Re: [PATCH 5/5] vdpasim: vDPA device simulator

[Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>]

On 2020/2/4 下午8:52, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 04:28:27PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>> On 2020/2/4 下午4:21, Zhu Lingshan wrote:
>>>> +static const struct dma_map_ops vdpasim_dma_ops = {
>>>> +    .map_page = vdpasim_map_page,
>>>> +    .unmap_page = vdpasim_unmap_page,
>>>> +    .alloc = vdpasim_alloc_coherent,
>>>> +    .free = vdpasim_free_coherent,
>>>> +};
>>>> +
>>> Hey Jason,
>>>
>>> IMHO, it would be nice if dma_ops of the parent device could be re-used.
>>> vdpa_device is expecting to represent a physical device except this
>>> simulator, however, there are not enough information in vdpa_device.dev
>>> to indicating which kind physical device it attached to. Namely
>>> get_arch_dma_ops(struct bus type) can not work on vdpa_device.dev. Then
>>> it seems device drivers need to implement a wrap of dma_ops of parent
>>> devices. Can this work be done in the vdpa framework since it looks like
>>> a common task? Can "vd_dev->vdev.dev.parent = vdpa->dev->parent;" in
>>> virtio_vdpa_probe() do the work?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> BR
>>> Zhu Lingshan
>>
>> Good catch.
>>
>> I think we can.
> IMHO you need to specify some 'dma_device', not try and play tricks
> with dma_ops, or assuming the parent is always the device used for
> dma.
>
> Jason


Right, this is what in my mind and discussed in the vhost-vdpa thread.

Will go this way.

Thanks