From: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
To: Julien Grall <julien.grall.oss@gmail.com>
Cc: "Andrew Cooper" <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
"Rahul Singh" <rahul.singh@arm.com>,
xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org>,
"Bertrand Marquis" <bertrand.marquis@arm.com>,
"Andre Przywara" <Andre.Przywara@arm.com>,
"Christian Lindig" <christian.lindig@citrix.com>,
"David Scott" <dave@recoil.org>,
"Ian Jackson" <iwj@xenproject.org>, "Wei Liu" <wl@xen.org>,
"George Dunlap" <george.dunlap@citrix.com>,
"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@suse.com>,
"Stefano Stabellini" <sstabellini@kernel.org>,
"Volodymyr Babchuk" <Volodymyr_Babchuk@epam.com>,
"Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 07/11] xen/domctl: Introduce XEN_DOMCTL_CDF_vpci flag
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 14:46:14 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.2110081433110.25528@sstabellini-ThinkPad-T480s> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJ=z9a2kYdYB9fSXX8NhLk90px03z8+D-YE5AQKW9uABx9kvrQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 8 Oct 2021, Julien Grall wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> On Fri, 8 Oct 2021, 20:07 Andrew Cooper, <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> wrote:
> On 06/10/2021 18:40, Rahul Singh wrote:
> > Introduce XEN_DOMCTL_CDF_vpci flag to enable VPCI support in XEN.
> > Reject the use of this new flag for x86 as VPCI is not supported for
> > DOMU guests for x86.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rahul Singh <rahul.singh@arm.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
> > Acked-by: Christian Lindig <christian.lindig@citrix.com>
>
> I'm afraid this logic is broken.
>
> There's no matching feature to indicate to the toolstack whether
> XEN_DOMCTL_CDF_vpci will be accepted or not. The usual way of doing
> this is with a physinfo_cap field.
>
>
> I am slightly puzzled by this. I am assuming you are referring to XENVER_get_features which AFAICT is a stable interface. So why should we
> use it to describe the presence of an unstable interface?
>
>
> This flag needs using in Patch 10 to reject attempts to create a VM with
> devices when passthrough support is unavailable.
>
>
> May I ask why we can't rely on the hypervisor to reject the flag when suitable?
>
>
> Ian, for the 4.16 release, this series either needs completing with the
> additional flag implemented, or this patch needs reverting to avoid us
> shipping a broken interface.
>
>
> I fail to see how the interface would be broken... Would you mind to describe a bit more what could go wrong with this interface?
After chatting with Andrew on IRC, this is my understanding.
Today if pci=[] is specified in the VM config file then
XEN_DOMCTL_CDF_vpci is added. If Xen doesn't support it, Xen returns
an error but libxl/xl won't be able to tell exactly why it fails. So xl
will end up printing a generic VM creation failure. Andrew would like to
see something like the following in libxl:
if ( PCI_devices && !cap.vcpi )
error("Sorry - PCI not supported")
So that the user gets a clear informative error back rather than a
generic VM creation failure. Also, this is a requirement for the stable
hypercall interface.
I think that's fine and we can implement this request easily by adding
XEN_SYSCTL_PHYSCAP_vpci. Rahul or Bertrand, are you guys happy with
doing that? Otherwise I could take it on.
As a side note, given that PCI passthrough support is actually not yet
complete on ARM, we could even just do the following in xl/libxl:
if ( PCI_devices )
error("Sorry - PCI not supported")
or temporarily remove XEN_DOMCTL_CDF_vpci until PCI passthrough gets
finalized.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-08 21:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 190+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-06 17:40 [PATCH v5 00/11] PCI devices passthrough on Arm Rahul Singh
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 01/11] xen/arm: xc_domain_ioport_permission(..) not supported on ARM Rahul Singh
2021-10-11 11:47 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-11 12:11 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-11 13:20 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-11 13:40 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-11 13:57 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-11 14:16 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-11 16:32 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-11 17:11 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-12 8:29 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-12 8:41 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-12 9:32 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-12 9:38 ` Oleksandr Andrushchenko
2021-10-12 10:01 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-12 10:06 ` Oleksandr Andrushchenko
2021-10-12 10:20 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-12 10:41 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-12 10:44 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-12 14:53 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-12 16:15 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-12 16:29 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-12 20:42 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-13 8:07 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-13 11:52 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-13 8:02 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-13 12:02 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-12 9:40 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-12 10:03 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-11 14:16 ` Oleksandr Andrushchenko
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 02/11] xen/arm: Add PHYSDEVOP_pci_device_(*add/remove) support for ARM Rahul Singh
2021-10-07 0:05 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-07 12:58 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-21 9:28 ` xen/arm: Missing appropriate locking for the IOMMU (WAS Re: [PATCH v5 02/11] xen/arm: Add PHYSDEVOP_pci_device_(*add/remove) support for ARM) Julien Grall
2021-10-21 13:15 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-21 13:47 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-21 13:52 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 03/11] xen/arm: Add cmdline boot option "pci-passthrough = <boolean>" Rahul Singh
2021-10-07 8:27 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-07 8:32 ` Rahul Singh
2021-10-07 12:59 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 04/11] xen/arm: PCI host bridge discovery within XEN on ARM Rahul Singh
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 05/11] xen/arm: Add support for Xilinx ZynqMP PCI host controller Rahul Singh
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 06/11] xen/arm: Implement pci access functions Rahul Singh
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 07/11] xen/domctl: Introduce XEN_DOMCTL_CDF_vpci flag Rahul Singh
2021-10-07 13:08 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-08 18:06 ` Andrew Cooper
2021-10-08 21:12 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-08 21:46 ` Stefano Stabellini [this message]
2021-10-11 9:24 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-11 11:29 ` Michal Orzel
2021-10-11 11:35 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-11 13:17 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-11 9:48 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-11 9:27 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-11 12:06 ` Michal Orzel
2021-10-12 10:38 ` Michal Orzel
