[Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH 1/4] libxl: introduce a new structure to represent static shared memory regions

[Zhongze Liu <blackskygg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Add a new structure to the IDL famliy to represent static shared memory regions,
as proposed in the proposal "Allow setting up shared memory areas between VMs
from xl config file" (see [1]).

[1] https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2017-07/msg03047.html

Signed-off-by: Zhongze Liu <blackskygg@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx>
Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
 tools/libxl/libxl.h         |  4 ++++
 tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl.h b/tools/libxl/libxl.h
index 7cf0f31f68..7c29ebc9e0 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl.h
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl.h
@@ -2228,6 +2228,10 @@ int libxl_fd_set_nonblock(libxl_ctx *ctx, int fd, int 
nonblock);
 int libxl_qemu_monitor_command(libxl_ctx *ctx, uint32_t domid,
                                const char *command_line, char **output);
 
+/* Constants for libxl_static_shm */
+#define LIBXL_SSHM_RANGE_UNKNOWN UINT64_MAX
+#define LIBXL_SSHM_ID_MAXLEN    128
+
 #include <libxl_event.h>
 
 #endif /* LIBXL_H */
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl b/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
index 8a9849c643..1aa59a72a2 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
@@ -779,6 +779,33 @@ libxl_device_channel = Struct("device_channel", [
            ])),
 ])
 
+libxl_sshm_cachepolicy = Enumeration("sshm_cachepolicy", [
+    (-1, "UNKNOWN"),
+    (0,  "ARM_NORMAL"),  # ARM policies should be between 0 ~ 16
+    (32,  "X86_NORMAL"), # X86 policies should be >= 32
+    ], init_val = "LIBXL_SSHM_CHCHE_POLICY_UNKNOWN")
+
+libxl_sshm_prot = Enumeration("sshm_prot", [
+    (-1, "UNKNOWN"),
+    (3,  "RW"),
+    ], init_val = "LIBXL_SSHM_PROT_UNKNOWN")
+
+libxl_sshm_role = Enumeration("sshm_role", [
+    (-1, "UNKNOWN"),
+    (0,  "MASTER"),
+    (1,  "SLAVE"),
+    ], init_val = "LIBXL_SSHM_ROLE_UNKNOWN")
+
+libxl_static_shm = Struct("static_shm", [
+    ("id", string),
+    ("offset", uint64, {'init_val': 'LIBXL_SSHM_RANGE_UNKNOWN'}),
+    ("begin", uint64, {'init_val': 'LIBXL_SSHM_RANGE_UNKNOWN'}),
+    ("end", uint64, {'init_val': 'LIBXL_SSHM_RANGE_UNKNOWN'}),
+    ("prot", libxl_sshm_prot, {'init_val': 'LIBXL_SSHM_PROT_UNKNOWN'}),
+    ("cache_policy", libxl_sshm_cachepolicy, {'init_val': 
'LIBXL_SSHM_CACHEPOLICY_UNKNOWN'}),
+    ("role", libxl_sshm_role, {'init_val': 'LIBXL_SSHM_ROLE_UNKNOWN'}),
+])
+
 libxl_domain_config = Struct("domain_config", [
     ("c_info", libxl_domain_create_info),
     ("b_info", libxl_domain_build_info),
@@ -797,6 +824,7 @@ libxl_domain_config = Struct("domain_config", [
     ("channels", Array(libxl_device_channel, "num_channels")),
     ("usbctrls", Array(libxl_device_usbctrl, "num_usbctrls")),
     ("usbdevs", Array(libxl_device_usbdev, "num_usbdevs")),
+    ("sshms", Array(libxl_static_shm, "num_sshms")),
 
     ("on_poweroff", libxl_action_on_shutdown),
     ("on_reboot", libxl_action_on_shutdown),
-- 
2.13.3


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