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+/******************************************************************************
+ * blkif.h
+ *
+ * Unified block-device I/O interface for Xen guest OSes.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+ * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+ * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+ * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+ * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2004, Keir Fraser
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Spectra Logic Corporation
+ */
+
+#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()).
+ */
+
+#ifndef blkif_vdev_t
+#define blkif_vdev_t   uint16_t
+#endif
+#define blkif_sector_t uint64_t
+
+/*
+ * Feature and Parameter Negotiation
+ * =================================
+ * The two halves of a Xen block driver utilize nodes within the XenStore to
+ * communicate capabilities and to negotiate operating parameters.  This
+ * section enumerates these nodes which reside in the respective front and
+ * backend portions of the XenStore, following the XenBus convention.
+ *
+ * All data in the XenStore is stored as strings.  Nodes specifying numeric
+ * values are encoded in decimal.  Integer value ranges listed below are
+ * expressed as fixed sized integer types capable of storing the conversion
+ * of a properly formated node string, without loss of information.
+ *
+ * Any specified default value is in effect if the corresponding XenBus node
+ * is not present in the XenStore.
+ *
+ * XenStore nodes in sections marked "PRIVATE" are solely for use by the
+ * driver side whose XenBus tree contains them.
+ *
+ * XenStore nodes marked "DEPRECATED" in their notes section should only be
+ * used to provide interoperability with legacy implementations.
+ *
+ * See the XenBus state transition diagram below for details on when XenBus
+ * nodes must be published and when they can be queried.
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************
+ *                            Backend XenBus Nodes
+ *****************************************************************************
+ *
+ *------------------ Backend Device Identification (PRIVATE) ------------------
+ *
+ * mode
+ *      Values:         "r" (read only), "w" (writable)
+ *
+ *      The read or write access permissions to the backing store to be
+ *      granted to the frontend.
+ *
+ * params
+ *      Values:         string
+ *
+ *      A free formatted string providing sufficient information for the
+ *      hotplug script to attach the device and provide a suitable
+ *      handler (ie: a block device) for blkback to use.
+ *
+ * physical-device
+ *      Values:         "MAJOR:MINOR"
+ *      Notes: 11
+ *
+ *      MAJOR and MINOR are the major number and minor number of the
+ *      backing device respectively.
+ *
+ * physical-device-path
+ *      Values:         path string
+ *
+ *      A string that contains the absolute path to the disk image. On
+ *      NetBSD and Linux this is always a block device, while on FreeBSD
+ *      it can be either a block device or a regular file.
+ *
+ * type
+ *      Values:         "file", "phy", "tap"
+ *
+ *      The type of the backing device/object.
+ *
+ *
+ * direct-io-safe
+ *      Values:         0/1 (boolean)
+ *      Default Value:  0
+ *
+ *      The underlying storage is not affected by the direct IO memory
+ *      lifetime bug.  See:
+ *        http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-12/msg01154.html
+ *
+ *      Therefore this option gives the backend permission to use
+ *      O_DIRECT, notwithstanding that bug.
+ *
+ *      That is, if this option is enabled, use of O_DIRECT is safe,
+ *      in circumstances where we would normally have avoided it as a
+ *      workaround for that bug.  This option is not relevant for all
+ *      backends, and even not necessarily supported for those for
+ *      which it is relevant.  A backend which knows that it is not
+ *      affected by the bug can ignore this option.
+ *
+ *      This option doesn't require a backend to use O_DIRECT, so it
+ *      should not be used to try to control the caching behaviour.
+ *
+ *--------------------------------- Features ---------------------------------
+ *
+ * feature-barrier
+ *      Values:         0/1 (boolean)
+ *      Default Value:  0
+ *
+ *      A value of "1" indicates that the backend can process requests
+ *      containing the BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER request opcode.  Requests
+ *      of this type may still be returned at any time with the
+ *      BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP result code.
+ *
+ * feature-flush-cache
+ *      Values:         0/1 (boolean)
+ *      Default Value:  0
+ *
+ *      A value of "1" indicates that the backend can process requests
+ *      containing the BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE request opcode.  Requests
+ *      of this type may still be returned at any time with the
+ *      BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP result code.
+ *
+ * feature-discard
+ *      Values:         0/1 (boolean)
+ *      Default Value:  0
+ *
+ *      A value of "1" indicates that the backend can process requests
+ *      containing the BLKIF_OP_DISCARD request opcode.  Requests
+ *      of this type may still be returned at any time with the
+ *      BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP result code.
