From: Cindy Lu <lulu@redhat.com>
To: lulu@redhat.com, mst@redhat.com, jasowang@redhat.com,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] Documentation: Add reconnect process for VDUSE
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 17:38:25 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240329093832.140690-1-lulu@redhat.com> (raw)
Add a document explaining the reconnect process, including what the
Userspace App needs to do and how it works with the kernel.
Signed-off-by: Cindy Lu <lulu@redhat.com>
---
Documentation/userspace-api/vduse.rst | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/vduse.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/vduse.rst
index bdb880e01132..f903aed714d1 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/vduse.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/vduse.rst
@@ -231,3 +231,44 @@ able to start the dataplane processing as follows:
after the used ring is filled.
For more details on the uAPI, please see include/uapi/linux/vduse.h.
+
+HOW VDUSE devices reconnectoin works
+------------------------------------
+1. What is reconnection?
+
+ When the userspace application loads, it should establish a connection
+ to the vduse kernel device. Sometimes,the userspace application exists,
+ and we want to support its restart and connect to the kernel device again
+
+2. How can I support reconnection in a userspace application?
+
+2.1 During initialization, the userspace application should first verify the
+ existence of the device "/dev/vduse/vduse_name".
+ If it doesn't exist, it means this is the first-time for connection. goto step 2.2
+ If it exists, it means this is a reconnection, and we should goto step 2.3
+
+2.2 Create a new VDUSE instance with ioctl(VDUSE_CREATE_DEV) on
+ /dev/vduse/control.
+ When ioctl(VDUSE_CREATE_DEV) is called, kernel allocates memory for
+ the reconnect information. The total memory size is PAGE_SIZE*vq_mumber.
+
+2.3 Check if the information is suitable for reconnect
+ If this is reconnection :
+ Before attempting to reconnect, The userspace application needs to use the
+ ioctl(VDUSE_DEV_GET_CONFIG, VDUSE_DEV_GET_STATUS, VDUSE_DEV_GET_FEATURES...)
+ to get the information from kernel.
+ Please review the information and confirm if it is suitable to reconnect.
+
+2.4 Userspace application needs to mmap the memory to userspace
+ The userspace application requires mapping one page for every vq. These pages
+ should be used to save vq-related information during system running. Additionally,
+ the application must define its own structure to store information for reconnection.
+
+2.5 Completed the initialization and running the application.
+ While the application is running, it is important to store relevant information
+ about reconnections in mapped pages. When calling the ioctl VDUSE_VQ_GET_INFO to
+ get vq information, it's necessary to check whether it's a reconnection. If it is
+ a reconnection, the vq-related information must be get from the mapped pages.
+
+2.6 When the Userspace application exits, it is necessary to unmap all the
+ pages for reconnection
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2024-03-29 9:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-29 9:38 Cindy Lu [this message]
2024-03-29 9:51 ` [PATCH v2] Documentation: Add reconnect process for VDUSE Michael S. Tsirkin
2024-04-04 5:35 ` Cindy Lu
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