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-rw-r--r--include/block/block_int.h7
-rw-r--r--include/sysemu/block-backend.h1
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index ffe86068d4..f4c75e8ba9 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -718,6 +718,13 @@ typedef struct BlockLimits {
*/
uint64_t max_hw_transfer;
+ /* Maximal number of scatter/gather elements allowed by the hardware.
+ * Applies whenever transfers to the device bypass the kernel I/O
+ * scheduler, for example with SG_IO. If larger than max_iov
+ * or if zero, blk_get_max_hw_iov will fall back to max_iov.
+ */
+ int max_hw_iov;
+
/* memory alignment, in bytes so that no bounce buffer is needed */
size_t min_mem_alignment;
diff --git a/include/sysemu/block-backend.h b/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
index 29d4fdbf63..82bae55161 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ uint32_t blk_get_request_alignment(BlockBackend *blk);
uint32_t blk_get_max_transfer(BlockBackend *blk);
uint64_t blk_get_max_hw_transfer(BlockBackend *blk);
int blk_get_max_iov(BlockBackend *blk);
+int blk_get_max_hw_iov(BlockBackend *blk);
void blk_set_guest_block_size(BlockBackend *blk, int align);
void *blk_try_blockalign(BlockBackend *blk, size_t size);
void *blk_blockalign(BlockBackend *blk, size_t size);