+ *
+ * feature-persistent
+ *      Values:         0/1 (boolean)
+ *      Default Value:  0
+ *      Notes: 7
+ *
+ *      A value of "1" indicates that the backend can keep the grants used
+ *      by the frontend driver mapped, so the same set of grants should be
+ *      used in all transactions. The maximum number of grants the backend
+ *      can map persistently depends on the implementation, but ideally it
+ *      should be RING_SIZE * BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST. Using this
+ *      feature the backend doesn't need to unmap each grant, preventing
+ *      costly TLB flushes. The backend driver should only map grants
+ *      persistently if the frontend supports it. If a backend driver chooses
+ *      to use the persistent protocol when the frontend doesn't support it,
+ *      it will probably hit the maximum number of persistently mapped grants
+ *      (due to the fact that the frontend won't be reusing the same grants),
+ *      and fall back to non-persistent mode. Backend implementations may
+ *      shrink or expand the number of persistently mapped grants without
+ *      notifying the frontend depending on memory constraints (this might
+ *      cause a performance degradation).
+ *
+ *      If a backend driver wants to limit the maximum number of persistently
+ *      mapped grants to a value less than RING_SIZE *
+ *      BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST a LRU strategy should be used to
+ *      discard the grants that are less commonly used. Using a LRU in the
+ *      backend driver paired with a LIFO queue in the frontend will
+ *      allow us to have better performance in this scenario.
+ *
+ *----------------------- Request Transport Parameters ------------------------
+ *
+ * max-ring-page-order
+ *      Values:         <uint32_t>
+ *      Default Value:  0
+ *      Notes:          1, 3
+ *
+ *      The maximum supported size of the request ring buffer in units of
+ *      lb(machine pages). (e.g. 0 == 1 page,  1 = 2 pages, 2 == 4 pages,
+ *      etc.).
+ *
+ * max-ring-pages
+ *      Values:         <uint32_t>
+ *      Default Value:  1
+ *      Notes:          DEPRECATED, 2, 3
+ *
+ *      The maximum supported size of the request ring buffer in units of
+ *      machine pages.  The value must be a power of 2.
+ *
+ *------------------------- Backend Device Properties -------------------------
+ *
+ * discard-enable
+ *      Values:         0/1 (boolean)
+ *      Default Value:  1
+ *
+ *      This optional property, set by the toolstack, instructs the backend
+ *      to offer (or not to offer) discard to the frontend. If the property
+ *      is missing the backend should offer discard if the backing storage
+ *      actually supports it.
+ *
+ * discard-alignment
+ *      Values:         <uint32_t>
+ *      Default Value:  0
+ *      Notes:          4, 5
+ *
+ *      The offset, in bytes from the beginning of the virtual block device,
+ *      to the first, addressable, discard extent on the underlying device.
+ *
+ * discard-granularity
+ *      Values:         <uint32_t>
+ *      Default Value:  <"sector-size">
+ *      Notes:          4
+ *
+ *      The size, in bytes, of the individually addressable discard extents
+ *      of the underlying device.
+ *
+ * discard-secure
+ *      Values:         0/1 (boolean)
+ *      Default Value:  0
+ *      Notes:          10
+ *
+ *      A value of "1" indicates that the backend can process BLKIF_OP_DISCARD
+ *      requests with the BLKIF_DISCARD_SECURE flag set.
+ *
+ * info
+ *      Values:         <uint32_t> (bitmap)
+ *
+ *      A collection of bit flags describing attributes of the backing
+ *      device.  The VDISK_* macros define the meaning of each bit
+ *      location.
+ *
+ * sector-size
+ *      Values:         <uint32_t>
+ *
+ *      The logical block size, in bytes, of the underlying storage. This
+ *      must be a power of two with a minimum value of 512.
+ *
+ *      NOTE: Because of implementation bugs in some frontends this must be
+ *            set to 512, unless the frontend advertizes a non-zero value
+ *            in its "feature-large-sector-size" xenbus node. (See below).
+ *
+ * physical-sector-size
+ *      Values:         <uint32_t>
+ *      Default Value:  <"sector-size">
+ *
+ *      The physical block size, in bytes, of the backend storage. This
+ *      must be an integer multiple of "sector-size".
+ *
+ * sectors
+ *      Values:         <uint64_t>
+ *
+ *      The size of the backend device, expressed in units of "sector-size".
