[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] tap: add the possibility to specify a tap prefix

[William Dauchy]

this will permit to specify an interface prefix to the tap instead of the
default one ("tap")
this functionnality is useful when you need an easy way to find the
interfaces attached to a given virtual machine

example:
 -net bridge,prefix=tapvmA. -net bridge,prefix=tapvmA.
 will create `tapvmA.0` and `tapvmA.1`
 `brctl show | grep vmA` will be an easy way to find the interfaces
 attached to the vmA

Signed-off-by: <address@hidden>
---
 include/net/net.h    |  1 +
 net/tap.c            | 18 ++++++++++++------
 qapi-schema.json     |  3 ++-
 qemu-bridge-helper.c |  9 +++++++--
 qemu-options.hx      |  3 ++-
 5 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/net.h b/include/net/net.h
index 11e1468..4cb0566 100644
--- a/include/net/net.h
+++ b/include/net/net.h
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ NetClientState *net_hub_port_find(int hub_id);
 #define DEFAULT_NETWORK_DOWN_SCRIPT "/etc/qemu-ifdown"
 #define DEFAULT_BRIDGE_HELPER CONFIG_QEMU_HELPERDIR "/qemu-bridge-helper"
 #define DEFAULT_BRIDGE_INTERFACE "br0"
+#define DEFAULT_BRIDGE_PREFIX "tap"
 
 void qdev_set_nic_properties(DeviceState *dev, NICInfo *nd);
 
diff --git a/net/tap.c b/net/tap.c
index 39c1cda..667cf17 100644
--- a/net/tap.c
+++ b/net/tap.c
@@ -419,7 +419,8 @@ static int recv_fd(int c)
     return len;
 }
 
-static int net_bridge_run_helper(const char *helper, const char *bridge)
+static int net_bridge_run_helper(const char *helper, const char *bridge,
+               const char *prefix)
 {
     sigset_t oldmask, mask;
     int pid, status;
@@ -441,7 +442,8 @@ static int net_bridge_run_helper(const char *helper, const 
char *bridge)
         int open_max = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX), i;
         char fd_buf[6+10];
         char br_buf[6+IFNAMSIZ] = {0};
-        char helper_cmd[PATH_MAX + sizeof(fd_buf) + sizeof(br_buf) + 15];
+        char pr_buf[6+IFNAMSIZ] = {0};
+        char helper_cmd[PATH_MAX + sizeof(fd_buf) + sizeof(br_buf) + 
sizeof(pr_buf) + 15];
 
         for (i = 0; i < open_max; i++) {
             if (i != STDIN_FILENO &&
@@ -453,6 +455,7 @@ static int net_bridge_run_helper(const char *helper, const 
char *bridge)
         }
 
         snprintf(fd_buf, sizeof(fd_buf), "%s%d", "--fd=", sv[1]);
+        snprintf(pr_buf, sizeof(br_buf), "%s%s", "--tap-prefix=", prefix);
 
         if (strrchr(helper, ' ') || strrchr(helper, '\t')) {
             /* assume helper is a command */
@@ -481,6 +484,7 @@ static int net_bridge_run_helper(const char *helper, const 
char *bridge)
             *parg++ = (char *)"--use-vnet";
             *parg++ = fd_buf;
             *parg++ = br_buf;
+            *parg++ = pr_buf;
             *parg++ = NULL;
 
             execv(helper, args);
@@ -519,7 +523,7 @@ int net_init_bridge(const NetClientOptions *opts, const 
char *name,
                     NetClientState *peer)
 {
     const NetdevBridgeOptions *bridge;
-    const char *helper, *br;
+    const char *helper, *br, *prefix;
 
     TAPState *s;
     int fd, vnet_hdr;
@@ -528,9 +532,10 @@ int net_init_bridge(const NetClientOptions *opts, const 
char *name,
     bridge = opts->bridge;
 
     helper = bridge->has_helper ? bridge->helper : DEFAULT_BRIDGE_HELPER;
+    prefix = bridge->has_prefix ? bridge->prefix : DEFAULT_BRIDGE_PREFIX;
     br     = bridge->has_br     ? bridge->br     : DEFAULT_BRIDGE_INTERFACE;
 
