Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] vhost: introduce mdev based hardware backend

From: Tiwei Bie <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:02:53 +0800

On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 09:30:16PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> On 2019/10/22 下午5:52, Tiwei Bie wrote:
> > This patch introduces a mdev based hardware vhost backend.
> > This backend is built on top of the same abstraction used
> > in virtio-mdev and provides a generic vhost interface for
> > userspace to accelerate the virtio devices in guest.
> > 
> > This backend is implemented as a mdev device driver on top
> > of the same mdev device ops used in virtio-mdev but using
> > a different mdev class id, and it will register the device
> > as a VFIO device for userspace to use. Userspace can setup
> > the IOMMU with the existing VFIO container/group APIs and
> > then get the device fd with the device name. After getting
> > the device fd of this device, userspace can use vhost ioctls
> > to setup the backend.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Tiwei Bie <[email-masked]>
> > ---
> > This patch depends on below series:
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/10/17/286
> > 
> > v1 -> v2:
> > - Replace _SET_STATE with _SET_STATUS (MST);
> > - Check status bits at each step (MST);
> > - Report the max ring size and max number of queues (MST);
> > - Add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE (Jason);
> > - Only support the network backend w/o multiqueue for now;
> 
> 
> Any idea on how to extend it to support devices other than net? I think we
> want a generic API or an API that could be made generic in the future.
> 
> Do we want to e.g having a generic vhost mdev for all kinds of devices or
> introducing e.g vhost-net-mdev and vhost-scsi-mdev?

One possible way is to do what vhost-user does. I.e. Apart from
the generic ring, features, ... related ioctls, we also introduce
device specific ioctls when we need them. As vhost-mdev just needs
to forward configs between parent and userspace and even won't
cache any info when possible, I think it might be better to do
this in one generic vhost-mdev module.