+ *      The product of "sector-size" and "sectors" must also be an integer
+ *      multiple of "physical-sector-size", if that node is present.
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************
+ *                            Frontend XenBus Nodes
+ *****************************************************************************
+ *
+ *----------------------- Request Transport Parameters -----------------------
+ *
+ * event-channel
+ *      Values:         <uint32_t>
+ *
+ *      The identifier of the Xen event channel used to signal activity
+ *      in the ring buffer.
+ *
+ * ring-ref
+ *      Values:         <uint32_t>
+ *      Notes:          6
+ *
+ *      The Xen grant reference granting permission for the backend to map
+ *      the sole page in a single page sized ring buffer.
+ *
+ * ring-ref%u
+ *      Values:         <uint32_t>
+ *      Notes:          6
+ *
+ *      For a frontend providing a multi-page ring, a "number of ring pages"
+ *      sized list of nodes, each containing a Xen grant reference granting
+ *      permission for the backend to map the page of the ring located
+ *      at page index "%u".  Page indexes are zero based.
+ *
+ * protocol
+ *      Values:         string (XEN_IO_PROTO_ABI_*)
+ *      Default Value:  XEN_IO_PROTO_ABI_NATIVE
+ *
+ *      The machine ABI rules governing the format of all ring request and
+ *      response structures.
+ *
+ * ring-page-order
+ *      Values:         <uint32_t>
+ *      Default Value:  0
+ *      Maximum Value:  MAX(ffs(max-ring-pages) - 1, max-ring-page-order)
+ *      Notes:          1, 3
+ *
+ *      The size of the frontend allocated request ring buffer in units
+ *      of lb(machine pages). (e.g. 0 == 1 page, 1 = 2 pages, 2 == 4 pages,
+ *      etc.).
+ *
+ * num-ring-pages
+ *      Values:         <uint32_t>
+ *      Default Value:  1
+ *      Maximum Value:  MAX(max-ring-pages,(0x1 << max-ring-page-order))
+ *      Notes:          DEPRECATED, 2, 3
+ *
+ *      The size of the frontend allocated request ring buffer in units of
+ *      machine pages.  The value must be a power of 2.
+ *
+ *--------------------------------- Features ---------------------------------
+ *
+ * feature-persistent
+ *      Values:         0/1 (boolean)
+ *      Default Value:  0
+ *      Notes: 7, 8, 9
+ *
+ *      A value of "1" indicates that the frontend will reuse the same grants
+ *      for all transactions, allowing the backend to map them with write
+ *      access (even when it should be read-only). If the frontend hits the
+ *      maximum number of allowed persistently mapped grants, it can fallback
+ *      to non persistent mode. This will cause a performance degradation,
+ *      since the the backend driver will still try to map those grants
+ *      persistently. Since the persistent grants protocol is compatible with
+ *      the previous protocol, a frontend driver can choose to work in
+ *      persistent mode even when the backend doesn't support it.
+ *
+ *      It is recommended that the frontend driver stores the persistently
+ *      mapped grants in a LIFO queue, so a subset of all persistently mapped
+ *      grants gets used commonly. This is done in case the backend driver
+ *      decides to limit the maximum number of persistently mapped grants
+ *      to a value less than RING_SIZE * BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST.
+ *
+ * feature-large-sector-size
+ *      Values:         0/1 (boolean)
+ *      Default Value:  0
+ *
+ *      A value of "1" indicates that the frontend will correctly supply and
+ *      interpret all sector-based quantities in terms of the "sector-size"
+ *      value supplied in the backend info, whatever that may be set to.
+ *      If this node is not present or its value is "0" then it is assumed
+ *      that the frontend requires that the logical block size is 512 as it
+ *      is hardcoded (which is the case in some frontend implementations).
+ *
+ *------------------------- Virtual Device Properties -------------------------
+ *
+ * device-type
+ *      Values:         "disk", "cdrom", "floppy", etc.
+ *
+ * virtual-device
+ *      Values:         <uint32_t>
+ *
+ *      A value indicating the physical device to virtualize within the
+ *      frontend's domain.  (e.g. "The first ATA disk", "The third SCSI
+ *      disk", etc.)
+ *
+ *      See docs/misc/vbd-interface.txt for details on the format of this
+ *      value.
+ *
+ * Notes
+ * -----
+ * (1) Multi-page ring buffer scheme first developed in the Citrix XenServer
+ *     PV drivers.
