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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-01-20 19:37:16 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-01-20 19:37:16 +0100
commitbb617b9b4519b0cef939c9c8e9c41470749f0d51 (patch)
tree56616b232bde3d7f9469d2f7ef685a4a6c0b4cb9 /include
parentMerge tag 'for-5.0-rc2-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/... (diff)
parentvhost/scsi: Use copy_to_iter() to send control queue response (diff)
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Merge tag 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost
Pull virtio/vhost fixes and cleanups from Michael Tsirkin: "Fixes and cleanups all over the place" * tag 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost: vhost/scsi: Use copy_to_iter() to send control queue response vhost: return EINVAL if iovecs size does not match the message size virtio-balloon: tweak config_changed implementation virtio: don't allocate vqs when names[i] = NULL virtio_pci: use queue idx instead of array idx to set up the vq virtio: document virtio_config_ops restrictions virtio: fix virtio_config_ops description
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/virtio_config.h13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_config.h b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
index 32baf8e26735..987b6491b946 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_config.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ struct irq_affinity;
/**
* virtio_config_ops - operations for configuring a virtio device
+ * Note: Do not assume that a transport implements all of the operations
+ * getting/setting a value as a simple read/write! Generally speaking,
+ * any of @get/@set, @get_status/@set_status, or @get_features/
+ * @finalize_features are NOT safe to be called from an atomic
+ * context.
* @get: read the value of a configuration field
* vdev: the virtio_device
* offset: the offset of the configuration field
@@ -22,7 +27,7 @@ struct irq_affinity;
* offset: the offset of the configuration field
* buf: the buffer to read the field value from.
* len: the length of the buffer
- * @generation: config generation counter
+ * @generation: config generation counter (optional)
* vdev: the virtio_device
* Returns the config generation counter
* @get_status: read the status byte
@@ -48,17 +53,17 @@ struct irq_affinity;
* @del_vqs: free virtqueues found by find_vqs().
* @get_features: get the array of feature bits for this device.
* vdev: the virtio_device
- * Returns the first 32 feature bits (all we currently need).
+ * Returns the first 64 feature bits (all we currently need).
* @finalize_features: confirm what device features we'll be using.
* vdev: the virtio_device
* This gives the final feature bits for the device: it can change
* the dev->feature bits if it wants.
* Returns 0 on success or error status
- * @bus_name: return the bus name associated with the device
+ * @bus_name: return the bus name associated with the device (optional)
* vdev: the virtio_device
* This returns a pointer to the bus name a la pci_name from which
* the caller can then copy.
- * @set_vq_affinity: set the affinity for a virtqueue.
+ * @set_vq_affinity: set the affinity for a virtqueue (optional).
* @get_vq_affinity: get the affinity for a virtqueue (optional).
*/
typedef void vq_callback_t(struct virtqueue *);