> 
> 
> > - Some minor fixes and improvements;
> > - Rebase on top of virtio-mdev series v4;
> > 
> > RFC v4 -> v1:
> > - Implement vhost-mdev as a mdev device driver directly and
> >    connect it to VFIO container/group. (Jason);
> > - Pass ring addresses as GPAs/IOVAs in vhost-mdev to avoid
> >    meaningless HVA->GPA translations (Jason);
> > 
> > RFC v3 -> RFC v4:
> > - Build vhost-mdev on top of the same abstraction used by
> >    virtio-mdev (Jason);
> > - Introduce vhost fd and pass VFIO fd via SET_BACKEND ioctl (MST);
> > 
> > RFC v2 -> RFC v3:
> > - Reuse vhost's ioctls instead of inventing a VFIO regions/irqs
> >    based vhost protocol on top of vfio-mdev (Jason);
> > 
> > RFC v1 -> RFC v2:
> > - Introduce a new VFIO device type to build a vhost protocol
> >    on top of vfio-mdev;
> > 
> >   drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c |  12 +
> >   drivers/vhost/Kconfig         |   9 +
> >   drivers/vhost/Makefile        |   3 +
> >   drivers/vhost/mdev.c          | 415 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >   include/linux/mdev.h          |   3 +
> >   include/uapi/linux/vhost.h    |  13 ++
> >   6 files changed, 455 insertions(+)
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/vhost/mdev.c
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
> > index 5834f6b7c7a5..2963f65e6648 100644
> > --- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
> > @@ -69,6 +69,18 @@ void mdev_set_virtio_ops(struct mdev_device *mdev,
> >   }
> >   EXPORT_SYMBOL(mdev_set_virtio_ops);
> > +/* Specify the vhost device ops for the mdev device, this
> > + * must be called during create() callback for vhost mdev device.
> > + */
> > +void mdev_set_vhost_ops(struct mdev_device *mdev,
> > +			const struct virtio_mdev_device_ops *vhost_ops)
> > +{
> > +	WARN_ON(mdev->class_id);
> > +	mdev->class_id = MDEV_CLASS_ID_VHOST;
> > +	mdev->device_ops = vhost_ops;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(mdev_set_vhost_ops);
> > +
> >   const void *mdev_get_dev_ops(struct mdev_device *mdev)
> >   {
> >   	return mdev->device_ops;
> > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig b/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
> > index 3d03ccbd1adc..7b5c2f655af7 100644
> > --- a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
> > @@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ config VHOST_VSOCK
> >   	To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
> >   	vhost_vsock.
> > +config VHOST_MDEV
> > +	tristate "Vhost driver for Mediated devices"
> > +	depends on EVENTFD && VFIO && VFIO_MDEV
> > +	select VHOST
> > +	default n
> > +	---help---
> > +	Say M here to enable the vhost_mdev module for use with
> > +	the mediated device based hardware vhost accelerators.
> > +
> >   config VHOST
> >   	tristate
> >   	---help---
> > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/Makefile b/drivers/vhost/Makefile
> > index 6c6df24f770c..ad9c0f8c6d8c 100644
> > --- a/drivers/vhost/Makefile
> > +++ b/drivers/vhost/Makefile
> > @@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ vhost_vsock-y := vsock.o
> >   obj-$(CONFIG_VHOST_RING) += vringh.o
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_VHOST_MDEV) += vhost_mdev.o
> > +vhost_mdev-y := mdev.o
> > +
> >   obj-$(CONFIG_VHOST)	+= vhost.o
> > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/mdev.c b/drivers/vhost/mdev.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..5f9cae61018c
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/vhost/mdev.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,415 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > +/*
> > + * Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Intel Corporation.
> > + */
> > +
> > +#include <linux/compat.h>
> > +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> > +#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
> > +#include <linux/mdev.h>
> > +#include <linux/module.h>
> > +#include <linux/vfio.h>
> > +#include <linux/vhost.h>
> > +#include <linux/virtio_mdev.h>
> > +#include <linux/virtio_ids.h>
> > +
> > +#include "vhost.h"
> > +
> > +/* Currently, only network backend w/o multiqueue is supported. */
> > +#define VHOST_MDEV_VQ_MAX	2
> > +
> > +struct vhost_mdev {
> > +	/* The lock is to protect this structure. */
> > +	struct mutex mutex;
> > +	struct vhost_dev dev;
> > +	struct vhost_virtqueue *vqs;
> > +	int nvqs;
> > +	u64 status;
> > +	u64 features;
> > +	u64 acked_features;
> > +	bool opened;
> > +	struct mdev_device *mdev;
> > +};
> > +
> > +static void handle_vq_kick(struct vhost_work *work)
> > +{
> > +	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq = container_of(work, struct vhost_virtqueue,
> > +						  poll.work);
> > +	struct vhost_mdev *m = container_of(vq->dev, struct vhost_mdev, dev);
> > +	const struct virtio_mdev_device_ops *ops = mdev_get_dev_ops(m->mdev);
> > +
> > +	ops->kick_vq(m->mdev, vq - m->vqs);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static irqreturn_t vhost_mdev_virtqueue_cb(void *private)
> > +{
> > +	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq = private;
> > +	struct eventfd_ctx *call_ctx = vq->call_ctx;
> > +
> > +	if (call_ctx)
> > +		eventfd_signal(call_ctx, 1);
> > +	return IRQ_HANDLED;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void vhost_mdev_reset(struct vhost_mdev *m)
> > +{
> > +	struct mdev_device *mdev = m->mdev;
> > +	const struct virtio_mdev_device_ops *ops = mdev_get_dev_ops(mdev);
> > +
> > +	m->status = 0;
> > +	return ops->set_status(mdev, m->status);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static long vhost_mdev_get_status(struct vhost_mdev *m, u8 __user *statusp)
> > +{
> > +	const struct virtio_mdev_device_ops *ops = mdev_get_dev_ops(m->mdev);
> > +	struct mdev_device *mdev = m->mdev;
> > +	u8 status;
> > +
> > +	status = ops->get_status(mdev);
> > +	m->status = status;
> > +
> > +	if (copy_to_user(statusp, &status, sizeof(status)))
> > +		return -EFAULT;
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static long vhost_mdev_set_status(struct vhost_mdev *m, u8 __user *statusp)
> > +{
> > +	const struct virtio_mdev_device_ops *ops = mdev_get_dev_ops(m->mdev);
> > +	struct mdev_device *mdev = m->mdev;
> > +	u8 status;
> > +
> > +	if (copy_from_user(&status, statusp, sizeof(status)))
> > +		return -EFAULT;
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Userspace shouldn't remove status bits unless reset the
> > +	 * status to 0.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (status != 0 && (m->status & ~status) != 0)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> 
> 
> We don't cache vq ready information but we cache status and features here,
> any reason for this?

