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+#ifndef HW_HYPERV_DYNMEM_PROTO_H
+#define HW_HYPERV_DYNMEM_PROTO_H
+
+/*
+ * Hyper-V Dynamic Memory Protocol definitions
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * Author: Maciej S. Szmigiero <maciej.szmigiero@oracle.com>
+ *
+ * Based on drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c from Linux kernel:
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * Author: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Protocol versions. The low word is the minor version, the high word the major
+ * version.
+ *
+ * History:
+ * Initial version 1.0
+ * Changed to 0.1 on 2009/03/25
+ * Changes to 0.2 on 2009/05/14
+ * Changes to 0.3 on 2009/12/03
+ * Changed to 1.0 on 2011/04/05
+ * Changed to 2.0 on 2019/12/10
+ */
+
+#define DYNMEM_MAKE_VERSION(Major, Minor) ((uint32_t)(((Major) << 16) | (Minor)))
+#define DYNMEM_MAJOR_VERSION(Version) ((uint32_t)(Version) >> 16)
+#define DYNMEM_MINOR_VERSION(Version) ((uint32_t)(Version) & 0xff)
+
+enum {
+    DYNMEM_PROTOCOL_VERSION_1 = DYNMEM_MAKE_VERSION(0, 3),
+    DYNMEM_PROTOCOL_VERSION_2 = DYNMEM_MAKE_VERSION(1, 0),
+    DYNMEM_PROTOCOL_VERSION_3 = DYNMEM_MAKE_VERSION(2, 0),
+
+    DYNMEM_PROTOCOL_VERSION_WIN7 = DYNMEM_PROTOCOL_VERSION_1,
+    DYNMEM_PROTOCOL_VERSION_WIN8 = DYNMEM_PROTOCOL_VERSION_2,
+    DYNMEM_PROTOCOL_VERSION_WIN10 = DYNMEM_PROTOCOL_VERSION_3,
+
+    DYNMEM_PROTOCOL_VERSION_CURRENT = DYNMEM_PROTOCOL_VERSION_WIN10
+};
+
+
+
+/*
+ * Message Types
+ */
+
+enum dm_message_type {
+    /*
+     * Version 0.3
+     */
+    DM_ERROR = 0,
+    DM_VERSION_REQUEST = 1,
+    DM_VERSION_RESPONSE = 2,
+    DM_CAPABILITIES_REPORT = 3,
+    DM_CAPABILITIES_RESPONSE = 4,
+    DM_STATUS_REPORT = 5,
+    DM_BALLOON_REQUEST = 6,
+    DM_BALLOON_RESPONSE = 7,
+    DM_UNBALLOON_REQUEST = 8,
+    DM_UNBALLOON_RESPONSE = 9,
+    DM_MEM_HOT_ADD_REQUEST = 10,
+    DM_MEM_HOT_ADD_RESPONSE = 11,
+    DM_VERSION_03_MAX = 11,
+    /*
+     * Version 1.0.
+     */
+    DM_INFO_MESSAGE = 12,
+    DM_VERSION_1_MAX = 12,
+
+    /*
+     * Version 2.0
+     */
+    DM_MEM_HOT_REMOVE_REQUEST = 13,
+    DM_MEM_HOT_REMOVE_RESPONSE = 14
+};
+
+
+/*
+ * Structures defining the dynamic memory management
+ * protocol.
+ */
+
+union dm_version {
+    struct {
+        uint16_t minor_version;
+        uint16_t major_version;
+    };
+    uint32_t version;
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+
+union dm_caps {
+    struct {
+        uint64_t balloon:1;
+        uint64_t hot_add:1;
+        /*
+         * To support guests that may have alignment
+         * limitations on hot-add, the guest can specify
+         * its alignment requirements; a value of n
+         * represents an alignment of 2^n in mega bytes.
+         */
+        uint64_t hot_add_alignment:4;
+        uint64_t hot_remove:1;
+        uint64_t reservedz:57;
+    } cap_bits;
+    uint64_t caps;
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+union dm_mem_page_range {
+    struct  {
+        /*
+         * The PFN number of the first page in the range.
