linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 1/6] virtio: add API to detect legacy devices

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Date:	Mon, 8 Dec 2014 15:05:51 +0200
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	dahi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, cornelia.huck@...ibm.com,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/6] virtio: add API to detect legacy devices

transports need to be able to detect legacy-only
devices (ATM balloon only) to use legacy path
to drive them.

Add a core API to do just that.
The implementation just blacklists balloon:
not too pretty, but let's not over-engineer.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
---
 include/linux/virtio.h  | 2 ++
 drivers/virtio/virtio.c | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/virtio.h b/include/linux/virtio.h
index 2bbf626..d666bcb 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio.h
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ struct virtio_device {
 	void *priv;
 };
 
+bool virtio_device_is_legacy_only(struct virtio_device_id id);
+
 static inline struct virtio_device *dev_to_virtio(struct device *_dev)
 {
 	return container_of(_dev, struct virtio_device, dev);
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
index fa6b75d..224f854 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <linux/virtio_config.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/virtio_ids.h>
 
 /* Unique numbering for virtio devices. */
 static DEFINE_IDA(virtio_index_ida);
@@ -267,6 +268,12 @@ static struct bus_type virtio_bus = {
 	.remove = virtio_dev_remove,
 };
 
+bool virtio_device_is_legacy_only(struct virtio_device_id id)
+{
+	return id.device == VIRTIO_ID_BALLOON;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_device_is_legacy_only);
+
 int register_virtio_driver(struct virtio_driver *driver)
 {
 	/* Catch this early. */
-- 
MST

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