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authorDavid Kershner <david.kershner@unisys.com>2015-05-13 13:22:04 -0400
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2015-05-24 13:28:54 -0700
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staging: unisys: Move channel.h to include. Controvlm to visorbus
Channel.h is used by all channels, it needs to be in include. Controlvm Channel is only used by visorbus, it needs to just be there. Signed-off-by: David Kershner <david.kershner@unisys.com> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Romer <benjamin.romer@unisys.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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+/* Copyright (C) 2010 - 2013 UNISYS CORPORATION
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
+ * NON INFRINGEMENT. See the GNU General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __CHANNEL_H__
+#define __CHANNEL_H__
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/uuid.h>
+
+/*
+* Whenever this file is changed a corresponding change must be made in
+* the Console/ServicePart/visordiag_early/supervisor_channel.h file
+* which is needed for Linux kernel compiles. These two files must be
+* in sync.
+*/
+
+/* define the following to prevent include nesting in kernel header
+ * files of similar abbreviated content
+ */
+#define __SUPERVISOR_CHANNEL_H__
+
+#define SIGNATURE_16(A, B) ((A) | (B<<8))
+#define SIGNATURE_32(A, B, C, D) \
+ (SIGNATURE_16(A, B) | (SIGNATURE_16(C, D) << 16))
+#define SIGNATURE_64(A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H) \
+ (SIGNATURE_32(A, B, C, D) | ((u64)(SIGNATURE_32(E, F, G, H)) << 32))
+
+#ifndef lengthof
+#define lengthof(TYPE, MEMBER) (sizeof(((TYPE *)0)->MEMBER))
+#endif
+#ifndef COVERQ
+#define COVERQ(v, d) (((v)+(d)-1) / (d))
+#endif
+#ifndef COVER
+#define COVER(v, d) ((d)*COVERQ(v, d))
+#endif
+
+#define ULTRA_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_SIGNATURE SIGNATURE_32('E', 'C', 'N', 'L')
+
+enum channel_serverstate {
+ CHANNELSRV_UNINITIALIZED = 0, /* channel is in an undefined state */
+ CHANNELSRV_READY = 1 /* channel has been initialized by server */
+};
+
+enum channel_clientstate {
+ CHANNELCLI_DETACHED = 0,
+ CHANNELCLI_DISABLED = 1, /* client can see channel but is NOT
+ * allowed to use it unless given TBD
+ * explicit request (should actually be
+ * < DETACHED) */
+ CHANNELCLI_ATTACHING = 2, /* legacy EFI client request
+ * for EFI server to attach */
+ CHANNELCLI_ATTACHED = 3, /* idle, but client may want
+ * to use channel any time */
+ CHANNELCLI_BUSY = 4, /* client either wants to use or is
+ * using channel */
+ CHANNELCLI_OWNED = 5 /* "no worries" state - client can
+ * access channel anytime */
+};
+
+static inline const u8 *
+ULTRA_CHANNELCLI_STRING(u32 v)
+{
+ switch (v) {
+ case CHANNELCLI_DETACHED:
+ return (const u8 *)("DETACHED");
+ case CHANNELCLI_DISABLED:
+ return (const u8 *)("DISABLED");
+ case CHANNELCLI_ATTACHING:
+ return (const u8 *)("ATTACHING");
+ case CHANNELCLI_ATTACHED:
+ return (const u8 *)("ATTACHED");
+ case CHANNELCLI_BUSY:
+ return (const u8 *)("BUSY");
+ case CHANNELCLI_OWNED:
+ return (const u8 *)("OWNED");
+ default:
+ break;
+ }
+ return (const u8 *)("?");
+}
+
+#define SPAR_CHANNEL_SERVER_READY(ch) \
+ (readl(&(ch)->srv_state) == CHANNELSRV_READY)
+
+#define ULTRA_VALID_CHANNELCLI_TRANSITION(o, n) \
+ (((((o) == CHANNELCLI_DETACHED) && ((n) == CHANNELCLI_DISABLED)) || \
