diff --git a/qemu-sockets.c b/qemu-sockets.c
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+/*
+ *  inet and unix socket functions for qemu
+ *
+ *  (c) 2008 Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; under version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "qemu_socket.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h" /* for qemu_isdigit */
+
+#ifndef AI_ADDRCONFIG
+# define AI_ADDRCONFIG 0
+#endif
+
+static int sockets_debug = 0;
+static const int on=1, off=0;
+
+static int inet_getport(struct addrinfo *e)
+{
+    struct sockaddr_in *i4;
+    struct sockaddr_in6 *i6;
+
+    switch (e->ai_family) {
+    case PF_INET6:
+        i6 = (void*)e->ai_addr;
+        return ntohs(i6->sin6_port);
+    case PF_INET:
+        i4 = (void*)e->ai_addr;
+        return ntohs(i4->sin_port);
+    default:
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+static void inet_setport(struct addrinfo *e, int port)
+{
+    struct sockaddr_in *i4;
+    struct sockaddr_in6 *i6;
+
+    switch (e->ai_family) {
+    case PF_INET6:
+        i6 = (void*)e->ai_addr;
+        i6->sin6_port = htons(port);
+        break;
+    case PF_INET:
+        i4 = (void*)e->ai_addr;
+        i4->sin_port = htons(port);
+        break;
+    }
+}
+
+static const char *inet_strfamily(int family)
+{
+    switch (family) {
+    case PF_INET6: return "ipv6";
+    case PF_INET:  return "ipv4";
+    case PF_UNIX:  return "unix";
+    }
+    return "????";
+}
+
+static void inet_print_addrinfo(const char *tag, struct addrinfo *res)
+{
+    struct addrinfo *e;
+    char uaddr[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN+1];
+    char uport[33];
+
+    for (e = res; e != NULL; e = e->ai_next) {
+        getnameinfo((struct sockaddr*)e->ai_addr,e->ai_addrlen,
+                    uaddr,INET6_ADDRSTRLEN,uport,32,
+                    NI_NUMERICHOST | NI_NUMERICSERV);
+        fprintf(stderr,"%s: getaddrinfo: family %s, host %s, port %s\n",
+                tag, inet_strfamily(e->ai_family), uaddr, uport);
+    }
+}
+
+int inet_listen(const char *str, char *ostr, int olen,
+                int socktype, int port_offset)
+{
+    struct addrinfo ai,*res,*e;
+    char addr[64];
+    char port[33];
+    char uaddr[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN+1];
+    char uport[33];
+    const char *opts, *h;
+    int slisten,rc,pos,to,try_next;
+
+    memset(&ai,0, sizeof(ai));
+    ai.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE | AI_ADDRCONFIG;
+    ai.ai_family = PF_UNSPEC;
+    ai.ai_socktype = socktype;
+
+    /* parse address */
+    if (str[0] == ':') {
+        /* no host given */
+        addr[0] = '\0';
+        if (1 != sscanf(str,":%32[^,]%n",port,&pos)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: portonly parse error (%s)\n",
+                    __FUNCTION__, str);
+            return -1;
+        }
+    } else if (str[0] == '[') {
+        /* IPv6 addr */
+        if (2 != sscanf(str,"[%64[^]]]:%32[^,]%n",addr,port,&pos)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: ipv6 parse error (%s)\n",
+                    __FUNCTION__, str);
+            return -1;
+        }
+        ai.ai_family = PF_INET6;
+    } else if (qemu_isdigit(str[0])) {
+        /* IPv4 addr */
+        if (2 != sscanf(str,"%64[0-9.]:%32[^,]%n",addr,port,&pos)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: ipv4 parse error (%s)\n",
+                    __FUNCTION__, str);
+            return -1;
+        }
+        ai.ai_family = PF_INET;
+    } else {
+        /* hostname */
+        if (2 != sscanf(str,"%64[^:]:%32[^,]%n",addr,port,&pos)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: hostname parse error (%s)\n",
+                    __FUNCTION__, str);
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* parse options */
+    opts = str + pos;
+    h = strstr(opts, ",to=");
+    to = h ? atoi(h+4) : 0;
+    if (strstr(opts, ",ipv4"))
+        ai.ai_family = PF_INET;
+    if (strstr(opts, ",ipv6"))
+        ai.ai_family = PF_INET6;
+
+    /* lookup */
+    if (port_offset)
+        snprintf(port, sizeof(port), "%d", atoi(port) + port_offset);
+    rc = getaddrinfo(strlen(addr) ? addr : NULL, port, &ai, &res);
+    if (rc != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr,"%s: getaddrinfo(%s,%s): %s\n", __FUNCTION__,
+                addr, port, gai_strerror(rc));
