From: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
To: Eugenio Perez Martin <eperezma@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 06/27] virtio: Add virtio_queue_get_used_notify_split
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 10:46:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YEYAeGasxYD6ZheE@stefanha-x1.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJaqyWd0iRUUW5Hu=U3mwQ4f43kA=bse3EkN4+QauFR4BJwObQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Mar 02, 2021 at 07:34:20PM +0100, Eugenio Perez Martin wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 12:22 PM Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 07:21:27PM +0100, Eugenio Perez Martin wrote:
> > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 5:58 PM Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 07:50:44PM +0100, Eugenio Pérez wrote:
> > > > > This function is just used for a few commits, so SW LM is developed
> > > > > incrementally, and it is deleted after it is useful.
> > > > >
> > > > > For a few commits, only the events (irqfd, eventfd) are forwarded.
> > > >
> > > > s/eventfd/ioeventfd/ (irqfd is also an eventfd)
> > > >
> > >
> > > Oops, will fix, thanks!
> > >
> > > > > +bool virtio_queue_get_used_notify_split(VirtQueue *vq)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > + VRingMemoryRegionCaches *caches;
> > > > > + hwaddr pa = offsetof(VRingUsed, flags);
> > > > > + uint16_t flags;
> > > > > +
> > > > > + RCU_READ_LOCK_GUARD();
> > > > > +
> > > > > + caches = vring_get_region_caches(vq);
> > > > > + assert(caches);
> > > > > + flags = virtio_lduw_phys_cached(vq->vdev, &caches->used, pa);
> > > > > + return !(VRING_USED_F_NO_NOTIFY & flags);
> > > > > +}
> > > >
> > > > QEMU stores the notification status:
> > > >
> > > > void virtio_queue_set_notification(VirtQueue *vq, int enable)
> > > > {
> > > > vq->notification = enable; <---- here
> > > >
> > > > if (!vq->vring.desc) {
> > > > return;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > if (virtio_vdev_has_feature(vq->vdev, VIRTIO_F_RING_PACKED)) {
> > > > virtio_queue_packed_set_notification(vq, enable);
> > > > } else {
> > > > virtio_queue_split_set_notification(vq, enable);
> > > >
> > > > I'm wondering why it's necessary to fetch from guest RAM instead of
> > > > using vq->notification? It also works for both split and packed
> > > > queues so the code would be simpler.
> > >
> > > To use vq->notification makes sense at the end of the series.
> > >
> > > However, at this stage (just routing notifications, not descriptors),
> > > vhost device is the one updating that flag, not qemu. Since we cannot
> > > just migrate used ring memory to qemu without migrating descriptors
> > > ring too, qemu needs to check guest's memory looking for vhost device
> > > updates on that flag.
> > >
> > > I can see how that deserves better documentation or even a better
> > > name. Also, this function should be in the shadow vq file, not
> > > virtio.c.
> >
> > I can't think of a reason why QEMU needs to know the flag value that the
> > vhost device has set. This flag is a hint to the guest driver indicating
> > whether the device wants to receive notifications.
> >
> > Can you explain why QEMU needs to look at the value of the flag?
> >
> > Stefan
>
> My bad, "need" is not the right word: SVQ could just forward the
> notification at this point without checking the flag. Taking into
> account that it's not used in later series, and it's even removed in
> patch 14/27 of this series, I can see that it just adds noise to the
> entire patchset
>
> This function just allows svq to re-check the flag after the guest
> sends the notification. This way svq is able to drop the kick as a
> (premature?) optimization in case the device sets it just after the
> guest sends the kick.
>
> Until patch 13/27, only notifications are forwarded, not buffers. VM
> guest's drivers and vhost device still read and write at usual
> addresses, but ioeventfd and kvmfd are intercepted by qemu. This
> allows us to test if the notification forwarding part is doing ok.
> From patch 14 of this series, svq offers a new vring to the device in
> qemu's VAS, so the former does not need to check the guest's memory
> anymore, and this function can be dropped.
>
> Is it clearer now? Please let me know if I should add something else.
Thanks for explaining. You could drop it to simplify the code. If you
leave it in, please include a comment explaining the purpose.
