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+/******************************************************************************
+ * blkif.h
+ *
+ * Unified block-device I/O interface for Xen guest OSes.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2004, Keir Fraser
+ */
+
+#ifndef __XEN_PUBLIC_IO_BLKIF_H__
+#define __XEN_PUBLIC_IO_BLKIF_H__
+
+#include "ring.h"
+#include "../grant_table.h"
+
+/*
+ * Front->back notifications: When enqueuing a new request, sending a
+ * notification can be made conditional on req_event (i.e., the generic
+ * hold-off mechanism provided by the ring macros). Backends must set
+ * req_event appropriately (e.g., using RING_FINAL_CHECK_FOR_REQUESTS()).
+ *
+ * Back->front notifications: When enqueuing a new response, sending a
+ * notification can be made conditional on rsp_event (i.e., the generic
+ * hold-off mechanism provided by the ring macros). Frontends must set
+ * rsp_event appropriately (e.g., using RING_FINAL_CHECK_FOR_RESPONSES()).
+ */
+
+typedef uint16_t blkif_vdev_t;
+typedef uint64_t blkif_sector_t;
+
+/*
+ * REQUEST CODES.
+ */
+#define BLKIF_OP_READ 0
+#define BLKIF_OP_WRITE 1
+/*
+ * Recognised only if "feature-barrier" is present in backend xenbus info.
+ * The "feature_barrier" node contains a boolean indicating whether barrier
+ * requests are likely to succeed or fail. Either way, a barrier request
+ * may fail at any time with BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP if it is unsupported by
+ * the underlying block-device hardware. The boolean simply indicates whether
+ * or not it is worthwhile for the frontend to attempt barrier requests.
+ * If a backend does not recognise BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER, it should *not*
+ * create the "feature-barrier" node!
+ */
+#define BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER 2
+
+/*
+ * Maximum scatter/gather segments per request.
+ * This is carefully chosen so that sizeof(struct blkif_ring) <= PAGE_SIZE.
+ * NB. This could be 12 if the ring indexes weren't stored in the same page.
+ */
+#define BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST 11
+
+struct blkif_request {
+ uint8_t operation; /* BLKIF_OP_??? */
+ uint8_t nr_segments; /* number of segments */
+ blkif_vdev_t handle; /* only for read/write requests */
+ uint64_t id; /* private guest value, echoed in resp */
+ blkif_sector_t sector_number;/* start sector idx on disk (r/w only) */
+ struct blkif_request_segment {
+ grant_ref_t gref; /* reference to I/O buffer frame */
+ /* @first_sect: first sector in frame to transfer (inclusive). */
+ /* @last_sect: last sector in frame to transfer (inclusive). */
+ uint8_t first_sect, last_sect;
+ } seg[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+};
+
+struct blkif_response {
+ uint64_t id; /* copied from request */
+ uint8_t operation; /* copied from request */
+ int16_t status; /* BLKIF_RSP_??? */
+};
+
+/*
+ * STATUS RETURN CODES.
+ */
+ /* Operation not supported (only happens on barrier writes). */
+#define BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP -2
+ /* Operation failed for some unspecified reason (-EIO). */
+#define BLKIF_RSP_ERROR -1
+ /* Operation completed successfully. */
+#define BLKIF_RSP_OKAY 0
+
+/*
+ * Generate blkif ring structures and types.
+ */
+
+DEFINE_RING_TYPES(blkif, struct blkif_request, struct blkif_response);
+
+#define VDISK_CDROM 0x1
+#define VDISK_REMOVABLE 0x2
+#define VDISK_READONLY 0x4
+
+#endif /* __XEN_PUBLIC_IO_BLKIF_H__ */