hw/9pfs: File system helper process for qemu 9p proxy FS

Provide root privilege access to QEMU 9p proxy filesystem using socket
communication.

Proxy helper is started by root user as:
~ # virtfs-proxy-helper -f|--fd <socket descriptor> -p|--path <path-to-share>

Signed-off-by: M. Mohan Kumar <mohan@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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M. Mohan Kumar 2011-12-14 13:58:42 +05:30 committed by Aneesh Kumar K.V
parent 4c793dda22
commit 17bff52b62
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@ -1966,6 +1966,22 @@ else
exit 1
fi
##########################################
# libcap probe
if test "$cap" != "no" ; then
cat > $TMPC <<EOF
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/capability.h>
int main(void) { cap_t caps; caps = cap_init(); }
EOF
if compile_prog "" "-lcap" ; then
cap=yes
else
cap=no
fi
fi
##########################################
# pthread probe
PTHREADLIBS_LIST="-pthread -lpthread -lpthreadGC2"
@ -2767,6 +2783,9 @@ confdir=$sysconfdir$confsuffix
tools=
if test "$softmmu" = yes ; then
tools="qemu-img\$(EXESUF) qemu-io\$(EXESUF) $tools"
if [ "$cap" = "yes" -a "$linux" = "yes" ] ; then
tools="$tools fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper\$(EXESUF)"
fi
if [ "$linux" = "yes" -o "$bsd" = "yes" -o "$solaris" = "yes" ] ; then
tools="qemu-nbd\$(EXESUF) $tools"
if [ "$guest_agent" = "yes" ]; then