virtio-gpu api: blob resources
A blob resource is a container for: - VIRTIO_GPU_BLOB_MEM_GUEST: a guest memory allocation (referred to as a "guest-only blob resource") - VIRTIO_GPU_BLOB_MEM_HOST3D: a host3d memory allocation (referred to as a "host-only blob resource") - VIRTIO_GPU_BLOB_MEM_HOST3D_GUEST: a guest + host3d memory allocation (referred to as a "default blob resource"). The memory properties of the blob resource must be described by `blob_mem`. For default and guest only blob resources set, `nents` guest system pages are assigned to the resource. For default blob resources, these guest pages are used for transfer operations. Attach/detach is also possible to allow swap-in/swap-out, but isn't required since it may not be applicable to future blob mem types (shared guest/guest vram). Host allocations depend on whether the 3D is supported. If 3D is not supported, the only valid field for `blob_mem` is VIRTIO_GPU_BLOB_MEM_GUEST. If 3D is supported, the virtio-gpu resource is created from the context local object identified by the `blob_id`. The actual host allocation done by the CMD_SUBMIT_3D. Userspace must specify if the blob resource is intended to be used for userspace mapping, sharing between virtio-gpu contexts and/or sharing between virtio devices. This is done via `blob_flags`. For 3D hosts, both VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_TRANSFER_TO_HOST_3D and VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_TRANSFER_FROM_HOST_3D may be used to update the host resource. There is no restriction on the image/buffer view the guest/host userspace has on the blob resource. VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_SET_SCANOUT_BLOB / VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_FLUSH may be used with blob resources as well. The modifier is intentionally left out of SCANOUT_BLOB, and auxilary blobs are also left out as a simplification. The use case for blob resources is zero-copy, needed for coherent memory in virglrenderer. Host only blob resources are not mappable without the feature described in the next patch, but are shareable. Future work: - Emulated coherent `blob_mem` type for QEMU/vhost-user - A `blob_mem` type for guest-only resources imported in cache-coherent FOSS GPU/display drivers. - Display integration involving the blob model using seamless Wayland windows. Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> Acked-by: Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@collabora.com> Acked-by: Chia-I Wu <olvaffe@gmail.com> Acked-by: Lingfeng Yang <lfy@google.com> Link: http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20200924003214.662-3-gurchetansingh@chromium.orgCo-developed-by: Gurchetan Singh <gurchetansingh@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Gurchetan Singh <gurchetansingh@chromium.org>
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