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authorDaniel De Graaf <dgdegra@tycho.nsa.gov>2011-02-07 17:23:05 -0500
committerKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>2011-02-14 14:16:17 -0500
commitdd3140588d9551235ebc2a0dacdca098e7677573 (patch)
treee9d7c229121b6bd00627b8e6f45235ea6b8ec790 /include/xen
parentaab8f11a6b4641fcb8c139420f2eae879b5d1698 (diff)
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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+/******************************************************************************
+ * 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__ */