+1, I think it's better to not cache any unnecessary
information in vhost-mdev.

> 
> 
> > +
> > +	ops->set_status(mdev, status);
> > +	m->status = ops->get_status(mdev);
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static long vhost_mdev_get_features(struct vhost_mdev *m, u64 __user *featurep)
> > +{
> > +	if (copy_to_user(featurep, &m->features, sizeof(m->features)))
> > +		return -EFAULT;
> 
> 
> As discussed in previous version do we need to filter out MQ feature here?

I think it's more straightforward to let the parent drivers to
filter out the unsupported features. Otherwise it would be tricky
when we want to add more features in vhost-mdev module, i.e. if
the parent drivers may expose unsupported features and relay on
vhost-mdev to filter them out, these features will be exposed
to userspace automatically when they are enabled in vhost-mdev
in the future.

> 
> 
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static long vhost_mdev_set_features(struct vhost_mdev *m, u64 __user *featurep)
> > +{
> > +	const struct virtio_mdev_device_ops *ops = mdev_get_dev_ops(m->mdev);
> > +	struct mdev_device *mdev = m->mdev;
> > +	u64 features;
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * It's not allowed to change the features after they have
> > +	 * been negotiated.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (m->status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_FEATURES_OK)
> > +		return -EPERM;
> 
> 
> -EBUSY?

Yeah, definitely.

> 
> 
> > +
> > +	if (copy_from_user(&features, featurep, sizeof(features)))
> > +		return -EFAULT;
> > +
> > +	if (features & ~m->features)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +	m->acked_features = features;
> > +	if (ops->set_features(mdev, m->acked_features))
> > +		return -ENODEV;
> 
> 
> -EINVAL should be better, this would be more obvious for parent that wants
> to force any feature.

+1. Agree.

> 
> 
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static long vhost_mdev_get_vring_num(struct vhost_mdev *m, u16 __user *argp)
> > +{
> > +	const struct virtio_mdev_device_ops *ops = mdev_get_dev_ops(m->mdev);
> > +	struct mdev_device *mdev = m->mdev;
> > +	u16 num;
> > +
> > +	num = ops->get_vq_num_max(mdev);
> > +
> > +	if (copy_to_user(argp, &num, sizeof(num)))
> > +		return -EFAULT;
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static long vhost_mdev_get_queue_num(struct vhost_mdev *m, u32 __user *argp)
> > +{
> > +	u32 nvqs = m->nvqs;
> > +
> > +	if (copy_to_user(argp, &nvqs, sizeof(nvqs)))
> > +		return -EFAULT;
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static long vhost_mdev_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_mdev *m, unsigned int cmd,
> > +				   void __user *argp)
> > +{
> > +	const struct virtio_mdev_device_ops *ops = mdev_get_dev_ops(m->mdev);
> > +	struct mdev_device *mdev = m->mdev;
> > +	struct virtio_mdev_callback cb;
> > +	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
> > +	struct vhost_vring_state s;
> > +	u32 idx;
> > +	long r;
> > +
> > +	r = get_user(idx, (u32 __user *)argp);
> > +	if (r < 0)
> > +		return r;
> > +	if (idx >= m->nvqs)
> > +		return -ENOBUFS;
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * It's not allowed to detect and program vqs before
> > +	 * features negotiation or after enabling driver.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (!(m->status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_FEATURES_OK) ||
> > +	    (m->status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK))
> > +		return -EPERM;
> 
> 
> So the question is: is it better to do this in parent or not?

