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From: Zhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@linux.intel.com>
To: libvirt-list@redhat.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>,
	Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>,
	Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>,
	intel-gvt-dev@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: [libvirt] [PATCH v3 4/6] Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt: Update for vfio/mdev aggregation support
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:00:06 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181017090008.16282-5-zhenyuw@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180720021928.15343-1-zhenyuw@linux.intel.com>

Update vfio/mdev doc on new "aggregate" create parameter, new "aggregation"
attribute and "aggregated_instances" attribute for mdev device.

Cc: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
Cc: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>
Cc: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@linux.intel.com>
---
 Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt b/Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt
index c3f69bcaf96e..cf4849a34c9f 100644
--- a/Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt
@@ -211,12 +211,20 @@ Directories and files under the sysfs for Each Physical Device
   |     |   |--- description
   |     |   |--- [devices]
   |     |--- [<type-id>]
-  |          |--- create
-  |          |--- name
-  |          |--- available_instances
-  |          |--- device_api
-  |          |--- description
-  |          |--- [devices]
+  |     |    |--- create
+  |     |    |--- name
+  |     |    |--- available_instances
+  |     |    |--- device_api
+  |     |    |--- description
+  |     |    |--- [devices]
+  |     |--- [<type-id>]
+  |     |    |--- create
+  |     |    |--- name
+  |     |    |--- available_instances
+  |     |    |--- device_api
+  |     |    |--- description
+  |     |    |--- <aggregation>
+  |     |    |--- [devices]
 
 * [mdev_supported_types]
 
@@ -260,6 +268,23 @@ Directories and files under the sysfs for Each Physical Device
   This attribute should show brief features/description of the type. This is
   optional attribute.
 
+* <aggregation>
+
+  <aggregation> is an optional attributes to show max number that the
+  instance resources of [<type-id>] can be aggregated to be assigned
+  for one mdev device. No <aggregation> attribute means driver doesn't
+  support to aggregate instance resoures for one mdev device.
+  <aggregation> may be less than available_instances which depends on
+  driver. <aggregation> number can't exceed available_instances.
+
+  Set number of instances by appending "aggregate=N" parameter for
+  create attribute. By default without "aggregate=N" parameter it
+  will create one instance as normal.
+
+Example::
+
+	# echo "<uuid>,aggregate=N" > create
+
 Directories and Files Under the sysfs for Each mdev Device
 ----------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -268,6 +293,7 @@ Directories and Files Under the sysfs for Each mdev Device
   |- [parent phy device]
   |--- [$MDEV_UUID]
          |--- remove
+	 |--- <aggregated_instances>
          |--- mdev_type {link to its type}
          |--- vendor-specific-attributes [optional]
 
@@ -281,6 +307,12 @@ Example::
 
 	# echo 1 > /sys/bus/mdev/devices/$mdev_UUID/remove
 
+* <aggregated_instances> (read only)
+
+For mdev created with aggregate parameter, this shows number of
+instances assigned for this mdev. For normal type this attribute will
+not exist.
+
 Mediated device Hot plug
 ------------------------
 
-- 
2.19.1

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-10-17  9:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-06-20  7:40 [libvirt] [RFC PATCH 0/2] Add new mdev type for aggregated resources Zhenyu Wang
2018-06-20  7:40 ` [libvirt] [RFC PATCH 1/2] vfio/mdev: Add new instances parameters for mdev create Zhenyu Wang
2018-06-20  7:40 ` [libvirt] [RFC PATCH 2/2] drm/i915/gvt: Add new aggregation type Zhenyu Wang
2018-06-21 14:27 ` [libvirt] [RFC PATCH 0/2] Add new mdev type for aggregated resources Kirti Wankhede
2018-06-21 15:00   ` Alex Williamson
2018-06-22  7:42     ` Zhenyu Wang
2018-06-22 13:59       ` Kirti Wankhede
2018-07-20  2:19 ` [libvirt] [PATCH v2 0/4] New mdev type handling " Zhenyu Wang
2018-07-20  2:19   ` [libvirt] [PATCH v2 1/4] vfio/mdev: Add new instances parameter for mdev create Zhenyu Wang
2018-07-26 15:37     ` Cornelia Huck
2018-07-20  2:19   ` [libvirt] [PATCH v2 2/4] vfio/mdev: Add mdev device instances attribute Zhenyu Wang
2018-07-20  2:19   ` [libvirt] [PATCH v2 3/4] drm/i915/gvt: Add new aggregation type support Zhenyu Wang
2018-07-20  2:19   ` [libvirt] [PATCH v2 4/4] Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt: update for aggregation attribute Zhenyu Wang
2018-07-26 15:46     ` Cornelia Huck
2018-07-27  2:16       ` Zhenyu Wang
2018-07-27  3:30         ` Alex Williamson
2018-07-27 11:49         ` Cornelia Huck
2018-07-24 17:44   ` [libvirt] [PATCH v2 0/4] New mdev type handling for aggregated resources Alex Williamson
2018-07-26 13:50     ` Erik Skultety
2018-07-26 14:29       ` Alex Williamson
2018-07-26 16:00         ` Erik Skultety
2018-07-26 15:30       ` Cornelia Huck
2018-07-26 15:43         ` Erik Skultety
2018-07-26 16:04           ` Cornelia Huck
2018-07-27 14:45             ` Erik Skultety
2018-07-30  2:11               ` Zhenyu Wang
2018-07-26 15:51         ` Alex Williamson
2018-07-26 15:59           ` Cornelia Huck
2018-07-27  2:01     ` Zhenyu Wang
2018-10-08  3:19   ` Tian, Kevin
2018-10-08  5:08     ` Zhenyu Wang
2018-10-17  9:00   ` [libvirt] [PATCH v3 0/6] VFIO mdev aggregated resources handling Zhenyu Wang
2018-10-17  9:00   ` [libvirt] [PATCH v3 1/6] vfio/mdev: Add new "aggregate" parameter for mdev create Zhenyu Wang
2018-10-17  9:00   ` [libvirt] [PATCH v3 2/6] vfio/mdev: Add "aggregation" attribute for supported mdev type Zhenyu Wang
2018-10-17  9:00   ` [libvirt] [PATCH v3 3/6] vfio/mdev: Add "aggregated_instances" attribute for supported mdev device Zhenyu Wang
2018-10-17  9:00   ` Zhenyu Wang [this message]
2018-10-17  9:00   ` [libvirt] [PATCH v3 5/6] Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-vfio-mdev: Update for vfio/mdev aggregation support Zhenyu Wang
2018-10-17  9:00   ` [libvirt] [PATCH v3 6/6] drm/i915/gvt: Add new type with " Zhenyu Wang

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