vfio: allow DMA map to the default container

[dpdk.git] / lib / librte_eal / common / include / rte_vfio.h

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_vfio.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_vfio.h
index 4b3a91e..247fa2f 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_vfio.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_vfio.h
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ struct vfio_device_info;
 
 #endif /* VFIO_PRESENT */
 
+#define RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD (-1)
+
 /**
  * Setup vfio_cfg for the device identified by its address.
  * It discovers the configured I/O MMU groups or sets a new one for the device.
@@ -351,7 +353,8 @@ rte_vfio_container_group_unbind(int container_fd, int iommu_group_num);
  * Perform DMA mapping for devices in a container.
  *
  * @param container_fd
- *   the specified container fd
+ *   the specified container fd. Use RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD to
+ *   use the default container.
  *
  * @param vaddr
  *   Starting virtual address of memory to be mapped.
@@ -374,7 +377,8 @@ rte_vfio_container_dma_map(int container_fd, uint64_t vaddr,
  * Perform DMA unmapping for devices in a container.
  *
  * @param container_fd
- *   the specified container fd
+ *   the specified container fd. Use RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD to
+ *   use the default container.
  *
  * @param vaddr
  *   Starting virtual address of memory to be unmapped.