Thanks,
Stefan
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Thread overview: 81+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-20 18:50 [RFC PATCH 00/27] vDPA software assisted live migration Eugenio Pérez
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 01/27] vhost: Add vhost_dev_can_log Eugenio Pérez
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 02/27] vhost: Add device callback in vhost_migration_log Eugenio Pérez
2020-12-07 16:19 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-12-09 12:20 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 03/27] vhost: Move log resize/put to vhost_dev_set_log Eugenio Pérez
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 04/27] vhost: add vhost_kernel_set_vring_enable Eugenio Pérez
2020-12-07 16:43 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-12-09 12:00 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2020-12-09 16:08 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 05/27] vhost: Add hdev->dev.sw_lm_vq_handler Eugenio Pérez
2020-12-07 16:52 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-12-09 15:02 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2020-12-10 11:30 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 06/27] virtio: Add virtio_queue_get_used_notify_split Eugenio Pérez
2020-12-07 16:58 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2021-01-12 18:21 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2021-03-02 11:22 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2021-03-02 18:34 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2021-03-08 10:46 ` Stefan Hajnoczi [this message]
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 07/27] vhost: Route guest->host notification through qemu Eugenio Pérez
2020-12-07 17:42 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-12-09 17:08 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2020-12-10 11:50 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2021-01-21 20:10 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 08/27] vhost: Add a flag for software assisted Live Migration Eugenio Pérez
2020-12-08 7:20 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-12-09 17:57 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 09/27] vhost: Route host->guest notification through qemu Eugenio Pérez
2020-12-08 7:34 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 10/27] vhost: Allocate shadow vring Eugenio Pérez
2020-12-08 7:49 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-12-08 8:17 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-12-09 18:15 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 11/27] virtio: const-ify all virtio_tswap* functions Eugenio Pérez
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 12/27] virtio: Add virtio_queue_full Eugenio Pérez
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 13/27] vhost: Send buffers to device Eugenio Pérez
2020-12-08 8:16 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-12-09 18:41 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2020-12-10 11:55 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2021-01-22 18:18 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
[not found] ` <CAJaqyWdNeaboGaSsXPA8r=mUsbctFLzACFKLX55yRQpTvjqxJw@mail.gmail.com>
2021-03-22 10:51 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2021-03-22 15:55 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2021-03-22 17:40 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2021-03-24 19:04 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2021-03-24 19:56 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 14/27] virtio: Remove virtio_queue_get_used_notify_split Eugenio Pérez
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 15/27] vhost: Do not invalidate signalled used Eugenio Pérez
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 16/27] virtio: Expose virtqueue_alloc_element Eugenio Pérez
2020-12-08 8:25 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-12-09 18:46 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2020-12-10 11:57 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 17/27] vhost: add vhost_vring_set_notification_rcu Eugenio Pérez
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 18/27] vhost: add vhost_vring_poll_rcu Eugenio Pérez
2020-12-08 8:41 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-12-09 18:48 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 19/27] vhost: add vhost_vring_get_buf_rcu Eugenio Pérez
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 20/27] vhost: Return used buffers Eugenio Pérez
2020-12-08 8:50 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-11-20 18:50 ` [RFC PATCH 21/27] vhost: Add vhost_virtqueue_memory_unmap Eugenio Pérez
2020-11-20 18:51 ` [RFC PATCH 22/27] vhost: Add vhost_virtqueue_memory_map Eugenio Pérez
2020-11-20 18:51 ` [RFC PATCH 23/27] vhost: unmap qemu's shadow virtqueues on sw live migration Eugenio Pérez
2020-11-27 15:29 ` Stefano Garzarella
2020-11-30 7:54 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2020-11-20 18:51 ` [RFC PATCH 24/27] vhost: iommu changes Eugenio Pérez
2020-12-08 9:02 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-11-20 18:51 ` [RFC PATCH 25/27] vhost: Do not commit vhost used idx on vhost_virtqueue_stop Eugenio Pérez
2020-11-20 19:35 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2020-11-20 18:51 ` [RFC PATCH 26/27] vhost: Add vhost_hdev_can_sw_lm Eugenio Pérez
2020-11-20 18:51 ` [RFC PATCH 27/27] vhost: forbid vhost devices logging Eugenio Pérez
2020-11-20 19:03 ` [RFC PATCH 00/27] vDPA software assisted live migration Eugenio Perez Martin
2020-11-20 19:30 ` no-reply
2020-11-25 7:08 ` Jason Wang
2020-11-25 12:03 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2020-11-25 12:14 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2020-11-26 3:07 ` Jason Wang
2020-11-27 15:44 ` Stefano Garzarella
2020-12-08 9:37 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-12-09 9:26 ` Jason Wang
2020-12-09 15:57 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2020-12-10 9:12 ` Jason Wang
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