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1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
index bb75a292d50c..ab704d84fb34 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
@@ -26,7 +26,18 @@ struct vhost_work {
unsigned long flags;
};
+struct vhost_worker;
+struct vhost_dev;
+
+struct vhost_worker_ops {
+ int (*create)(struct vhost_worker *worker, struct vhost_dev *dev,
+ const char *name);
+ void (*stop)(struct vhost_worker *worker);
+ void (*wakeup)(struct vhost_worker *worker);
+};
+
struct vhost_worker {
+ struct task_struct *kthread_task;
struct vhost_task *vtsk;
struct vhost_dev *dev;
/* Used to serialize device wide flushing with worker swapping. */
@@ -36,6 +47,7 @@ struct vhost_worker {
u32 id;
int attachment_cnt;
bool killed;
+ const struct vhost_worker_ops *ops;
};
/* Poll a file (eventfd or socket) */
@@ -176,6 +188,16 @@ struct vhost_dev {
int byte_weight;
struct xarray worker_xa;
bool use_worker;
+ /*
+ * If fork_owner is true we use vhost_tasks to create
+ * the worker so all settings/limits like cgroups, NPROC,
+ * scheduler, etc are inherited from the owner. If false,
+ * we use kthreads and only attach to the same cgroups
+ * as the owner for compat with older kernels.
+ * here we use true as default value.
+ * The default value is set by fork_from_owner_default
+ */
+ bool fork_owner;
int (*msg_handler)(struct vhost_dev *dev, u32 asid,
struct vhost_iotlb_msg *msg);
};