2021-10-13 8:30 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-13 9:36 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-13 10:56 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-13 12:11 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-13 12:57 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-13 20:41 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-14 6:23 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-14 7:53 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-13 14:28 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-13 20:53 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-13 23:21 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-12 21:48 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-13 6:18 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-13 7:11 ` Michal Orzel
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 08/11] xen/arm: Enable the existing x86 virtual PCI support for ARM Rahul Singh
2021-10-07 13:43 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-11 12:41 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-11 13:09 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-11 13:34 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-11 14:10 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-11 14:52 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-11 18:18 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-12 8:04 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-12 21:37 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-13 6:10 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-13 10:02 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-13 12:21 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-12 15:04 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-12 16:12 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-12 16:20 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-12 17:50 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-11 10:51 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-11 16:12 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-11 16:20 ` Oleksandr Andrushchenko
2021-10-11 16:43 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-11 17:15 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-11 18:30 ` Oleksandr Andrushchenko
2021-10-11 19:27 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-12 5:34 ` Oleksandr Andrushchenko
2021-10-12 7:44 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-12 14:32 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-12 14:34 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-13 8:45 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-13 9:48 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-13 10:33 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-13 13:00 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-13 14:51 ` Oleksandr Andrushchenko
2021-10-13 15:15 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-13 19:27 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-14 6:33 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-14 7:53 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-14 9:03 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-14 9:24 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 09/11] xen/arm: Transitional change to build HAS_VPCI on ARM Rahul Singh
2021-10-11 11:43 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-11 12:15 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-12 1:32 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 10/11] arm/libxl: Emulated PCI device tree node in libxl Rahul Singh
2021-10-06 18:01 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-07 0:26 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-07 15:31 ` Rahul Singh
2021-10-07 10:53 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-07 15:29 ` Rahul Singh
2021-10-07 16:11 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-11 13:46 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-14 17:16 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-14 14:49 ` [PATCH v6 0/3] PCI devices passthrough on Arm Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-14 14:49 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] xen/vpci: Move ecam access functions to common code Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-14 16:06 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-14 17:09 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 6:29 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 7:37 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 8:13 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 8:20 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 8:24 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 9:49 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-14 23:47 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-15 7:44 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-15 7:53 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 9:53 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-15 10:12 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 10:14 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-14 14:49 ` [PATCH v6 2/3] xen/arm: Enable the existing x86 virtual PCI support for ARM Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-14 23:49 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-15 6:40 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 9:59 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-15 10:10 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 8:00 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 10:09 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 10:14 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-15 10:18 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 11:35 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-15 12:13 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 12:18 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 12:28 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 13:00 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 13:10 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 10:38 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 8:32 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-15 8:42 ` Michal Orzel
2021-10-15 9:52 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 10:13 ` Luca Fancellu
2021-10-15 10:17 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 10:19 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-15 10:31 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 10:24 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 10:33 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 10:41 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 10:48 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 10:51 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 11:08 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 13:47 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-15 14:00 ` Luca Fancellu
2021-10-15 14:32 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-14 14:49 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] arm/libxl: Emulated PCI device tree node in libxl Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-14 17:54 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] arm/libxl: Emulated PCI device tree node in libxl [and 1 more messages] Ian Jackson
2021-10-14 23:50 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-15 7:28 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-15 7:41 ` Michal Orzel
2021-10-15 9:01 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-15 10:02 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-15 10:58 ` Michal Orzel
2021-10-15 11:04 ` Michal Orzel
2021-10-15 11:46 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-15 11:53 ` Michal Orzel
2021-10-15 12:10 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-15 12:14 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-15 12:13 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-12 15:03 ` [PATCH v5 10/11] arm/libxl: Emulated PCI device tree node in libxl Ian Jackson
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 11/11] xen/arm: Add linux,pci-domain property for hwdom if not available Rahul Singh
2021-10-13 20:54 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-07 19:54 ` [PATCH v5 00/11] PCI devices passthrough on Arm Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-07 21:29 ` Rahul Singh
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