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2018-06-07content: support SR-IOVHEADmasterTiwei Bie
Allocate a feature bit for virtio devices which support SR-IOV. Note: at proposer's request, driver requirements have been omitted - a reworked version is now being discussed. Suggested-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie@intel.com> Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/11 Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
2018-05-23VIRTIO_F_IO_BARRIER: use I/O barriers in driverTiwei Bie
There will be hardware virtio devices in the future, which require drivers to use the barriers suitable for I/O devices, compared with software virtio devices which just require drivers to use the barriers suitable for CPU cores. To fix the ordering issue for hardware virtio devices, add a new feature: VIRTIO_F_IO_BARRIER. When negotiated, driver will use the barriers suitable for I/O devices. Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/10 Signed-off-by: Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
2018-05-23content: document hugetlb page allocation countsJonathan Helman
The Linux kernel exports the number of successful and failed hugetlb page allocations via the virtio balloon driver. These two counts need to be documented in this specification. Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/8 Signed-off-by: Jonathan Helman <jonathan.helman@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
2018-05-23README: supply link to the authoritative sourceMichael S. Tsirkin
authoritative source is the tagged version. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
2018-05-23split-ring: Fix typo in used ring descriptionChristoffer Dall
Only the device updates the used ring. This looks like a typo as a result of copy-paste from the description of the Available Ring. Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/12 Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
2018-04-26Revert "VIRTIO_F_NOTIFICATION_DATA: extra data to devices"Michael S. Tsirkin
This reverts commit 396b1957817e0bd14697e28d9fe61bfc80f1350f. Was pushed by mistake. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
2018-04-16tex: enable build on systems without ellipsis.styMichael S. Tsirkin
Unfortunately some systems (e.g. RHEL7.5 and derivatives) lack the ellipsis package. As it's function is merely cosmetic, support these systems by loading the package conditionally. Tested-by: Mihai Carabas <mihai.carabas@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
2018-04-16tex: drop unused todonotesMichael S. Tsirkin
We don't really use todonotes, this dependency can be dropped. We do need to import xcolor which was previously pulled in by todonotes. Tested-by: Mihai Carabas <mihai.carabas@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
2018-03-27VIRTIO_F_NOTIFICATION_DATA: extra data to devicesMichael S. Tsirkin
Some devices benefit from ability to find out the number of available descriptors in the ring: for efficiency or as a debugging aid. To help with these optimizations, add a new feature: VIRTIO_F_NOTIFICATION_DATA. When negotiated, driver notifications to the device include this extra information. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
2018-03-26packed-ring: rephrase "an example driver code"Stefan Hajnoczi
Either "an example of driver code" or "a driver code example" would work. Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/7 Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ballot.php?id=3184
2018-03-26packed-ring: fix "the descriptor flags +field+ is updated"Stefan Hajnoczi
Either it needs to be "the descriptors flags are update" (since "flags" is plural) or "the descriptor flags field is updated". Since "flags" is a name of a specific field, I chose the latter solution. Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/7 Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ballot.php?id=3184
2018-03-26packed-ring: fix pluralsStefan Hajnoczi
There are two instances where plural needs to be used instead of singular: 1. "descriptor(s)" is used later in the text, so use it consistently instead of starting with "descriptor" and switching later. 2. "What follows is the requirements" -> "What follows are the requirements" Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/7 Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ballot.php?id=3184
2018-03-26packed-ring: fix capitalization of namesStefan Hajnoczi
Names are capitalized, like the Element Length field. General terms like descriptor are not capitalized. This patch fixes two instances where this is inconsistent. Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/7 Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ballot.php?id=3184
2018-03-26packed-ring: fix 'contigious' typoStefan Hajnoczi
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/7 Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ballot.php?id=3184
2018-03-26packed-ring: add missing commaStefan Hajnoczi
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/7 Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ballot.php?id=3184
2018-03-26packed-ring: add missing articles to sentencesStefan Hajnoczi
There are several sentence structures used throughout the text where an article is missing. For example: ... allocated by driver. or Driver then notifies the device. Standards documents normally use complete sentences so this patch adds the missing articles required before the noun ("driver"): ... allocated by the driver. or The driver then notifies the device. Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/7 Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ballot.php?id=3184
2018-03-20virtio-net: Add missing flag define to structsameehj
The flag VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID is aleady mentioned in the virtio-net spec however it is not defined in the struct. This flag is already defined and used in virtio-net device in Qemu as well as some of it's drivers. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/6 Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3182
2018-03-20content: document balloon memory statisticsTomáš Golembiovský