+ (((o) == CHANNELCLI_ATTACHING) && ((n) == CHANNELCLI_DISABLED)) || \
+ (((o) == CHANNELCLI_ATTACHED) && ((n) == CHANNELCLI_DISABLED)) || \
+ (((o) == CHANNELCLI_ATTACHING) && ((n) == CHANNELCLI_DETACHED)) || \
+ (((o) == CHANNELCLI_ATTACHED) && ((n) == CHANNELCLI_DETACHED)) || \
+ (((o) == CHANNELCLI_DETACHED) && ((n) == CHANNELCLI_ATTACHING)) || \
+ (((o) == CHANNELCLI_ATTACHING) && ((n) == CHANNELCLI_ATTACHED)) || \
+ (((o) == CHANNELCLI_DETACHED) && ((n) == CHANNELCLI_ATTACHED)) || \
+ (((o) == CHANNELCLI_BUSY) && ((n) == CHANNELCLI_ATTACHED)) || \
+ (((o) == CHANNELCLI_ATTACHED) && ((n) == CHANNELCLI_BUSY)) || \
+ (((o) == CHANNELCLI_DETACHED) && ((n) == CHANNELCLI_OWNED)) || \
+ (((o) == CHANNELCLI_DISABLED) && ((n) == CHANNELCLI_OWNED)) || \
+ (((o) == CHANNELCLI_ATTACHING) && ((n) == CHANNELCLI_OWNED)) || \
+ (((o) == CHANNELCLI_ATTACHED) && ((n) == CHANNELCLI_OWNED)) || \
+ (((o) == CHANNELCLI_BUSY) && ((n) == CHANNELCLI_OWNED)) || (0)) \
+ ? (1) : (0))
+
+/* Values for ULTRA_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL.CliErrorBoot: */
+/* throttling invalid boot channel statetransition error due to client
+ * disabled */
+#define ULTRA_CLIERRORBOOT_THROTTLEMSG_DISABLED 0x01
+
+/* throttling invalid boot channel statetransition error due to client
+ * not attached */
+#define ULTRA_CLIERRORBOOT_THROTTLEMSG_NOTATTACHED 0x02
+
+/* throttling invalid boot channel statetransition error due to busy channel */
+#define ULTRA_CLIERRORBOOT_THROTTLEMSG_BUSY 0x04
+
+/* Values for ULTRA_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL.CliErrorOS: */
+/* throttling invalid guest OS channel statetransition error due to
+ * client disabled */
+#define ULTRA_CLIERROROS_THROTTLEMSG_DISABLED 0x01
+
+/* throttling invalid guest OS channel statetransition error due to
+ * client not attached */
+#define ULTRA_CLIERROROS_THROTTLEMSG_NOTATTACHED 0x02
+
+/* throttling invalid guest OS channel statetransition error due to
+ * busy channel */
+#define ULTRA_CLIERROROS_THROTTLEMSG_BUSY 0x04
+
+/* Values for ULTRA_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL.Features: This define exists so
+* that windows guest can look at the FeatureFlags in the io channel,
+* and configure the windows driver to use interrupts or not based on
+* this setting. This flag is set in uislib after the
+* ULTRA_VHBA_init_channel is called. All feature bits for all
+* channels should be defined here. The io channel feature bits are
+* defined right here */
+#define ULTRA_IO_DRIVER_ENABLES_INTS (0x1ULL << 1)
+#define ULTRA_IO_CHANNEL_IS_POLLING (0x1ULL << 3)
+#define ULTRA_IO_IOVM_IS_OK_WITH_DRIVER_DISABLING_INTS (0x1ULL << 4)
+#define ULTRA_IO_DRIVER_DISABLES_INTS (0x1ULL << 5)
+#define ULTRA_IO_DRIVER_SUPPORTS_ENHANCED_RCVBUF_CHECKING (0x1ULL << 6)
+
+#pragma pack(push, 1) /* both GCC and VC now allow this pragma */
+/* Common Channel Header */
+struct channel_header {
+ u64 signature; /* Signature */
+ u32 legacy_state; /* DEPRECATED - being replaced by */
+ /* / SrvState, CliStateBoot, and CliStateOS below */
+ u32 header_size; /* sizeof(struct channel_header) */
+ u64 size; /* Total size of this channel in bytes */
+ u64 features; /* Flags to modify behavior */
+ uuid_le chtype; /* Channel type: data, bus, control, etc. */
+ u64 partition_handle; /* ID of guest partition */
+ u64 handle; /* Device number of this channel in client */
