docs: powerpc: fix some issues at vas-api.rst (cadcb83f) · Commits · 戴 / test

Documentation/powerpc/vas-api.rst

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		@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ Applications may chose a specific instance of the NX co-processor using
		the vas_id field in the VAS_TX_WIN_OPEN ioctl as detailed below.

		A userspace library libnxz is available here but still in development:

		https://github.com/abalib/power-gzip

		Applications that use inflate / deflate calls can link with libnxz
		@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ Applications should use the VAS_TX_WIN_OPEN ioctl as follows to establish
		a connection with NX co-processor engine:

		::

		struct vas_tx_win_open_attr {
		__u32 version;
		__s16 vas_id; /* specific instance of vas or -1
		@@ -119,8 +121,10 @@ a connection with NX co-processor engine:
		__u64 reserved2[6];
		};

		version: The version field must be currently set to 1.
		vas_id: If '-1' is passed, kernel will make a best-effort attempt
		version:
		The version field must be currently set to 1.
		vas_id:
		If '-1' is passed, kernel will make a best-effort attempt
		to assign an optimal instance of NX for the process. To
		select the specific VAS instance, refer
		"Discovery of available VAS engines" section below.
		@@ -129,7 +133,8 @@ a connection with NX co-processor engine:
		and must be set to 0.

		The attributes attr for the VAS_TX_WIN_OPEN ioctl are defined as
		follows:
		follows::

		#define VAS_MAGIC 'v'
		#define VAS_TX_WIN_OPEN _IOW(VAS_MAGIC, 1,
		struct vas_tx_win_open_attr)
		@@ -141,6 +146,8 @@ a connection with NX co-processor engine:
		returns -1 and sets the errno variable to indicate the error.

		Error conditions:

		====== ================================================
		EINVAL fd does not refer to a valid VAS device.
		EINVAL Invalid vas ID
		EINVAL version is not set with proper value
		@@ -149,6 +156,7 @@ a connection with NX co-processor engine:
		ENOSPC System has too many active windows (connections)
		opened
		EINVAL reserved fields are not set to 0.
		====== ================================================

		See the ioctl(2) man page for more details, error codes and
		restrictions.
		@@ -158,11 +166,13 @@ mmap() NX-GZIP device

		The mmap() system call for a NX-GZIP device fd returns a paste_address
		that the application can use to copy/paste its CRB to the hardware engines.

		::

		paste_addr = mmap(addr, size, prot, flags, fd, offset);

		Only restrictions on mmap for a NX-GZIP device fd are:

		* size should be PAGE_SIZE
		* offset parameter should be 0ULL

		@@ -170,10 +180,12 @@ that the application can use to copy/paste its CRB to the hardware engines.
		In addition to the error conditions listed on the mmap(2) man
		page, can also fail with one of the following error codes:

		====== =============================================
		EINVAL fd is not associated with an open window
		(i.e mmap() does not follow a successful call
		to the VAS_TX_WIN_OPEN ioctl).
		EINVAL offset field is not 0ULL.
		====== =============================================

		Discovery of available VAS engines
		==================================
		@@ -210,7 +222,7 @@ In case if NX encounters translation error (called NX page fault) on CSB
		address or any request buffer, raises an interrupt on the CPU to handle the
		fault. Page fault can happen if an application passes invalid addresses or
		request buffers are not in memory. The operating system handles the fault by
		updating CSB with the following data:
		updating CSB with the following data::

		csb.flags = CSB_V;
		csb.cc = CSB_CC_TRANSLATION;
		@@ -223,7 +235,7 @@ the application can resend this request to NX.

		If the OS can not update CSB due to invalid CSB address, sends SEGV signal
		to the process who opened the send window on which the original request was
		issued. This signal returns with the following siginfo struct:
		issued. This signal returns with the following siginfo struct::

		siginfo.si_signo = SIGSEGV;
		siginfo.si_errno = EFAULT;
		@@ -248,6 +260,7 @@ Simple example
		==============

		::

		int use_nx_gzip()
		{
		int rc, fd;

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