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authorluzhixing12345 <luzhixing12345@gmail.com>2024-09-11 14:04:00 +0800
committerMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>2024-11-04 16:01:54 -0500
commitb87ea798eb83693286cb2db6606280431e02628d (patch)
tree337f39b06072d4f10782e4e0cf72ba066d41a81b /docs/interop
parentc3ec57e495b032047ddfef2075792340c407532a (diff)
docs: fix vhost-user protocol doc
Some editorial tweaks to the doc: Add a ref link to Memory region description and Multiple Memory region description. Descriptions about memory regions are merged into one line. Add extra type(64 bits) to Log description structure fields Fix ’s to 's Signed-off-by: luzhixing12345 <luzhixing12345@gmail.com> Message-Id: <20240911060400.3472-1-luzhixing12345@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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-rw-r--r--docs/interop/vhost-user.rst24
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
index d8419fd2f1..2e50f2ddfa 100644
--- a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
+++ b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ A vring address description
Note that a ring address is an IOVA if ``VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM`` has
been negotiated. Otherwise it is a user address.
+.. _memory_region_description:
+
Memory region description
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -180,7 +182,7 @@ Memory region description
:user address: a 64-bit user address
-:mmap offset: 64-bit offset where region starts in the mapped memory
+:mmap offset: a 64-bit offset where region starts in the mapped memory
When the ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_XEN_MMAP`` protocol feature has been
successfully negotiated, the memory region description contains two extra
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ fields at the end.
| guest address | size | user address | mmap offset | xen mmap flags | domid |
+---------------+------+--------------+-------------+----------------+-------+
-:xen mmap flags: 32-bit bit field
+:xen mmap flags: a 32-bit bit field
- Bit 0 is set for Xen foreign memory mapping.
- Bit 1 is set for Xen grant memory mapping.
@@ -211,7 +213,7 @@ Single memory region description
:padding: 64-bit
-A region is represented by Memory region description.
+:region: region is represented by :ref:`Memory region description <memory_region_description>`.
Multiple Memory regions description
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -224,7 +226,7 @@ Multiple Memory regions description
:padding: 32-bit
-A region is represented by Memory region description.
+:regions: regions field contains 8 regions of type :ref:`Memory region description <memory_region_description>`.
Log description
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -233,9 +235,9 @@ Log description
| log size | log offset |
+----------+------------+
-:log size: size of area used for logging
+:log size: a 64-bit size of area used for logging
-:log offset: offset from start of supplied file descriptor where
+:log offset: a 64-bit offset from start of supplied file descriptor where
logging starts (i.e. where guest address 0 would be
logged)
@@ -382,7 +384,7 @@ the kernel implementation.
The communication consists of the *front-end* sending message requests and
the *back-end* sending message replies. Most of the requests don't require
-replies. Here is a list of the ones that do:
+replies, except for the following requests:
* ``VHOST_USER_GET_FEATURES``
* ``VHOST_USER_GET_PROTOCOL_FEATURES``
@@ -1239,11 +1241,11 @@ Front-end message types
(*a vring descriptor index for split virtqueues* vs. *vring descriptor
indices for packed virtqueues*).
- When and as long as all of a device’s vrings are stopped, it is
+ When and as long as all of a device's vrings are stopped, it is
*suspended*, see :ref:`Suspended device state
<suspended_device_state>`.
- The request payload’s *num* field is currently reserved and must be
+ The request payload's *num* field is currently reserved and must be
set to 0.
``VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_KICK``
@@ -1662,7 +1664,7 @@ Front-end message types
:reply payload: ``u64``
Front-end and back-end negotiate a channel over which to transfer the
- back-end’s internal state during migration. Either side (front-end or
+ back-end's internal state during migration. Either side (front-end or
back-end) may create the channel. The nature of this channel is not
restricted or defined in this document, but whichever side creates it
must create a file descriptor that is provided to the respectively
@@ -1714,7 +1716,7 @@ Front-end message types
:request payload: N/A
:reply payload: ``u64``
- After transferring the back-end’s internal state during migration (see
+ After transferring the back-end's internal state during migration (see
the :ref:`Migrating back-end state <migrating_backend_state>`
section), check whether the back-end was able to successfully fully
process the state.