+ u64 ch_space_offset; /* Offset in bytes to channel specific area */
+ u32 version_id; /* struct channel_header Version ID */
+ u32 partition_index; /* Index of guest partition */
+ uuid_le zone_uuid; /* Guid of Channel's zone */
+ u32 cli_str_offset; /* offset from channel header to
+ * nul-terminated ClientString (0 if
+ * ClientString not present) */
+ u32 cli_state_boot; /* CHANNEL_CLIENTSTATE of pre-boot
+ * EFI client of this channel */
+ u32 cmd_state_cli; /* CHANNEL_COMMANDSTATE (overloaded in
+ * Windows drivers, see ServerStateUp,
+ * ServerStateDown, etc) */
+ u32 cli_state_os; /* CHANNEL_CLIENTSTATE of Guest OS
+ * client of this channel */
+ u32 ch_characteristic; /* CHANNEL_CHARACTERISTIC_<xxx> */
+ u32 cmd_state_srv; /* CHANNEL_COMMANDSTATE (overloaded in
+ * Windows drivers, see ServerStateUp,
+ * ServerStateDown, etc) */
+ u32 srv_state; /* CHANNEL_SERVERSTATE */
+ u8 cli_error_boot; /* bits to indicate err states for
+ * boot clients, so err messages can
+ * be throttled */
+ u8 cli_error_os; /* bits to indicate err states for OS
+ * clients, so err messages can be
+ * throttled */
+ u8 filler[1]; /* Pad out to 128 byte cacheline */
+ /* Please add all new single-byte values below here */
+ u8 recover_channel;
+};
+
+#define ULTRA_CHANNEL_ENABLE_INTS (0x1ULL << 0)
+
+/* Subheader for the Signal Type variation of the Common Channel */
+struct signal_queue_header {
+ /* 1st cache line */
+ u32 version; /* SIGNAL_QUEUE_HEADER Version ID */
+ u32 chtype; /* Queue type: storage, network */
+ u64 size; /* Total size of this queue in bytes */
+ u64 sig_base_offset; /* Offset to signal queue area */
+ u64 features; /* Flags to modify behavior */
+ u64 num_sent; /* Total # of signals placed in this queue */
+ u64 num_overflows; /* Total # of inserts failed due to
+ * full queue */
+ u32 signal_size; /* Total size of a signal for this queue */
+ u32 max_slots; /* Max # of slots in queue, 1 slot is
+ * always empty */
+ u32 max_signals; /* Max # of signals in queue
+ * (MaxSignalSlots-1) */
+ u32 head; /* Queue head signal # */
+ /* 2nd cache line */
+ u64 num_received; /* Total # of signals removed from this queue */
+ u32 tail; /* Queue tail signal # (on separate
+ * cache line) */
+ u32 reserved1; /* Reserved field */
+ u64 reserved2; /* Reserved field */
+ u64 client_queue;
+ u64 num_irq_received; /* Total # of Interrupts received. This
+ * is incremented by the ISR in the
+ * guest windows driver */
+ u64 num_empty; /* Number of times that visor_signal_remove
+ * is called and returned Empty
+ * Status. */
+ u32 errorflags; /* Error bits set during SignalReinit
+ * to denote trouble with client's
+ * fields */
+ u8 filler[12]; /* Pad out to 64 byte cacheline */
+};
+
+#pragma pack(pop)
+
+#define spar_signal_init(chan, QHDRFLD, QDATAFLD, QDATATYPE, ver, typ) \
+ do { \
+ memset(&chan->QHDRFLD, 0, sizeof(chan->QHDRFLD)); \
+ chan->QHDRFLD.version = ver; \
+ chan->QHDRFLD.chtype = typ; \
+ chan->QHDRFLD.size = sizeof(chan->QDATAFLD); \
+ chan->QHDRFLD.signal_size = sizeof(QDATATYPE); \
+ chan->QHDRFLD.sig_base_offset = (u64)(chan->QDATAFLD)- \
+ (u64)(&chan->QHDRFLD); \
+ chan->QHDRFLD.max_slots = \
+ sizeof(chan->QDATAFLD)/sizeof(QDATATYPE); \
+ chan->QHDRFLD.max_signals = chan->QHDRFLD.max_slots-1; \
+ } while (0)
+
+/* Generic function useful for validating any type of channel when it is
+ * received by the client that will be accessing the channel.
