2 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/xen/interface/io/blkif.h b/include/xen/interface/io/blkif.h
index 01c3d62436ef..ffd4652de91c 100644
--- a/include/xen/interface/io/blkif.h
+++ b/include/xen/interface/io/blkif.h
@@ -138,11 +138,21 @@ struct blkif_request_discard {
 	uint8_t        _pad3;
 } __attribute__((__packed__));
 
+struct blkif_request_other {
+	uint8_t      _pad1;
+	blkif_vdev_t _pad2;        /* only for read/write requests         */
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+	uint32_t     _pad3;        /* offsetof(blkif_req..,u.other.id)==8*/
+#endif
+	uint64_t     id;           /* private guest value, echoed in resp  */
+} __attribute__((__packed__));
+
 struct blkif_request {
 	uint8_t        operation;    /* BLKIF_OP_???                         */
 	union {
 		struct blkif_request_rw rw;
 		struct blkif_request_discard discard;
+		struct blkif_request_other other;
 	} u;
 } __attribute__((__packed__));
 
diff --git a/include/xen/interface/io/netif.h b/include/xen/interface/io/netif.h
index 9dfc12000980..3ef3fe05ee99 100644
--- a/include/xen/interface/io/netif.h
+++ b/include/xen/interface/io/netif.h
@@ -13,6 +13,24 @@
 #include <xen/interface/grant_table.h>
 
 /*
+ * Older implementation of Xen network frontend / backend has an
+ * implicit dependency on the MAX_SKB_FRAGS as the maximum number of
+ * ring slots a skb can use. Netfront / netback may not work as
+ * expected when frontend and backend have different MAX_SKB_FRAGS.
+ *
+ * A better approach is to add mechanism for netfront / netback to
+ * negotiate this value. However we cannot fix all possible
+ * frontends, so we need to define a value which states the minimum
+ * slots backend must support.
+ *
+ * The minimum value derives from older Linux kernel's MAX_SKB_FRAGS
+ * (18), which is proved to work with most frontends. Any new backend
+ * which doesn't negotiate with frontend should expect frontend to
+ * send a valid packet using slots up to this value.
+ */
+#define XEN_NETIF_NR_SLOTS_MIN 18
+
+/*
  * Notifications after enqueuing any type of message should be conditional on
  * the appropriate req_event or rsp_event field in the shared ring.
  * If the client sends notification for rx requests then it should specify
@@ -47,6 +65,7 @@
 #define _XEN_NETTXF_extra_info		(3)
 #define  XEN_NETTXF_extra_info		(1U<<_XEN_NETTXF_extra_info)
 
+#define XEN_NETIF_MAX_TX_SIZE 0xFFFF
 struct xen_netif_tx_request {
     grant_ref_t gref;      /* Reference to buffer page */
     uint16_t offset;       /* Offset within buffer page */