xen-gntalloc: Userspace grant allocation driver

This allows a userspace application to allocate a shared page for
implementing inter-domain communication or device drivers. These
shared pages can be mapped using the gntdev device or by the kernel
in another domain.

Signed-off-by: Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@tycho.nsa.gov>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>

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diff --git a/include/xen/gntalloc.h b/include/xen/gntalloc.h
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+/******************************************************************************
+ * gntalloc.h
+ *
+ * Interface to /dev/xen/gntalloc.
+ *
+ * Author: Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@tycho.nsa.gov>
+ *
+ * This file is in the public domain.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_PUBLIC_GNTALLOC_H__
+#define __LINUX_PUBLIC_GNTALLOC_H__
+
+/*
+ * Allocates a new page and creates a new grant reference.
+ */
+#define IOCTL_GNTALLOC_ALLOC_GREF \
+_IOC(_IOC_NONE, 'G', 5, sizeof(struct ioctl_gntalloc_alloc_gref))
+struct ioctl_gntalloc_alloc_gref {
+	/* IN parameters */
+	/* The ID of the domain to be given access to the grants. */
+	uint16_t domid;
+	/* Flags for this mapping */
+	uint16_t flags;
+	/* Number of pages to map */
+	uint32_t count;
+	/* OUT parameters */
+	/* The offset to be used on a subsequent call to mmap(). */
+	uint64_t index;
+	/* The grant references of the newly created grant, one per page */
+	/* Variable size, depending on count */
+	uint32_t gref_ids[1];
+};
+
+#define GNTALLOC_FLAG_WRITABLE 1
+
+/*
+ * Deallocates the grant reference, allowing the associated page to be freed if
+ * no other domains are using it.
+ */
+#define IOCTL_GNTALLOC_DEALLOC_GREF \
+_IOC(_IOC_NONE, 'G', 6, sizeof(struct ioctl_gntalloc_dealloc_gref))
+struct ioctl_gntalloc_dealloc_gref {
+	/* IN parameters */
+	/* The offset returned in the map operation */
+	uint64_t index;
+	/* Number of references to unmap */
+	uint32_t count;
+};
+#endif /* __LINUX_PUBLIC_GNTALLOC_H__ */