xen-gntalloc: Userspace grant allocation driver

This allows a userspace application to allocate a shared page for
implementing inter-domain communication or device drivers. These
shared pages can be mapped using the gntdev device or by the kernel
in another domain.
Signed-off-by: Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@tycho.nsa.gov>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>

drivers/xen/Kconfig

@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ config XEN_GNTDEV
 	help
 	  Allows userspace processes to use grants.
 
+config XEN_GRANT_DEV_ALLOC
+	tristate "User-space grant reference allocator driver"
+	depends on XEN
+	help
+	  Allows userspace processes to create pages with access granted
+	  to other domains. This can be used to implement frontend drivers
+	  or as part of an inter-domain shared memory channel.
+
 config XEN_PLATFORM_PCI
 	tristate "xen platform pci device driver"
 	depends on XEN_PVHVM && PCI

drivers/xen/Makefile

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_XENCOMM)	+= xencomm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_BALLOON)	+= balloon.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_DEV_EVTCHN)	+= xen-evtchn.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_GNTDEV)	+= xen-gntdev.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_GRANT_DEV_ALLOC)	+= xen-gntalloc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XENFS)		+= xenfs/
 obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_SYS_HYPERVISOR)	+= sys-hypervisor.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_PLATFORM_PCI)	+= xen-platform-pci.o
@@ -18,5 +19,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_DOM0)		+= pci.o
 
 xen-evtchn-y			:= evtchn.o
 xen-gntdev-y				:= gntdev.o
+xen-gntalloc-y				:= gntalloc.o
 
 xen-platform-pci-y		:= platform-pci.o

include/xen/gntalloc.h

+/******************************************************************************
+ * gntalloc.h
+ *
+ * Interface to /dev/xen/gntalloc.
+ *
+ * Author: Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@tycho.nsa.gov>
+ *
+ * This file is in the public domain.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_PUBLIC_GNTALLOC_H__
+#define __LINUX_PUBLIC_GNTALLOC_H__
+
+/*
+ * Allocates a new page and creates a new grant reference.
+ */
+#define IOCTL_GNTALLOC_ALLOC_GREF \
+_IOC(_IOC_NONE, 'G', 5, sizeof(struct ioctl_gntalloc_alloc_gref))
+struct ioctl_gntalloc_alloc_gref {
+	/* IN parameters */
+	/* The ID of the domain to be given access to the grants. */
+	uint16_t domid;
+	/* Flags for this mapping */
+	uint16_t flags;
+	/* Number of pages to map */
+	uint32_t count;
+	/* OUT parameters */
+	/* The offset to be used on a subsequent call to mmap(). */
+	uint64_t index;
+	/* The grant references of the newly created grant, one per page */
+	/* Variable size, depending on count */
+	uint32_t gref_ids[1];
+};
+
+#define GNTALLOC_FLAG_WRITABLE 1
+
+/*
+ * Deallocates the grant reference, allowing the associated page to be freed if
+ * no other domains are using it.
+ */
+#define IOCTL_GNTALLOC_DEALLOC_GREF \
+_IOC(_IOC_NONE, 'G', 6, sizeof(struct ioctl_gntalloc_dealloc_gref))
+struct ioctl_gntalloc_dealloc_gref {
+	/* IN parameters */
+	/* The offset returned in the map operation */
+	uint64_t index;
+	/* Number of references to unmap */
+	uint32_t count;
+};
+#endif /* __LINUX_PUBLIC_GNTALLOC_H__ */