bitkeeper revision 1.1159.170.97 (41e94301axLnKknTNgYWn0ZFj5pHxg)

Documentation of xc.h library
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>

tools/libxc/xc.h

@@ -25,10 +25,40 @@ typedef int64_t            s64;
 #include <xen/sched_ctl.h>
 #include <xen/io/domain_controller.h>
 
-/* Obtain or relinquish a handle on the 'xc' library. */
+/*\
+ *  INITIALIZATION FUNCTIONS
+\*/ 
+
+/**
+ * This function opens a handle to the hypervisor interface.  This function can
+ * be called multiple times within a single process.  Multiple processes can
+ * have an open hypervisor interface at the same time.
+ *
+ * Each call to this function should have a corresponding call to
+ * xc_interface_close().
+ *
+ * This function can fail if the caller does not have superuser permission or
+ * if a Xen-enabled kernel is not currently running.
+ *
+ * @return a handle to the hypervisor interface or -1 on failure
+ */
 int xc_interface_open(void);
+
+/**
+ * This function closes an open hypervisor interface.
+ *
+ * This function can fail if the handle does not represent an open interface or
+ * if there were problems closing the interface.
+ *
+ * @parm xc_handle a handle to an open hypervisor interface
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 otherwise.
+ */
 int xc_interface_close(int xc_handle);
 
+/*\
+ * DOMAIN MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS
+\*/
+
 typedef struct {
     u32           domid;
     unsigned int  cpu;
@@ -47,19 +77,69 @@ int xc_domain_create(int xc_handle,
                      int cpu,
                      float cpu_weight,
                      u32 *pdomid);
+
+/**
+ * This function pauses a domain. A paused domain still exists in memory
+ * however it does not receive any timeslices from the hypervisor.
+ *
+ * @parm xc_handle a handle to an open hypervisor interface
+ * @parm domid the domain id to pause
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
+ */
 int xc_domain_pause(int xc_handle, 
                     u32 domid);
+/**
+ * This function unpauses a domain.  The domain should have been previously
+ * paused.
+ *
+ * @parm xc_handle a handle to an open hypervisor interface
+ * @parm domid the domain id to unpause
+ * return 0 on success, -1 on failure
+ */
 int xc_domain_unpause(int xc_handle, 
                       u32 domid);
+
+/**
+ * This function will destroy a domain.  Destroying a domain removes the domain
+ * completely from memory.  This function should be called after sending the
+ * domain a SHUTDOWN control message to free up the domain resources.
+ *
+ * @parm xc_handle a handle to an open hypervisor interface
+ * @parm domid the domain id to destroy
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure
+ */
 int xc_domain_destroy(int xc_handle, 
                       u32 domid);
 int xc_domain_pincpu(int xc_handle,
                      u32 domid,
                      int cpu);
+/**
+ * This function will return information about one or more domains.
+ *
+ * @parm xc_handle a handle to an open hypervisor interface
+ * @parm first_domid the first domain to enumerate information from.  Domains
+ *                   are currently enumerate in order of creation.
+ * @parm max_doms the number of elements in info
+ * @parm info an array of max_doms size that will contain the information for
+ *            the enumerated domains.
+ * @return the number of domains enumerated or -1 on error
+ */
 int xc_domain_getinfo(int xc_handle,
                       u32 first_domid, 
                       unsigned int max_doms,
                       xc_dominfo_t *info);
+
+/**
+ * This function returns information about one domain.  This information is
+ * more detailed than the information from xc_domain_getinfo().
+ *
+ * @parm xc_handle a handle to an open hypervisor interface
+ * @parm domid the domain to get information from
+ * @parm info a pointer to an xc_domaininfo_t to store the domain information
+ * @parm ctxt a pointer to a structure to store the execution context of the
+ *            domain
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure
+ */
 int xc_domain_getfullinfo(int xc_handle,
                           u32 domid,
                           xc_domaininfo_t *info,
@@ -86,7 +166,27 @@ int xc_shadow_control(int xc_handle,
 #define XCFLAGS_CONFIGURE 8
 
 struct XcIOContext;
+
+/**
+ * This function will save a domain running Linux to an IO context.  This
+ * IO context is currently a private interface making this function difficult
+ * to call.  It's interface will likely change in the future.
+ *
+ * @parm xc_handle a handle to an open hypervisor interface
+ * @parm ioctxt the IO context to save a domain to
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure
+ */
 int xc_linux_save(int xc_handle, struct XcIOContext *ioctxt);
+
+/**
+ * This function will restore a saved domain running Linux to an IO context.
+ * Like xc_linux_save(), this function uses a parameter who's structure is
+ * privately defined.  It's interface will also likely change.
+ *
+ * @parm xc_handle a handle to an open hypervisor interface
+ * @parm ioctxt the IO context to restore a domain from
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure
+ */
 int xc_linux_restore(int xc_handle, struct XcIOContext *ioctxt);
 
