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<title>NTB: Add Messaging NTB API</title>
<updated>2017-07-06T15:30:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Serge Semin</name>
<email>fancer.lancer@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2016-12-20T09:48:20+00:00</published>
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Some IDT NTB-capable PCIe-switches have message registers to communicate with
peer devices. This patch adds new NTB API callback methods, which can be used
to utilize these registers functionality:
 ntb_msg_count(); - get number of message registers
 ntb_msg_inbits(); - get bitfield of inbound message registers status
 ntb_msg_outbits(); - get bitfield of outbound message registers status
 ntb_msg_read_sts(); - read the inbound and outbound message registers status
 ntb_msg_clear_sts(); - clear status bits of message registers
 ntb_msg_set_mask(); - mask interrupts raised by status bits of message
registers.
 ntb_msg_clear_mask(); - clear interrupts mask bits of message registers
 ntb_msg_read(midx, *pidx); - read message register with specified index,
additionally getting peer port index which data received from
 ntb_msg_write(midx, pidx); - write data to the specified message register
sending it to the passed peer device connected over a pidx port
 ntb_msg_event(); - notify driver context of a new message event

Of course there is hardware which doesn't support Message registers, so
this API is made optional.

Signed-off-by: Serge Semin &lt;fancer.lancer@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Allen Hubbe &lt;Allen.Hubbe@dell.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Mason &lt;jdmason@kudzu.us&gt;
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Some IDT NTB-capable PCIe-switches have message registers to communicate with
peer devices. This patch adds new NTB API callback methods, which can be used
to utilize these registers functionality:
 ntb_msg_count(); - get number of message registers
 ntb_msg_inbits(); - get bitfield of inbound message registers status
 ntb_msg_outbits(); - get bitfield of outbound message registers status
 ntb_msg_read_sts(); - read the inbound and outbound message registers status
 ntb_msg_clear_sts(); - clear status bits of message registers
 ntb_msg_set_mask(); - mask interrupts raised by status bits of message
registers.
 ntb_msg_clear_mask(); - clear interrupts mask bits of message registers
 ntb_msg_read(midx, *pidx); - read message register with specified index,
additionally getting peer port index which data received from
 ntb_msg_write(midx, pidx); - write data to the specified message register
sending it to the passed peer device connected over a pidx port
 ntb_msg_event(); - notify driver context of a new message event

Of course there is hardware which doesn't support Message registers, so
this API is made optional.

Signed-off-by: Serge Semin &lt;fancer.lancer@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Allen Hubbe &lt;Allen.Hubbe@dell.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Mason &lt;jdmason@kudzu.us&gt;
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<title>NTB: Alter MW API to support multi-ports devices</title>
<updated>2017-07-06T15:30:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Serge Semin</name>
<email>fancer.lancer@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-01-11T00:11:33+00:00</published>
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Multi-port NTB devices permit to share a memory between all accessible peers.
Memory Windows API is altered to correspondingly initialize and map memory
windows for such devices:
 ntb_mw_count(pidx); - number of inbound memory windows, which can be allocated
for shared buffer with specified peer device.
 ntb_mw_get_align(pidx, widx); - get alignment and size restriction parameters
to properly allocate inbound memory region.
 ntb_peer_mw_count(); - get number of outbound memory windows.
 ntb_peer_mw_get_addr(widx); - get mapping address of an outbound memory window

If hardware supports inbound translation configured on the local ntb port:
 ntb_mw_set_trans(pidx, widx); - set translation address of allocated inbound
memory window so a peer device could access it.
 ntb_mw_clear_trans(pidx, widx); - clear the translation address of an inbound
memory window.

