vfio: allow DMA map to the default container

Enable users the option to call rte_vfio_dma_map with request to map
to the default vfio fd.

Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
Acked-by: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_05.rst
index 4e99118..8613282 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_05.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_05.rst
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ API Changes
   ``rte_service_attr_get()`` has been changed
   from ``uint32_t *`` to ``uint64_t *``.
 
+* vfio: Functions ``rte_vfio_container_dma_map`` and
+  ``rte_vfio_container_dma_unmap`` have been extended with an option to
+  request mapping or un-mapping to the default vfio container fd.
+
 
 ABI Changes
 -----------

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.