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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.org
Co-developed-by: Gurchetan Singh <gurchetansingh@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Gurchetan Singh <gurchetansingh@chromium.org>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.