@@ -59,155 +59,10 @@ This document does not cover the 9pfs client/server design or
implementation, only the transport for it.
-## Xenstore
+## Configuration
-The frontend and the backend connect via xenstore to exchange
-information. The toolstack creates front and back nodes with state
-[XenbusStateInitialising]. The protocol node name is **9pfs**.
-
-Multiple rings are supported for each frontend and backend connection.
-
-### Backend XenBus Nodes
-
-Backend specific properties, written by the backend, read by the
-frontend:
-
- versions
- Values: <string>
-
- List of comma separated protocol versions supported by the backend.
- For example "1,2,3". Currently the value is just "1", as there is
- only one version. N.B.: this is the version of the Xen trasport
- protocol, not the version of 9pfs supported by the server.
-
- max-rings
- Values: <uint32_t>
-
- The maximum supported number of rings per frontend.
-
- max-ring-page-order
- Values: <uint32_t>
-
- The maximum supported size of a memory allocation in units of
- log2n(machine pages), e.g. 1 = 2 pages, 2 == 4 pages, etc. It
- must be at least 1.
-
-Backend configuration nodes, written by the toolstack, read by the
-backend:
-
- path
- Values: <string>
-
- Host filesystem path to share.
-
- tag
- Values: <string>
-
- Alphanumeric tag that identifies the 9pfs share. The client needs
- to know the tag to be able to mount it.
-
- security-model
- Values: "none"
-
- *none*: files are stored using the same credentials as they are
- created on the guest (no user ownership squash or remap)
- Only "none" is supported in this version of the protocol.
-
-### Frontend XenBus Nodes
-
- version
- Values: <string>
-
- Protocol version, chosen among the ones supported by the backend
- (see **versions** under [Backend XenBus Nodes]). Currently the
- value must be "1".
-
- num-rings
- Values: <uint32_t>
-
- Number of rings. It needs to be lower or equal to max-rings.
-
- event-channel-<num> (event-channel-0, event-channel-1, etc)
- Values: <uint32_t>
-
- The identifier of the Xen event channel used to signal activity
- in the ring buffer. One for each ring.
-
- ring-ref<num> (ring-ref0, ring-ref1, etc)
- Values: <uint32_t>
-
- The Xen grant reference granting permission for the backend to
- map a page with information to setup a share ring. One for each
- ring.
-
-### State Machine
-
-Initialization:
-
- *Front* *Back*
- XenbusStateInitialising XenbusStateInitialising
- - Query virtual device - Query backend device
- properties. identification data.
- - Setup OS device instance. - Publish backend features
- - Allocate and initialize the and transport parameters
- request ring. |
- - Publish transport parameters |
- that will be in effect during V
- this connection. XenbusStateInitWait
- |
- |
- V
- XenbusStateInitialised
-
- - Query frontend transport parameters.
- - Connect to the request ring and
- event channel.
- |
- |
- V
- XenbusStateConnected
-
- - Query backend device properties.
- - Finalize OS virtual device
- instance.
- |
- |
- V
- XenbusStateConnected
-
-Once frontend and backend are connected, they have a shared page per
-ring, which are used to setup the rings, and an event channel per ring,
-which are used to send notifications.
-
-Shutdown:
-
- *Front* *Back*
- XenbusStateConnected XenbusStateConnected
- |
- |
- V
- XenbusStateClosing
-
- - Unmap grants
- - Unbind evtchns
- |
- |
- V
- XenbusStateClosing
-
- - Unbind evtchns
- - Free rings
- - Free data structures
- |
- |
- V
- XenbusStateClosed
-
- - Free remaining data structures
- |
- |
- V
- XenbusStateClosed
+The frontend and backend are configured via Xenstore. See [header] for
+the detailed Xenstore entries and the connection protocol.
## Ring Setup
@@ -415,5 +270,5 @@ the *size* field of the 9pfs header.
[paper]: https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/usenix05/tech/freenix/full_papers/hensbergen/hensbergen.pdf
[website]: https://github.com/chaos/diod/blob/master/protocol.md
-[XenbusStateInitialising]: https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/hypercall/x86_64/include,public,io,xenbus.h.html
+[header]: https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=blob;f=xen/include/public/io/9pfs.h;hb=HEAD
[ring.h]: https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=blob;f=xen/include/public/io/ring.h;hb=HEAD
@@ -14,9 +14,173 @@
#include "ring.h"
/*
- * See docs/misc/9pfs.markdown in xen.git for the full specification:
+ * See docs/misc/9pfs.pandoc in xen.git for the full specification:
* https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/misc/9pfs.html
*/
+
+/*
+ ******************************************************************************
+ * Xenstore
+ ******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * The frontend and the backend connect via xenstore to exchange
+ * information. The toolstack creates front and back nodes with state
+ * XenbusStateInitialising. The protocol node name is **9pfs**.
+ *
+ * Multiple rings are supported for each frontend and backend connection.
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************
+ * Backend XenBus Nodes
+ ******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Backend specific properties, written by the backend, read by the
+ * frontend:
+ *
+ * versions
+ * Values: <string>
+ *
+ * List of comma separated protocol versions supported by the backend.
