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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst index 1779b85f014e..9f26079cacae 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ interfaces: Registration Interface for a Mediated Bus Driver ------------------------------------------------ -The registration interface for a mediated bus driver provides the following +The registration interface for a mediated device driver provides the following structure to represent a mediated device's driver:: /* @@ -136,37 +136,26 @@ The structures in the mdev_parent_ops structure are as follows: * dev_attr_groups: attributes of the parent device * mdev_attr_groups: attributes of the mediated device * supported_config: attributes to define supported configurations +* device_driver: device driver to bind for mediated device instances -The functions in the mdev_parent_ops structure are as follows: +The mdev_parent_ops also still has various functions pointers. Theses exist +for historical reasons only and shall not be used for new drivers. -* create: allocate basic resources in a driver for a mediated device -* remove: free resources in a driver when a mediated device is destroyed - -(Note that mdev-core provides no implicit serialization of create/remove -callbacks per mdev parent device, per mdev type, or any other categorization. -Vendor drivers are expected to be fully asynchronous in this respect or -provide their own internal resource protection.) - -The callbacks in the mdev_parent_ops structure are as follows: - -* open: open callback of mediated device -* close: close callback of mediated device -* ioctl: ioctl callback of mediated device -* read : read emulation callback -* write: write emulation callback -* mmap: mmap emulation callback - -A driver should use the mdev_parent_ops structure in the function call to -register itself with the mdev core driver:: +When a driver wants to add the GUID creation sysfs to an existing device it has +probe'd to then it should call:: extern int mdev_register_device(struct device *dev, const struct mdev_parent_ops *ops); -However, the mdev_parent_ops structure is not required in the function call -that a driver should use to unregister itself with the mdev core 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 +attached to the specified driver. + +When the driver needs to remove itself it calls:: extern void mdev_unregister_device(struct device *dev); +Which will unbind and destroy all the created mdevs and remove the sysfs files. Mediated Device Management Interface Through sysfs ================================================== |