[PATCH v12 00/10] Introduce device group and device management

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Parav Pandit <>
Date
2023-04-24T22:30:00+00:00
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[PATCH v12 00/10] Introduce device group and device management
On 4/24/2023 12:44 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Add new registers to the PCI common configuration structure.
>
> These registers will be used for querying the indices of the admin
> virtqueues of the owner device. To configure, reset or enable the admin
> virtqueues, the driver should follow existing queue configuration/setup
> sequence.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <>
>
> ---
> dropped Max's S.O.B
> make queue_num not 0 based
>
> squash! pci: add admin vq registers to virtio over pci
>
> since v11:
> 	document that admin vqs are not counted with regular vqs
> Reviewed-by: Parav Pandit <>
> Reviewed-by: Zhu Lingshan <>
> ---
>
content.tex | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex
> index 2eb15fa..bcbc06d 100644
> --- a/content.tex
> +++ b/content.tex
> @@ -948,6 +948,10 @@ \subsubsection{Common configuration structure layout}\label{sec:Virtio Transport
>
le64 queue_device;
/* read-write */
>
le16 queue_notify_data;
/* read-only for driver */
>
le16 queue_reset;
/* read-write */
> +
> +
/* About the administration virtqueue. */
> +
le16 admin_queue_index;
/* read-only for driver */
> +
le16 admin_queue_num;
/* read-only for driver */
>
};
>
\end{lstlisting}
>
> @@ -974,6 +978,7 @@ \subsubsection{Common configuration structure layout}\label{sec:Virtio Transport
>
>
\item[\field{num_queues}]
>
The device specifies the maximum number of virtqueues supported here.
> +
This excludes administration virtqueues if any are supported.
>
>
\item[\field{device_status}]
>
The driver writes the device status here (see \ref{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Device Status Field}). Writing 0 into this
> @@ -1033,6 +1038,19 @@ \subsubsection{Common configuration structure layout}\label{sec:Virtio Transport
>
This field exists only if VIRTIO_F_RING_RESET has been
>
negotiated. (see \ref{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Virtqueues / Virtqueue Reset}).
>
> +\item[\field{admin_queue_index}]
> +
The device uses this to report the index of the first administration virtqueue.
> +
This field is valid only if VIRTIO_F_ADMIN_VQ has been negotiated.
> +\item[\field{admin_queue_num}]
> +	The device uses this to report the number of the
> +	supported administration virtqueues.
> +	Virtqueues with index
> +	between \field{admin_queue_index} and (\field{admin_queue_index} +
> +	\field{admin_queue_num} - 1) inclusive serve as administration
> +	virtqueues.
> +	The value 0 indicates no supported administration virtqueues.
> +	This field is valid only if VIRTIO_F_ADMIN_VQ has been
> +	negotiated.
>
\end{description}
>
>
\devicenormative{\paragraph}{Common configuration structure layout}{Virtio Transport Options / Virtio Over PCI Bus / PCI Device Layout / Common configuration structure layout}
> @@ -1119,6 +1137,14 @@ \subsubsection{Common configuration structure layout}\label{sec:Virtio Transport
>
were used before the queue reset.
>
(see \ref{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Virtqueues / Virtqueue Reset}).
>
> +If VIRTIO_F_ADMIN_VQ has been negotiated, and if the driver
> +configures any administration virtqueues, the driver MUST
> +configure the administration virtqueues using the index
> +in the range \field{admin_queue_index} to
> +\field{admin_queue_index} + \field{admin_queue_num} - 1 inclusive.
> +The driver MAY configure less administration virtqueues than
> +supported by the device.
> +
>
\subsubsection{Notification structure layout}\label{sec:Virtio Transport Options / Virtio Over PCI Bus / PCI Device Layout / Notification capability}
>
>
The notification location is found using the VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_NOTIFY_CFG
> @@ -7686,6 +7712,15 @@ \chapter{Reserved Feature Bits}\label{sec:Reserved Feature Bits}
>
>
\item[VIRTIO_F_ADMIN_VQ(41)] This feature indicates that the device exposes one or more
>
administration virtqueues.
> +  At the moment this feature is only supported for devices using
> +  \ref{sec:Virtio Transport Options / Virtio Over PCI
> +	  Bus}~\nameref{sec:Virtio Transport Options / Virtio Over PCI Bus}
> +	  as the transport and is reserved for future use for
> +	  devices using other transports (see
> +	  \ref{drivernormative:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Feature Bits}
> +	and
> +	\ref{devicenormative:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Feature Bits} for
> +	handling features reserved for future use.
>
>
\end{description}
>

Reviewed-by: Parav Pandit <>