Linux kernel provides some balloon memory statistics that were not included in the specs. Include them to avoid any ID clashes in the future. Signed-off-by: Tomáš Golembiovský <tgolembi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/4 Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3180
2018-03-20virtio-blk: add discard and write zeroes features to specificationChangpeng Liu
Existing virtio-blk protocol doesn't have DISCARD/WRITE ZEROES support, this will impact the performance when using SSD backend over file systems. Here is the proposal to extend existing virtio-blk protocol to support DISCARD/WRITE ZEROES commands. Basic idea here is using 16 Bytes payload to support 1 descriptor, users can put several segments together with 1 DISCARD/WRITE ZEROES command. struct virtio_blk_discard_write_zeroes { le64 sector; le32 num_sectors; struct { le32 unmap:1; le32 reserved:31; } flags; }; For the purpose to support such feature, we need to introduce 2 new feature flags: VIRTIO_BLK_F_DISCARD/VIRTIO_BLK_F_WRITE_ZEROES, and 2 new command types: VIRTIO_BLK_T_DISCARD/VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES. Also we introduce several new parameters in the configuration space of virtio-blk: max_discard_sectors/max_discard_seg/max_write_zeroes_sectors. These parameters will tell the OS what's the granularity when issuing such commands. If both DISCARD and WRITE ZEROES are supported, unmap flag bit maybe used for WRITE ZEROES command with DISCARD bit enabled. Signed-off-by: Changpeng Liu <changpeng.liu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3181 Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/5
2018-03-20split-ring: in order featureMichael S. Tsirkin
For a split ring, require that drivers use descriptors in order too. This allows devices to skip reading the available ring. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3177 Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/3
2018-03-20packed-ring: add in order supportMichael S. Tsirkin
Support in-order requests for packed rings. This allows selective write-out of used descriptors. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3177 Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/3
2018-03-20content: in-order buffer useMichael S. Tsirkin
Using descriptors in-order is sometimes beneficial. Add an option for that - per-format detail allowing more optimizations will be added by follow-up patches. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3177 Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/3
2018-03-20packed virtqueues: more efficient virtqueue layoutMichael S. Tsirkin
Performance analysis of this is in my kvm forum 2016 presentation. The idea is to have a r/w descriptor in a ring structure, replacing the used and available ring, index and descriptor buffer. This is also easier for devices to implement than the 1.0 layout. Several more enhancements will be necessary to actually make this efficient for devices to use. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com> Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3177 Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/3
2018-03-20split-ring: typo: aligmentMichael S. Tsirkin
Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3177 Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/3
2018-03-20split-ring: generalize textMichael S. Tsirkin
Update generic text to talk about available/used buffers, not rings. Move some split-ring specific text to the correct section. Update conformance section with link to the new conformance clause. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3177 Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/3
2018-03-20content: generalize rest of textMichael S. Tsirkin
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com> Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3177 Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/3
2018-03-20content: generalize transport ring part namingMichael S. Tsirkin
Replace descriptor table/available ring/used ring with descriptor area/driver area/device area in all transports. Document what's in which area. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com> Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3177 Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/3
2018-03-20content: len -> used length, used ring -> vqMichael S. Tsirkin
Document buffer used len and use that terminology everywhere in the generic section. Further, drop the 'used ring' terminology and just say virtqueue. Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3177 Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/3
2018-03-20content: move virtqueue operation descriptionMichael S. Tsirkin
virtqueue operation description is specific to the virtqueue format. Move it out to split-ring.tex and update all references. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com> Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3177 Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/3
2018-03-20content: move ring text out to a separate fileMichael S. Tsirkin
Will be easier to manage this way. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com> Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3177 Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/3
2018-03-20content: move 1.0 queue format out to a separate sectionMichael S. Tsirkin
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com> Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3177 Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/3
2018-03-20introduction: document bitfield notationMichael S. Tsirkin
Bitfields are a useful and familiar way to specify sub-byte structure layout. The only issue is that bitfield order isn't portable across architectures. Document that we list bitfields from least to most significant one, and warn about portability issues. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3177 Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/3
2018-03-14github: PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.mdMichael S. Tsirkin
Document that we don't accept pull requests at this point. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
2018-03-09virtio-scsi: fix typosPaolo Bonzini
Fixes: VIRTIO-155 Approved-by: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3118 Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
2018-03-09README.md: add hints for contributorsMichael S. Tsirkin
