From: Michael Kelley <mhkelley58@gmail.com>
To: haiyangz@microsoft.com, wei.liu@kernel.org, decui@microsoft.com,
corbet@lwn.net, skhan@linuxfoundation.org, rdunlap@infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/1] Documentation: hyperv: Update documentation for sending VMBus packets
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 11:40:56 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261009184056.7382-1-mhklinux@outlook.com> (raw)
The functions for sending VMBus packets have changed.
vmbus_sendpacket_mpb_desc() can target multiple ranges, and
vmbus_sendpacket_pagebuffer() has been removed. vmbus_sendpacket_getid()
has been added. Update the documentation accordingly.
Fixes: 45a442fe369e ("Drivers: hv: vmbus: Remove vmbus_sendpacket_pagebuffer()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com>
---
Changes in v2:
* Add vmbus_sendpacket_getid() to the documentation. [Naman Jain]
Documentation/virt/hyperv/vmbus.rst | 17 +++++++++--------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/hyperv/vmbus.rst b/Documentation/virt/hyperv/vmbus.rst
index 654bb4849972..9c5b712c6e39 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/hyperv/vmbus.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/hyperv/vmbus.rst
@@ -141,14 +141,15 @@ Three functions exist to send VMBus channel messages:
1. vmbus_sendpacket(): Control-only messages and messages with
embedded data -- no GPAs
-2. vmbus_sendpacket_pagebuffer(): Message with list of GPAs
- identifying data to transfer. An offset and length is
- associated with each GPA so that multiple discontinuous areas
- of guest memory can be targeted.
-3. vmbus_sendpacket_mpb_desc(): Message with list of GPAs
- identifying data to transfer. A single offset and length is
- associated with a list of GPAs. The GPAs must describe a
- single logical area of guest memory to be targeted.
+2. vmbus_sendpacket_getid(): Similar to vmbus_sendpacket() but returns
+ a transaction ID that is matched against a reply from the Hyper-V
+ host. Useful when the struct completion (or other rendezvous data)
+ must reside on the caller's stack. By invalidating the transaction
+ ID before exiting the function due to a timeout or other error, a
+ late arrving interrupt is assured to not trash the stack.
+3. vmbus_sendpacket_mpb_desc(): Message with one or more data ranges
+ to target. Each range consists of a single offset and length plus
+ a list of GPAs that describe a logical area of guest memory.
Historically, Linux guests have trusted Hyper-V to send well-formed
and valid messages, and Linux drivers for synthetic devices did not
--
2.25.1
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