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This function will be called for every virCgroup(Allow|Deny)* API in
order to prepare BPF program for guest. Since libvirtd can be restarted
at any point we will first try to detect existing progam, if there is
none we will create a new empty BPF program and lastly if we don't have
any space left in the existing BPF map we will create a new copy of the
BPF map with more space and attach a new program with that map into the
guest cgroup.
This solution allows us to start with reasonably small BPF map consuming
only small amount of memory and if needed we can easily extend the BPF
map if there is a lot of host devices used in guest or if user wants to
hot-plug a lot of devices once the guest is running.
Since there is no way how to reallocate existing BPF map we need to
create a new copy if we run out of space in current BPF map.
This overcomes all the limitations in BPF:
- map used in program has to be created before the program is loaded
into kernel
- once map is created you cannot change its size
- you cannot replace map in existing program
- you cannot use an array of maps because it can store FD to maps
of one specific size so we would not be able to use it to overcome
the second issue
Signed-off-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
Libvirt API for virtualization
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the website:
License
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General
Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are
not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General
Public License, version 2.0 (or later). See the files COPYING.LESSER
and COPYING for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
Libvirt uses the GNU Autotools build system, so in general can be built and installed with the usual commands, however, we mandate to have the build directory different than the source directory. For example, to build in a manner that is suitable for installing as root, use:
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ ../configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
$ make
$ sudo make install
While to build & install as an unprivileged user
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ ../configure --prefix=$HOME/usr
$ make
$ make install
The libvirt code relies on a large number of 3rd party libraries. These will
be detected during execution of the configure script and a summary printed
which lists any missing (optional) dependencies.
Contributing
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
- libvirt-users@redhat.com (for user discussions)
- libvir-list@redhat.com (for development only)
Further details on contacting the project are available on the website: