From: Sergio Lopez <slp@redhat.com>
To: virtio-comment@lists.linux.dev
Cc: dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com, parav@nvidia.com, mst@redhat.com,
Sergio Lopez <slp@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/3] transport-pci: introduce page_shift field for SHM
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:05:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250331150548.50595-3-slp@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250331150548.50595-1-slp@redhat.com>
Borrowing 8 bits from the 16 bit padding in virtio_pci_cap to hold
a page_shift field which is used to derive the page size supported
by the device.
Signed-off-by: Sergio Lopez <slp@redhat.com>
---
transport-pci.tex | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/transport-pci.tex b/transport-pci.tex
index a5c6719..efb174a 100644
--- a/transport-pci.tex
+++ b/transport-pci.tex
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ \subsection{Virtio Structure PCI Capabilities}\label{sec:Virtio Transport Option
u8 cfg_type; /* Identifies the structure. */
u8 bar; /* Where to find it. */
u8 id; /* Multiple capabilities of the same type */
- u8 padding[2]; /* Pad to full dword. */
+ u8 page_shift; /* Page shift for this shared memory region. */
+ u8 padding[1]; /* Pad to full dword. */
le32 offset; /* Offset within bar. */
le32 length; /* Length of the structure, in bytes. */
};
@@ -222,6 +223,13 @@ \subsection{Virtio Structure PCI Capabilities}\label{sec:Virtio Transport Option
of a certain type. If the device type does not specify the meaning of
this field, its contents are undefined.
+\item[\field{page_shift}]
+ If \field{cfg_type} is set to VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_SHARED_MEMORY_CFG, the
+ device MUST provide the page shift derived from the supported page size
+ for this shared memory region. The page shift is derived from the page
+ size by using this formula:
+ $page size = 1 << (page shift + 12)$.
+ See also \ref {sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Shared Memory Regions / Page alignment restrictions}.
\item[\field{offset}]
indicates where the structure begins relative to the base address associated
--
2.49.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-03-31 15:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-03-31 15:05 [PATCH v2 0/3] shared-mem: introduce page alignment restrictions Sergio Lopez
2025-03-31 15:05 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] " Sergio Lopez
2025-03-31 16:16 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-03-31 16:40 ` Sergio Lopez Pascual
2025-04-01 9:14 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-04-01 9:22 ` Parav Pandit
2025-04-01 9:33 ` Sergio Lopez Pascual
2025-04-01 9:37 ` Parav Pandit
2025-04-01 10:18 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-04-02 9:04 ` Parav Pandit
2025-04-01 9:26 ` Sergio Lopez Pascual
2025-04-01 10:09 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-04-01 10:46 ` Sergio Lopez Pascual
2025-03-31 15:05 ` Sergio Lopez [this message]
2025-03-31 15:05 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] transport-mmio: introduce SHMPageShift register Sergio Lopez
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