[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v11 1/1] vfio: ABI for mdev display dma-buf operation
Zhenyu Wang
zhenyuw at linux.intel.com
Wed Jul 12 09:55:09 UTC 2017
On 2017.07.12 09:54:13 +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 02:10:51PM +0800, Tina Zhang wrote:
> > Add VFIO_DEVICE_QUERY_GFX_PLANE ioctl command to let user mode query and
> > get the plan and its related information.
> >
> > The dma-buf's life cycle is handled by user mode and tracked by kernel.
> > The returned fd in struct vfio_device_query_gfx_plane can be a new
> > fd or an old fd of a re-exported dma-buf. Host User mode can check the
> > value of fd and to see if it needs to create new resource according to
> > the new fd or just use the existed resource related to the old fd.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tina Zhang <tina.zhang at intel.com>
> >
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> > index ae46105..c176cc8 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> > @@ -502,6 +502,32 @@ struct vfio_pci_hot_reset {
> >
> > #define VFIO_DEVICE_PCI_HOT_RESET _IO(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 13)
> >
> > +/**
> > + * VFIO_DEVICE_QUERY_GFX_PLANE - _IOW(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 14, struct vfio_device_query_gfx_plane)
> > + *
> > + * Set the drm_plane_type and retrieve information about the gfx plane.
> > + *
> > + * Return: 0 on success, -errno on failure.
> > + */
> > +struct vfio_device_gfx_plane_info {
> > + __u32 argsz;
>
> What's argsz for?
It's vfio ioctl idiom for parameter sanity check.
>
> > + __u32 flags;
> > + /* in */
> > + __u32 drm_plane_type; /* type of plane: DRM_PLANE_TYPE_* */
>
> Do we plan to support multiple outputs on a vfio? In that case just the
> plane-type doesn't identify the right plane. Also, if you want to support
> overlay planes, then usually hw has a lot of those.
Currently no plan to support multiple outputs on one mdev. And no overlay
plane support in gvt now, even we'd support that maybe also one plane only.
>
> > + /* out */
> > + __u32 drm_format; /* drm format of plane */
> > + __u32 width; /* width of plane */
> > + __u32 height; /* height of plane */
> > + __u32 stride; /* stride of plane */
> > + __u32 size; /* size of plane in bytes, align on page*/
> > + __u32 x_pos; /* horizontal position of cursor plane, upper left corner in pixels */
> > + __u32 y_pos; /* vertical position of cursor plane, upper left corner in lines*/
>
> Why is x/y pos only for cursors? I'm not clear at all what this would be
> for ... Is this an offset within the plane where the cursor starts?
yes, it's cursor start in primary plane.
>
> > + __s32 fd; /* dma-buf fd */
> > +};
> > +
> > +#define VFIO_DEVICE_QUERY_GFX_PLANE _IO(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 14)
> > +
> > +
> > /* -------- API for Type1 VFIO IOMMU -------- */
> >
> > /**
> > --
> > 2.7.4
> >
>
> --
> Daniel Vetter
> Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
> http://blog.ffwll.ch
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