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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-01-06 11:19:03 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-01-06 11:19:03 -0800 |
commit | 5824f92463e978f27985b748c69d94ee7caa8230 (patch) | |
tree | 8d1c79ca9cec0cfa73605bce551b82850135d7f0 /Documentation | |
parent | 2fd8774c79a455a1f12f75208d96f2f0cc3728c9 (diff) | |
parent | c6ef7fd40eddad38a8825cbd6bb2ce8bdbba88f5 (diff) | |
download | linux-5824f92463e978f27985b748c69d94ee7caa8230.tar.bz2 |
Merge tag 'vfio-v4.10-rc3' of git://github.com/awilliam/linux-vfio
Pull VFIO fixes from Alex Williamson:
- Add mtty sample driver properly into build system (Alex Williamson)
- Restore type1 mapping performance after mdev (Alex Williamson)
- Fix mdev device race (Alex Williamson)
- Cleanups to the mdev ABI used by vendor drivers (Alex Williamson)
- Build fix for old compilers (Arnd Bergmann)
- Fix sample driver error path (Dan Carpenter)
- Handle pci_iomap() error (Arvind Yadav)
- Fix mdev ioctl return type (Paul Gortmaker)
* tag 'vfio-v4.10-rc3' of git://github.com/awilliam/linux-vfio:
vfio-mdev: fix non-standard ioctl return val causing i386 build fail
vfio-pci: Handle error from pci_iomap
vfio-mdev: fix some error codes in the sample code
vfio-pci: use 32-bit comparisons for register address for gcc-4.5
vfio-mdev: Make mdev_device private and abstract interfaces
vfio-mdev: Make mdev_parent private
vfio-mdev: de-polute the namespace, rename parent_device & parent_ops
vfio-mdev: Fix remove race
vfio/type1: Restore mapping performance with mdev support
vfio-mdev: Fix mtty sample driver building
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt | 27 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt b/Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt index b38afec35edc..d226c7a5ba8b 100644 --- a/Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt +++ b/Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt @@ -127,22 +127,22 @@ the VFIO when devices are unbound from the driver. Physical Device Driver Interface -------------------------------- -The physical device driver interface provides the parent_ops[3] structure to -define the APIs to manage work in the mediated core driver that is related to -the physical device. +The physical device driver interface provides the mdev_parent_ops[3] structure +to define the APIs to manage work in the mediated core driver that is related +to the physical device. -The structures in the parent_ops structure are as follows: +The structures in the mdev_parent_ops structure are as follows: * dev_attr_groups: attributes of the parent device * mdev_attr_groups: attributes of the mediated device * supported_config: attributes to define supported configurations -The functions in the parent_ops structure are as follows: +The functions in the mdev_parent_ops structure are as follows: * create: allocate basic resources in a driver for a mediated device * remove: free resources in a driver when a mediated device is destroyed -The callbacks in the parent_ops structure are as follows: +The callbacks in the mdev_parent_ops structure are as follows: * open: open callback of mediated device * close: close callback of mediated device @@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ The callbacks in the parent_ops structure are as follows: * write: write emulation callback * mmap: mmap emulation callback -A driver should use the parent_ops structure in the function call to register -itself with the mdev core driver: +A driver should use the mdev_parent_ops structure in the function call to +register itself with the mdev core driver: extern int mdev_register_device(struct device *dev, - const struct parent_ops *ops); + const struct mdev_parent_ops *ops); -However, the parent_ops structure is not required in the function call that a -driver should use to unregister itself with the mdev core driver: +However, the mdev_parent_ops structure is not required in the function call +that a driver should use to unregister itself with the mdev core driver: extern void mdev_unregister_device(struct device *dev); @@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ Directories and files under the sysfs for Each Physical Device sprintf(buf, "%s-%s", dev_driver_string(parent->dev), group->name); + (or using mdev_parent_dev(mdev) to arrive at the parent device outside + of the core mdev code) + * device_api This attribute should show which device API is being created, for example, @@ -394,5 +397,5 @@ References [1] See Documentation/vfio.txt for more information on VFIO. [2] struct mdev_driver in include/linux/mdev.h -[3] struct parent_ops in include/linux/mdev.h +[3] struct mdev_parent_ops in include/linux/mdev.h [4] struct vfio_iommu_driver_ops in include/linux/vfio.h |