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-rw-r--r--docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown10
-rw-r--r--tools/libxl/libxl.c6
-rw-r--r--tools/libxl/libxl_linux.c9
-rw-r--r--tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl1
-rw-r--r--tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c14
5 files changed, 38 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown b/docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown
index 5e2f049477..e0d3d2ada8 100644
--- a/docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown
+++ b/docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ added to. The default is `xenbr0`. The bridge must be configured using
your distribution's network configuration tools. See the [wiki][net]
for guidance and examples.
+### gatewaydev
+
+Specifies the name of the network interface which has an IP and which
+is in the network the VIF should communicate with. This is used in the host
+by the vif-route hotplug script. See [wiki][vifroute] for guidance and
+examples.
+
+NOTE: netdev is a deprecated alias of this option.
+
### type
This keyword is valid for HVM guests only.
@@ -158,3 +167,4 @@ on the underlying netback implementation.
[oui]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizationally_Unique_Identifier
[net]: http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/HostConfiguration/Networking
+[vifroute]: http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Vif-route
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl.c b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
index a09c0fad68..572c2c6442 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
@@ -2829,7 +2829,7 @@ void libxl__device_nic_add(libxl__egc *egc, uint32_t domid,
if (rc) goto out;
front = flexarray_make(gc, 16, 1);
- back = flexarray_make(gc, 16, 1);
+ back = flexarray_make(gc, 18, 1);
if (nic->devid == -1) {
if ((nic->devid = libxl__device_nextid(gc, domid, "vif") < 0)) {
@@ -2865,6 +2865,10 @@ void libxl__device_nic_add(libxl__egc *egc, uint32_t domid,
flexarray_append(back, "ip");
flexarray_append(back, libxl__strdup(gc, nic->ip));
}
+ if (nic->gatewaydev) {
+ flexarray_append(back, "gatewaydev");
+ flexarray_append(back, libxl__strdup(gc, nic->gatewaydev));
+ }
if (nic->rate_interval_usecs > 0) {
flexarray_append(back, "rate");
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_linux.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_linux.c
index d34fbb3b1f..37815eb650 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_linux.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_linux.c
@@ -84,11 +84,16 @@ static char **get_hotplug_env(libxl__gc *gc,
char *script, libxl__device *dev)
{
const char *type = libxl__device_kind_to_string(dev->backend_kind);
+ char *be_path = libxl__device_backend_path(gc, dev);
char **env;
+ char *gatewaydev;
int nr = 0;
libxl_nic_type nictype;
- const int arraysize = 13;
+ gatewaydev = libxl__xs_read(gc, XBT_NULL, GCSPRINTF("%s/%s", be_path,
+ "gatewaydev"));
+
+ const int arraysize = 15;
GCNEW_ARRAY(env, arraysize);
env[nr++] = "script";
env[nr++] = script;
@@ -98,6 +103,8 @@ static char **get_hotplug_env(libxl__gc *gc,
env[nr++] = GCSPRINTF("backend/%s/%u/%d", type, dev->domid, dev->devid);
env[nr++] = "XENBUS_BASE_PATH";
env[nr++] = "backend";
+ env[nr++] = "netdev";
+ env[nr++] = gatewaydev ? : "";
if (dev->backend_kind == LIBXL__DEVICE_KIND_VIF) {
if (libxl__nic_type(gc, dev, &nictype)) {
LOG(ERROR, "unable to get nictype");
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl b/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
index 5b080ed548..f3c212bc8c 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ libxl_device_nic = Struct("device_nic", [
("nictype", libxl_nic_type),
("rate_bytes_per_interval", uint64),
("rate_interval_usecs", uint32),
+ ("gatewaydev", string),
])
libxl_device_pci = Struct("device_pci", [
diff --git a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
index a98705e31a..d7ffc507b8 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
@@ -1210,6 +1210,14 @@ static void parse_config_data(const char *config_source,
parse_vif_rate(&config, (p2 + 1), nic);
} else if (!strcmp(p, "accel")) {
fprintf(stderr, "the accel parameter for vifs is currently not supported\n");
+ } else if (!strcmp(p, "netdev")) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "the netdev parameter is deprecated, "
+ "please use gatewaydev instead\n");
+ free(nic->gatewaydev);
+ nic->gatewaydev = strdup(p2 + 1);
+ } else if (!strcmp(p, "gatewaydev")) {
+ free(nic->gatewaydev);
+ nic->gatewaydev = strdup(p2 + 1);
}
} while ((p = strtok(NULL, ",")) != NULL);
skip_nic:
@@ -5494,6 +5502,12 @@ int main_networkattach(int argc, char **argv)
}
} else if (MATCH_OPTION("bridge", *argv, oparg)) {
replace_string(&nic.bridge, oparg);
+ } else if (MATCH_OPTION("netdev", *argv, oparg)) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "the netdev parameter is deprecated, "
+ "please use gatewaydev instead\n");
+ replace_string(&nic.gatewaydev, oparg);
+ } else if (MATCH_OPTION("gatewaydev", *argv, oparg)) {
+ replace_string(&nic.gatewaydev, oparg);
} else if (MATCH_OPTION("ip", *argv, oparg)) {
replace_string(&nic.ip, oparg);
} else if (MATCH_OPTION("script", *argv, oparg)) {