danos/library/protocol/block/block-protocol.zig

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//! The block-device wire protocol — what a filesystem (the FAT server) says to a
//! block driver (usb-storage) over its well-known `.block` endpoint. A protocol
//! module like vfs-protocol / usb-transfer-protocol: extern-struct messages, an
//! `Operation` tag, everything in one IPC message.
//!
//! Data path: read and write move whole blocks to or from a **caller-owned DMA
//! buffer**, named by its physical address — the same physical-address handoff
//! usb-storage already uses toward the controller, one layer up. So a 512-byte
//! sector never has to cross the 256-byte IPC boundary; only the small request /
//! reply headers do. Under an enforcing IOMMU the buffer's physical addresses are
//! only reachable by the device once the filesystem has `attach`ed the buffer's
//! capability (the block server forwards it to the controller); see docs/driver-model.md.
pub const Operation = enum(u32) {
/// geometry() -> { block_size, block_count }
geometry = 0,
/// read(lba, count, physical): read `count` blocks from `lba` into the buffer
read = 1,
/// write(lba, count, physical): write `count` blocks at `lba` from the buffer
write = 2,
/// flush(): commit any device write cache to stable media (no data transfer).
/// A filesystem calls this to make prior writes durable — e.g. before power-off,
/// so a shutdown-time write isn't lost in the USB flash controller's cache.
flush = 3,
/// attach(): the caller's DMA-region capability rides the call's cap slot; the
/// block server forwards it to the controller so the buffer's physical addresses
/// (named in later read/write) are reachable by the device under an enforcing
/// IOMMU. Call once per buffer before using it in a transfer.
attach = 4,
};
pub const Request = extern struct {
operation: u32,
reserved: u32 = 0,
lba: u64,
count: u32, // number of blocks (read/write)
reserved2: u32 = 0,
physical: u64, // caller's DMA buffer physical address (read/write)
};
pub const Reply = extern struct {
status: i32, // 0 on success, negative on failure
reserved: u32 = 0,
block_size: u32, // geometry: bytes per block (512)
reserved2: u32 = 0,
block_count: u64, // geometry: total blocks; read/write: blocks moved
};
pub const message_maximum: usize = 256;
pub const request_size: usize = @sizeOf(Request);
pub const reply_size: usize = @sizeOf(Reply);