 int xc_linux_build(int xc_handle,
@@ -142,20 +242,75 @@ int xc_rrobin_global_set(int xc_handle, u64 slice);
 int xc_rrobin_global_get(int xc_handle, u64 *slice);
 
 typedef evtchn_status_t xc_evtchn_status_t;
+
+/*\
+ * EVENT CHANNEL FUNCTIONS
+\*/
+
+/**
+ * This function allocates an unbound port.  Ports are named endpoints used for
+ * interdomain communication.  This function is most useful in opening a
+ * well-known port within a domain to receive events on.
+ *
+ * @parm xc_handle a handle to an open hypervisor interface
+ * @parm dom the ID of the domain.  This maybe DOMID_SELF
+ * @parm port a pointer to a port.  This is an in/out parameter.  If *port is
+ *            0, then a new port will be assigned, if port is > 0 then that
+ *            port is allocated if the port is unallocated.
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure
+ */
 int xc_evtchn_alloc_unbound(int xc_handle,
                             u32 dom,
                             int *port);
+
+/**
+ * This function creates a pair of ports between two domains.  A port can only
+ * be bound once within a domain.
+ *
+ * @parm xc_handle a handle to an open hypervisor interface
+ * @parm dom1 one of the two domains to connect.  Can be DOMID_SELF.
+ * @parm dom2 the other domain to connect.  Can be DOMID_SELF.
+ * @parm port1 an in/out parameter.  If > 0, then try to connect *port.  If
+ *             0, then allocate a new port and store the port in *port.
+ * @parm port2 the port connected on port2.  This parameter behaves the same
+ *             way as port1.
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on error.
+ */
 int xc_evtchn_bind_interdomain(int xc_handle,
-                               u32 dom1,   /* may be DOMID_SELF */
-                               u32 dom2,   /* may be DOMID_SELF */
+                               u32 dom1,
+                               u32 dom2,
                                int *port1,
                                int *port2);
 int xc_evtchn_bind_virq(int xc_handle,
                         int virq,
                         int *port);
+
+/**
+ * This function will close a single port on an event channel.
+ *
+ * @parm xc_handle a handle to an open hypervisor interface
+ * @parm dom the domain that the port exists on.  May be DOMID_SELF.
+ * @parm port the port to close
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on error
+ */
 int xc_evtchn_close(int xc_handle,
                     u32 dom,   /* may be DOMID_SELF */
                     int port);
+
+/**
+ * This function generates a notify event on a bound port.
+ *
+ * Notifies can be read within Linux by opening /dev/xen/evtchn and reading
+ * a 16 bit value.  The result will be the port the event occurred on.  When
+ * events occur, the port is masked until the 16 bit port value is written back
+ * to the file.  When /dev/xen/evtchn is opened, it has to be bound via an
+ * ioctl to each port to listen on.  The ioctl for binding is _IO('E', 2).  The
+ * parameter is the port to listen on.
+ *
+ * @parm xc_handle a handle to an open hypervisor interface
+ * @parm local_port the port to generate the notify on
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on error
+ */
 int xc_evtchn_send(int xc_handle,
                    int local_port);
 int xc_evtchn_status(int xc_handle,
@@ -201,6 +356,21 @@ int xc_perfc_control(int xc_handle,
                      u32 op,
                      xc_perfc_desc_t *desc);
 
+/**
+ * Memory maps a range within one domain to a local address range.  Mappings
+ * should be unmapped with munmap and should follow the same rules as mmap
+ * regarding page alignment.
+ *
+ * In Linux, the ring queue for the control channel is accessible by mapping
+ * the shared_info_frame (from xc_domain_getinfo()) + 2048.  The structure
+ * stored there is of type control_if_t.
+ *
+ * @parm xc_handle a handle on an open hypervisor interface
+ * @parm dom the domain to map memory from
+ * @parm size the amount of memory to map (in multiples of page size)
+ * @parm prot same flag as in mmap().
+ * @parm mfn the frame address to map.
+ */
 void *xc_map_foreign_range(int xc_handle, u32 dom,
                             int size, int prot,
                             unsigned long mfn );