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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:19:16 +0800
From: Jike Song <jike.song@...el.com>
To: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>
CC: alex.williamson@...hat.com, pbonzini@...hat.com, kraxel@...hat.com,
cjia@...dia.com, qemu-devel@...gnu.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
kevin.tian@...el.com, bjsdjshi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 18/19] docs: Sysfs ABI for mediated device framework
On 10/27/2016 05:29 AM, Kirti Wankhede wrote:
> Added details of sysfs ABI for mediated device framework
>
> Signed-off-by: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Neo Jia <cjia@...dia.com>
> Change-Id: Icb0fd4ed58a2fa793fbcb1c3d5009a4403c1f3ac
> ---
> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-vfio-mdev | 111 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 111 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-vfio-mdev
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-vfio-mdev b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-vfio-mdev
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..452dbe39270e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-vfio-mdev
> @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
> +What: /sys/.../<device>/mdev_supported_types/
> +Date: October 2016
> +Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>
> +Description:
> + This directory contains list of directories of currently
> + supported mediated device types and their details for
> + <device>. Supported type attributes are defined by the
> + vendor driver who registers with Mediated device framework.
> + Each supported type is a directory whose name is created
> + by adding the device driver string as a prefix to the
> + string provided by the vendor driver.
> +
> +What: /sys/.../<device>/mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/
> +Date: October 2016
> +Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>
> +Description:
> + This directory gives details of supported type, like name,
> + description, available_instances, device_api etc.
> + 'device_api' and 'available_instances' are mandatory
> + attributes to be provided by vendor driver. 'name',
> + 'description' and other vendor driver specific attributes
> + are optional.
> +
Hi Kirti,
Is there any checking in the mdev framework that mandatory attributes
are actually provided?
--
Thanks,
Jike
> +What: /sys/.../mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/create
> +Date: October 2016
> +Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>
> +Description:
> + Writing UUID to this file will create mediated device of
> + type <type-id> for parent device <device>. This is a
> + write-only file.
> + For example:
> + # echo "83b8f4f2-509f-382f-3c1e-e6bfe0fa1001" > \
> + /sys/devices/foo/mdev_supported_types/foo-1/create
> +
> +What: /sys/.../mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/devices/
> +Date: October 2016
> +Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>
> +Description:
> + This directory contains symbolic links pointing to mdev
> + devices sysfs entries which are created of this <type-id>.
> +
> +What: /sys/.../mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/available_instances
> +Date: October 2016
> +Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>
> +Description:
> + Reading this attribute will show the number of mediated
> + devices of type <type-id> that can be created. This is a
> + readonly file.
> +Users:
> + Userspace applications interested in creating mediated
> + device of that type. Userspace application should check
> + the number of available instances could be created before
> + creating mediated device of this type.
> +
> +What: /sys/.../mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/device_api
> +Date: October 2016
> +Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>
> +Description:
> + Reading this attribute will show VFIO device API supported
> + by this type. For example, "vfio-pci" for a PCI device,
> + "vfio-platform" for platform device.
> +
> +What: /sys/.../mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/name
> +Date: October 2016
> +Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>
> +Description:
> + Reading this attribute will show human readable name of the
> + mediated device that will get created of type <type-id>.
> + This is optional attribute. For example: "Grid M60-0Q"
> +Users:
> + Userspace applications interested in knowing the name of
> + a particular <type-id> that can help in understanding the
> + type of mediated device.
> +
> +What: /sys/.../mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/description
> +Date: October 2016
> +Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>
> +Description:
> + Reading this attribute will show description of the type of
> + mediated device that will get created of type <type-id>.
> + This is optional attribute. For example:
> + "2 heads, 512M FB, 2560x1600 maximum resolution"
> +Users:
> + Userspace applications interested in knowing the details of
> + a particular <type-id> that can help in understanding the
> + features provided by that type of mediated device.
> +
> +What: /sys/.../<device>/<UUID>/
> +Date: October 2016
> +Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>
> +Description:
> + This directory represents device directory of mediated
> + device. It contains all the attributes related to mediated
> + device.
> +
> +What: /sys/.../<device>/<UUID>/mdev_type
> +Date: October 2016
> +Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>
> +Description:
> + This is symbolic link pointing to supported type, <type-id>
> + directory of which this mediated device is created.
> +
> +What: /sys/.../<device>/<UUID>/remove
> +Date: October 2016
> +Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>
> +Description:
> + Writing '1' to this file destroys the mediated device. The
> + vendor driver can fail the remove() callback if that device
> + is active and the vendor driver doesn't support hot unplug.
> + Example:
> + # echo 1 > /sys/bus/mdev/devices/<UUID>/remove
>
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