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[RFC,1/4] vhost: add VHOST_VRING_F_BYTESWAP flag

Message ID 1414571925-16918-2-git-send-email-clg@fr.ibm.com
State New, archived
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Cédric Le Goater Oct. 29, 2014, 8:38 a.m. UTC
The VHOST_VRING_F_BYTESWAP flag will be used by the host to byteswap
the vring data when the guest and the host have a different endian
order.

Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/vhost/vhost.c      |    5 ++++-
 drivers/vhost/vhost.h      |    1 +
 include/uapi/linux/vhost.h |    3 +++
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Michael S. Tsirkin Nov. 3, 2014, 4:28 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 09:38:42AM +0100, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
> The VHOST_VRING_F_BYTESWAP flag will be used by the host to byteswap
> the vring data when the guest and the host have a different endian
> order.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com>

I don't think it's a good API.
You should ask for specific header format, not for a swap.

> ---
>  drivers/vhost/vhost.c      |    5 ++++-
>  drivers/vhost/vhost.h      |    1 +
>  include/uapi/linux/vhost.h |    3 +++
>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> index c90f4374442a..72c21b790ba3 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> @@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ static void vhost_vq_reset(struct vhost_dev *dev,
>  	vq->call = NULL;
>  	vq->log_ctx = NULL;
>  	vq->memory = NULL;
> +	vq->byteswap = 0;
>  }
>  
>  static int vhost_worker(void *data)
> @@ -701,7 +702,8 @@ long vhost_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, int ioctl, void __user *argp)
>  			r = -EFAULT;
>  			break;
>  		}
> -		if (a.flags & ~(0x1 << VHOST_VRING_F_LOG)) {
> +		if (a.flags & ~(0x1 << VHOST_VRING_F_LOG |
> +				0x1 << VHOST_VRING_F_BYTESWAP)) {
>  			r = -EOPNOTSUPP;
>  			break;
>  		}
> @@ -747,6 +749,7 @@ long vhost_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, int ioctl, void __user *argp)
>  		vq->avail = (void __user *)(unsigned long)a.avail_user_addr;
>  		vq->log_addr = a.log_guest_addr;
>  		vq->used = (void __user *)(unsigned long)a.used_user_addr;
> +		vq->byteswap = !!(a.flags & (0x1 << VHOST_VRING_F_BYTESWAP));
>  		break;
>  	case VHOST_SET_VRING_KICK:
>  		if (copy_from_user(&f, argp, sizeof f)) {
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
> index 3eda654b8f5a..ab25b7d0720d 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
> @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ struct vhost_virtqueue {
>  	/* Log write descriptors */
>  	void __user *log_base;
>  	struct vhost_log *log;
> +	bool byteswap;
>  };
>  
>  struct vhost_dev {
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
> index bb6a5b4cb3c5..6a8c2b325c44 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
> @@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ struct vhost_vring_addr {
>  	/* Flag values: */
>  	/* Whether log address is valid. If set enables logging. */
>  #define VHOST_VRING_F_LOG 0
> +	/* Whether vring memory accesses should be byte-swapped.
> +	 * required when the guest has a different endianness */
> +#define VHOST_VRING_F_BYTESWAP 1
>  
>  	/* Start of array of descriptors (virtually contiguous) */
>  	__u64 desc_user_addr;
> -- 
> 1.7.10.4
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diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index c90f4374442a..72c21b790ba3 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@  static void vhost_vq_reset(struct vhost_dev *dev,
 	vq->call = NULL;
 	vq->log_ctx = NULL;
 	vq->memory = NULL;
+	vq->byteswap = 0;
 }
 
 static int vhost_worker(void *data)
@@ -701,7 +702,8 @@  long vhost_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, int ioctl, void __user *argp)
 			r = -EFAULT;
 			break;
 		}
-		if (a.flags & ~(0x1 << VHOST_VRING_F_LOG)) {
+		if (a.flags & ~(0x1 << VHOST_VRING_F_LOG |
+				0x1 << VHOST_VRING_F_BYTESWAP)) {
 			r = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -747,6 +749,7 @@  long vhost_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, int ioctl, void __user *argp)
 		vq->avail = (void __user *)(unsigned long)a.avail_user_addr;
 		vq->log_addr = a.log_guest_addr;
 		vq->used = (void __user *)(unsigned long)a.used_user_addr;
+		vq->byteswap = !!(a.flags & (0x1 << VHOST_VRING_F_BYTESWAP));
 		break;
 	case VHOST_SET_VRING_KICK:
 		if (copy_from_user(&f, argp, sizeof f)) {
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
index 3eda654b8f5a..ab25b7d0720d 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@  struct vhost_virtqueue {
 	/* Log write descriptors */
 	void __user *log_base;
 	struct vhost_log *log;
+	bool byteswap;
 };
 
 struct vhost_dev {
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
index bb6a5b4cb3c5..6a8c2b325c44 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@  struct vhost_vring_addr {
 	/* Flag values: */
 	/* Whether log address is valid. If set enables logging. */
 #define VHOST_VRING_F_LOG 0
+	/* Whether vring memory accesses should be byte-swapped.
+	 * required when the guest has a different endianness */
+#define VHOST_VRING_F_BYTESWAP 1
 
 	/* Start of array of descriptors (virtually contiguous) */
 	__u64 desc_user_addr;