After the new VCPU functions, we also need Virtual Block Device management equivalent to Xen commands: 'xm block-list', 'xm block-attach', 'xm block-detach'. I propose to add in Libvirt the following 3 functions: /** * virDomainGetVbdevs: * @domain: pointer to domain object, or NULL for Domain0 * @info: pointer to an array of virVbdevInfo structures * @maxinfo: number of structures in info array * * Extract information about virtual block devices of domain, store it in info. * * Returns the number of info filled in case of success, -1 in case of failure. */ int virDomainGetVbdevs(virDomainPtr domain, virVbdevInfoPtr info, int maxinfo) /** * virDomainCreateVbdev: * @domain: pointer to domain object, or NULL for Domain0 * @number: virtual device number * @mode: read-only (VIR_VBDMD_RO), or read/write (VIR_VBDMD_RW) * @bkendID: ID of domain hosting the backend device (usually 0 for domain0) * @bkend: pointer to backend device path * * Create a virtual block device. * * Returns 0 in case of success, -1 in case of failure. */ int virDomainCreateVbdev(virDomainPtr domain, unsigned int number, int mode, int bkendID, char *bkend) /** * virDomainDestroyVbdev: * @domain: pointer to domain object, or NULL for Domain0 * @number: virtual device number * * Destroy a virtual block device. * * Returns 0 in case of success, -1 in case of failure. */ int virDomainDestroyVbdev(virDomainPtr domain, unsigned int number) Structure in libvirt.h: /** * virVbdevInfo: information structure for a Virtual Block Device in a domain */ typedef struct _virVbdevInfo virVbdevInfo; struct _virVbdevInfo { unsigned int number; /* virtual device number */ int state; int evtChn; int ringRef; int bkendID; /* ID of domain hosting the backend device */ char bkend[128]; }; typedef virVbdevInfo *virVbdevInfoPtr; /* Virtual Block Device access modes: read-only or read/write */ #define VIR_VBDMD_RO 0 #define VIR_VBDMD_RW 1