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (sockets_debug)
+        inet_print_addrinfo(__FUNCTION__, res);
+
+    /* create socket + bind */
+    for (e = res; e != NULL; e = e->ai_next) {
+        getnameinfo((struct sockaddr*)e->ai_addr,e->ai_addrlen,
+		        uaddr,INET6_ADDRSTRLEN,uport,32,
+		        NI_NUMERICHOST | NI_NUMERICSERV);
+        slisten = socket(e->ai_family, e->ai_socktype, e->ai_protocol);
+        if (slisten < 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr,"%s: socket(%s): %s\n", __FUNCTION__,
+                    inet_strfamily(e->ai_family), strerror(errno));
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        setsockopt(slisten,SOL_SOCKET,SO_REUSEADDR,(void*)&on,sizeof(on));
+#ifdef IPV6_V6ONLY
+        if (e->ai_family == PF_INET6) {
+            /* listen on both ipv4 and ipv6 */
+            setsockopt(slisten,IPPROTO_IPV6,IPV6_V6ONLY,(void*)&off,
+                sizeof(off));
+        }
+#endif
+
+        for (;;) {
+            if (bind(slisten, e->ai_addr, e->ai_addrlen) == 0) {
+                if (sockets_debug)
+                    fprintf(stderr,"%s: bind(%s,%s,%d): OK\n", __FUNCTION__,
+                        inet_strfamily(e->ai_family), uaddr, inet_getport(e));
+                goto listen;
+            }
+            try_next = to && (inet_getport(e) <= to + port_offset);
+            if (!try_next || sockets_debug)
+                fprintf(stderr,"%s: bind(%s,%s,%d): %s\n", __FUNCTION__,
+                        inet_strfamily(e->ai_family), uaddr, inet_getport(e),
+                        strerror(errno));
+            if (try_next) {
+                inet_setport(e, inet_getport(e) + 1);
+                continue;
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+        closesocket(slisten);
+    }
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s: FAILED\n", __FUNCTION__);
+    freeaddrinfo(res);
+    return -1;
+
+listen:
+    if (listen(slisten,1) != 0) {
+        perror("listen");
+        closesocket(slisten);
+        freeaddrinfo(res);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (ostr) {
+        if (e->ai_family == PF_INET6) {
+            snprintf(ostr, olen, "[%s]:%d%s", uaddr,
+                     inet_getport(e) - port_offset, opts);
+        } else {
+            snprintf(ostr, olen, "%s:%d%s", uaddr,
+                     inet_getport(e) - port_offset, opts);
+        }
+    }
+    freeaddrinfo(res);
+    return slisten;
+}
+
+int inet_connect(const char *str, int socktype)
+{
+    struct addrinfo ai,*res,*e;
+    char addr[64];
+    char port[33];
+    char uaddr[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN+1];
+    char uport[33];
+    int sock,rc;
+
+    memset(&ai,0, sizeof(ai));
+    ai.ai_flags = AI_CANONNAME | AI_ADDRCONFIG;
+    ai.ai_family = PF_UNSPEC;
+    ai.ai_socktype = socktype;
+
+    /* parse address */
+    if (str[0] == '[') {
+        /* IPv6 addr */
+        if (2 != sscanf(str,"[%64[^]]]:%32[^,]",addr,port)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: ipv6 parse error (%s)\n",
+                    __FUNCTION__, str);
+            return -1;
+        }
+        ai.ai_family = PF_INET6;
+    } else if (qemu_isdigit(str[0])) {
+        /* IPv4 addr */
+        if (2 != sscanf(str,"%64[0-9.]:%32[^,]",addr,port)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: ipv4 parse error (%s)\n",
+                    __FUNCTION__, str);
+            return -1;
+        }
+        ai.ai_family = PF_INET;
+    } else {
+        /* hostname */
+        if (2 != sscanf(str,"%64[^:]:%32[^,]",addr,port)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: hostname parse error (%s)\n",
+                    __FUNCTION__, str);
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* parse options */
+    if (strstr(str, ",ipv4"))
+        ai.ai_family = PF_INET;
+    if (strstr(str, ",ipv6"))
+        ai.ai_family = PF_INET6;
+
+    /* lookup */
+    if (0 != (rc = getaddrinfo(addr, port, &ai, &res))) {
+        fprintf(stderr,"getaddrinfo(%s,%s): %s\n", gai_strerror(rc),
+                addr, port);
+	return -1;
+    }
+    if (sockets_debug)
+        inet_print_addrinfo(__FUNCTION__, res);
+
+    for (e = res; e != NULL; e = e->ai_next) {
+        if (getnameinfo((struct sockaddr*)e->ai_addr,e->ai_addrlen,
+                            uaddr,INET6_ADDRSTRLEN,uport,32,
