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author | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2018-06-04 10:15:16 +0100 |
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committer | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2018-06-04 10:15:16 +0100 |
commit | f67c9b693ae3d03305162623a043ba4067a3c00c (patch) | |
tree | f7b339649902accf7aeb09a8cd48dba45e962b3c /docs/interop | |
parent | afd76ffba966a072a7bbd0048bdf3b2ab69d3d4a (diff) | |
parent | 25b1d45a1975fd8624c37b5bf42e8502ccf53460 (diff) |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/mst/tags/for_upstream' into staging
acpi, vhost, misc: fixes, features
vDPA support, fix to vhost blk RO bit handling, some include path
cleanups, NFIT ACPI table.
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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* remotes/mst/tags/for_upstream: (31 commits)
vhost-blk: turn on pre-defined RO feature bit
ACPI testing: test NFIT platform capabilities
nvdimm, acpi: support NFIT platform capabilities
tests/.gitignore: add entry for generated file
arch_init: sort architectures
ui: use local path for local headers
qga: use local path for local headers
colo: use local path for local headers
migration: use local path for local headers
usb: use local path for local headers
sd: fix up include
vhost-scsi: drop an unused include
ppc: use local path for local headers
rocker: drop an unused include
e1000e: use local path for local headers
ioapic: fix up includes
ide: use local path for local headers
display: use local path for local headers
trace: use local path for local headers
migration: drop an unused include
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Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/interop')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/interop/vhost-user.txt | 38 |
1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/interop/vhost-user.txt b/docs/interop/vhost-user.txt index 534caab18a..d51fd58242 100644 --- a/docs/interop/vhost-user.txt +++ b/docs/interop/vhost-user.txt @@ -132,6 +132,16 @@ Depending on the request type, payload can be: Payload: Size bytes array holding the contents of the virtio device's configuration space + * Vring area description + ----------------------- + | u64 | size | offset | + ----------------------- + + u64: a 64-bit integer contains vring index and flags + Size: a 64-bit size of this area + Offset: a 64-bit offset of this area from the start of the + supplied file descriptor + In QEMU the vhost-user message is implemented with the following struct: typedef struct VhostUserMsg { @@ -146,6 +156,7 @@ typedef struct VhostUserMsg { VhostUserLog log; struct vhost_iotlb_msg iotlb; VhostUserConfig config; + VhostUserVringArea area; }; } QEMU_PACKED VhostUserMsg; @@ -367,6 +378,10 @@ The fd is provided via VHOST_USER_SET_SLAVE_REQ_FD ancillary data. A slave may then send VHOST_USER_SLAVE_* messages to the master using this fd communication channel. +If VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SLAVE_SEND_FD protocol feature is negotiated, +slave can send file descriptors (at most 8 descriptors in each message) +to master via ancillary data using this fd communication channel. + Protocol features ----------------- @@ -380,6 +395,8 @@ Protocol features #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CRYPTO_SESSION 7 #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_PAGEFAULT 8 #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CONFIG 9 +#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SLAVE_SEND_FD 10 +#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_HOST_NOTIFIER 11 Master message types -------------------- @@ -777,6 +794,27 @@ Slave message types the VHOST_USER_NEED_REPLY flag, master must respond with zero when operation is successfully completed, or non-zero otherwise. + * VHOST_USER_SLAVE_VRING_HOST_NOTIFIER_MSG + + Id: 3 + Equivalent ioctl: N/A + Slave payload: vring area description + Master payload: N/A + + Sets host notifier for a specified queue. The queue index is contained + in the u64 field of the vring area description. The host notifier is + described by the file descriptor (typically it's a VFIO device fd) which + is passed as ancillary data and the size (which is mmap size and should + be the same as host page size) and offset (which is mmap offset) carried + in the vring area description. QEMU can mmap the file descriptor based + on the size and offset to get a memory range. Registering a host notifier + means mapping this memory range to the VM as the specified queue's notify + MMIO region. Slave sends this request to tell QEMU to de-register the + existing notifier if any and register the new notifier if the request is + sent with a file descriptor. + This request should be sent only when VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_HOST_NOTIFIER + protocol feature has been successfully negotiated. + VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK: ------------------------------- The original vhost-user specification only demands replies for certain |