If hardware supports outbound translation configured on the peer ntb port:
 ntb_peer_mw_set_trans(pidx, widx); - set translation address of a memory
window retrieved from a peer device
 ntb_peer_mw_clear_trans(pidx, widx); - clear the translation address of an
outbound memory window

Signed-off-by: Serge Semin &lt;fancer.lancer@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Allen Hubbe &lt;Allen.Hubbe@dell.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Mason &lt;jdmason@kudzu.us&gt;
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Multi-port NTB devices permit to share a memory between all accessible peers.
Memory Windows API is altered to correspondingly initialize and map memory
windows for such devices:
 ntb_mw_count(pidx); - number of inbound memory windows, which can be allocated
for shared buffer with specified peer device.
 ntb_mw_get_align(pidx, widx); - get alignment and size restriction parameters
to properly allocate inbound memory region.
 ntb_peer_mw_count(); - get number of outbound memory windows.
 ntb_peer_mw_get_addr(widx); - get mapping address of an outbound memory window

If hardware supports inbound translation configured on the local ntb port:
 ntb_mw_set_trans(pidx, widx); - set translation address of allocated inbound
memory window so a peer device could access it.
 ntb_mw_clear_trans(pidx, widx); - clear the translation address of an inbound
memory window.

If hardware supports outbound translation configured on the peer ntb port:
 ntb_peer_mw_set_trans(pidx, widx); - set translation address of a memory
window retrieved from a peer device
 ntb_peer_mw_clear_trans(pidx, widx); - clear the translation address of an
outbound memory window

Signed-off-by: Serge Semin &lt;fancer.lancer@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Allen Hubbe &lt;Allen.Hubbe@dell.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Mason &lt;jdmason@kudzu.us&gt;
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<entry>
<title>NTB: Add indexed ports NTB API</title>
<updated>2017-07-06T15:30:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Serge Semin</name>
<email>fancer.lancer@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-12-13T23:49:14+00:00</published>
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There is some NTB hardware, which can combine more than just two domains
over NTB. For instance, some IDT PCIe-switches can have NTB-functions
activated on more than two-ports. The different domains are distinguished
by ports they are connected to. So the new port-related methods are added to
the NTB API:
 ntb_port_number() - return local port
 ntb_peer_port_count() - return number of peers local port can connect to
 ntb_peer_port_number(pdix) - return port number by it index
 ntb_peer_port_idx(port) - return port index by it number

Current test-drivers aren't changed much. They still support two-ports devices
for the time being while multi-ports hardware drivers aren't added.

By default port-related API is declared for two-ports hardware.
So corresponding hardware drivers won't need to implement it.

Signed-off-by: Serge Semin &lt;fancer.lancer@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Mason &lt;jdmason@kudzu.us&gt;
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There is some NTB hardware, which can combine more than just two domains
over NTB. For instance, some IDT PCIe-switches can have NTB-functions
activated on more than two-ports. The different domains are distinguished
by ports they are connected to. So the new port-related methods are added to
the NTB API:
 ntb_port_number() - return local port
 ntb_peer_port_count() - return number of peers local port can connect to
 ntb_peer_port_number(pdix) - return port number by it index
 ntb_peer_port_idx(port) - return port index by it number

Current test-drivers aren't changed much. They still support two-ports devices
for the time being while multi-ports hardware drivers aren't added.

By default port-related API is declared for two-ports hardware.
So corresponding hardware drivers won't need to implement it.

Signed-off-by: Serge Semin &lt;fancer.lancer@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Mason &lt;jdmason@kudzu.us&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ntb: avoid format string in dev_set_name</title>
<updated>2015-08-09T20:32:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>keescook@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-07-24T23:35:59+00:00</published>
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Avoid any chance of format string expansion when calling dev_set_name.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Mason &lt;jdmason@kudzu.us&gt;
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Avoid any chance of format string expansion when calling dev_set_name.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Mason &lt;jdmason@kudzu.us&gt;
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<entry>
<title>NTB: Add NTB hardware abstraction layer</title>
<updated>2015-07-04T18:04:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Allen Hubbe</name>
<email>Allen.Hubbe@emc.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-04-09T14:33:20+00:00</published>
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Abstract the NTB device behind a programming interface, so that it can
support different hardware and client drivers.

Signed-off-by: Allen Hubbe &lt;Allen.Hubbe@emc.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Mason &lt;jdmason@kudzu.us&gt;
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Abstract the NTB device behind a programming interface, so that it can
support different hardware and client drivers.

Signed-off-by: Allen Hubbe &lt;Allen.Hubbe@emc.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Mason &lt;jdmason@kudzu.us&gt;
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