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diff --git a/Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt b/Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt index b38afec35edc..d226c7a5ba8b 100644 --- a/Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt +++ b/Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt @@ -127,22 +127,22 @@ the VFIO when devices are unbound from the driver. Physical Device Driver Interface -------------------------------- -The physical device driver interface provides the parent_ops[3] structure to -define the APIs to manage work in the mediated core driver that is related to -the physical device. +The physical device driver interface provides the mdev_parent_ops[3] structure +to define the APIs to manage work in the mediated core driver that is related +to the physical device. -The structures in the parent_ops structure are as follows: +The structures in the mdev_parent_ops structure are as follows: * dev_attr_groups: attributes of the parent device * mdev_attr_groups: attributes of the mediated device * supported_config: attributes to define supported configurations -The functions in the parent_ops structure are as follows: +The functions in the mdev_parent_ops structure are as follows: * create: allocate basic resources in a driver for a mediated device * remove: free resources in a driver when a mediated device is destroyed -The callbacks in the parent_ops structure are as follows: +The callbacks in the mdev_parent_ops structure are as follows: * open: open callback of mediated device * close: close callback of mediated device @@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ The callbacks in the parent_ops structure are as follows: * write: write emulation callback * mmap: mmap emulation callback -A driver should use the parent_ops structure in the function call to register -itself with the mdev core driver: +A driver should use the mdev_parent_ops structure in the function call to +register itself with the mdev core driver: extern int mdev_register_device(struct device *dev, - const struct parent_ops *ops); + const struct mdev_parent_ops *ops); -However, the parent_ops structure is not required in the function call that a -driver should use to unregister itself with the mdev core driver: +However, the mdev_parent_ops structure is not required in the function call +that a driver should use to unregister itself with the mdev core driver: extern void mdev_unregister_device(struct device *dev); @@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ Directories and files under the sysfs for Each Physical Device sprintf(buf, "%s-%s", dev_driver_string(parent->dev), group->name); + (or using mdev_parent_dev(mdev) to arrive at the parent device outside + of the core mdev code) + * device_api This attribute should show which device API is being created, for example, @@ -394,5 +397,5 @@ References [1] See Documentation/vfio.txt for more information on VFIO. [2] struct mdev_driver in include/linux/mdev.h -[3] struct parent_ops in include/linux/mdev.h +[3] struct mdev_parent_ops in include/linux/mdev.h [4] struct vfio_iommu_driver_ops in include/linux/vfio.h |