+ * For example "1,2,3". Currently the value is just "1", as there is
+ * only one version. N.B.: this is the version of the Xen transport
+ * protocol, not the version of 9pfs supported by the server.
+ *
+ * max-rings
+ * Values: <uint32_t>
+ *
+ * The maximum supported number of rings per frontend.
+ *
+ * max-ring-page-order
+ * Values: <uint32_t>
+ *
+ * The maximum supported size of a memory allocation in units of
+ * log2n(machine pages), e.g. 1 = 2 pages, 2 == 4 pages, etc. It
+ * must be at least 1.
+ *
+ * Backend configuration nodes, written by the toolstack, read by the
+ * backend:
+ *
+ * path
+ * Values: <string>
+ *
+ * Host filesystem path to share.
+ *
+ * security-model
+ * Values: "none"
+ *
+ * *none*: files are stored using the same credentials as they are
+ * created on the guest (no user ownership squash or remap)
+ * Only "none" is supported in this version of the protocol.
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************
+ * Frontend XenBus Nodes
+ ******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * version
+ * Values: <string>
+ *
+ * Protocol version, chosen among the ones supported by the backend
+ * (see **versions** under [Backend XenBus Nodes]). Currently the
+ * value must be "1".
+ *
+ * num-rings
+ * Values: <uint32_t>
+ *
+ * Number of rings. It needs to be lower or equal to max-rings.
+ *
+ * event-channel-<num> (event-channel-0, event-channel-1, etc)
+ * Values: <uint32_t>
+ *
+ * The identifier of the Xen event channel used to signal activity
+ * in the ring buffer. One for each ring.
+ *
+ * ring-ref<num> (ring-ref0, ring-ref1, etc)
+ * Values: <uint32_t>
+ *
+ * The Xen grant reference granting permission for the backend to
+ * map a page with information to setup a share ring. One for each
+ * ring.
+ *
+ * tag
+ * Values: <string>
+ *
+ * Alphanumeric tag that identifies the 9pfs share. The client needs
+ * to know the tag to be able to mount it.
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************
+ * State Machine
+ ******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Initialization:
+ *
+ * *Front* *Back*
+ * XenbusStateInitialising XenbusStateInitialising
+ * - Query virtual device - Query backend device
+ * properties. identification data.
+ * - Setup OS device instance. - Publish backend features
+ * - Allocate and initialize the and transport parameters
+ * request ring. |
+ * - Publish transport parameters |
+ * that will be in effect during V
+ * this connection. XenbusStateInitWait
+ * |
+ * |
+ * V
+ * XenbusStateInitialised
+ *
+ * - Query frontend transport
+ * parameters.
+ * - Connect to the request ring and
+ * event channel.
+ * |
+ * |
+ * V
+ * XenbusStateConnected
+ *
+ * - Query backend device properties.
+ * - Finalize OS virtual device
+ * instance.
+ * |
+ * |
+ * V
+ * XenbusStateConnected
+ *
+ * Once frontend and backend are connected, they have a shared page per
+ * ring, which are used to setup the rings, and an event channel per ring,
+ * which are used to send notifications.
+ *
+ * Shutdown:
+ *
+ * *Front* *Back*
+ * XenbusStateConnected XenbusStateConnected
+ * |
+ * |
+ * V
+ * XenbusStateClosing
+ *
+ * - Unmap grants
+ * - Unbind evtchns
+ * |
+ * |
+ * V
+ * XenbusStateClosing
+ *
+ * - Unbind evtchns
+ * - Free rings
+ * - Free data structures
+ * |
+ * |
+ * V
+ * XenbusStateClosed
+ *
+ * - Free remaining data structures
+ * |
+ * |
+ * V
+ * XenbusStateClosed
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************
+ */
+
DEFINE_XEN_FLEX_RING_AND_INTF(xen_9pfs);
#endif
The Xenstore related documentation is currently to be found in docs/misc/9pfs.pandoc, instead of the related header file xen/include/public/io/9pfs.h like for most other paravirtualized device protocols. There is a comment in the header pointing at the document, but the given file name is wrong. Additionally such headers are meant to be copied into consuming projects (Linux kernel, qemu, etc.), so pointing at a doc file in the Xen git repository isn't really helpful for the consumers of the header. This situation is far from ideal, which is already being proved by the fact that neither qemu nor the Linux kernel are implementing the device attach/detach protocol correctly. Additionally the documented Xenstore entries are not matching the reality, as the "tag" Xenstore entry is on the frontend side, not on the backend one. Change that by moving the Xenstore related 9pfs documentation from docs/misc/9pfs.pandoc into xen/include/public/io/9pfs.h while fixing the wrong Xenstore entry detail. Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> --- V2: - add reference to header in the pandoc document (Jan Beulich) --- docs/misc/9pfs.pandoc | 153 +------------------------------- xen/include/public/io/9pfs.h | 166 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 169 insertions(+), 150 deletions(-)