cpu: Add documentation for CPU driver APIs

Signed-off-by: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar@redhat.com>
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Jiri Denemark 2014-03-26 15:45:50 +01:00
parent 844a5c1eed
commit a1b1fcdcfe

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@ -77,6 +77,19 @@ cpuGetSubDriver(virArch arch)
}
/**
* cpuCompareXML:
*
* @host: host CPU definition
* @xml: XML description of either guest or host CPU to be compared with @host
*
* Compares the CPU described by @xml with @host CPU.
*
* Returns VIR_CPU_COMPARE_ERROR on error, VIR_CPU_COMPARE_INCOMPATIBLE when
* the two CPUs are incompatible, VIR_CPU_COMPARE_IDENTICAL when the two CPUs
* are identical, VIR_CPU_COMPARE_SUPERSET when the @xml CPU is a superset of
* the @host CPU.
*/
virCPUCompareResult
cpuCompareXML(virCPUDefPtr host,
const char *xml)
@ -112,6 +125,19 @@ cpuCompareXML(virCPUDefPtr host,
}
/**
* cpuCompare:
*
* @host: host CPU definition
* @cpu: either guest or host CPU to be compared with @host
*
* Compares the CPU described by @cpu with @host CPU.
*
* Returns VIR_CPU_COMPARE_ERROR on error, VIR_CPU_COMPARE_INCOMPATIBLE when
* the two CPUs are incompatible, VIR_CPU_COMPARE_IDENTICAL when the two CPUs
* are identical, VIR_CPU_COMPARE_SUPERSET when the @cpu CPU is a superset of
* the @host CPU.
*/
virCPUCompareResult
cpuCompare(virCPUDefPtr host,
virCPUDefPtr cpu)
@ -134,6 +160,31 @@ cpuCompare(virCPUDefPtr host,
}
/**
* cpuDecode:
*
* @cpu: CPU definition stub to be filled in
* @data: internal CPU data to be decoded into @cpu definition
* @models: list of CPU models that can be considered when decoding @data
* @nmodels: number of CPU models in @models
* @preferred: CPU models that should be used if possible
*
* Decodes internal CPU data into a CPU definition consisting of a CPU model
* and a list of CPU features. The @cpu model stub is supposed to have arch,
* type, match and fallback members set, this function will add the rest. If
* @models list is NULL, all models supported by libvirt will be considered
* when decoding the data. In general, this function will select the model
* closest to the CPU specified by @data unless @preferred is non-NULL, in
* which case the @preferred model will be used as long as it is compatible
* with @data.
*
* For VIR_ARCH_I686 and VIR_ARCH_X86_64 architectures this means the computed
* CPU definition will have the shortest possible list of additional features.
* When @preferred is non-NULL, the @preferred model will be used even if
* other models would result in a shorter list of additional features.
*
* Returns 0 on success, -1 on error.
*/
int
cpuDecode(virCPUDefPtr cpu,
const virCPUData *data,
@ -177,6 +228,25 @@ cpuDecode(virCPUDefPtr cpu,
}
/**
* cpuEncode:
*
* @arch: CPU architecture
* @cpu: CPU definition to be encoded into internal CPU driver representation
* @forced: where to store CPU data corresponding to forced features
* @required: where to store CPU data corresponding to required features
* @optional: where to store CPU data corresponding to optional features
* @disabled: where to store CPU data corresponding to disabled features
* @forbidden: where to store CPU data corresponding to forbidden features
* @vendor: where to store CPU data corresponding to CPU vendor
*
* Encode CPU definition from @cpu into internal CPU driver representation.
* Any of @forced, @required, @optional, @disabled, @forbidden and @vendor
* arguments can be NULL in case the caller is not interested in the
* corresponding data.
*
* Returns 0 on success, -1 on error.
*/
int
cpuEncode(virArch arch,
const virCPUDef *cpu,
@ -209,6 +279,15 @@ cpuEncode(virArch arch,
}
/**
* cpuDataFree:
*
* @data: CPU data structure to be freed
*
* Free internal CPU data.
*
* Returns nothing.
*/
void
cpuDataFree(virCPUDataPtr data)
{
@ -233,6 +312,13 @@ cpuDataFree(virCPUDataPtr data)
}
/**
* cpuNodeData:
*
* @arch: CPU architecture
*
* Returns CPU data for host CPU or NULL on error.
*/
virCPUDataPtr
cpuNodeData(virArch arch)
{
@ -254,6 +340,23 @@ cpuNodeData(virArch arch)
}
/**
* cpuGuestData:
*
* @host: host CPU definition
* @guest: guest CPU definition
* @data: computed guest CPU data
* @msg: error message describing why the @guest and @host CPUs are considered
* incompatible
*
* Computes guest CPU data for the @guest CPU definition when run on the @host
* CPU.
