Dear all,
This series of patches adds exporting device operation to USB/IP.
1. Overview
Exporting devices may not be a new idea. The request and response PDU
have been defined in tools/usbip/usbip/src/usbip_network.h.
#define OP_EXPORT 0x06
#define OP_REQ_EXPORT (OP_REQUEST | OP_EXPORT)
#define OP_REP_EXPORT (OP_REPLY | OP_EXPORT)
# struct op_export_request
# struct op_export_reply
#define OP_UNEXPORT 0x07
#define OP_REQ_UNEXPORT (OP_REQUEST | OP_UNEXPORT)
#define OP_REP_UNEXPORT (OP_REPLY | OP_UNEXPORT)
# struct op_unexport_request
# struct op_unexport_reply
But they have not been used yet. This series adds new operations:
'connect' and 'disconnect' using these PDUs.
EXISTING) - invites devices from application(vhci)-side
+------+ +------------------+
device--+ STUB | | application/VHCI |
+------+ +------------------+
1) usbipd ... start daemon
= = =
2) usbip list --local
3) usbip bind
<--- list bound devices --- 4) usbip list --remote
<--- import a device ------ 5) usbip attach
= = =
X disconnected 6) usbip detach
7) usbip unbind
NEW) - dedicates devices from device(stb)-side
+------+ +------------------+
device--+ STUB | | application/VHCI |
+------+ +------------------+
1) usbipa ... start daemon
= = =
2) usbip list --local
3) usbip connect --- export a device ------>
= = =
4) usbip disconnect --- un-export a device --->
Bind and unbind are done in connect and disconnect internally.
2. The use cases
EXISTING)
In existing way, computers in small distance, having same user account,
can be easily managed by a same user. Bind in local machine and attach
in remote machine by the user. The devices can be exporsed
automatically in the local machine, for example, at strat up. They can
be attached from remote.
When there are distributes linux nodes with USB devices in internet,
they are exposed by bind operation at start upr, server behind firewall
can list and attach the devices.
Internet
Exposed +----------+ +--------+ +--------+
+------+ |Linux |+ |Router, | |Service |
+|device|--|Controller||-------------------|proxy, |----|on |
|+------+ +----------+| |firewall| |Linux |
+------+ +----------+ +--------+ +--------+
<--- attach(import)
USB/IP + WS proxy WS proxy + USB/IP
NEW)
Assuming that a server computer which runs application and VHCI is in a
server room and device side machines are small distributed nodes
outside of the server room, the operator of the server compter is
different form the distributed nodes. The server computer may be in
unattended operation. In the new way, after the daemon has been
started, device can be connected with connect command in the
distributed nodes. If the distributed nodes doesn't have user
interface, the connect command can be executed from start up procedure.
In another senario to connect devices to a Linux based cloud service
using WebSocket proxy, it's needed to establish connection from a
device inside of firewall to a service outside. Exporting is suitable
for the senario.
Home/SOHO/Intranet Internet
+----------+ +--------+ +--------+
+------+ |Linux |+ |Router, | |Internet|
+|device|--|Controller||----|proxy, |-------------------|service |
|+------+ +----------+| |firewall| |on Linux|
+------+ +----------+ +--------+ +--------+
connect(export) -->
USB/IP + WS proxy WS proxy + USB/IP
ex)
Device Service
sensors ......................................... environment analysis
cameras ......................................... monitoring, recording
ID/biometric readers ............................ authentication
Connection from outside firewall is usually blocked.
So existing import request sent with attach command doesn't work.
# usbipd (blocked)|| <--------- # usbip attach
Firewall opens some ports, usually HTTP(80) and HTTPS(443), from inside.
Then export request sent with new connect command works.
# usbip connect -----------------------------> # usbipa
(passed)
3. Combination with vUDC
New operations work with vUDC. --device option specifies vUDC mode as
well as list operaion. With stub, connect and disconnect execute bind
and unbind internally. With vUDC, they do not execute bind and unbind.
They are done by UDC interface.
4. Security consideration
In new operation, when the daemon is running, SSL or Secure WebSocket
tunneling poxy can reject unauthorized access.
5. Mixed usage
Both existing and new way work in same machines simultaneously. Status
of devices and ports are controlled in stub and vhci driver.
6. Wording
Adding the new operation, some inconsistnecies in wording are appeared
in documentation, function name, etc. If needed, they are fixed.
'export' is used for bind and 'exported' is used for bound. They are
changed to 'make importable' and 'imported' respectively. The words not
new. For example, in the output of port operation, 'imported devices'
is already used. They are sorted out.
'client' and 'server' are switched between existing and new operation.
So, words 'device-side' and 'application-side' are used in
documentations as needed for clarity.
---
Version information
This series is divided from "USB/IP over WebSocket" patch set.
