From: Albert Esteve <aesteve@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: slp@redhat.com, stevensd@chromium.org,
"Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>,
"Stefano Garzarella" <sgarzare@redhat.com>,
stefanha@redhat.com, david@redhat.com, hi@alyssa.is,
mst@redhat.com, jasowang@redhat.com,
"Albert Esteve" <aesteve@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 3/9] vhost_user.rst: Add SHMEM_MAP/_UNMAP to spec
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:40:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250217164012.246727-4-aesteve@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250217164012.246727-1-aesteve@redhat.com>
Add SHMEM_MAP/_UNMAP request to the vhost-user
spec documentation.
Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Albert Esteve <aesteve@redhat.com>
---
docs/interop/vhost-user.rst | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
index 436a94c0ee..c15d6ac467 100644
--- a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
+++ b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ In QEMU the vhost-user message is implemented with the following struct:
VhostUserInflight inflight;
VhostUserShared object;
VhostUserTransferDeviceState transfer_state;
+ VhostUserMMap mmap;
};
} QEMU_PACKED VhostUserMsg;
@@ -1057,6 +1058,7 @@ Protocol features
#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_XEN_MMAP 17
#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SHARED_OBJECT 18
#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_DEVICE_STATE 19
+ #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SHMEM 20
Front-end message types
-----------------------
@@ -1865,6 +1867,38 @@ is sent by the front-end.
when the operation is successful, or non-zero otherwise. Note that if the
operation fails, no fd is sent to the backend.
+``VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHMEM_MAP``
+ :id: 9
+ :equivalent ioctl: N/A
+ :request payload: fd and ``struct VhostUserMMap``
+ :reply payload: N/A
+
+ When the ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SHMEM`` protocol feature has been
+ successfully negotiated, this message can be submitted by the backends to
+ advertise a new mapping to be made in a given VIRTIO Shared Memory Region.
+ Upon receiving the message, the front-end will mmap the given fd into the
+ VIRTIO Shared Memory Region with the requested ``shmid``. A reply is
+ generated indicating whether mapping succeeded.
+
+ Mapping over an already existing map is not allowed and request shall fail.
+ Therefore, the memory range in the request must correspond with a valid,
+ free region of the VIRTIO Shared Memory Region. Also, note that mappings
+ consume resources and that the request can fail when there are no resources
+ available.
+
+``VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHMEM_UNMAP``
+ :id: 10
+ :equivalent ioctl: N/A
+ :request payload: ``struct VhostUserMMap``
+ :reply payload: N/A
+
+ When the ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SHMEM`` protocol feature has been
+ successfully negotiated, this message can be submitted by the backends so
+ that the front-end un-mmap a given range (``shm_offset``, ``len``) in the
+ VIRTIO Shared Memory Region with the requested ``shmid``. Note that the
+ given range shall correspond to the entirety of a valid mapped region.
+ A reply is generated indicating whether unmapping succeeded.
+
.. _reply_ack:
VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK
--
2.48.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-02-17 16:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-02-17 16:40 [PATCH v4 0/9] vhost-user: Add SHMEM_MAP/UNMAP requests Albert Esteve
2025-02-17 16:40 ` [PATCH v4 1/9] vhost-user: Add VirtIO Shared Memory map request Albert Esteve
2025-02-18 6:43 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2025-02-18 10:33 ` Albert Esteve
2025-03-06 14:48 ` Albert Esteve
2025-02-18 10:19 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2025-02-20 10:59 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-02-17 16:40 ` [PATCH v4 2/9] vhost_user.rst: Align VhostUserMsg excerpt members Albert Esteve
2025-02-18 6:44 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2025-02-17 16:40 ` Albert Esteve [this message]
2025-02-17 16:40 ` [PATCH v4 4/9] vhost_user: Add frontend get_shmem_config command Albert Esteve
2025-02-18 10:27 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2025-02-17 16:40 ` [PATCH v4 5/9] vhost_user.rst: Add GET_SHMEM_CONFIG message Albert Esteve
2025-02-18 10:33 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2025-02-17 16:40 ` [PATCH v4 6/9] qmp: add shmem feature map Albert Esteve
2025-02-18 10:34 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2025-02-17 16:40 ` [PATCH v4 7/9] vhost-user-devive: Add shmem BAR Albert Esteve
2025-02-18 10:41 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2025-02-18 10:55 ` Albert Esteve
2025-02-18 13:25 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2025-02-18 15:04 ` Albert Esteve
2025-02-17 16:40 ` [PATCH v4 8/9] vhost_user: Add mem_read/write backend requests Albert Esteve
2025-02-18 10:57 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2025-02-17 16:40 ` [PATCH v4 9/9] vhost_user.rst: Add MEM_READ/WRITE messages Albert Esteve
2025-02-18 11:00 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2025-02-18 12:50 ` Albert Esteve
2025-02-17 20:01 ` [PATCH v4 0/9] vhost-user: Add SHMEM_MAP/UNMAP requests David Hildenbrand
2025-02-24 8:54 ` Albert Esteve
2025-02-24 9:16 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-02-24 9:35 ` Albert Esteve
2025-02-24 9:49 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-02-24 13:41 ` Albert Esteve
2025-02-24 13:57 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-02-24 15:15 ` Albert Esteve
2025-02-26 9:53 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-02-27 7:10 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
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