backend/connection.rs
1// Copyright 2022 The ChromiumOS Authors
2// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3// found in the LICENSE file.
4
5pub mod sys;
6use std::any::Any;
7use std::pin::Pin;
8
9use cros_async::Executor;
10use futures::Future;
11
12use crate::virtio::vhost_user_backend::handler::DeviceRequestHandler;
13use crate::virtio::vhost_user_backend::handler::VhostUserDevice;
14use crate::virtio::vhost_user_backend::VhostUserDeviceBuilder;
15use crate::virtio::vhost_user_backend::VhostUserListener;
16use crate::virtio::vhost_user_backend::VhostUserStream;
17
18pub enum BackendConnection {
19 Listener(VhostUserListener),
20 Stream(VhostUserStream),
21}
22
23/// Trait that the platform-specific type `VhostUserConnection` needs to implement. It contains all
24/// the methods that are ok to call from non-platform specific code.
25pub trait VhostUserConnectionTrait {
26 /// Take and return resources owned by the parent process in case of a incoming fork.
27 ///
28 /// This method needs to be called only if you are going to use the connection in a jailed child
29 /// process. In this case, the connection will belong to the child and the parent will drop it,
30 /// but the child may lack the rights to drop some resources created at construction time. One
31 /// such example is the socket file of a regular vhost-user device, that cannot be dropped by
32 /// the child unless it gets extra permissions.
33 ///
34 /// This method returns an opaque object that, upon being dropped, will free these resources.
35 /// That way, the child process does not need extra rights to clear them, and the parent can
36 /// drop the connection after forking and just need to keep that object alive until the child
37 /// exits to do housekeeping properly.
38 ///
39 /// The default implementation returns nothing as that's what most connection would need anyway.
40 fn take_parent_process_resources(&mut self) -> Option<Box<dyn Any>> {
41 None
42 }
43
44 /// Returns a `Future` that processes requests for `handler`. The future exits when the
45 /// front-end side disconnects or an error occurs.
46 fn run_req_handler<'e>(
47 self,
48 handler: Box<dyn vmm_vhost::Backend>,
49 ex: &'e Executor,
50 ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = anyhow::Result<()>> + 'e>>;
51
52 /// Returns a `Future` that will process requests from `backend` when polled. The future exits
53 /// when the front-end side disconnects or an error occurs.
54 ///
55 /// This is a legacy way to run devices - prefer `run_device`.
56 fn run_backend<'e>(
57 self,
58 backend: impl VhostUserDevice + 'static,
59 ex: &'e Executor,
60 ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = anyhow::Result<()>> + 'e>>
61 where
62 Self: Sized,
63 {
64 self.run_req_handler(Box::new(DeviceRequestHandler::new(backend)), ex)
65 }
66
67 /// Start processing requests for a `VhostUserDevice` on `connection`. Returns when the
68 /// front-end side disconnects or an error occurs.
69 fn run_device(self, ex: Executor, device: Box<dyn VhostUserDeviceBuilder>) -> anyhow::Result<()>
70 where
71 Self: Sized,
72 {
73 ex.run_until(self.run_req_handler(device.build(&ex).unwrap(), &ex))?
74 }
75}