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Diffstat (limited to 'src/guestfs_protocol.x')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/guestfs_protocol.x | 38 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/src/guestfs_protocol.x b/src/guestfs_protocol.x index 4291809d..ff4713fd 100644 --- a/src/guestfs_protocol.x +++ b/src/guestfs_protocol.x @@ -556,9 +556,17 @@ enum guestfs_procedure { const GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX = 4194304; +/* The communication protocol is now documented in the guestfs(3) + * manpage. + */ + const GUESTFS_PROGRAM = 0x2000F5F5; const GUESTFS_PROTOCOL_VERSION = 1; +/* These constants must be larger than any possible message length. */ +const GUESTFS_LAUNCH_FLAG = 0xf5f55ff5; +const GUESTFS_CANCEL_FLAG = 0xffffeeee; + enum guestfs_message_direction { GUESTFS_DIRECTION_CALL = 0, /* client -> daemon */ GUESTFS_DIRECTION_REPLY = 1 /* daemon -> client */ @@ -575,19 +583,6 @@ struct guestfs_message_error { string error_message<GUESTFS_ERROR_LEN>; }; -/* For normal requests and replies (not involving any FileIn or - * FileOut parameters), the protocol is: - * - * For requests: - * total length (header + args, but not including length word itself) - * header - * guestfs_foo_args struct - * For replies: - * total length (as above) - * header - * guestfs_foo_ret struct - */ - struct guestfs_message_header { unsigned prog; /* GUESTFS_PROGRAM */ unsigned vers; /* GUESTFS_PROTOCOL_VERSION */ @@ -597,23 +592,6 @@ struct guestfs_message_header { guestfs_message_status status; }; -/* Chunked encoding used to transfer files, for FileIn and FileOut - * parameters. - * - * For requests which have >= 1 FileIn parameter: - * length of header + args (but not length word itself, and not chunks) - * header - * guestfs_foo_args struct - * sequence of chunks for FileIn param #0 - * sequence of chunks for FileIn param #1 etc - * - * For replies which have >= 1 FileOut parameter: - * length of header + ret (but not length word itself, and not chunks) - * header - * guestfs_foo_ret struct - * sequence of chunks for FileOut param #0 - * sequence of chunks for FileOut param #1 etc - */ const GUESTFS_MAX_CHUNK_SIZE = 8192; struct guestfs_chunk { |