I think it will duplicate the generic code in each parent.

> 
> 
> > +
> > +	vq = &m->vqs[idx];
> > +
> > +	if (cmd == VHOST_MDEV_SET_VRING_ENABLE) {
> > +		if (copy_from_user(&s, argp, sizeof(s)))
> > +			return -EFAULT;
> > +		ops->set_vq_ready(mdev, idx, s.num);
> > +		return 0;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * It's not allowed to detect and program vqs with
> > +	 * vqs enabled.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (ops->get_vq_ready(mdev, idx))
> > +		return -EPERM;
> > +
> > +	if (cmd == VHOST_GET_VRING_BASE)
> > +		vq->last_avail_idx = ops->get_vq_state(m->mdev, idx);
> > +
> > +	r = vhost_vring_ioctl(&m->dev, cmd, argp);
> > +	if (r)
> > +		return r;
> > +
> > +	switch (cmd) {
> > +	case VHOST_SET_VRING_ADDR:
> > +		/*
> > +		 * In vhost-mdev, the ring addresses set by userspace should
> > +		 * be the DMA addresses within the VFIO container/group.
> > +		 */
> > +		if (ops->set_vq_address(mdev, idx, (u64)vq->desc,
> > +					(u64)vq->avail, (u64)vq->used))
> > +			r = -ENODEV;
> > +		break;
> > +
> > +	case VHOST_SET_VRING_BASE:
> > +		if (ops->set_vq_state(mdev, idx, vq->last_avail_idx))
> > +			r = -ENODEV;
> > +		break;
> > +
> > +	case VHOST_SET_VRING_CALL:
> > +		if (vq->call_ctx) {
> > +			cb.callback = vhost_mdev_virtqueue_cb;
> > +			cb.private = vq;
> > +		} else {
> > +			cb.callback = NULL;
> > +			cb.private = NULL;
> > +		}
> > +		ops->set_vq_cb(mdev, idx, &cb);
> > +		break;
> > +
> > +	case VHOST_SET_VRING_NUM:
> > +		ops->set_vq_num(mdev, idx, vq->num);
> > +		break;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	return r;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int vhost_mdev_open(void *device_data)
> > +{
> > +	struct vhost_mdev *m = device_data;
> > +	struct vhost_dev *dev;
> > +	struct vhost_virtqueue **vqs;
> > +	int nvqs, i, r;
> > +
> > +	if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE))
> > +		return -ENODEV;
> > +
> > +	mutex_lock(&m->mutex);
> > +
> > +	if (m->opened) {
> > +		r = -EBUSY;
> > +		goto err;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	nvqs = m->nvqs;
> > +	vhost_mdev_reset(m);
> > +
> > +	memset(&m->dev, 0, sizeof(m->dev));
> > +	memset(m->vqs, 0, nvqs * sizeof(struct vhost_virtqueue));
> > +
> > +	vqs = kmalloc_array(nvqs, sizeof(*vqs), GFP_KERNEL);
> > +	if (!vqs) {
> > +		r = -ENOMEM;
> > +		goto err;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	dev = &m->dev;
> > +	for (i = 0; i < nvqs; i++) {
> > +		vqs[i] = &m->vqs[i];
> > +		vqs[i]->handle_kick = handle_vq_kick;
> > +	}
> > +	vhost_dev_init(dev, vqs, nvqs, 0, 0, 0);
> > +	m->opened = true;
> > +	mutex_unlock(&m->mutex);
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +
> > +err:
> > +	mutex_unlock(&m->mutex);
> > +	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
> > +	return r;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void vhost_mdev_release(void *device_data)
> > +{
> > +	struct vhost_mdev *m = device_data;
> > +
> > +	mutex_lock(&m->mutex);
> > +	vhost_mdev_reset(m);
> > +	vhost_dev_stop(&m->dev);
> > +	vhost_dev_cleanup(&m->dev);
> > +
> > +	kfree(m->dev.vqs);
> > +	m->opened = false;
> > +	mutex_unlock(&m->mutex);
> > +	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static long vhost_mdev_unlocked_ioctl(void *device_data,
> > +				      unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
> > +{
> > +	struct vhost_mdev *m = device_data;
> > +	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
> > +	long r;
> > +
> > +	mutex_lock(&m->mutex);
> > +
> > +	switch (cmd) {
> > +	case VHOST_MDEV_GET_STATUS:
> > +		r = vhost_mdev_get_status(m, argp);
> > +		break;
> > +	case VHOST_MDEV_SET_STATUS:
> > +		r = vhost_mdev_set_status(m, argp);
> > +		break;
> > +	case VHOST_GET_FEATURES:
> > +		r = vhost_mdev_get_features(m, argp);
> > +		break;
> > +	case VHOST_SET_FEATURES:
> > +		r = vhost_mdev_set_features(m, argp);
> > +		break;
> > +	case VHOST_MDEV_GET_VRING_NUM:
> > +		r = vhost_mdev_get_vring_num(m, argp);
> > +		break;
> > +	case VHOST_MDEV_GET_QUEUE_NUM:
> > +		r = vhost_mdev_get_queue_num(m, argp);
> > +		break;
> 
> 
> It's not clear to me that how this API will be used by userspace? I think
> e.g features without MQ implies the queue num here.

