@@ -146,12 +146,43 @@ struct BlockDriver {
int coroutine_fn (*bdrv_co_readv)(BlockDriverState *bs,
int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov);
+
+ /**
+ * @offset: position in bytes to read at
+ * @bytes: number of bytes to read
+ * @qiov: the buffers to fill with read data
+ * @flags: currently unused, always 0
+ *
+ * @offset and @bytes will be a multiple of 'request_alignment',
+ * but the length of individual @qiov elements does not have to
+ * be a multiple.
+ *
+ * @bytes will always equal the total size of @qiov, and will be
+ * no larger than 'max_transfer'.
+ *
+ * The buffer in @qiov may point directly to guest memory.
+ */
int coroutine_fn (*bdrv_co_preadv)(BlockDriverState *bs,
uint64_t offset, uint64_t bytes, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int flags);
int coroutine_fn (*bdrv_co_writev)(BlockDriverState *bs,
int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov);
int coroutine_fn (*bdrv_co_writev_flags)(BlockDriverState *bs,
int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int flags);
+ /**
+ * @offset: position in bytes to write at
+ * @bytes: number of bytes to write
+ * @qiov: the buffers containing data to write
+ * @flags: zero or more bits allowed by 'supported_write_flags'
+ *
+ * @offset and @bytes will be a multiple of 'request_alignment',
+ * but the length of individual @qiov elements does not have to
+ * be a multiple.
+ *
+ * @bytes will always equal the total size of @qiov, and will be
+ * no larger than 'max_transfer'.
+ *
+ * The buffer in @qiov may point directly to guest memory.
+ */
int coroutine_fn (*bdrv_co_pwritev)(BlockDriverState *bs,
uint64_t offset, uint64_t bytes, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int flags);