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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/vfio')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/vfio/vfio.c | 38 |
1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio.c index c8482624ca34..97b972bfb735 100644 --- a/drivers/vfio/vfio.c +++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio.c @@ -1720,6 +1720,44 @@ struct vfio_group *vfio_group_get_external_user(struct file *filep) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfio_group_get_external_user); +/** + * External user API, exported by symbols to be linked dynamically. + * The external user passes in a device pointer + * to verify that: + * - A VFIO group is assiciated with the device; + * - IOMMU is set for the group. + * If both checks passed, vfio_group_get_external_user_from_dev() + * increments the container user counter to prevent the VFIO group + * from disposal before external user exits and returns the pointer + * to the VFIO group. + * + * When the external user finishes using the VFIO group, it calls + * vfio_group_put_external_user() to release the VFIO group and + * decrement the container user counter. + * + * @dev [in] : device + * Return error PTR or pointer to VFIO group. + */ + +struct vfio_group *vfio_group_get_external_user_from_dev(struct device *dev) +{ + struct vfio_group *group; + int ret; + + group = vfio_group_get_from_dev(dev); + if (!group) + return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); + + ret = vfio_group_add_container_user(group); + if (ret) { + vfio_group_put(group); + return ERR_PTR(ret); + } + + return group; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfio_group_get_external_user_from_dev); + void vfio_group_put_external_user(struct vfio_group *group) { vfio_group_try_dissolve_container(group); |