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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-01-06 22:19:03 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-01-06 22:19:03 +0300
commit5824f92463e978f27985b748c69d94ee7caa8230 (patch)
tree8d1c79ca9cec0cfa73605bce551b82850135d7f0 /Documentation
parent2fd8774c79a455a1f12f75208d96f2f0cc3728c9 (diff)
parentc6ef7fd40eddad38a8825cbd6bb2ce8bdbba88f5 (diff)
downloadlinux-5824f92463e978f27985b748c69d94ee7caa8230.tar.xz
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.txt27
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