nbd_connect_vsock - Man Page

 #include <libnbd.h>

 int nbd_connect_vsock (
       struct nbd_handle *h, uint32_t cid, uint32_t port
     );

Connect (synchronously) over the AF_VSOCK protocol from a virtual machine to an NBD server, usually running on the host.  The cid and port parameters specify the server address.  Usually cid should be 2 (to connect to the host), and port might be 10809 or another port number assigned to you by the host administrator.

Not all systems support AF_VSOCK; to determine if libnbd was built on a system with vsock support, see nbd_supports_vsock(3).

This call returns when the connection has been made.  By default, this proceeds all the way to transmission phase, but nbd_set_opt_mode(3) can be used for manual control over option negotiation performed before transmission phase.

If the call is successful the function returns 0.

On error -1 is returned.

Refer to "ERROR HANDLING" in libnbd(3) for how to get further details of the error.

The following parameters must not be NULL: h. For more information see "Non-NULL parameters" in libnbd(3).

nbd_connect_vsock can be called when the handle is in the following state:

 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┐
 │ Handle created, before connecting   │ ✅ allowed              │
 │ Connecting                          │ ❌ error                │
 │ Connecting & handshaking (opt_mode) │ ❌ error                │
 │ Connected to the server             │ ❌ error                │
 │ Connection shut down                │ ❌ error                │
 │ Handle dead                         │ ❌ error                │
 └─────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┘

This function first appeared in libnbd 1.2.

If you need to test if this function is available at compile time check if the following macro is defined:

 #define LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_CONNECT_VSOCK 1

nbd_aio_connect_vsock(3), nbd_create(3), nbd_set_opt_mode(3), nbd_supports_vsock(3), libnbd(3), vsock(7).

Eric Blake

Richard W.M. Jones

Copyright Red Hat

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libnbd(3), libnbd-release-notes-1.2(1), NBD(3), nbd_aio_connect_vsock(3), nbd_connect_uri(3), nbdfuse(1), nbd_supports_vsock(3), nbdublk(1).