I was thinking about always letting _GET_QUEUE_NUM return
the supported number of queues. For virtio devices other
than virtio-net, can we always expect to have a fixed
default number of queues when there is no MQ feature?

> 
> 
> > +	default:
> > +		r = vhost_dev_ioctl(&m->dev, cmd, argp);
> 
> 
> I believe having SET_MEM_TABLE/SET_LOG_BASE/SET_LOG_FD  is for future
> support of those features. If it's true need add some comments on this.

OK.

> 
> 
> > +		if (r == -ENOIOCTLCMD)
> > +			r = vhost_mdev_vring_ioctl(m, cmd, argp);
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	mutex_unlock(&m->mutex);
> > +	return r;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static const struct vfio_device_ops vfio_vhost_mdev_dev_ops = {
> > +	.name		= "vfio-vhost-mdev",
> > +	.open		= vhost_mdev_open,
> > +	.release	= vhost_mdev_release,
> > +	.ioctl		= vhost_mdev_unlocked_ioctl,
> > +};
> > +
> > +static int vhost_mdev_probe(struct device *dev)
> > +{
> > +	struct mdev_device *mdev = mdev_from_dev(dev);
> > +	const struct virtio_mdev_device_ops *ops = mdev_get_dev_ops(mdev);
> > +	struct vhost_mdev *m;
> > +	int nvqs, r;
> > +
> > +	/* Currently, only network backend is supported. */
> > +	if (ops->get_device_id(mdev) != VIRTIO_ID_NET)
> > +		return -ENOTSUPP;
> 
> 
> If we decide to go with the way of vhost-net-mdev, probably need something
> smarter. E.g a vhost bus etc.
> 
> 
> > +
> > +	if (ops->get_mdev_features(mdev) != VIRTIO_MDEV_F_VERSION_1)
> > +		return -ENOTSUPP;
> > +
> > +	m = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*m), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL);
> > +	if (!m)
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > +	nvqs = VHOST_MDEV_VQ_MAX;
> > +	m->nvqs = nvqs;
> > +
> > +	m->vqs = devm_kmalloc_array(dev, nvqs, sizeof(struct vhost_virtqueue),
> > +				    GFP_KERNEL);
> > +	if (!m->vqs)
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
> 
> 
> Is it better to move those allocation to open? Otherwise the memset there
> seems strange.

OK.