+ * (2) Multi-page ring buffer scheme first used in some RedHat distributions
+ *     including a distribution deployed on certain nodes of the Amazon
+ *     EC2 cluster.
+ * (3) Support for multi-page ring buffers was implemented independently,
+ *     in slightly different forms, by both Citrix and RedHat/Amazon.
+ *     For full interoperability, block front and backends should publish
+ *     identical ring parameters, adjusted for unit differences, to the
+ *     XenStore nodes used in both schemes.
+ * (4) Devices that support discard functionality may internally allocate space
+ *     (discardable extents) in units that are larger than the exported logical
+ *     block size. If the backing device has such discardable extents the
+ *     backend should provide both discard-granularity and discard-alignment.
+ *     Providing just one of the two may be considered an error by the frontend.
+ *     Backends supporting discard should include discard-granularity and
+ *     discard-alignment even if it supports discarding individual sectors.
+ *     Frontends should assume discard-alignment == 0 and discard-granularity
+ *     == sector size if these keys are missing.
+ * (5) The discard-alignment parameter allows a physical device to be
+ *     partitioned into virtual devices that do not necessarily begin or
+ *     end on a discardable extent boundary.
+ * (6) When there is only a single page allocated to the request ring,
+ *     'ring-ref' is used to communicate the grant reference for this
+ *     page to the backend.  When using a multi-page ring, the 'ring-ref'
+ *     node is not created.  Instead 'ring-ref0' - 'ring-refN' are used.
+ * (7) When using persistent grants data has to be copied from/to the page
+ *     where the grant is currently mapped. The overhead of doing this copy
+ *     however doesn't suppress the speed improvement of not having to unmap
+ *     the grants.
+ * (8) The frontend driver has to allow the backend driver to map all grants
+ *     with write access, even when they should be mapped read-only, since
+ *     further requests may reuse these grants and require write permissions.
+ * (9) Linux implementation doesn't have a limit on the maximum number of
+ *     grants that can be persistently mapped in the frontend driver, but
+ *     due to the frontent driver implementation it should never be bigger
+ *     than RING_SIZE * BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST.
+ *(10) The discard-secure property may be present and will be set to 1 if the
+ *     backing device supports secure discard.
+ *(11) Only used by Linux and NetBSD.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Multiple hardware queues/rings:
+ * If supported, the backend will write the key "multi-queue-max-queues" to
+ * the directory for that vbd, and set its value to the maximum supported
+ * number of queues.
+ * Frontends that are aware of this feature and wish to use it can write the
+ * key "multi-queue-num-queues" with the number they wish to use, which must be
+ * greater than zero, and no more than the value reported by the backend in
+ * "multi-queue-max-queues".
+ *
+ * For frontends requesting just one queue, the usual event-channel and
+ * ring-ref keys are written as before, simplifying the backend processing
+ * to avoid distinguishing between a frontend that doesn't understand the
+ * multi-queue feature, and one that does, but requested only one queue.
+ *
+ * Frontends requesting two or more queues must not write the toplevel
+ * event-channel and ring-ref keys, instead writing those keys under sub-keys
+ * having the name "queue-N" where N is the integer ID of the queue/ring for
+ * which those keys belong. Queues are indexed from zero.
+ * For example, a frontend with two queues must write the following set of
+ * queue-related keys:
+ *
+ * /local/domain/1/device/vbd/0/multi-queue-num-queues = "2"
+ * /local/domain/1/device/vbd/0/queue-0 = ""
+ * /local/domain/1/device/vbd/0/queue-0/ring-ref = "<ring-ref#0>"
+ * /local/domain/1/device/vbd/0/queue-0/event-channel = "<evtchn#0>"
+ * /local/domain/1/device/vbd/0/queue-1 = ""
+ * /local/domain/1/device/vbd/0/queue-1/ring-ref = "<ring-ref#1>"
+ * /local/domain/1/device/vbd/0/queue-1/event-channel = "<evtchn#1>"
+ *
+ * It is also possible to use multiple queues/rings together with
+ * feature multi-page ring buffer.
