virtio_ring.h

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#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_VIRTIO_RING_H
#define _UAPI_LINUX_VIRTIO_RING_H
/* An interface for efficient virtio implementation, currently for use by KVM
 * and lguest, but hopefully others soon.  Do NOT change this since it will
 * break existing servers and clients.
 *
 * This header is BSD licensed so anyone can use the definitions to implement
 * compatible drivers/servers.
 *
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 *
 * Copyright Rusty Russell IBM Corporation 2007. */
#include <linux/types.h>

/* This marks a buffer as continuing via the next field. */
#define VRING_DESC_F_NEXT   1
/* This marks a buffer as write-only (otherwise read-only). */
#define VRING_DESC_F_WRITE  2
/* This means the buffer contains a list of buffer descriptors. */
#define VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT   4

/* The Host uses this in used->flags to advise the Guest: don't kick me when
 * you add a buffer.  It's unreliable, so it's simply an optimization.  Guest
 * will still kick if it's out of buffers. */
#define VRING_USED_F_NO_NOTIFY  1
/* The Guest uses this in avail->flags to advise the Host: don't interrupt me
 * when you consume a buffer.  It's unreliable, so it's simply an
 * optimization.  */
#define VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT  1

/* We support indirect buffer descriptors */
#define VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC 28

/* The Guest publishes the used index for which it expects an interrupt
 * at the end of the avail ring. Host should ignore the avail->flags field. */
/* The Host publishes the avail index for which it expects a kick
 * at the end of the used ring. Guest should ignore the used->flags field. */
#define VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX     29

/* Virtio ring descriptors: 16 bytes.  These can chain together via "next". */
struct vring_desc {
    /* Address (guest-physical). */
    __u64 addr;
    /* Length. */
    __u32 len;
    /* The flags as indicated above. */
    __u16 flags;
    /* We chain unused descriptors via this, too */
    __u16 next;
};

struct vring_avail {
    __u16 flags;
    __u16 idx;
    __u16 ring[];
};

/* u32 is used here for ids for padding reasons. */
struct vring_used_elem {
    /* Index of start of used descriptor chain. */
    __u32 id;
    /* Total length of the descriptor chain which was used (written to) */
    __u32 len;
};

struct vring_used {
    __u16 flags;
    __u16 idx;
    struct vring_used_elem ring[];
};

struct vring {
    unsigned int num;

    struct vring_desc *desc;

    struct vring_avail *avail;

    struct vring_used *used;
};

/* The standard layout for the ring is a continuous chunk of memory which looks
 * like this.  We assume num is a power of 2.
 *
 * struct vring
 * {
 *  // The actual descriptors (16 bytes each)
 *  struct vring_desc desc[num];
 *
 *  // A ring of available descriptor heads with free-running index.
 *  __u16 avail_flags;
 *  __u16 avail_idx;
 *  __u16 available[num];
 *  __u16 used_event_idx;
 *
 *  // Padding to the next align boundary.
 *  char pad[];
 *
 *  // A ring of used descriptor heads with free-running index.
 *  __u16 used_flags;
 *  __u16 used_idx;
 *  struct vring_used_elem used[num];
 *  __u16 avail_event_idx;
 * };
 */
/* We publish the used event index at the end of the available ring, and vice
 * versa. They are at the end for backwards compatibility. */
#define vring_used_event(vr) ((vr)->avail->ring[(vr)->num])
#define vring_avail_event(vr) (*(__u16 *)&(vr)->used->ring[(vr)->num])

static inline void vring_init(struct vring *vr, unsigned int num, void *p,
                  unsigned long align)
{
    vr->num = num;
    vr->desc = p;
    vr->avail = p + num*sizeof(struct vring_desc);
    vr->used = (void *)(((unsigned long)&vr->avail->ring[num] + sizeof(__u16)
        + align-1) & ~(align - 1));
}

static inline unsigned vring_size(unsigned int num, unsigned long align)
{
    return ((sizeof(struct vring_desc) * num + sizeof(__u16) * (3 + num)
         + align - 1) & ~(align - 1))
        + sizeof(__u16) * 3 + sizeof(struct vring_used_elem) * num;
}

/* The following is used with USED_EVENT_IDX and AVAIL_EVENT_IDX */
/* Assuming a given event_idx value from the other size, if
 * we have just incremented index from old to new_idx,
 * should we trigger an event? */
static inline int vring_need_event(__u16 event_idx, __u16 new_idx, __u16 old)
{
    /* Note: Xen has similar logic for notification hold-off
     * in include/xen/interface/io/ring.h with req_event and req_prod
     * corresponding to event_idx + 1 and new_idx respectively.
     * Note also that req_event and req_prod in Xen start at 1,
     * event indexes in virtio start at 0. */
    return (__u16)(new_idx - event_idx - 1) < (__u16)(new_idx - old);
}

#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_VIRTIO_RING_H */