+         * 40 bits is the architectural limit of a PFN
+         * number for AMD64.
+         */
+        uint64_t start_page:40;
+        /*
+         * The number of pages in the range.
+         */
+        uint64_t page_cnt:24;
+    } finfo;
+    uint64_t  page_range;
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+
+
+/*
+ * The header for all dynamic memory messages:
+ *
+ * type: Type of the message.
+ * size: Size of the message in bytes; including the header.
+ * trans_id: The guest is responsible for manufacturing this ID.
+ */
+
+struct dm_header {
+    uint16_t type;
+    uint16_t size;
+    uint32_t trans_id;
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+/*
+ * A generic message format for dynamic memory.
+ * Specific message formats are defined later in the file.
+ */
+
+struct dm_message {
+    struct dm_header hdr;
+    uint8_t data[]; /* enclosed message */
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+
+/*
+ * Specific message types supporting the dynamic memory protocol.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Version negotiation message. Sent from the guest to the host.
+ * The guest is free to try different versions until the host
+ * accepts the version.
+ *
+ * dm_version: The protocol version requested.
+ * is_last_attempt: If TRUE, this is the last version guest will request.
+ * reservedz: Reserved field, set to zero.
+ */
+
+struct dm_version_request {
+    struct dm_header hdr;
+    union dm_version version;
+    uint32_t is_last_attempt:1;
+    uint32_t reservedz:31;
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+/*
+ * Version response message; Host to Guest and indicates
+ * if the host has accepted the version sent by the guest.
+ *
+ * is_accepted: If TRUE, host has accepted the version and the guest
+ * should proceed to the next stage of the protocol. FALSE indicates that
+ * guest should re-try with a different version.
+ *
+ * reservedz: Reserved field, set to zero.
+ */
+
+struct dm_version_response {
+    struct dm_header hdr;
+    uint64_t is_accepted:1;
+    uint64_t reservedz:63;
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+/*
+ * Message reporting capabilities. This is sent from the guest to the
+ * host.
+ */
+
+struct dm_capabilities {
+    struct dm_header hdr;
+    union dm_caps caps;
+    uint64_t min_page_cnt;
+    uint64_t max_page_number;
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+/*
+ * Response to the capabilities message. This is sent from the host to the
+ * guest. This message notifies if the host has accepted the guest's
+ * capabilities. If the host has not accepted, the guest must shutdown
+ * the service.
+ *
+ * is_accepted: Indicates if the host has accepted guest's capabilities.
+ * reservedz: Must be 0.
+ */
+
+struct dm_capabilities_resp_msg {
+    struct dm_header hdr;
+    uint64_t is_accepted:1;
+    uint64_t hot_remove:1;
+    uint64_t suppress_pressure_reports:1;
+    uint64_t reservedz:61;
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+/*
+ * This message is used to report memory pressure from the guest.
+ * This message is not part of any transaction and there is no
+ * response to this message.
+ *
+ * num_avail: Available memory in pages.
+ * num_committed: Committed memory in pages.
+ * page_file_size: The accumulated size of all page files
+ *                 in the system in pages.
+ * zero_free: The nunber of zero and free pages.
+ * page_file_writes: The writes to the page file in pages.
+ * io_diff: An indicator of file cache efficiency or page file activity,
+ *          calculated as File Cache Page Fault Count - Page Read Count.
+ *          This value is in pages.
+ *
+ * Some of these metrics are Windows specific and fortunately
+ * the algorithm on the host side that computes the guest memory
+ * pressure only uses num_committed value.
+ */
+
+struct dm_status {
+    struct dm_header hdr;
+    uint64_t num_avail;
+    uint64_t num_committed;
+    uint64_t page_file_size;
+    uint64_t zero_free;
+    uint32_t page_file_writes;
+    uint32_t io_diff;
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+
+/*
+ * Message to ask the guest to allocate memory - balloon up message.
+ * This message is sent from the host to the guest. The guest may not be
+ * able to allocate as much memory as requested.
+ *
+ * num_pages: number of pages to allocate.
+ */
+
+struct dm_balloon {
+    struct dm_header hdr;
+    uint32_t num_pages;
+    uint32_t reservedz;
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+
+/*
+ * Balloon response message; this message is sent from the guest
+ * to the host in response to the balloon message.
