Add a new UAPI to support setting the vhost device to use task mode. The user space application needs to use VHOST_SET_ENFORCE_TASK to set the mode. This setting must be set before VHOST_SET_OWNER is set. Signed-off-by: Cindy Lu <lulu@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 16 +++++++++++++++- include/uapi/linux/vhost.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c index bf1e971cb06f..8ed6b3a947a9 100644 --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c @@ -2340,14 +2340,28 @@ long vhost_dev_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, unsigned int ioctl, void __user *argp) { struct eventfd_ctx *ctx; u64 p; - long r; + long r = 0; int i, fd; + bool enforce_task; /* If you are not the owner, you can become one */ if (ioctl == VHOST_SET_OWNER) { r = vhost_dev_set_owner(d); goto done; } + if (ioctl == VHOST_SET_ENFORCE_TASK) { + /* Is there an owner already? */ + if (vhost_dev_has_owner(d)) { + r = -EBUSY; + goto done; + } + if (copy_from_user(&kthread, argp, sizeof(enforce_task))) { + r = -EFAULT; + goto done; + } + use_kthread = enforce_task; + goto done; + } /* You must be the owner to do anything else */ r = vhost_dev_check_owner(d); diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h index b95dd84eef2d..9853d62d2d34 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h @@ -235,4 +235,6 @@ */ #define VHOST_VDPA_GET_VRING_SIZE _IOWR(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x82, \ struct vhost_vring_state) + +#define VHOST_SET_ENFORCE_TASK _IOW(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x83, bool) #endif -- 2.45.0