The current model of memory mapping at the back-end works fine where a standard call to mmap() (for the respective file descriptor) is enough before the front-end can start accessing the guest memory.
There are other complex cases though where the back-end needs more information and simple mmap() isn't enough. For example Xen, a type-1 hypervisor, currently supports memory mapping via two different methods, foreign-mapping (via /dev/privcmd) and grant-dev (via /dev/gntdev). In both these cases, the back-end needs to call mmap() and ioctl(), and need to pass extra information via the ioctl(), like the Xen domain-id of the guest whose memory we are trying to map.
Add a new protocol feature, 'VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_XEN_MMAP', which lets the back-end know about the additional memory mapping requirements. When this feature is negotiated, the front-end can send the 'VHOST_USER_SET_XEN_MMAP' message type to provide the additional information to the back-end.
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar viresh.kumar@linaro.org --- V1->V2: - Make the custom mmap feature Xen specific, instead of being generic. - Clearly define which memory regions are impacted by this change. - Allow VHOST_USER_SET_XEN_MMAP to be called multiple times. - Additional Bit(2) property in flags.
docs/interop/vhost-user.rst | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst index 3f18ab424eb0..8be5f5eae941 100644 --- a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst +++ b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst @@ -258,6 +258,24 @@ Inflight description
:queue size: a 16-bit size of virtqueues
+Xen mmap description +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + ++-------+-------+ +| flags | domid | ++-------+-------+ + +:flags: 64-bit bit field + +- Bit 0 is set for Xen foreign memory memory mapping. +- Bit 1 is set for Xen grant memory memory mapping. +- Bit 2 is set if the back-end can directly map additional memory (like + descriptor buffers or indirect descriptors, which aren't part of already + shared memory regions) without the need of front-end sending an additional + memory region first. + +:domid: a 64-bit Xen hypervisor specific domain id. + C structure -----------
@@ -867,6 +885,7 @@ Protocol features #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INBAND_NOTIFICATIONS 14 #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CONFIGURE_MEM_SLOTS 15 #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_STATUS 16 + #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_XEN_MMAP 17
Front-end message types ----------------------- @@ -1422,6 +1441,23 @@ Front-end message types query the back-end for its device status as defined in the Virtio specification.
+``VHOST_USER_SET_XEN_MMAP`` + :id: 41 + :equivalent ioctl: N/A + :request payload: Xen mmap description + :reply payload: N/A + + When the ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_XEN_MMAP`` protocol feature has been + successfully negotiated, this message is submitted by the front-end to set the + Xen hypervisor specific memory mapping configurations at the back-end. These + configurations should be used to mmap memory regions, virtqueues, descriptors + and descriptor buffers. The front-end must send this message before any + memory-regions are sent to the back-end via ``VHOST_USER_SET_MEM_TABLE`` or + ``VHOST_USER_ADD_MEM_REG`` message types. The front-end can send this message + multiple times, if different mmap configurations are required for different + memory regions, where the most recent ``VHOST_USER_SET_XEN_MMAP`` must be used + by the back-end to map any newly shared memory regions. +
Back-end message types ----------------------