libxengnttab will provide a stable API and ABI for accessing the
grant table devices.
The functions are moved into the xengnt{tab,shr} namespace to make a
clean break from libxc and avoid ambiguity regarding which interfaces
are stable.
All in-tree users are updated to use the new names.
Upon request (via #define XC_WANT_COMPAT_GNTTAB_API) libxenctrl will
provide a compat API for the old names. This is used by qemu-xen for
the time being. qemu-xen-traditional is updated in lockstep.
This leaves a few grant table related functions which go via privcmd
(GNTTABOP) rather than ioctls on the /dev/xen/gnt* devices in
libxenctrl. Specifically:
- xc_gnttab_get_version
- xc_gnttab_map_table_v1
- xc_gnttab_map_table_v2
- xc_gnttab_op
These functions do not appear to be needed by qemu-dm, qemu-pv
(provision of device model to HVM guests and PV backends respectively)
or by libvchan suggesting they are not needed by non-toolstack uses of
event channels.
The new library uses a version script to ensure that only expected
symbols are exported and to version them such that ABI guarantees can
be kept in the future.
After this change libxenvchan no longer needs to link against
libxenctrl. It still needs xenctrl.h in one file for xen_mb and
friends.
Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
[ ijc -- updated MINIOS_UPSTREAM_REVISION and QEMU_TRADITIONAL_REVISION ]
libxenevtchn will provide a stable API and ABI for accessing the
evtchn device.
The functions are moved into the xenevtchn namespace to make a clean
break from libxc and avoid ambiguity regarding which interfaces are
stable.
All in-tree users are updated to use the new names.
Upon request (via #define XC_WANT_COMPAT_EVTCHN_API) libxenctrl will
provide a compat API for the old names. This is used by qemu-xen for
the time being. qemu-xen-traditional is updated in lockstep.
This leaves a few event channel related functions which go via privcmd
(EVTCHNOP) rather than ioctls on the /dev/xen/evtchn device in
libxenctrl. Specifically:
- xc_evtchn_alloc_unbound
- xc_evtchn_reset
- xc_evtchn_status
Note that xc_evtchn_alloc_unbound's functionality is also provided by
xenevtchn_bind_unbound_port() (née xc_evtchn_bind_unbound_port) and is
probably redundant.
These functions do not appear to be needed by qemu-dm, qemu-pv
(provision of device model to HVM guests and PV backends respectively)
or by libvchan suggesting they are not needed by non-toolstack uses of
event channels. QEMU does use these in hw/xenpv/xen_domainbuild.c but
that is a "toolstack use".
The new library uses a version script to ensure that only expected
symbols are exported and to version them such that ABI guarantees can
be kept in the future.
Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
[ ijc -- updated MINIOS_UPSTREAM_REVISION and QEMU_TRADITIONAL_REVISION ]
Create two new variables called APPEND_ and PREPEND_ to add compile
flags at the beginning or at the end of the search path.
Added a new semantic for user defined compile flags, here is the list
of possible options:
PREPEND_LIB: add libraries to the search path before xen
(before xen installation folders).
PREPEND_INCLUDES: add headers to the search path before xen
(before xen installation folders).
APPEND_LIB: add libraries to the search path at the end
(after all xen installation folders have been added).
APPEND_INCLUDES: add libraries to the search path at the end
(after all xen installation folders have been added).
EXTRA_INCLUDES and EXTRA_LIB can still be used, and they will have the
same effect as PREPEND_INCLUDES and PREPEND_LIB.
Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@entel.upc.edu>
Committed-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
This library implements a bidirectional communication interface between
applications in different domains, similar to unix sockets. Data can be
sent using the byte-oriented libvchan_read/libvchan_write or the
packet-oriented libvchan_recv/libvchan_send.
Channel setup is done using a client-server model; domain IDs and a port
number must be negotiated prior to initialization. The server allocates
memory for the shared pages and determines the sizes of the
communication rings (which may span multiple pages, although the default
places rings and control within a single page).
With properly sized rings, testing has shown that this interface
provides speed comparable to pipes within a single Linux domain; it is
significantly faster than network-based communication.
Signed-off-by: Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@tycho.nsa.gov>
Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Committed-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
Ian Campbell