+                            NI_NUMERICHOST | NI_NUMERICSERV) != 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr,"%s: getnameinfo: oops\n", __FUNCTION__);
+            continue;
+        }
+        sock = socket(e->ai_family, e->ai_socktype, e->ai_protocol);
+        if (sock < 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr,"%s: socket(%s): %s\n", __FUNCTION__,
+            inet_strfamily(e->ai_family), strerror(errno));
+            continue;
+        }
+        setsockopt(sock,SOL_SOCKET,SO_REUSEADDR,(void*)&on,sizeof(on));
+
+        /* connect to peer */
+        if (connect(sock,e->ai_addr,e->ai_addrlen) < 0) {
+            if (sockets_debug || NULL == e->ai_next)
+                fprintf(stderr, "%s: connect(%s,%s,%s,%s): %s\n", __FUNCTION__,
+                        inet_strfamily(e->ai_family),
+                        e->ai_canonname, uaddr, uport, strerror(errno));
+            closesocket(sock);
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (sockets_debug)
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: connect(%s,%s,%s,%s): OK\n", __FUNCTION__,
+                    inet_strfamily(e->ai_family),
+                    e->ai_canonname, uaddr, uport);
+        freeaddrinfo(res);
+        return sock;
+    }
+    freeaddrinfo(res);
+    return -1;
+}
+
+#ifndef _WIN32
+
+int unix_listen(const char *str, char *ostr, int olen)
+{
+    struct sockaddr_un un;
+    char *path, *opts;
+    int sock, fd, len;
+
+    sock = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    if (sock < 0) {
+        perror("socket(unix)");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    opts = strchr(str, ',');
+    if (opts) {
+        len = opts - str;
+        path = qemu_malloc(len+1);
+        snprintf(path, len+1, "%.*s", len, str);
+    } else
+        path = qemu_strdup(str);
+
+    memset(&un, 0, sizeof(un));
+    un.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+    if (path && strlen(path)) {
+        snprintf(un.sun_path, sizeof(un.sun_path), "%s", path);
+    } else {
+        char *tmpdir = getenv("TMPDIR");
+        snprintf(un.sun_path, sizeof(un.sun_path), "%s/qemu-socket-XXXXXX",
+                 tmpdir ? tmpdir : "/tmp");
+        /*
+         * This dummy fd usage silences the mktemp() unsecure warning.
+         * Using mkstemp() doesn't make things more secure here
+         * though.  bind() complains about existing files, so we have
+         * to unlink first and thus re-open the race window.  The
+         * worst case possible is bind() failing, i.e. a DoS attack.
+         */
+        fd = mkstemp(un.sun_path); close(fd);
+    }
+    snprintf(ostr, olen, "%s%s", un.sun_path, opts ? opts : "");
+
+    unlink(un.sun_path);
+    if (bind(sock, (struct sockaddr*) &un, sizeof(un)) < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "bind(unix:%s): %s\n", un.sun_path, strerror(errno));
+        goto err;
+    }
+    if (listen(sock, 1) < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "listen(unix:%s): %s\n", un.sun_path, strerror(errno));
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    if (sockets_debug)
+        fprintf(stderr, "bind(unix:%s): OK\n", un.sun_path);
+    qemu_free(path);
+    return sock;
+
+err:
+    qemu_free(path);
+    closesocket(sock);
+    return -1;
+}
+
+int unix_connect(const char *path)
+{
+    struct sockaddr_un un;
+    int sock;
+
+    sock = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    if (sock < 0) {
+        perror("socket(unix)");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    memset(&un, 0, sizeof(un));
+    un.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+    snprintf(un.sun_path, sizeof(un.sun_path), "%s", path);
+    if (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr*) &un, sizeof(un)) < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "connect(unix:%s): %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
+	return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (sockets_debug)
+        fprintf(stderr, "connect(unix:%s): OK\n", path);
+    return sock;
+}
+
+#else
+
+int unix_listen(const char *path, char *ostr, int olen)
+{
+    fprintf(stderr, "unix sockets are not available on windows\n");
+    return -1;
+}
+
+int unix_connect(const char *path)
+{
+    fprintf(stderr, "unix sockets are not available on windows\n");
+    return -1;
+}
+
+#endif