+ * For example, a frontend requests two queues/rings and the size of each ring
+ * buffer is two pages must write the following set of related keys:
+ *
+ * /local/domain/1/device/vbd/0/multi-queue-num-queues = "2"
+ * /local/domain/1/device/vbd/0/ring-page-order = "1"
+ * /local/domain/1/device/vbd/0/queue-0 = ""
+ * /local/domain/1/device/vbd/0/queue-0/ring-ref0 = "<ring-ref#0>"
+ * /local/domain/1/device/vbd/0/queue-0/ring-ref1 = "<ring-ref#1>"
+ * /local/domain/1/device/vbd/0/queue-0/event-channel = "<evtchn#0>"
+ * /local/domain/1/device/vbd/0/queue-1 = ""
+ * /local/domain/1/device/vbd/0/queue-1/ring-ref0 = "<ring-ref#2>"
+ * /local/domain/1/device/vbd/0/queue-1/ring-ref1 = "<ring-ref#3>"
+ * /local/domain/1/device/vbd/0/queue-1/event-channel = "<evtchn#1>"
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * STATE DIAGRAMS
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************
+ *                                   Startup                                 *
+ *****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Tool stack creates front and back nodes with state XenbusStateInitialising.
+ *
+ * Front                                Back
+ * =================================    =====================================
+ * XenbusStateInitialising              XenbusStateInitialising
+ *  o Query virtual device               o Query backend device identification
+ *    properties.                          data.
+ *  o Setup OS device instance.          o Open and validate backend device.
+ *                                       o Publish backend features and
+ *                                         transport parameters.
+ *                                                      |
+ *                                                      |
+ *                                                      V
+ *                                      XenbusStateInitWait
+ *
+ * o Query backend features and
+ *   transport parameters.
+ * o Allocate and initialize the
+ *   request ring.
+ * o Publish transport parameters
+ *   that will be in effect during
+ *   this connection.
+ *              |
+ *              |
+ *              V
+ * XenbusStateInitialised
+ *
+ *                                       o Query frontend transport parameters.
+ *                                       o Connect to the request ring and
+ *                                         event channel.
+ *                                       o Publish backend device properties.
+ *                                                      |
+ *                                                      |
+ *                                                      V
+ *                                      XenbusStateConnected
+ *
+ *  o Query backend device properties.
+ *  o Finalize OS virtual device
+ *    instance.
+ *              |
+ *              |
+ *              V
+ * XenbusStateConnected
+ *
+ * Note: Drivers that do not support any optional features, or the negotiation
+ *       of transport parameters, can skip certain states in the state machine:
+ *
+ *       o A frontend may transition to XenbusStateInitialised without
+ *         waiting for the backend to enter XenbusStateInitWait.  In this
+ *         case, default transport parameters are in effect and any
+ *         transport parameters published by the frontend must contain
+ *         their default values.
+ *
+ *       o A backend may transition to XenbusStateInitialised, bypassing
+ *         XenbusStateInitWait, without waiting for the frontend to first
+ *         enter the XenbusStateInitialised state.  In this case, default
+ *         transport parameters are in effect and any transport parameters
+ *         published by the backend must contain their default values.
+ *
+ *       Drivers that support optional features and/or transport parameter
+ *       negotiation must tolerate these additional state transition paths.
+ *       In general this means performing the work of any skipped state
+ *       transition, if it has not already been performed, in addition to the
+ *       work associated with entry into the current state.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * REQUEST CODES.
+ */
+#define BLKIF_OP_READ              0
+#define BLKIF_OP_WRITE             1
+/*
+ * All writes issued prior to a request with the BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER
+ * operation code ("barrier request") must be completed prior to the
+ * execution of the barrier request.  All writes issued after the barrier
+ * request must not execute until after the completion of the barrier request.
+ *
+ * Optional.  See "feature-barrier" XenBus node documentation above.
+ */
+#define BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER     2
+/*
+ * Commit any uncommitted contents of the backing device's volatile cache
+ * to stable storage.
+ *
+ * Optional.  See "feature-flush-cache" XenBus node documentation above.
+ */
+#define BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE   3
+/*
+ * Used in SLES sources for device specific command packet
+ * contained within the request. Reserved for that purpose.
+ */
+#define BLKIF_OP_RESERVED_1        4
+/*
+ * Indicate to the backend device that a region of storage is no longer in
+ * use, and may be discarded at any time without impact to the client.  If
+ * the BLKIF_DISCARD_SECURE flag is set on the request, all copies of the
+ * discarded region on the device must be rendered unrecoverable before the
+ * command returns.
+ *
+ * This operation is analogous to performing a trim (ATA) or unamp (SCSI),
+ * command on a native device.
