在 2021/12/11 下午6:44, Vladislav Yaroshchuk 写道:
macOS provides networking API for VMs called 'vmnet.framework':
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/vmnet

We can provide its support as the new QEMU network backends which
represent three different vmnet.framework interface usage modes:

   * `vmnet-shared`:
     allows the guest to communicate with other guests in shared mode and
     also with external network (Internet) via NAT. Has (macOS-provided)
     DHCP server; subnet mask and IP range can be configured;

   * `vmnet-host`:
     allows the guest to communicate with other guests in host mode.
     By default has enabled DHCP as `vmnet-shared`, but providing
     network unique id (uuid) can make `vmnet-host` interfaces isolated
     from each other and also disables DHCP.

   * `vmnet-bridged`:
     bridges the guest with a physical network interface.

This backends cannot work on macOS Catalina 10.15 cause we use
vmnet.framework API provided only with macOS 11 and newer. Seems
that it is not a problem, because QEMU guarantees to work on two most
recent versions of macOS which now are Big Sur (11) and Monterey (12).

Also, we have one inconvenient restriction: vmnet.framework interfaces
can create only privileged user:
`$ sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -nic vmnet-shared`

Attempt of `vmnet-*` netdev creation being unprivileged user fails with
vmnet's 'general failure'.

This happens because vmnet.framework requires `com.apple.vm.networking`
entitlement which is: "restricted to developers of virtualization software.
To request this entitlement, contact your Apple representative." as Apple
documentation says:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements/com_apple_vm_networking

One more note: we still have quite useful but not supported
'vmnet.framework' features as creating port forwarding rules, IPv6
NAT prefix specifying and so on.

Nevertheless, new backends work fine and tested within `qemu-system-x86-64`
on macOS Bir Sur 11.5.2 host with such nic models:
   * e1000-82545em
   * virtio-net-pci
   * vmxnet3

The guests were:
   * macOS 10.15.7
   * Ubuntu Bionic (server cloudimg)


This series partially reuses patches by Phillip Tennen:
https://patchew.org/QEMU/20210218134947.1860-1-phillip.en...@gmail.com/
So I included them signed-off line into one of the commit messages and
also here.


Applied.

Thanks



v1 -> v2:
  Since v1 minor typos were fixed, patches rebased onto latest master,
  redundant changes removed (small commits squashed)
v2 -> v3:
  - QAPI style fixes
  - Typos fixes in comments
  - `#include`'s updated to be in sync with recent master
v3 -> v4:
  - Support vmnet interfaces isolation feature
  - Support vmnet-host network uuid setting feature
  - Refactored sources a bit
v4 -> v5:
  - Missed 6.2 boat, now 7.0 candidate
  - Fix qapi netdev descriptions and styles
    (@subnetmask -> @subnet-mask)
  - Support vmnet-shared IPv6 prefix setting feature
v5 -> v6
  - provide detailed commit messages for commits of
    many changes
  - rename properties @dhcpstart and @dhcpend to
    @start-address and @end-address
  - improve qapi documentation about isolation
    features (@isolated, @net-uuid)
v6 -> v7:
  - update MAINTAINERS list
v7 -> v8
  - QAPI code style fixes


Vladislav Yaroshchuk (7):
   net/vmnet: add vmnet dependency and customizable option
   net/vmnet: add vmnet backends to qapi/net
   net/vmnet: implement shared mode (vmnet-shared)
   net/vmnet: implement host mode (vmnet-host)
   net/vmnet: implement bridged mode (vmnet-bridged)
   net/vmnet: update qemu-options.hx
   net/vmnet: update MAINTAINERS list

  MAINTAINERS                   |   5 +
  meson.build                   |   4 +
  meson_options.txt             |   2 +
  net/clients.h                 |  11 ++
  net/meson.build               |   7 +
  net/net.c                     |  10 ++
  net/vmnet-bridged.m           | 111 ++++++++++++
  net/vmnet-common.m            | 330 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  net/vmnet-host.c              | 105 +++++++++++
  net/vmnet-shared.c            |  92 ++++++++++
  net/vmnet_int.h               |  48 +++++
  qapi/net.json                 | 129 ++++++++++++-
  qemu-options.hx               |  25 +++
  scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh |   3 +
  14 files changed, 880 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
  create mode 100644 net/vmnet-bridged.m
  create mode 100644 net/vmnet-common.m
  create mode 100644 net/vmnet-host.c
  create mode 100644 net/vmnet-shared.c
  create mode 100644 net/vmnet_int.h



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