[Xen-devel] [PATCH 7/8] evtchn: add FIFO-based event channel ABI

[David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>

Add the event channel hypercall sub-ops and the definitions for the
shared data structures for the FIFO-based event channel ABI.

The design document for this new ABI is available here:

http://xenbits.xen.org/people/dvrabel/event-channels-C.pdf

In summary, events are reported using a per-domain shared event array
of event words.  Each event word has PENDING, LINKED and MASKED bits
and a LINK field for pointing to the next event in the event queue.

There are 16 event queues (with different priorities) per-VCPU.

Key advantages of this new ABI include:

- Support for over 100,000 events (2^17).
- 16 different event priorities.
- Improved fairness in event latency through the use of FIFOs.

Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/include/public/event_channel.h |   70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/include/public/event_channel.h 
b/xen/include/public/event_channel.h
index 472efdb..4945cd0 100644
--- a/xen/include/public/event_channel.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/event_channel.h
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
 #define EVTCHNOP_bind_vcpu        8
 #define EVTCHNOP_unmask           9
 #define EVTCHNOP_reset           10
+#define EVTCHNOP_init_control    11
+#define EVTCHNOP_expand_array    12
+#define EVTCHNOP_set_priority    13
+#define EVTCHNOP_set_limit       14
 /* ` } */
 
 typedef uint32_t evtchn_port_t;
@@ -258,6 +262,46 @@ struct evtchn_reset {
 typedef struct evtchn_reset evtchn_reset_t;
 
 /*
+ * EVTCHNOP_init_control: initialize the control block for the FIFO ABI.
+ */
+struct evtchn_init_control {
+    /* IN parameters. */
+    uint64_t control_mfn;
+    uint32_t offset;
+    uint32_t vcpu;
+};
+typedef struct evtchn_init_control evtchn_init_control_t;
+
+/*
+ * EVTCHNOP_expand_array: add an additional page to the event array.
+ */
+struct evtchn_expand_array {
+    /* IN parameters. */
+    uint64_t array_mfn;
+};
+typedef struct evtchn_expand_array evtchn_expand_array_t;
+
+/*
+ * EVTCHNOP_set_priority: set the priority for an event channel.
+ */
+struct evtchn_set_priority {
+    /* IN parameters. */
+    uint32_t port;
+    uint32_t priority;
+};
+typedef struct evtchn_set_priority evtchn_set_priority_t;
+
+/*
+ * EVTCHNOP_set_limit: set the maximum event channel port that may be bound.
+ */
+struct evtchn_set_limit {
+    /* IN parameters. */
+    uint32_t domid;
+    uint32_t max_port;
+};
+typedef struct evtchn_set_limit evtchn_set_limit_t;
+
+/*
  * ` enum neg_errnoval
  * ` HYPERVISOR_event_channel_op_compat(struct evtchn_op *op)
  * `
@@ -281,6 +325,32 @@ struct evtchn_op {
 typedef struct evtchn_op evtchn_op_t;
 DEFINE_XEN_GUEST_HANDLE(evtchn_op_t);
 
+/*
+ * FIFO ABI
+ */
+
+/* Events may have priorities from 0 (highest) to 15 (lowest). */
+#define EVTCHN_FIFO_PRIORITY_MIN     15
+#define EVTCHN_FIFO_PRIORITY_DEFAULT 7
+
+#define EVTCHN_FIFO_MAX_QUEUES (EVTCHN_FIFO_PRIORITY_MIN + 1)
+
+typedef uint32_t event_word_t;
+
+#define EVTCHN_FIFO_PENDING 31
+#define EVTCHN_FIFO_MASKED  30
+#define EVTCHN_FIFO_LINKED  29
+
+#define EVTCHN_FIFO_LINK_BITS 17
+#define EVTCHN_FIFO_LINK_MASK ((1 << EVTCHN_FIFO_LINK_BITS) - 1)
+
+struct evtchn_fifo_control_block {
+    uint32_t ready;
+    uint32_t _rsvd1;
+    uint32_t head[EVTCHN_FIFO_MAX_QUEUES];
+};
+typedef struct evtchn_fifo_control_block evtchn_fifo_control_block_t;
+
 #endif /* __XEN_PUBLIC_EVENT_CHANNEL_H__ */
 
 /*
-- 
1.7.2.5


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