[PATCH v2 7/7] vhost: Add new UAPI to support change to task mode

[Cindy Lu]

Add a new UAPI to support setting the vhost device to
use task mode. The user space application needs to use
VHOST_SET_INHERIT_FROM_OWNER to set the mode.
This setting must be set before VHOST_SET_OWNER is set.

Signed-off-by: Cindy Lu <lulu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/vhost/vhost.c      | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 include/uapi/linux/vhost.h |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 08c9e77916ca..0e5c81026acd 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -2341,8 +2341,24 @@ long vhost_dev_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, unsigned int ioctl, void __user *argp)
 {
 	struct eventfd_ctx *ctx;
 	u64 p;
-	long r;
+	long r = 0;
 	int i, fd;
+	bool inherit_owner;
+
+	if (ioctl == VHOST_SET_INHERIT_FROM_OWNER) {
+		/* Is there an owner already? */
+		if (vhost_dev_has_owner(d)) {
+			r = -EBUSY;
+			goto done;
+		}
+		if (copy_from_user(&inherit_owner, argp,
+				   sizeof(inherit_owner))) {
+			r = -EFAULT;
+			goto done;
+		}
+		enforce_inherit_owner = inherit_owner;
+		goto done;
+	}
 
 	/* If you are not the owner, you can become one */
 	if (ioctl == VHOST_SET_OWNER) {
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
index b95dd84eef2d..1e192038633d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
@@ -235,4 +235,6 @@
  */
 #define VHOST_VDPA_GET_VRING_SIZE	_IOWR(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x82,	\
 					      struct vhost_vring_state)
+
+#define VHOST_SET_INHERIT_FROM_OWNER _IOW(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x83, bool)
 #endif
-- 
2.45.0