nbd_connect_vsock3

Usage

 #include <libnbd.h>
 int nbd_connect_vsock (
       struct nbd_handle *h, uint32_t cid, uint32_t port
     );

Overview

Connect (synchronously) over the "AF_VSOCK" protocol from a virtual machine to an NBD server, usually running on the host. The "cid" and "port" parameters specify the server address. Usually "cid" should be 2 (to connect to the host), and "port" might be 10809 or another port number assigned to you by the host administrator.

Not all systems support "AF_VSOCK"; to determine if libnbd was built on a system with vsock support, see nbd_supports_vsock(3).

This call returns when the connection has been made. By default, this proceeds all the way to transmission phase, but nbd_set_opt_mode(3) can be used for manual control over option negotiation performed before transmission phase.

Return value

If the call is successful the function returns 0.

Errors

On error -1 is returned.

Refer to "ERROR HANDLING" in libnbd(3) for how to get further details of the error.

The following parameters must not be NULL: "h". For more information see "Non-NULL parameters" in libnbd(3).

Handle state

nbd_connect_vsock can be called when the handle is in the following state:

 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┐
 │ Handle created, before connecting   │ ✅ allowed              │
 │ Connecting                          │ ❌ error                │
 │ Connecting & handshaking (opt_mode) │ ❌ error                │
 │ Connected to the server             │ ❌ error                │
 │ Connection shut down                │ ❌ error                │
 │ Handle dead                         │ ❌ error                │
 └─────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┘

Version

This function first appeared in libnbd 1.2.

If you need to test if this function is available at compile time check if the following macro is defined:

 #define LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_CONNECT_VSOCK 1