+ *
+ * More information about trim/unmap operations can be found at:
+ * http://t13.org/Documents/UploadedDocuments/docs2008/
+ *     e07154r6-Data_Set_Management_Proposal_for_ATA-ACS2.doc
+ * http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/support/disc/manuals/
+ *     Interface%20manuals/100293068c.pdf
+ *
+ * Optional.  See "feature-discard", "discard-alignment",
+ * "discard-granularity", and "discard-secure" in the XenBus node
+ * documentation above.
+ */
+#define BLKIF_OP_DISCARD           5
+
+/*
+ * Recognized if "feature-max-indirect-segments" in present in the backend
+ * xenbus info. The "feature-max-indirect-segments" node contains the maximum
+ * number of segments allowed by the backend per request. If the node is
+ * present, the frontend might use blkif_request_indirect structs in order to
+ * issue requests with more than BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST (11). The
+ * maximum number of indirect segments is fixed by the backend, but the
+ * frontend can issue requests with any number of indirect segments as long as
+ * it's less than the number provided by the backend. The indirect_grefs field
+ * in blkif_request_indirect should be filled by the frontend with the
+ * grant references of the pages that are holding the indirect segments.
+ * These pages are filled with an array of blkif_request_segment that hold the
+ * information about the segments. The number of indirect pages to use is
+ * determined by the number of segments an indirect request contains. Every
+ * indirect page can contain a maximum of
+ * (PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct blkif_request_segment)) segments, so to
+ * calculate the number of indirect pages to use we have to do
+ * ceil(indirect_segments / (PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct blkif_request_segment))).
+ *
+ * If a backend does not recognize BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT, it should *not*
+ * create the "feature-max-indirect-segments" node!
+ */
+#define BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT          6
+
+/*
+ * Maximum scatter/gather segments per request.
+ * This is carefully chosen so that sizeof(blkif_ring_t) <= 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
+
+/*
+ * Maximum number of indirect pages to use per request.
+ */
+#define BLKIF_MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES_PER_REQUEST 8
+
+/*
+ * NB. 'first_sect' and 'last_sect' in blkif_request_segment, as well as
+ * 'sector_number' in blkif_request, blkif_request_discard and
+ * blkif_request_indirect are sector-based quantities. See the description
+ * of the "feature-large-sector-size" frontend xenbus node above for
+ * more information.
+ */
+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;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Starting ring element for any I/O request.
+ */
+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 seg[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+};
+typedef struct blkif_request blkif_request_t;
+
+/*
+ * Cast to this structure when blkif_request.operation == BLKIF_OP_DISCARD
+ * sizeof(struct blkif_request_discard) <= sizeof(struct blkif_request)
+ */
+struct blkif_request_discard {
+    uint8_t        operation;    /* BLKIF_OP_DISCARD                     */
+    uint8_t        flag;         /* BLKIF_DISCARD_SECURE or zero         */
+#define BLKIF_DISCARD_SECURE (1<<0)  /* ignored if discard-secure=0      */
+    blkif_vdev_t   handle;       /* same as for read/write requests      */
+    uint64_t       id;           /* private guest value, echoed in resp  */
+    blkif_sector_t sector_number;/* start sector idx on disk             */
+    uint64_t       nr_sectors;   /* number of contiguous sectors to discard*/
+};
+typedef struct blkif_request_discard blkif_request_discard_t;
+
+struct blkif_request_indirect {
+    uint8_t        operation;    /* BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT                    */
+    uint8_t        indirect_op;  /* BLKIF_OP_{READ/WRITE}                */
+    uint16_t       nr_segments;  /* number of segments                   */
+    uint64_t       id;           /* private guest value, echoed in resp  */
+    blkif_sector_t sector_number;/* start sector idx on disk (r/w only)  */
+    blkif_vdev_t   handle;       /* same as for read/write requests      */
+    grant_ref_t    indirect_grefs[BLKIF_MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES_PER_REQUEST];
+#ifdef __i386__
+    uint64_t       pad;          /* Make it 64 byte aligned on i386      */
+#endif
+};
+typedef struct blkif_request_indirect blkif_request_indirect_t;
+
+struct blkif_response {
+    uint64_t        id;              /* copied from request */
+    uint8_t         operation;       /* copied from request */
+    int16_t         status;          /* BLKIF_RSP_???       */
+};
+typedef struct blkif_response blkif_response_t;
+
+/*
+ * 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__ */