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From: Zhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@linux.intel.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: alex.williamson@redhat.com, kwankhede@nvidia.com,
	kevin.tian@intel.com, cohuck@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst: Update for vfio/mdev aggregation support
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:08:27 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191024050829.4517-5-zhenyuw@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191024050829.4517-1-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>
---
 .../driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst       | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst
index 25eb7d5b834b..2881be654516 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ Directories and files under the sysfs for Each Physical Device
   |          |--- available_instances
   |          |--- device_api
   |          |--- description
+  |          |--- <aggregation>
   |          |--- [devices]
 
 * [mdev_supported_types]
@@ -260,6 +261,21 @@ 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 maximum 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.
+
+  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 +284,7 @@ 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 +298,12 @@ 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
 ------------------------
 
-- 
2.24.0.rc0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-10-24  5:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-10-24  5:08 [PATCH 0/6] VFIO mdev aggregated resources handling Zhenyu Wang
2019-10-24  5:08 ` [PATCH 1/6] vfio/mdev: Add new "aggregate" parameter for mdev create Zhenyu Wang
2019-10-24  5:08 ` [PATCH 2/6] vfio/mdev: Add "aggregation" attribute for supported mdev type Zhenyu Wang
2019-10-27  6:24   ` kbuild test robot
2019-10-27  6:24   ` [RFC PATCH] vfio/mdev: mdev_type_attr_aggregation can be static kbuild test robot
2019-10-24  5:08 ` [PATCH 3/6] vfio/mdev: Add "aggregated_instances" attribute for supported mdev device Zhenyu Wang
2019-10-24  5:08 ` Zhenyu Wang [this message]
2019-10-24  5:08 ` [PATCH 5/6] Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-vfio-mdev: Update for vfio/mdev aggregation support Zhenyu Wang
2019-10-24  5:08 ` [PATCH 6/6] drm/i915/gvt: Add new type with " Zhenyu Wang
2019-11-05 21:10 ` [PATCH 0/6] VFIO mdev aggregated resources handling Alex Williamson
2019-11-06  4:20   ` Zhenyu Wang
2019-11-06 18:44     ` Alex Williamson
2019-11-07 13:02       ` Cornelia Huck
2019-11-15  4:24       ` Tian, Kevin
2019-11-19 22:58         ` Alex Williamson
2019-11-20  0:46           ` Tian, Kevin
2019-11-07 20:37 ` Parav Pandit
2019-11-08  8:19   ` Zhenyu Wang
2019-12-04 17:36     ` Parav Pandit
2019-12-05  6:06       ` Zhenyu Wang
2019-12-05  6:40         ` Jason Wang
2019-12-05 19:02           ` Parav Pandit
2019-12-05 18:59         ` Parav Pandit
2019-12-06  8:03           ` Zhenyu Wang
2019-12-06 17:33             ` Parav Pandit
2019-12-10  3:33               ` Tian, Kevin
2019-12-10 19:07                 ` Alex Williamson
2019-12-10 21:08                   ` Parav Pandit
2019-12-10 22:08                     ` Alex Williamson
2019-12-10 22:40                       ` Parav Pandit

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