+ * Note that <logCtx> is only needed for callers in the EFI environment, and
+ * is used to pass the EFI_DIAG_CAPTURE_PROTOCOL needed to log messages.
+ */
+static inline int
+spar_check_channel_client(void __iomem *ch,
+ uuid_le expected_uuid,
+ char *chname,
+ u64 expected_min_bytes,
+ u32 expected_version,
+ u64 expected_signature)
+{
+ if (uuid_le_cmp(expected_uuid, NULL_UUID_LE) != 0) {
+ uuid_le guid;
+
+ memcpy_fromio(&guid,
+ &((struct channel_header __iomem *)(ch))->chtype,
+ sizeof(guid));
+ /* caller wants us to verify type GUID */
+ if (uuid_le_cmp(guid, expected_uuid) != 0) {
+ pr_err("Channel mismatch on channel=%s(%pUL) field=type expected=%pUL actual=%pUL\n",
+ chname, &expected_uuid,
+ &expected_uuid, &guid);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+ if (expected_min_bytes > 0) { /* caller wants us to verify
+ * channel size */
+ unsigned long long bytes =
+ readq(&((struct channel_header __iomem *)
+ (ch))->size);
+ if (bytes < expected_min_bytes) {
+ pr_err("Channel mismatch on channel=%s(%pUL) field=size expected=0x%-8.8Lx actual=0x%-8.8Lx\n",
+ chname, &expected_uuid,
+ (unsigned long long)expected_min_bytes, bytes);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+ if (expected_version > 0) { /* caller wants us to verify
+ * channel version */
+ unsigned long ver = readl(&((struct channel_header __iomem *)
+ (ch))->version_id);
+ if (ver != expected_version) {
+ pr_err("Channel mismatch on channel=%s(%pUL) field=version expected=0x%-8.8lx actual=0x%-8.8lx\n",
+ chname, &expected_uuid,
+ (unsigned long)expected_version, ver);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+ if (expected_signature > 0) { /* caller wants us to verify
+ * channel signature */
+ unsigned long long sig =
+ readq(&((struct channel_header __iomem *)
+ (ch))->signature);
+ if (sig != expected_signature) {
+ pr_err("Channel mismatch on channel=%s(%pUL) field=signature expected=0x%-8.8llx actual=0x%-8.8llx\n",
+ chname, &expected_uuid,
+ expected_signature, sig);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+
+/* Generic function useful for validating any type of channel when it is about
+ * to be initialized by the server of the channel.
+ * Note that <logCtx> is only needed for callers in the EFI environment, and
+ * is used to pass the EFI_DIAG_CAPTURE_PROTOCOL needed to log messages.
+ */
+static inline int spar_check_channel_server(uuid_le typeuuid, char *name,
+ u64 expected_min_bytes,
+ u64 actual_bytes)
+{
+ if (expected_min_bytes > 0) /* caller wants us to verify
+ * channel size */
+ if (actual_bytes < expected_min_bytes) {
+ pr_err("Channel mismatch on channel=%s(%pUL) field=size expected=0x%-8.8llx actual=0x%-8.8llx\n",
+ name, &typeuuid, expected_min_bytes,
+ actual_bytes);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+
+/* Given a file pathname <s> (with '/' or '\' separating directory nodes),
+ * returns a pointer to the beginning of a node within that pathname such
+ * that the number of nodes from that pointer to the end of the string is
+ * NOT more than <n>. Note that if the pathname has less than <n> nodes
+ * in it, the return pointer will be to the beginning of the string.