+ *
+ * reservedz: Reserved; must be set to zero.
+ * more_pages: If FALSE, this is the last message of the transaction.
+ * if TRUE there will atleast one more message from the guest.
+ *
+ * range_count: The number of ranges in the range array.
+ *
+ * range_array: An array of page ranges returned to the host.
+ *
+ */
+
+struct dm_balloon_response {
+    struct dm_header hdr;
+    uint32_t reservedz;
+    uint32_t more_pages:1;
+    uint32_t range_count:31;
+    union dm_mem_page_range range_array[];
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+/*
+ * Un-balloon message; this message is sent from the host
+ * to the guest to give guest more memory.
+ *
+ * more_pages: If FALSE, this is the last message of the transaction.
+ * if TRUE there will atleast one more message from the guest.
+ *
+ * reservedz: Reserved; must be set to zero.
+ *
+ * range_count: The number of ranges in the range array.
+ *
+ * range_array: An array of page ranges returned to the host.
+ *
+ */
+
+struct dm_unballoon_request {
+    struct dm_header hdr;
+    uint32_t more_pages:1;
+    uint32_t reservedz:31;
+    uint32_t range_count;
+    union dm_mem_page_range range_array[];
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+/*
+ * Un-balloon response message; this message is sent from the guest
+ * to the host in response to an unballoon request.
+ *
+ */
+
+struct dm_unballoon_response {
+    struct dm_header hdr;
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+
+/*
+ * Hot add request message. Message sent from the host to the guest.
+ *
+ * mem_range: Memory range to hot add.
+ *
+ */
+
+struct dm_hot_add {
+    struct dm_header hdr;
+    union dm_mem_page_range range;
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+/*
+ * Hot add response message.
+ * This message is sent by the guest to report the status of a hot add request.
+ * If page_count is less than the requested page count, then the host should
+ * assume all further hot add requests will fail, since this indicates that
+ * the guest has hit an upper physical memory barrier.
+ *
+ * Hot adds may also fail due to low resources; in this case, the guest must
+ * not complete this message until the hot add can succeed, and the host must
+ * not send a new hot add request until the response is sent.
+ * If VSC fails to hot add memory DYNMEM_NUMBER_OF_UNSUCCESSFUL_HOTADD_ATTEMPTS
+ * times it fails the request.
+ *
+ *
+ * page_count: number of pages that were successfully hot added.
+ *
+ * result: result of the operation 1: success, 0: failure.
+ *
+ */
+
+struct dm_hot_add_response {
+    struct dm_header hdr;
+    uint32_t page_count;
+    uint32_t result;
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+struct dm_hot_remove {
+    struct dm_header hdr;
+    uint32_t virtual_node;
+    uint32_t page_count;
+    uint32_t qos_flags;
+    uint32_t reservedZ;
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+struct dm_hot_remove_response {
+    struct dm_header hdr;
+    uint32_t result;
+    uint32_t range_count;
+    uint64_t more_pages:1;
+    uint64_t reservedz:63;
+    union dm_mem_page_range range_array[];
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+#define DM_REMOVE_QOS_LARGE (1 << 0)
+#define DM_REMOVE_QOS_LOCAL (1 << 1)
+#define DM_REMOVE_QOS_MASK (0x3)
+
+/*
+ * Types of information sent from host to the guest.
+ */
+
+enum dm_info_type {
+    INFO_TYPE_MAX_PAGE_CNT = 0,
+    MAX_INFO_TYPE
+};
+
+
+/*
+ * Header for the information message.
+ */
+
+struct dm_info_header {
+    enum dm_info_type type;
+    uint32_t data_size;
+    uint8_t  data[];
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+
+/*
+ * This message is sent from the host to the guest to pass
+ * some relevant information (win8 addition).
+ *
+ * reserved: no used.
+ * info_size: size of the information blob.
+ * info: information blob.
+ */
+
+struct dm_info_msg {
+    struct dm_header hdr;
+    uint32_t reserved;
+    uint32_t info_size;
+    uint8_t  info[];
+};
+
+#endif
