[PATCH v3 7/7] Documentation: Add reconnect process for VDUSE

From: Cindy Lu
Date: Tue Dec 05 2023 - 03:36:10 EST


Add a document explaining the reconnect process, including what the
Userspace App needs to do and how it works with the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Cindy Lu <lulu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/userspace-api/vduse.rst | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/vduse.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/vduse.rst
index bdb880e01132..ec66e573f6da 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/vduse.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/vduse.rst
@@ -231,3 +231,33 @@ able to start the dataplane processing as follows:
after the used ring is filled.

For more details on the uAPI, please see include/uapi/linux/vduse.h.
+
+HOW VDUSE devices reconnectoin works
+----------------
+0. Userspace APP checks if the device /dev/vduse/vduse_name exists.
+ If it does not exist, need to create the instance.
+ If it does exist, it means this is a reconnect and the program proceeds to step 3.
+
+1. Create a new VDUSE instance with ioctl(VDUSE_CREATE_DEV) on
+ /dev/vduse/control.
+
+2. When the ioctl(VDUSE_CREATE_DEV) function is called, the kernel allocates memory
+ to synchronize the reconnect information.
+
+3. Userspace App need to mmap the pages to userspace
+
+ When connecting for the first time, the userspace app must save the reconnect
+ information (struct vhost_reconnect_data) in mapped pages
+
+ If this is reconnect,If the purpose is to reconnect, the userspace application
+ must verify if the saved information is suitable for reconnection. Additionally,
+ the userspace application is required to set the "reconnected" bit in the
+ "struct vhost_reconnect_data" to "VDUSE_RECONNECT". The kernel will use this bit
+ to identify if the userspace application is reconnect.
+
+4. Start the userspace App.
+ userspace APP will call ioctl VDUSE_VQ_GET_INFO to sync the vq information.
+ Additionally, the APP must save the vq reconnect information (struct vdpa_vq_state)
+ in mapped pages while running.
+
+5. When the Userspace App exits, it is necessary to unmap all the reconnect pages.
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2.34.3