> 
> 
> > +
> > +	r = vfio_add_group_dev(dev, &vfio_vhost_mdev_dev_ops, m);
> > +	if (r)
> > +		return r;
> > +
> > +	mutex_init(&m->mutex);
> > +	m->features = ops->get_features(mdev);
> > +	m->mdev = mdev;
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void vhost_mdev_remove(struct device *dev)
> > +{
> > +	struct vhost_mdev *m;
> > +
> > +	m = vfio_del_group_dev(dev);
> > +	mutex_destroy(&m->mutex);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static const struct mdev_class_id vhost_mdev_match[] = {
> > +	{ MDEV_CLASS_ID_VHOST },
> > +	{ 0 },
> > +};
> > +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(mdev, vhost_mdev_match);
> > +
> > +static struct mdev_driver vhost_mdev_driver = {
> > +	.name	= "vhost_mdev",
> > +	.probe	= vhost_mdev_probe,
> > +	.remove	= vhost_mdev_remove,
> > +	.id_table = vhost_mdev_match,
> > +};
> > +
> > +static int __init vhost_mdev_init(void)
> > +{
> > +	return mdev_register_driver(&vhost_mdev_driver, THIS_MODULE);
> > +}
> > +module_init(vhost_mdev_init);
> > +
> > +static void __exit vhost_mdev_exit(void)
> > +{
> > +	mdev_unregister_driver(&vhost_mdev_driver);
> > +}
> > +module_exit(vhost_mdev_exit);
> > +
> > +MODULE_VERSION("0.0.1");
> > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Mediated device based accelerator for virtio");
> > diff --git a/include/linux/mdev.h b/include/linux/mdev.h
> > index 13e045e09d3b..6060cdbe6d3e 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/mdev.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/mdev.h
> > @@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ void mdev_set_vfio_ops(struct mdev_device *mdev,
> >   		       const struct vfio_mdev_device_ops *vfio_ops);
> >   void mdev_set_virtio_ops(struct mdev_device *mdev,
> >                            const struct virtio_mdev_device_ops *virtio_ops);
> > +void mdev_set_vhost_ops(struct mdev_device *mdev,
> > +			const struct virtio_mdev_device_ops *vhost_ops);
> >   const void *mdev_get_dev_ops(struct mdev_device *mdev);
> >   extern struct bus_type mdev_bus_type;
> > @@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ struct mdev_device *mdev_from_dev(struct device *dev);
> >   enum {
> >   	MDEV_CLASS_ID_VFIO = 1,
> >   	MDEV_CLASS_ID_VIRTIO = 2,
> > +	MDEV_CLASS_ID_VHOST = 3,
> >   	/* New entries must be added here */
> >   };
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
> > index 40d028eed645..dad3c62bd91b 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
> > @@ -116,4 +116,17 @@
> >   #define VHOST_VSOCK_SET_GUEST_CID	_IOW(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x60, __u64)
> >   #define VHOST_VSOCK_SET_RUNNING		_IOW(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x61, int)
> > +/* VHOST_MDEV specific defines */
> > +
> > +/* Get and set the status of the backend. The status bits follow the
> > + * same definition of the device status defined in virtio-spec. */
> > +#define VHOST_MDEV_GET_STATUS		_IOW(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x70, __u8)
> > +#define VHOST_MDEV_SET_STATUS		_IOW(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x71, __u8)
> > +/* Enable/disable the ring. */
> > +#define VHOST_MDEV_SET_VRING_ENABLE	_IOW(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x72, struct vhost_vring_state)
> > +/* Get the max ring size. */
> > +#define VHOST_MDEV_GET_VRING_NUM	_IOW(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x73, __u16)
> > +/* Get the max number of queues. */
> > +#define VHOST_MDEV_GET_QUEUE_NUM	_IOW(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x74, __u32)
> 
> 
> Do we need API for userspace to get backend capability? (that calls
> get_mdev_device_features())

Vhost already has the features and backend features ioctls.
In vhost-mdev, it might be better to still just use them to
expose the backend capability to userspace.

Thanks for the review!
Tiwei

> Thanks
> > +
> >   #endif