xen: Add xenbus_backend device

Access for xenstored to the event channel and pre-allocated ring is
managed via xenfs.  This adds its own character device featuring mmap
for the ring and an ioctl for the event channel.

Signed-off-by: Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>
Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/xen/xenbus_dev.h b/include/xen/xenbus_dev.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac5f0fe47ed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/xen/xenbus_dev.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/******************************************************************************
+ * evtchn.h
+ *
+ * Interface to /dev/xen/xenbus_backend.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; or, when distributed
+ * separately from the Linux kernel or incorporated into other
+ * software packages, subject to the following license:
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this source file (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+ * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify,
+ * merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
+ * and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+ * IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_XEN_XENBUS_DEV_H__
+#define __LINUX_XEN_XENBUS_DEV_H__
+
+#include <linux/ioctl.h>
+
+#define IOCTL_XENBUS_BACKEND_EVTCHN			\
+	_IOC(_IOC_NONE, 'B', 0, 0)
+
+#endif /* __LINUX_XEN_XENBUS_DEV_H__ */