[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 kernel 2/5] virtio-balloon: define new feature bit and head struct

[Liang Li]

Add a new feature which supports sending the page information
with range array. The current implementation uses PFNs array,
which is not very efficient. Using ranges can improve the
performance of inflating/deflating significantly.

Signed-off-by: Liang Li <address@hidden>
Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <address@hidden>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
Cc: Cornelia Huck <address@hidden>
Cc: Amit Shah <address@hidden>
Cc: Dave Hansen <address@hidden>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <address@hidden>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <address@hidden>
---
 include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h 
b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h
index 343d7dd..2f850bf 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h
@@ -34,10 +34,14 @@
 #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_MUST_TELL_HOST        0 /* Tell before reclaiming 
pages */
 #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_STATS_VQ      1 /* Memory Stats virtqueue */
 #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_DEFLATE_ON_OOM        2 /* Deflate balloon on OOM */
+#define VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_RANGE    3 /* Send page info with ranges */
 
 /* Size of a PFN in the balloon interface. */
 #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_PFN_SHIFT 12
 
+/* Bits width for the length of the pfn range */
+#define VIRTIO_BALLOON_NR_PFN_BITS 12
+
 struct virtio_balloon_config {
        /* Number of pages host wants Guest to give up. */
        __u32 num_pages;
@@ -82,4 +86,12 @@ struct virtio_balloon_stat {
        __virtio64 val;
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
+/* Response header structure */
+struct virtio_balloon_resp_hdr {
+       __le64 cmd : 8; /* Distinguish different requests type */
+       __le64 flag: 8; /* Mark status for a specific request type */
+       __le64 id : 16; /* Distinguish requests of a specific type */
+       __le64 data_len: 32; /* Length of the following data, in bytes */
+};
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_VIRTIO_BALLOON_H */
-- 
1.9.1