qemu/chardev
Roman Penyaev b66ed23238 chardev/char-hub: implement backend chardev aggregator
This patch implements a new chardev backend `hub` device, which
aggregates input from multiple backend devices and forwards it to a
single frontend device. Additionally, `hub` device takes the output
from the frontend device and sends it back to all the connected
backend devices. This allows for seamless interaction between
different backend devices and a single frontend interface.

The idea of the change is trivial: keep list of backend devices
(up to 4), init them on demand and forward data buffer back and
forth.

The following is QEMU command line example:

   -chardev pty,path=/tmp/pty,id=pty0 \
   -chardev vc,id=vc0 \
   -chardev hub,id=hub0,chardevs.0=pty0,chardevs.1=vc0 \
   -device virtconsole,chardev=hub0 \
   -vnc 0.0.0.0:0

Which creates 2 backend devices: text virtual console (`vc0`) and a
pseudo TTY (`pty0`) connected to the single virtio hvc console with
the backend aggregator (`hub0`) help. `vc0` renders text to an image,
which can be shared over the VNC protocol.  `pty0` is a pseudo TTY
backend which provides biderectional communication to the virtio hvc
console.

'chardevs.N' list syntax is used for the sake of compatibility with
the representation of JSON lists in 'key=val' pairs format of the
util/keyval.c, despite the fact that modern QAPI way of parsing,
namely qobject_input_visitor_new_str(), is not used. Choice of keeping
QAPI list syntax may help to smoothly switch to modern parsing in the
future.

Signed-off-by: Roman Penyaev <r.peniaev@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: "Marc-André Lureau" <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Message-ID: <20250123085327.965501-3-r.peniaev@gmail.com>
2025-02-03 13:57:08 +04:00
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baum.c replace TABs with spaces 2023-03-20 12:43:50 +01:00
char-console.c Include qemu/module.h where needed, drop it from qemu-common.h 2019-06-12 13:18:33 +02:00
char-fd.c Refactoring: refactor TFR() macro to RETRY_ON_EINTR() 2023-01-09 13:50:47 +01:00
char-fe.c include: Rename sysemu/ -> system/ 2024-12-20 17:44:56 +01:00
char-file.c chardev: Allow setting file chardev input file on the command line 2023-04-20 06:50:11 +02:00
char-hmp-cmds.c char: Move HMP commands from monitor/ to chardev/ 2023-02-04 07:56:54 +01:00
char-hub.c chardev/char-hub: implement backend chardev aggregator 2025-02-03 13:57:08 +04:00
char-io.c Revert "qemu-char: do not operate on sources from finalize callbacks" 2024-07-16 10:45:06 +02:00
char-mux.c include: Rename sysemu/ -> system/ 2024-12-20 17:44:56 +01:00
char-null.c Include qemu/module.h where needed, drop it from qemu-common.h 2019-06-12 13:18:33 +02:00
char-parallel.c chardev/parallel: Don't close stdin on inappropriate device 2024-02-14 07:44:38 +01:00
char-pipe.c Refactoring: refactor TFR() macro to RETRY_ON_EINTR() 2023-01-09 13:50:47 +01:00
char-pty.c chardev/char-pty: send CHR_EVENT_CLOSED on disconnect 2025-02-03 13:57:08 +04:00
char-ringbuf.c Use DECLARE_*CHECKER* macros 2020-09-09 09:27:09 -04:00
char-serial.c chardev: replace qemu_set_nonblock() 2022-05-03 15:51:52 +04:00
char-socket.c chardev: introduce 'reconnect-ms' and deprecate 'reconnect' 2024-10-09 12:07:54 +04:00
char-stdio.c char-stdio: Restore blocking mode of stdout on exit 2024-07-03 21:54:41 +02:00
char-udp.c qapi chardev: Elide redundant has_FOO in generated C 2022-12-14 20:04:47 +01:00
char-win-stdio.c chardev/char-win-stdio.c: restore old console mode 2024-07-22 22:25:46 +04:00
char-win.c chardev: Improve error report by calling error_setg_win32() 2020-03-09 13:36:15 +01:00
char.c chardev/char-hub: implement backend chardev aggregator 2025-02-03 13:57:08 +04:00
chardev-internal.h chardev/char-hub: implement backend chardev aggregator 2025-02-03 13:57:08 +04:00
meson.build chardev/char-hub: implement backend chardev aggregator 2025-02-03 13:57:08 +04:00
msmouse.c util/fifo8: Rename fifo8_pop_buf() -> fifo8_pop_bufptr() 2024-07-23 22:34:54 +02:00
spice.c ui/spice: Require spice-server >= 0.14.0 2023-01-19 13:30:01 +01:00
testdev.c Use DECLARE_*CHECKER* macros 2020-09-09 09:27:09 -04:00
trace-events chardev: add tracing of socket error conditions 2024-07-24 10:39:10 +01:00
trace.h trace: switch position of headers to what Meson requires 2020-08-21 06:18:24 -04:00
wctablet.c ui/input: Constify QemuInputHandler structure 2023-10-19 23:13:28 +02:00