Re: [PATCH v7 08/22] s390: vfio-ap: base implementation of VFIO AP device driver

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On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 21:54:15 +0200
Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Introduces a new AP device driver. This device driver
> is built on the VFIO mediated device framework. The framework
> provides sysfs interfaces that facilitate passthrough
> access by guests to devices installed on the linux host.
> 
> The VFIO AP device driver will serve two purposes:
> 
> 1. Provide the interfaces to reserve AP devices for exclusive
>    use by KVM guests. This is accomplished by unbinding the
>    devices to be reserved for guest usage from the default AP
>    device driver and binding them to the VFIO AP device driver.
> 
> 2. Implements the functions, callbacks and sysfs attribute
>    interfaces required to create one or more VFIO mediated
>    devices each of which will be used to configure the AP
>    matrix for a guest and serve as a file descriptor
>    for facilitating communication between QEMU and the
>    VFIO AP device driver.
> 
> When the VFIO AP device driver is initialized:
> 
> * It registers with the AP bus for control of type 10 (CEX4
>   and newer) AP queue devices. This limitation was imposed
>   due to:
> 
>   1. A desire to keep the code as simple as possible;
> 
>   2. Some older models are no longer supported by the kernel
>      and others are getting close to end of service.
> 
>   The probe and remove callbacks will be provided to support
>   the binding/unbinding of AP queue devices to/from the VFIO
>   AP device driver.
> 
> * Creates a virtual misc device, /sys/devices/virtual/misc/vfio_ap,
>   device to serve as the parent of the mediated devices created, one
>   for each guest, and to hold the APQNs of the AP devices bound to
>   the VFIO AP device driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Halil Pasic <pasic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Michael Mueller <mimu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Farhan Ali <alifm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                           |  10 +++
>  arch/s390/Kconfig                     |  11 +++
>  drivers/s390/crypto/Makefile          |   4 +
>  drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_drv.c     | 112 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h |  30 +++++++
>  include/uapi/linux/vfio.h             |   2 +
>  6 files changed, 169 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_drv.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h
> 

> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> index 1aa7b82e8169..f378b9802d8b 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> @@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ struct vfio_device_info {
>  #define VFIO_DEVICE_FLAGS_PLATFORM (1 << 2)	/* vfio-platform device */
>  #define VFIO_DEVICE_FLAGS_AMBA  (1 << 3)	/* vfio-amba device */
>  #define VFIO_DEVICE_FLAGS_CCW	(1 << 4)	/* vfio-ccw device */
> +#define VFIO_DEVICE_FLAGS_AP	(1 << 5)	/* vfio-ap device */
>  	__u32	num_regions;	/* Max region index + 1 */
>  	__u32	num_irqs;	/* Max IRQ index + 1 */
>  };
> @@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ struct vfio_device_info {
>  #define VFIO_DEVICE_API_PLATFORM_STRING		"vfio-platform"
>  #define VFIO_DEVICE_API_AMBA_STRING		"vfio-amba"
>  #define VFIO_DEVICE_API_CCW_STRING		"vfio-ccw"
> +#define VFIO_DEVICE_API_AP_STRING		"vfio-ap"
>  
>  /**
>   * VFIO_DEVICE_GET_REGION_INFO - _IOWR(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 8,

Should this hunk go into the next patch?
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