[PATCH v3 4/8] KVM: kvm-vfio: User API for IRQ forwarding

[Eric Auger]

This patch adds and document a new KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE group
and 2 device attributes: KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ,
KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_UNFORWARD_IRQ. The purpose is to be able
to set a VFIO device IRQ as forwarded or not forwarded.
the command takes as argument a handle to a new struct named
kvm_arch_forwarded_irq.

Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx>

---

v2 -> v3:
- rework vfio kvm device documentation
- reword commit message and title
- add subindex in kvm_arch_forwarded_irq to be closer to VFIO API
- forwarding state can only be changed with VFIO IRQ signaling is off

v1 -> v2:
- struct kvm_arch_forwarded_irq moved from arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
  to include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
  also irq_index renamed into index and guest_irq renamed into gsi
- ASSIGN/DEASSIGN renamed into FORWARD/UNFORWARD
---
 Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 include/uapi/linux/kvm.h                   | 10 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt
index ef51740..f7aff29 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt
@@ -4,15 +4,24 @@ VFIO virtual device
 Device types supported:
   KVM_DEV_TYPE_VFIO
 
-Only one VFIO instance may be created per VM.  The created device
-tracks VFIO groups in use by the VM and features of those groups
-important to the correctness and acceleration of the VM.  As groups
-are enabled and disabled for use by the VM, KVM should be updated
-about their presence.  When registered with KVM, a reference to the
-VFIO-group is held by KVM.
+Only one VFIO instance may be created per VM.
+
+The created device tracks VFIO groups in use by the VM and features
+of those groups important to the correctness and acceleration of
+the VM.  As groups are enabled and disabled for use by the VM, KVM
+should be updated about their presence.  When registered with KVM,
+a reference to the VFIO-group is held by KVM.
+
+The device also tracks & enable VFIO device forwarded IRQs, if any.
+A physical forwarded IRQ is directly completed by the guest. This
+requires HW support in the interrupt controller which must be able
+to automatically complete the physical IRQ when it detects the guest
+has completed the corresponding virtual IRQ. The modality sometimes
+is named direct EOI.
 
 Groups:
   KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP
+  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE
 
 KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP attributes:
   KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_ADD: Add a VFIO group to VFIO-KVM device tracking
@@ -20,3 +29,16 @@ KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP attributes:
 
 For each, kvm_device_attr.addr points to an int32_t file descriptor
 for the VFIO group.
+
+KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE attributes:
+  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ: set a VFIO device IRQ as forwarded
+  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_UNFORWARD_IRQ: set a VFIO device IRQ as not forwarded
+
+For each, kvm_device_attr.addr points to a kvm_arch_forwarded_irq struct.
+
+The forwarded state can only be changed when the VFIO signaling mechanism
+for this physical IRQ is not set. In other words, forwarding must be
+activated before VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS has been called to trigger the IRQ
+or associate an eventfd to it. Unforwarding can only be called while the
+signaling has been disabled with VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS. If this condition is
+not satisfied, the command returns an -EBUSY.
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index 6076882..a269a42 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -946,6 +946,9 @@ struct kvm_device_attr {
 #define  KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP			1
 #define   KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_ADD			1
 #define   KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_DEL			2
+#define  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE			2
+#define   KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ			1
+#define   KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_UNFORWARD_IRQ			2
 
 enum kvm_device_type {
 	KVM_DEV_TYPE_FSL_MPIC_20	= 1,
@@ -963,6 +966,13 @@ enum kvm_device_type {
 	KVM_DEV_TYPE_MAX,
 };
 
+struct kvm_arch_forwarded_irq {
+	__u32 fd; /* file desciptor of the VFIO device */
+	__u32 index; /* VFIO device IRQ index */
+	__u32 subindex; /* VFIO device IRQ subindex */
+	__u32 gsi; /* gsi, ie. virtual IRQ number */
+};
+
 /*
  * ioctls for VM fds
  */
-- 
1.9.1

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