*
* Returns VIR_CPU_COMPARE_ERROR on error, VIR_CPU_COMPARE_INCOMPATIBLE when
* the two CPUs are incompatible (@msg will describe the incompatibility),
* VIR_CPU_COMPARE_IDENTICAL when the two CPUs are identical,
* VIR_CPU_COMPARE_SUPERSET when the @guest CPU is a superset of the @host CPU.
*/
virCPUCompareResult
cpuGuestData(virCPUDefPtr host,
virCPUDefPtr guest,
@ -278,6 +381,27 @@ cpuGuestData(virCPUDefPtr host,
}
/**
* cpuBaselineXML:
*
* @xmlCPUs: list of host CPU XML descriptions
* @ncpus: number of CPUs in @xmlCPUs
* @models: list of CPU models that can be considered for the baseline CPU
* @nmodels: number of CPU models in @models
* @flags: bitwise-OR of virConnectBaselineCPUFlags
*
* Computes the most feature-rich CPU which is compatible with all given
* host CPUs. If @models array is NULL, all models supported by libvirt will
* be considered when computing the baseline CPU model, otherwise the baseline
* CPU model will be one of the provided CPU @models.
*
* If @flags includes VIR_CONNECT_BASELINE_CPU_EXPAND_FEATURES then libvirt
* will explicitly list all CPU features that are part of the host CPU,
* without this flag features that are part of the CPU model will not be
* listed.
*
* Returns XML description of the baseline CPU or NULL on error.
*/
char *
cpuBaselineXML(const char **xmlCPUs,
unsigned int ncpus,
@ -353,6 +477,27 @@ cpuBaselineXML(const char **xmlCPUs,
}
/**
* cpuBaseline:
*
* @cpus: list of host CPU definitions
* @ncpus: number of CPUs in @cpus
* @models: list of CPU models that can be considered for the baseline CPU
* @nmodels: number of CPU models in @models
* @flags: bitwise-OR of virConnectBaselineCPUFlags
*
* Computes the most feature-rich CPU which is compatible with all given
* host CPUs. If @models array is NULL, all models supported by libvirt will
* be considered when computing the baseline CPU model, otherwise the baseline
* CPU model will be one of the provided CPU @models.
*
* If @flags includes VIR_CONNECT_BASELINE_CPU_EXPAND_FEATURES then libvirt
* will explicitly list all CPU features that are part of the host CPU,
* without this flag features that are part of the CPU model will not be
* listed.
*
* Returns baseline CPU definition or NULL on error.
*/
virCPUDefPtr
cpuBaseline(virCPUDefPtr *cpus,
unsigned int ncpus,
@ -404,6 +549,20 @@ cpuBaseline(virCPUDefPtr *cpus,
}
/**
* cpuUpdate:
*
* @guest: guest CPU definition
* @host: host CPU definition
*
* Updates @guest CPU definition according to @host CPU. This is required to
* support guest CPU definition which are relative to host CPU, such as CPUs
* with VIR_CPU_MODE_CUSTOM and optional features or VIR_CPU_MATCH_MINIMUM, or
* CPUs with non-custom mode (VIR_CPU_MODE_HOST_MODEL,
* VIR_CPU_MODE_HOST_PASSTHROUGH).
*
* Returns 0 on success, -1 on error.
*/
int
cpuUpdate(virCPUDefPtr guest,
const virCPUDef *host)
@ -425,6 +584,18 @@ cpuUpdate(virCPUDefPtr guest,
return driver->update(guest, host);
}
/**
* cpuHasFeature:
*
* @data: internal CPU representation
* @feature: feature to be checked for
*
* Checks whether @feature is supported by the CPU described by @data.
*
* Returns 1 if the feature is supported, 0 if it's not supported, or
* -1 on error.
*/
int
cpuHasFeature(const virCPUData *data,
const char *feature)
@ -446,6 +617,16 @@ cpuHasFeature(const virCPUData *data,
return driver->hasFeature(data, feature);
}
/**
* cpuDataFormat:
*
* @data: internal CPU representation
*
* Formats @data into XML for test purposes.
*
* Returns string representation of the XML describing @data or NULL on error.
*/
char *
cpuDataFormat(const virCPUData *data)
{
@ -466,6 +647,17 @@ cpuDataFormat(const virCPUData *data)
return driver->dataFormat(data);
}
/**
* cpuDataParse:
*
* @arch: CPU architecture
* @xmlStr: XML string produced by cpuDataFormat
*
* Parses XML representation of virCPUData structure for test purposes.
*
* Returns internal CPU data structure parsed from the XML or NULL on error.
*/
virCPUDataPtr
cpuDataParse(virArch arch,
const char *xmlStr)
@ -541,6 +733,16 @@ cpuGetArchModels(const char *arch, struct cpuGetModelsData *data)
}
/**
* cpuGetModels:
*
* @archName: CPU architecture string
* @models: where to store the list of supported models
*
* Fetches all CPU models supported by libvirt on @archName.
*
* Returns number of supported CPU models or -1 on error.
*/
int
cpuGetModels(const char *archName, char ***models)
{