Rest of the set will be sent as another series.
v8)
# Divided into smaller patches.
# Excluded low-related patches.
# Improved change log.
# Changed info level logs in usbip_ux.c to debug level logs.
# Added options to vUDC.
# Tested with vUDC.
v7)
# Removed userspace transmission and WebSocket command/daemon.
# Fixed checkpatch errors and warnings.
v6)
# Added __rcu annotation to a RCU pointer to clear sparse warnings.
# Corrected a copy to RCU pointer with rcu_rcu_assign_pointer().
# Added __user annotations to arguments of read/write method.
# Added static to some functions which are not called from other files.
# Removed unnecessary EXPORT_SYMBOLs.
v5)
# Added vendor/pruduct name conversion to port command.
# Put initial value to pool_head in name.c.
# Fixed list command exception when host option is omitted.
# Fixed exception in case gai_strerror() returns NULL.
# Fixed WebSocket connection close via proxy.
# Fixed to stop WebSocket ping-pong on connection close.
# Removed redundant usbipd daemon option.
# Removed redundant SSL code had not been deleted.
# Removed an unused local variable in WebSocket code.
# Modified C++ reserved word in names.c as same as headers.
v4)
# Fixed regression of usbip list --remote
v3)
# Coding style for goto err labels are fixed.
# Defined magic numbers for open_hc_device() argument.
# Corrected include .../uapi/linux/usbip_ux.h as <linux/usbip_ux.h>.
# Modified parameter notation in manuals not to use '='.
# Fixed inappropriate version definition in
tools/.../websocket/configure.ac.
# Remved unnecessary COPYING and AUTHORS fil from tools/.../websocket/.
# Added -version-info to libraries in tools/.../src.
v2)
# Formatted patches from linux-next.
# Fixed change log word wrapping.
# Removed SSL patches.
# Fixed a bug that vendor and product names are not shown by 'usbws
list -l' because usbip_names_init() was not called in libusbip.la.
Thank you,
Nobuo Iwata <nobuo.iw...@fujixerox.co.jp>
//
*** BLURB HERE ***
Nobuo Iwata (9):
usbip: exporting devices: modifications to network header
usbip: exporting devices: modifications to host side libraries
usbip: exporting devices: new connect operation
usbip: exporting devices: new disconnect operation
usbip: exporting devices: modifications to daemon
usbip: exporting devices: modifications to attach and detach
usbip: exporting devices: new application-side daemon
usbip: exporting devices: change to usbip_list.c
usbip: exporting devices: chage to documenattion
Documentation/usb/usbip_protocol.txt | 204 ++++++++++++++--
tools/usb/usbip/Makefile.am | 2 +-
tools/usb/usbip/README | 70 ++++--
tools/usb/usbip/doc/usbip.8 | 136 +++++++++--
tools/usb/usbip/doc/usbipa.8 | 79 +++++++
tools/usb/usbip/doc/usbipd.8 | 37 +--
tools/usb/usbip/libsrc/usbip_host_common.c | 6 +-
tools/usb/usbip/libsrc/usbip_host_common.h | 8 +-
tools/usb/usbip/libsrc/vhci_driver.c | 118 ++++++++--
tools/usb/usbip/libsrc/vhci_driver.h | 7 +-
tools/usb/usbip/src/Makefile.am | 12 +-
tools/usb/usbip/src/usbip.c | 15 +-
tools/usb/usbip/src/usbip.h | 10 +-
tools/usb/usbip/src/usbip_attach.c | 50 +---
tools/usb/usbip/src/usbip_bind.c | 7 +-
tools/usb/usbip/src/usbip_connect.c | 228 ++++++++++++++++++
tools/usb/usbip/src/usbip_detach.c | 13 +-
tools/usb/usbip/src/usbip_disconnect.c | 215 +++++++++++++++++
tools/usb/usbip/src/usbip_list.c | 22 +-
tools/usb/usbip/src/usbip_network.h | 5 +-
tools/usb/usbip/src/usbip_unbind.c | 7 +-
tools/usb/usbip/src/usbipd.c | 247 +++-----------------
tools/usb/usbip/src/usbipd.h | 39 ++++
tools/usb/usbip/src/usbipd_app.c | 243 +++++++++++++++++++
tools/usb/usbip/src/usbipd_dev.c | 256 +++++++++++++++++++++
25 files changed, 1638 insertions(+), 398 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/usb/usbip/doc/usbipa.8
create mode 100644 tools/usb/usbip/src/usbip_connect.c
create mode 100644 tools/usb/usbip/src/usbip_disconnect.c
create mode 100644 tools/usb/usbip/src/usbipd.h
create mode 100644 tools/usb/usbip/src/usbipd_app.c
create mode 100644 tools/usb/usbip/src/usbipd_dev.c
--
2.1.0
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