-    fd = net_bridge_run_helper(helper, br);
+    fd = net_bridge_run_helper(helper, br, prefix);
     if (fd == -1) {
         return -1;
     }
@@ -728,7 +733,7 @@ int net_init_tap(const NetClientOptions *opts, const char 
*name,
             tap->has_vnet_hdr || tap->has_helper || tap->has_queues ||
             tap->has_vhostfd) {
             error_report("ifname=, script=, downscript=, vnet_hdr=, "
-                         "helper=, queues=, and vhostfd= "
+                         "helper=, queues=, and vhostfd="
                          "are invalid with fds=");
             return -1;
         }
@@ -773,7 +778,8 @@ int net_init_tap(const NetClientOptions *opts, const char 
*name,
             return -1;
         }
 
-        fd = net_bridge_run_helper(tap->helper, DEFAULT_BRIDGE_INTERFACE);
+        fd = net_bridge_run_helper(tap->helper, DEFAULT_BRIDGE_INTERFACE,
+               DEFAULT_BRIDGE_PREFIX);
         if (fd == -1) {
             return -1;
         }
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index f27c48a..83d8895 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -3028,7 +3028,8 @@
 { 'type': 'NetdevBridgeOptions',
   'data': {
     '*br':     'str',
-    '*helper': 'str' } }
+    '*helper': 'str',
+    '*prefix': 'str'} }
 
 ##
 # @NetdevHubPortOptions
diff --git a/qemu-bridge-helper.c b/qemu-bridge-helper.c
index 6a0974e..6eef43b 100644
--- a/qemu-bridge-helper.c
+++ b/qemu-bridge-helper.c
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ typedef QSIMPLEQ_HEAD(ACLList, ACLRule) ACLList;
 static void usage(void)
 {
     fprintf(stderr,
-            "Usage: qemu-bridge-helper [--use-vnet] --br=bridge 
--fd=unixfd\n");
+            "Usage: qemu-bridge-helper [--use-vnet] [--tap-prefix=prefix] " \
+           " --br=bridge --fd=unixfd\n");
 }
 
 static int parse_acl_file(const char *filename, ACLList *acl_list)
@@ -233,6 +234,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     int use_vnet = 0;
     int mtu;
     const char *bridge = NULL;
+    const char *tap_prefix = "tap";
     char iface[IFNAMSIZ];
     int index;
     ACLRule *acl_rule;
@@ -255,6 +257,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     for (index = 1; index < argc; index++) {
         if (strcmp(argv[index], "--use-vnet") == 0) {
             use_vnet = 1;
+        } else if (strncmp(argv[index], "--tap-prefix=", 13) == 0) {
+            tap_prefix = &argv[index][13];
         } else if (strncmp(argv[index], "--br=", 5) == 0) {
             bridge = &argv[index][5];
         } else if (strncmp(argv[index], "--fd=", 5) == 0) {
@@ -330,7 +334,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     /* request a tap device, disable PI, and add vnet header support if
      * requested and it's available. */
-    prep_ifreq(&ifr, "tap%d");
+    snprintf(iface, sizeof(iface), "%s%s", tap_prefix, "%d");
+    prep_ifreq(&ifr, iface);
     ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_TAP|IFF_NO_PI;
     if (use_vnet && has_vnet_hdr(fd)) {
         ifr.ifr_flags |= IFF_VNET_HDR;
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 56e5fdf..64744d3 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1388,10 +1388,11 @@ DEF("net", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_net,
     "                use 'vhostfd=h' to connect to an already opened vhost net 
device\n"
     "                use 'vhostfds=x:y:...:z to connect to multiple already 
opened vhost net devices\n"
     "                use 'queues=n' to specify the number of queues to be 
created for multiqueue TAP\n"
-    "-net bridge[,vlan=n][,name=str][,br=bridge][,helper=helper]\n"
+    "-net 
bridge[,vlan=n][,name=str][,br=bridge][,helper=helper][,prefix=prefix]\n"
     "                connects a host TAP network interface to a host bridge 
device 'br'\n"
     "                (default=" DEFAULT_BRIDGE_INTERFACE ") using the program 
'helper'\n"
     "                (default=" DEFAULT_BRIDGE_HELPER ")\n"
+    "                (default=" DEFAULT_BRIDGE_PREFIX ") using the interface 
prefix 'prefix'\n"
 #endif
     "-net 
socket[,vlan=n][,name=str][,fd=h][,listen=[host]:port][,connect=host:port]\n"
     "                connect the vlan 'n' to another VLAN using a socket 
connection\n"
-- 
1.8.5.2