Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 0/7] virtio-fs: shared file system for virtual machines3

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 05:31:44PM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git) wrote:
> From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <address@hidden>
> 
> Hi,
>   This is the first RFC for the QEMU side of 'virtio-fs';
> a new mechanism for mounting host directories into the guest
> in a fast, consistent and secure manner.  Our primary use
> case is kata containers, but it should be usable in other scenarios
> as well.
> 
> There are corresponding patches being posted to Linux kernel,
> libfuse and kata lists.
> 
> For a fuller design description, and benchmark numbers, please see
> Vivek's posting of the kernel set here:
> 
> https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=154446243024251&w=2
> 
> We've got a small website with instructions on how to use it, here:
> 
> https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/
> 
> and all the code is available on gitlab at:
> 
> https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs

A draft specification for the virtio-fs device is available here:

https://stefanha.github.io/virtio/virtio-fs.html#x1-38800010 (HTML)

https://github.com/stefanha/virtio/commit/e1cac3777ef03bc9c5c8ee91bcc6ba478272e6b6

Stefan

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