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[PATCH 1/3] vhost_user.rst: Add SHMEM_MAP/_UNMAP to spec


From: Albert Esteve
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] vhost_user.rst: Add SHMEM_MAP/_UNMAP to spec
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:44:30 +0200

Add SHMEM_MAP/_UNMAP request to the vhost-user
spec documentation.

Signed-off-by: Albert Esteve <aesteve@redhat.com>
---
 docs/interop/vhost-user.rst | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
index d8419fd2f1..d680fea4a3 100644
--- a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
+++ b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ In QEMU the vhost-user message is implemented with the 
following struct:
           VhostUserConfig config;
           VhostUserVringArea area;
           VhostUserInflight inflight;
+          VhostUserMMap mmap;
       };
   } QEMU_PACKED VhostUserMsg;
 
@@ -1859,6 +1860,36 @@ is sent by the front-end.
   when the operation is successful, or non-zero otherwise. Note that if the
   operation fails, no fd is sent to the backend.
 
+``VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHMEM_MAP``
+  :id: 9
+  :equivalent ioctl: N/A
+  :request payload: fd and ``struct VhostUserMMap``
+  :reply payload: N/A
+
+  This message can be submitted by the backends to advertise a new mapping
+  to be made in a given VIRTIO Shared Memory Region. Upon receiving the 
message,
+  The front-end will mmap the given fd into the VIRTIO Shared Memory Region
+  with the requested ``shmid``. A reply is generated indicating whether mapping
+  succeeded.
+
+  Mapping over an already existing map is not allowed and request shall fail.
+  Therefore, the memory range in the request must correspond with a valid,
+  free region of the VIRTIO Shared Memory Region. Also, note that mappings
+  consume resources and that the request can fail when there are no resources
+  available.
+
+``VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHMEM_UNMAP``
+  :id: 10
+  :equivalent ioctl: N/A
+  :request payload: ``struct VhostUserMMap``
+  :reply payload: N/A
+
+  This message can be submitted by the backends so that the front-end un-mmap
+  a given range (``shm_offset``, ``len``) in the VIRTIO Shared Memory Region
+  with the requested ``shmid``. Note that the given range shall correspond to
+  the entirety of a valid mapped region.
+  A reply is generated indicating whether unmapping succeeded.
+
 .. _reply_ack:
 
 VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK
-- 
2.45.2




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