+ */
+static inline u8 *
+pathname_last_n_nodes(u8 *s, unsigned int n)
+{
+ u8 *p = s;
+ unsigned int node_count = 0;
+
+ while (*p != '\0') {
+ if ((*p == '/') || (*p == '\\'))
+ node_count++;
+ p++;
+ }
+ if (node_count <= n)
+ return s;
+ while (n > 0) {
+ p--;
+ if (p == s)
+ break; /* should never happen, unless someone
+ * is changing the string while we are
+ * looking at it!! */
+ if ((*p == '/') || (*p == '\\'))
+ n--;
+ }
+ return p + 1;
+}
+
+static inline int
+spar_channel_client_acquire_os(void __iomem *ch, u8 *id)
+{
+ struct channel_header __iomem *hdr = ch;
+
+ if (readl(&hdr->cli_state_os) == CHANNELCLI_DISABLED) {
+ if ((readb(&hdr->cli_error_os)
+ & ULTRA_CLIERROROS_THROTTLEMSG_DISABLED) == 0) {
+ /* we are NOT throttling this message */
+ writeb(readb(&hdr->cli_error_os) |
+ ULTRA_CLIERROROS_THROTTLEMSG_DISABLED,
+ &hdr->cli_error_os);
+ /* throttle until acquire successful */
+
+ pr_info("%s Channel StateTransition INVALID! - acquire failed because OS client DISABLED\n",
+ id);
+ }
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if ((readl(&hdr->cli_state_os) != CHANNELCLI_OWNED) &&
+ (readl(&hdr->cli_state_boot) == CHANNELCLI_DISABLED)) {
+ /* Our competitor is DISABLED, so we can transition to OWNED */
+ pr_info("%s Channel StateTransition (%s) %s(%d)-->%s(%d)\n",
+ id, "cli_state_os",
+ ULTRA_CHANNELCLI_STRING(readl(&hdr->cli_state_os)),
+ readl(&hdr->cli_state_os),
+ ULTRA_CHANNELCLI_STRING(CHANNELCLI_OWNED),
+ CHANNELCLI_OWNED);
+ writel(CHANNELCLI_OWNED, &hdr->cli_state_os);
+ mb(); /* required for channel synch */
+ }
+ if (readl(&hdr->cli_state_os) == CHANNELCLI_OWNED) {
+ if (readb(&hdr->cli_error_os) != 0) {
+ /* we are in an error msg throttling state;
+ * come out of it */
+ pr_info("%s Channel OS client acquire now successful\n",
+ id);
+ writeb(0, &hdr->cli_error_os);
+ }
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ /* We have to do it the "hard way". We transition to BUSY,
+ * and can use the channel iff our competitor has not also
+ * transitioned to BUSY. */
+ if (readl(&hdr->cli_state_os) != CHANNELCLI_ATTACHED) {
+ if ((readb(&hdr->cli_error_os)
+ & ULTRA_CLIERROROS_THROTTLEMSG_NOTATTACHED) == 0) {
+ /* we are NOT throttling this message */
+ writeb(readb(&hdr->cli_error_os) |
+ ULTRA_CLIERROROS_THROTTLEMSG_NOTATTACHED,
+ &hdr->cli_error_os);
+ /* throttle until acquire successful */
+ pr_info("%s Channel StateTransition INVALID! - acquire failed because OS client NOT ATTACHED (state=%s(%d))\n",
+ id, ULTRA_CHANNELCLI_STRING(
+ readl(&hdr->cli_state_os)),
+ readl(&hdr->cli_state_os));
+ }
+ return 0;
+ }
+ writel(CHANNELCLI_BUSY, &hdr->cli_state_os);
+ mb(); /* required for channel synch */
+ if (readl(&hdr->cli_state_boot) == CHANNELCLI_BUSY) {
+ if ((readb(&hdr->cli_error_os)
+ & ULTRA_CLIERROROS_THROTTLEMSG_BUSY) == 0) {
+ /* we are NOT throttling this message */
+ writeb(readb(&hdr->cli_error_os) |
+ ULTRA_CLIERROROS_THROTTLEMSG_BUSY,
+ &hdr->cli_error_os);
+ /* throttle until acquire successful */
+ pr_info("%s Channel StateTransition failed - host OS acquire failed because boot BUSY\n",
+ id);
+ }
+ /* reset busy */
+ writel(CHANNELCLI_ATTACHED, &hdr->cli_state_os);
+ mb(); /* required for channel synch */
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (readb(&hdr->cli_error_os) != 0) {
