passt, qrap, README: Update notes and documentation for AF_UNIX support in qemu

We can't get rid of qrap quite yet, but at least we should start
telling users it's not going to be needed anymore starting from qemu
7.2.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>

README.md

@@ -368,13 +368,11 @@ speeding up local connections, and usually requiring NAT. _pasta_:
 ## Interfaces and Environment
 
 _passt_ exchanges packets with _qemu_ via UNIX domain socket, using the `socket`
-back-end in qemu. Currently, qemu can only connect to a listening process via
+back-end in qemu. This is supported since qemu 7.2.
-TCP. Two temporary solutions are available:
 
-* a [patch](/passt/tree/qemu) for qemu
+For older versions, the [qrap](/passt/tree/qrap.c) wrapper can be used to
-* a wrapper, [qrap](/passt/tree/qrap.c), that connects to a
+connect to a UNIX domain socket and to start qemu, which can now use the file
-  UNIX domain socket and starts qemu, which can now use the file descriptor
+descriptor that's already opened.
-  that's already opened
 
 This approach, compared to using a _tap_ device, doesn't require any security
 capabilities, as we don't need to create any interface.

passt.1

@@ -51,12 +51,8 @@ one peer's observed parameters (congestion window size, acknowledged data, etc.)
 to the corresponding peer.
 
 Currently, the only supported hypervisor is \fBqemu\fR(1), connecting to
-\fBpasst\fR by means of a UNIX domain socket. This configuration can be obtained
+\fBpasst\fR by means of a UNIX domain socket. This is supported starting from
-via out-of-tree qemu patches, available at: 
+qemu 7.2. For older qemu versions, see the \fBqrap\fR(1) wrapper.
-
-	\fIhttps://passt.top/passt/tree/contrib/qemu\fR
-
-or with the \fBqrap\fR(1) wrapper.
 
 .SS pasta
 

qrap.1

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 .SH NAME
 .B qrap
-\- qemu wrapper connecting UNIX domain socket to file descriptor
+\- temporary qemu wrapper connecting UNIX domain socket to file descriptor
 
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B qrap
@@ -47,13 +47,10 @@ $ ./qrap test.qcow2 -m 1024 -display none -nodefaults -nographic
 
 .SH NOTES
 
-This wrapper is temporary and needed only as long as \fBqemu\fR(1) does not
+This wrapper is temporary: qemu commit 13c6be96618c ("net: stream: add unix
-directly support a UNIX domain socket as \fInetdev\fR back-end.
+socket") introduces native AF_UNIX socket support, and it should be included in
-
+qemu starting from the 7.2 release. It will be around for a little bit longer to
-Out-of-tree patches for \fBqemu\fR(1) introducing support for a UNIX domain
+give users enough time to switch.
-socket back-end are available at:
-
-	\fIhttps://passt.top/passt/tree/contrib/qemu\fR
 
 .SH AUTHOR
 

qrap.c

@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Red Hat GmbH
  * Author: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
  *
- * TODO: Implement this functionality directly in qemu: we have TCP and UDP
+ * TODO: Drop this implementation once qemu commit 13c6be96618c ("net: stream:
- * socket back-ends already.
+ * add unix socket") is included in a release (7.2), and once we can reasonably
+ * assume existing users switched to it.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>

tap.c

@@ -944,13 +944,11 @@ static void tap_sock_unix_init(struct ctx *c)
 	ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLET | EPOLLRDHUP;
 	epoll_ctl(c->epollfd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, c->fd_tap_listen, &ev);
 
-	info("You can now start qrap:");
+	info("You can now start qemu (>= 7.2, with commit 13c6be96618c):");
-	info("    ./qrap 5 kvm ... -net socket,fd=5 -net nic,model=virtio");
+	info("    kvm ... -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=s -netdev stream,id=s,server=off,addr.type=unix,addr.path=%s",
-	info("or directly qemu, patched with:");
-	info("    qemu/0001-net-Allow-also-UNIX-domain-sockets-to-be-used-as-net.patch");
-	info("as follows:");
-	info("    kvm ... -net socket,connect=%s -net nic,model=virtio",
 	     addr.sun_path);
+	info("or qrap, for earlier qemu versions:");
+	info("    ./qrap 5 kvm ... -net socket,fd=5 -net nic,model=virtio");
 }
 
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