Add links to admin repo and mailing lists. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
2017-12-12content: reserve virtio device ID for IOMMUJean-Philippe Brucker
Reserve device ID 23 for virtio-iommu devices. Resolved VIRTIO-162 Approved https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3155 Signed-off-by: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe.brucker@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
2017-09-11net: relax buf size requirements for mrg buffersMichael S. Tsirkin
VIRTIO-84 added a requirement that each buffer is > header size but there's no reason to require that for merge-able buffers since data can be placed in follow-up buffers. The current wording seems confusing enough that it seems likely no one relies on this. VIRTIO-159 Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Message-Id: <1490654778-11857-1-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
2017-09-11net: clarify device rules for mergeable buffersMichael S. Tsirkin
The idea behind mergeable buffers was to simply use them in a way similar to a chain of descriptors. Unfortunately the current text does not say so - apparently nothing says device can't spread a packet over as many buffers as it likes - but this didn't prevent drivers from relying on buffers being used as a chain of descriptors, completely - and blindly accessing it without checking the length at least for the packet header. Let's just make the spec match this reality - if devices ever want more flexibility, we can add a feature bit. Further, correct all misuses of a "descriptor" to "buffer" as that is the entity that is being merged. VIRTIO-160 Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Message-Id: <1490655576-12173-1-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
2017-09-08virtio-net: fix virtqueue numbering errorCornelia Huck
receiveq(n) is at position 2(n-1), not 2n. Same error for transmitq(n) and controlq. VIRTIO-161 Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Halil Pasic <pasic@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
2017-09-08title, acknowledgements: update my affiliationCornelia Huck
Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
2017-09-08Merge https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec into trunkMichael S. Tsirkin
This merges in the OASIS boilerplate files in preparation to moving virtio spec development to git, as approved at: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3120 Files added: CONTRIBUTING.md LICENSE.md README.md TODO: tweak boilerplate files as appropriate/needed. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
2017-09-07typo, caseRobin Cover
2017-09-07create boilerplate LICENSE textrobincover
2017-09-07Create CONTRIBUTING.mdrobincover
2017-09-07update README with noilerplateRobin Cover
2017-09-07Initial commitrobincover
2017-01-10context: Document VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM reserved feature bit (33)mstsirkin
On most virtio systems, physical addresses are provided from the driver to the device and subsequently used to access memory directly. However, some systems feature an IOMMU that complicates things slightly: - The IOMMU might require configuration for DMA to work at all. Once configured, the driver must pass bus addresses to the device, which are then translated by the IOMMU into physical addresses in memory. - The IOMMU might be bypassed by virtio DMA. In this case, physical addresses must still be provided to the device by the driver, even though an IOMMU appears to be present. This has been solved by the addition of a new reserved feature bit, VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM, to describe the two cases above. Legacy systems will not negotiate the feature, and therefore continue to operate directly on physical addresses. VIRTIO-154 Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> git-svn-id: https://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/svn/virtio/trunk@587 0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652
2016-10-11git-svn: instructions for faster initmstsirkin
initial svn clone takes ages. A faster way is to copy history from a git mirror. Document this. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> git-svn-id: https://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/svn/virtio/trunk@586 0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652
2016-10-11virtio-net: add Max MTU configuration fieldmstsirkin
It is helpful for a host to indicate it's MTU to be set on guest NICs other than the assumed 1500 byte value. This helps in situations where the host network is using Jumbo Frames, or aiding in PMTU discovery by configuring a homogenous network. It is also helpful for sizing receive buffers correctly. The change adds a new field to configuration area of network devices. It will be used to pass a maximum MTU from the device to the driver. This will be used by the driver as a maximum value for packet sizes during transmission, without segmentation offloading. In addition, in order to support backward and forward compatibility, we introduce a new feature bit called VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU. VIRTIO-152 Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com> Cc: Victor Kaplansky <victork@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reiencke <hare@suse.de> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Acked-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com> Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> git-svn-id: https://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/svn/virtio/trunk@585 0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652
2016-10-10content: Reserve virtio device ID for pstoremstsirkin
This patch just reserve next available device ID for pstore device type. The device specification for pstore will come later. VIRTIO-150 Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Message-Id: <1468941217-12904-1-git-send-email-namhyung@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> git-svn-id: https://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/svn/virtio/trunk@583 0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652
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