docs: document new socket attribute for virtiofs

Describe the attribute and add an example.

Signed-off-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jonathon Jongsma <jjongsma@redhat.com>
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Ján Tomko 2021-04-22 13:36:35 +02:00
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@ -3242,6 +3242,10 @@ A directory on the host that can be accessed directly from the guest.
<source dir='/path'/>
<target dir='mount_tag'/>
</filesystem>
<filesystem type='mount'>
<driver type='virtiofs' queue='1024'/>
<source socket='/tmp/sock'/>
</filesystem>
...
</devices>
...
@ -3369,7 +3373,11 @@ A directory on the host that can be accessed directly from the guest.
``source``
The resource on the host that is being accessed in the guest. The ``name``
attribute must be used with ``type='template'``, and the ``dir`` attribute
must be used with ``type='mount'``. The ``usage`` attribute is used with
must be used with ``type='mount'``. For ``virtiofs``, the ``socket`` attribute
can be used to connect to a virtiofsd daemon launched outside of libvirt.
In that case, the ``target`` element does not apply and neither do most
virtiofs-related options, since they are controlled by virtiofsd, not libvirtd.
The ``usage`` attribute is used with
``type='ram'`` to set the memory limit in KiB, unless units are specified by
the ``units`` attribute.
``target``