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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-vfio-dev8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst26
-rw-r--r--Documentation/s390/vfio-ap.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/s390/vfio-ccw.rst2
4 files changed, 22 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-vfio-dev b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-vfio-dev
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e21424fd9666
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-vfio-dev
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+What: /sys/.../<device>/vfio-dev/vfioX/
+Date: September 2022
+Contact: Yi Liu <yi.l.liu@intel.com>
+Description:
+ This directory is created when the device is bound to a
+ vfio driver. The layout under this directory matches what
+ exists for a standard 'struct device'. 'X' is a unique
+ index marking this device in vfio.
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst
index f47dca6645aa..fdf7d69378ec 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst
@@ -58,19 +58,19 @@ devices as examples, as these devices are the first devices to use this module::
| MDEV CORE |
| MODULE |
| mdev.ko |
- | +-----------+ | mdev_register_device() +--------------+
+ | +-----------+ | mdev_register_parent() +--------------+
| | | +<------------------------+ |
| | | | | nvidia.ko |<-> physical
| | | +------------------------>+ | device
| | | | callbacks +--------------+
| | Physical | |
- | | device | | mdev_register_device() +--------------+
+ | | device | | mdev_register_parent() +--------------+
| | interface | |<------------------------+ |
| | | | | i915.ko |<-> physical
| | | +------------------------>+ | device
| | | | callbacks +--------------+
| | | |
- | | | | mdev_register_device() +--------------+
+ | | | | mdev_register_parent() +--------------+
| | | +<------------------------+ |
| | | | | ccw_device.ko|<-> physical
| | | +------------------------>+ | device
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ structure to represent a mediated device's driver::
struct mdev_driver {
int (*probe) (struct mdev_device *dev);
void (*remove) (struct mdev_device *dev);
- struct attribute_group **supported_type_groups;
+ unsigned int (*get_available)(struct mdev_type *mtype);
+ ssize_t (*show_description)(struct mdev_type *mtype, char *buf);
struct device_driver driver;
};
@@ -125,8 +126,8 @@ vfio_device_ops.
When a driver wants to add the GUID creation sysfs to an existing device it has
probe'd to then it should call::
- int mdev_register_device(struct device *dev,
- struct mdev_driver *mdev_driver);
+ int mdev_register_parent(struct mdev_parent *parent, struct device *dev,
+ struct mdev_driver *mdev_driver);
This will provide the 'mdev_supported_types/XX/create' files which can then be
used to trigger the creation of a mdev_device. The created mdev_device will be
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ attached to the specified driver.
When the driver needs to remove itself it calls::
- void mdev_unregister_device(struct device *dev);
+ void mdev_unregister_parent(struct mdev_parent *parent);
Which will unbind and destroy all the created mdevs and remove the sysfs files.
@@ -200,17 +201,14 @@ Directories and files under the sysfs for Each Physical Device
sprintf(buf, "%s-%s", dev_driver_string(parent->dev), group->name);
- (or using mdev_parent_dev(mdev) to arrive at the parent device outside
- of the core mdev code)
-
* device_api
- This attribute should show which device API is being created, for example,
+ This attribute shows which device API is being created, for example,
"vfio-pci" for a PCI device.
* available_instances
- This attribute should show the number of devices of type <type-id> that can be
+ This attribute shows the number of devices of type <type-id> that can be
created.
* [device]
@@ -220,11 +218,11 @@ Directories and files under the sysfs for Each Physical Device
* name
- This attribute should show human readable name. This is optional attribute.
+ This attribute shows a human readable name.
* description
- This attribute should show brief features/description of the type. This is
+ This attribute can show brief features/description of the type. This is an
optional attribute.
Directories and Files Under the sysfs for Each mdev Device
diff --git a/Documentation/s390/vfio-ap.rst b/Documentation/s390/vfio-ap.rst
index 61a0a3c6c7b4..00f4a04f6d4c 100644
--- a/Documentation/s390/vfio-ap.rst
+++ b/Documentation/s390/vfio-ap.rst
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ of the VFIO AP mediated device driver::
| MDEV CORE |
| MODULE |
| mdev.ko |
- | +---------+ | mdev_register_device() +--------------+
+ | +---------+ | mdev_register_parent() +--------------+
| |Physical | +<-----------------------+ |
| | device | | | vfio_ap.ko |<-> matrix
| |interface| +----------------------->+ | device
diff --git a/Documentation/s390/vfio-ccw.rst b/Documentation/s390/vfio-ccw.rst
index 8aad08a8b8a5..ea928a3806f4 100644
--- a/Documentation/s390/vfio-ccw.rst
+++ b/Documentation/s390/vfio-ccw.rst
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ Below is a high Level block diagram::
| MDEV CORE |
| MODULE |
| mdev.ko |
- | +---------+ | mdev_register_device() +--------------+
+ | +---------+ | mdev_register_parent() +--------------+
| |Physical | +<-----------------------+ |
| | device | | | vfio_ccw.ko |<-> subchannel
| |interface| +----------------------->+ | device