+ /* we are in an error msg throttling state; come out of it */
+ pr_info("%s Channel OS client acquire now successful\n", id);
+ writeb(0, &hdr->cli_error_os);
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+
+static inline void
+spar_channel_client_release_os(void __iomem *ch, u8 *id)
+{
+ struct channel_header __iomem *hdr = ch;
+
+ if (readb(&hdr->cli_error_os) != 0) {
+ /* we are in an error msg throttling state; come out of it */
+ pr_info("%s Channel OS client error state cleared\n", id);
+ writeb(0, &hdr->cli_error_os);
+ }
+ if (readl(&hdr->cli_state_os) == CHANNELCLI_OWNED)
+ return;
+ if (readl(&hdr->cli_state_os) != CHANNELCLI_BUSY) {
+ pr_info("%s Channel StateTransition INVALID! - release failed because OS client NOT BUSY (state=%s(%d))\n",
+ id, ULTRA_CHANNELCLI_STRING(
+ readl(&hdr->cli_state_os)),
+ readl(&hdr->cli_state_os));
+ /* return; */
+ }
+ writel(CHANNELCLI_ATTACHED, &hdr->cli_state_os); /* release busy */
+}
+
+/*
+* Routine Description:
+* Tries to insert the prebuilt signal pointed to by pSignal into the nth
+* Queue of the Channel pointed to by pChannel
+*
+* Parameters:
+* pChannel: (IN) points to the IO Channel
+* Queue: (IN) nth Queue of the IO Channel
+* pSignal: (IN) pointer to the signal
+*
+* Assumptions:
+* - pChannel, Queue and pSignal are valid.
+* - If insertion fails due to a full queue, the caller will determine the
+* retry policy (e.g. wait & try again, report an error, etc.).
+*
+* Return value: 1 if the insertion succeeds, 0 if the queue was
+* full.
+*/
+
+unsigned char spar_signal_insert(struct channel_header __iomem *ch, u32 queue,
+ void *sig);
+
+/*
+* Routine Description:
+* Removes one signal from Channel pChannel's nth Queue at the
+* time of the call and copies it into the memory pointed to by
+* pSignal.
+*
+* Parameters:
+* pChannel: (IN) points to the IO Channel
+* Queue: (IN) nth Queue of the IO Channel
+* pSignal: (IN) pointer to where the signals are to be copied
+*
+* Assumptions:
+* - pChannel and Queue are valid.
+* - pSignal points to a memory area large enough to hold queue's SignalSize
+*
+* Return value: 1 if the removal succeeds, 0 if the queue was
+* empty.
+*/
+
+unsigned char spar_signal_remove(struct channel_header __iomem *ch, u32 queue,
+ void *sig);
+
+/*
+* Routine Description:
+* Removes all signals present in Channel pChannel's nth Queue at the
+* time of the call and copies them into the memory pointed to by
+* pSignal. Returns the # of signals copied as the value of the routine.
+*
+* Parameters:
+* pChannel: (IN) points to the IO Channel
+* Queue: (IN) nth Queue of the IO Channel
+* pSignal: (IN) pointer to where the signals are to be copied
+*
+* Assumptions:
+* - pChannel and Queue are valid.
+* - pSignal points to a memory area large enough to hold Queue's MaxSignals
+* # of signals, each of which is Queue's SignalSize.
+*
+* Return value:
+* # of signals copied.
+*/
+unsigned int spar_signal_remove_all(struct channel_header *ch, u32 queue,
+ void *sig);
+
+/*
+* Routine Description:
+* Determine whether a signal queue is empty.
+*
+* Parameters:
+* pChannel: (IN) points to the IO Channel
+* Queue: (IN) nth Queue of the IO Channel
+*
+* Return value:
+* 1 if the signal queue is empty, 0 otherwise.
+*/
+unsigned char spar_signalqueue_empty(struct channel_header __iomem *ch,
+ u32 queue);
+
+#endif