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diff --git a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst index 5f8b3a456b..401652397c 100644 --- a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst +++ b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Vhost-user Protocol =================== :Copyright: 2014 Virtual Open Systems Sarl. +:Copyright: 2019 Intel Corporation :Licence: This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later. See the COPYING file in the top-level directory. @@ -279,6 +280,9 @@ If *master* is unable to send the full message or receives a wrong reply it will close the connection. An optional reconnection mechanism can be implemented. +If *slave* detects some error such as incompatible features, it may also +close the connection. This should only happen in exceptional circumstances. + Any protocol extensions are gated by protocol feature bits, which allows full backwards compatibility on both master and slave. As older slaves don't support negotiating protocol features, a feature @@ -315,7 +319,8 @@ it until ring is started, or after it has been stopped. Client must start ring upon receiving a kick (that is, detecting that file descriptor is readable) on the descriptor specified by -``VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_KICK``, and stop ring upon receiving +``VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_KICK`` or receiving the in-band message +``VHOST_USER_VRING_KICK`` if negotiated, and stop ring upon receiving ``VHOST_USER_GET_VRING_BASE``. While processing the rings (whether they are enabled or not), client @@ -767,25 +772,49 @@ When reconnecting: #. Resubmit inflight ``DescStatePacked`` entries in order of their counter value +In-band notifications +--------------------- + +In some limited situations (e.g. for simulation) it is desirable to +have the kick, call and error (if used) signals done via in-band +messages instead of asynchronous eventfd notifications. This can be +done by negotiating the ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INBAND_NOTIFICATIONS`` +protocol feature. + +Note that due to the fact that too many messages on the sockets can +cause the sending application(s) to block, it is not advised to use +this feature unless absolutely necessary. It is also considered an +error to negotiate this feature without also negotiating +``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SLAVE_REQ`` and ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK``, +the former is necessary for getting a message channel from the slave +to the master, while the latter needs to be used with the in-band +notification messages to block until they are processed, both to avoid +blocking later and for proper processing (at least in the simulation +use case.) As it has no other way of signalling this error, the slave +should close the connection as a response to a +``VHOST_USER_SET_PROTOCOL_FEATURES`` message that sets the in-band +notifications feature flag without the other two. + Protocol features ----------------- .. code:: c - #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MQ 0 - #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_LOG_SHMFD 1 - #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_RARP 2 - #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK 3 - #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MTU 4 - #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SLAVE_REQ 5 - #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CROSS_ENDIAN 6 - #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CRYPTO_SESSION 7 - #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_PAGEFAULT 8 - #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CONFIG 9 - #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SLAVE_SEND_FD 10 - #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_HOST_NOTIFIER 11 - #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INFLIGHT_SHMFD 12 - #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_RESET_DEVICE 13 + #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MQ 0 + #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_LOG_SHMFD 1 + #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_RARP 2 + #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK 3 + #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MTU 4 + #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SLAVE_REQ 5 + #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CROSS_ENDIAN 6 + #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CRYPTO_SESSION 7 + #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_PAGEFAULT 8 + #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CONFIG 9 + #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SLAVE_SEND_FD 10 + #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_HOST_NOTIFIER 11 + #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INFLIGHT_SHMFD 12 + #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_RESET_DEVICE 13 + #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INBAND_NOTIFICATIONS 14 Master message types -------------------- @@ -947,7 +976,12 @@ Master message types Bits (0-7) of the payload contain the vring index. Bit 8 is the invalid FD flag. This flag is set when there is no file descriptor in the ancillary data. This signals that polling should be used - instead of waiting for a kick. + instead of waiting for the kick. Note that if the protocol feature + ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INBAND_NOTIFICATIONS`` has been negotiated + this message isn't necessary as the ring is also started on the + ``VHOST_USER_VRING_KICK`` message, it may however still be used to + set an event file descriptor (which will be preferred over the + message) or to enable polling. ``VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_CALL`` :id: 13 @@ -960,7 +994,12 @@ Master message types Bits (0-7) of the payload contain the vring index. Bit 8 is the invalid FD flag. This flag is set when there is no file descriptor in the ancillary data. This signals that polling will be used - instead of waiting for the call. + instead of waiting for the call. Note that if the protocol features + ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INBAND_NOTIFICATIONS`` and + ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SLAVE_REQ`` have been negotiated this message + isn't necessary as the ``VHOST_USER_SLAVE_VRING_CALL`` message can be + used, it may however still be used to set an event file descriptor + or to enable polling. ``VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_ERR`` :id: 14 @@ -972,7 +1011,12 @@ Master message types Bits (0-7) of the payload contain the vring index. Bit 8 is the invalid FD flag. This flag is set when there is no file descriptor - in the ancillary data. + in the ancillary data. Note that if the protocol features + ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INBAND_NOTIFICATIONS`` and + ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SLAVE_REQ`` have been negotiated this message + isn't necessary as the ``VHOST_USER_SLAVE_VRING_ERR`` message can be + used, it may however still be used to set an event file descriptor + (which will be preferred over the message). ``VHOST_USER_GET_QUEUE_NUM`` :id: 17 @@ -1205,6 +1249,20 @@ Master message types Only valid if the ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_RESET_DEVICE`` protocol feature is set by the backend. +``VHOST_USER_VRING_KICK`` + :id: 35 + :equivalent ioctl: N/A + :slave payload: vring state description + :master payload: N/A + + When the ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INBAND_NOTIFICATIONS`` protocol + feature has been successfully negotiated, this message may be + submitted by the master to indicate that a buffer was added to + the vring instead of signalling it using the vring's kick file + descriptor or having the slave rely on polling. + + The state.num field is currently reserved and must be set to 0. + Slave message types ------------------- @@ -1261,6 +1319,34 @@ Slave message types ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_HOST_NOTIFIER`` protocol feature has been successfully negotiated. +``VHOST_USER_SLAVE_VRING_CALL`` + :id: 4 + :equivalent ioctl: N/A + :slave payload: vring state description + :master payload: N/A + + When the ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INBAND_NOTIFICATIONS`` protocol + feature has been successfully negotiated, this message may be + submitted by the slave to indicate that a buffer was used from + the vring instead of signalling this using the vring's call file + descriptor or having the master relying on polling. + + The state.num field is currently reserved and must be set to 0. + +``VHOST_USER_SLAVE_VRING_ERR`` + :id: 5 + :equivalent ioctl: N/A + :slave payload: vring state description + :master payload: N/A + + When the ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INBAND_NOTIFICATIONS`` protocol + feature has been successfully negotiated, this message may be + submitted by the slave to indicate that an error occurred on the + specific vring, instead of signalling the error file descriptor + set by the master via ``VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_ERR``. + + The state.num field is currently reserved and must be set to 0. + .. _reply_ack: VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK |