Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] vhost: Introduce a universal thread to serve all users

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On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 12:07:32AM -0400, Bandan Das wrote:
> vhost threads are per-device, but in most cases a single thread
> is enough. This change creates a single thread that is used to
> serve all guests.
> 
> However, this complicates cgroups associations. The current policy
> is to attach the per-device thread to all cgroups of the parent process
> that the device is associated it. This is no longer possible if we
> have a single thread. So, we end up moving the thread around to
> cgroups of whichever device that needs servicing. This is a very
> inefficient protocol but seems to be the only way to integrate
> cgroups support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Razya Ladelsky <razya@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Bandan Das <bsd@xxxxxxxxxx>

BTW, how does this interact with virtio net MQ?
It would seem that MQ gains from more parallelism and
CPU locality.

> ---
>  drivers/vhost/scsi.c  |  15 +++--
>  drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 150 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
>  drivers/vhost/vhost.h |  19 +++++--
>  3 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 87 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
> index ea32b38..6c42936 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
> @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static void vhost_scsi_complete_cmd(struct vhost_scsi_cmd *cmd)
>  
>  	llist_add(&cmd->tvc_completion_list, &vs->vs_completion_list);
>  
> -	vhost_work_queue(&vs->dev, &vs->vs_completion_work);
> +	vhost_work_queue(vs->dev.worker, &vs->vs_completion_work);
>  }
>  
>  static int vhost_scsi_queue_data_in(struct se_cmd *se_cmd)
> @@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ vhost_scsi_send_evt(struct vhost_scsi *vs,
>  	}
>  
>  	llist_add(&evt->list, &vs->vs_event_list);
> -	vhost_work_queue(&vs->dev, &vs->vs_event_work);
> +	vhost_work_queue(vs->dev.worker, &vs->vs_event_work);
>  }
>  
>  static void vhost_scsi_evt_handle_kick(struct vhost_work *work)
> @@ -1335,8 +1335,8 @@ static void vhost_scsi_flush(struct vhost_scsi *vs)
>  	/* Flush both the vhost poll and vhost work */
>  	for (i = 0; i < VHOST_SCSI_MAX_VQ; i++)
>  		vhost_scsi_flush_vq(vs, i);
> -	vhost_work_flush(&vs->dev, &vs->vs_completion_work);
> -	vhost_work_flush(&vs->dev, &vs->vs_event_work);
> +	vhost_work_flush(vs->dev.worker, &vs->vs_completion_work);
> +	vhost_work_flush(vs->dev.worker, &vs->vs_event_work);
>  
>  	/* Wait for all reqs issued before the flush to be finished */
>  	for (i = 0; i < VHOST_SCSI_MAX_VQ; i++)
> @@ -1584,8 +1584,11 @@ static int vhost_scsi_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *f)
>  	if (!vqs)
>  		goto err_vqs;
>  
> -	vhost_work_init(&vs->vs_completion_work, vhost_scsi_complete_cmd_work);
> -	vhost_work_init(&vs->vs_event_work, vhost_scsi_evt_work);
> +	vhost_work_init(&vs->dev, &vs->vs_completion_work,
> +			vhost_scsi_complete_cmd_work);
> +
> +	vhost_work_init(&vs->dev, &vs->vs_event_work,
> +			vhost_scsi_evt_work);
>  
>  	vs->vs_events_nr = 0;
>  	vs->vs_events_missed = false;
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> index 2ee2826..951c96b 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
>   * Generic code for virtio server in host kernel.
>   */
>  
> +#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
> +
>  #include <linux/eventfd.h>
>  #include <linux/vhost.h>
>  #include <linux/uio.h>
> @@ -28,6 +30,9 @@
>  
>  #include "vhost.h"
>  
> +/* Just one worker thread to service all devices */
> +static struct vhost_worker *worker;
> +
>  enum {
>  	VHOST_MEMORY_MAX_NREGIONS = 64,
>  	VHOST_MEMORY_F_LOG = 0x1,
> @@ -58,13 +63,15 @@ static int vhost_poll_wakeup(wait_queue_t *wait, unsigned mode, int sync,
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -void vhost_work_init(struct vhost_work *work, vhost_work_fn_t fn)
> +void vhost_work_init(struct vhost_dev *dev,
> +		     struct vhost_work *work, vhost_work_fn_t fn)
>  {
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&work->node);
>  	work->fn = fn;
>  	init_waitqueue_head(&work->done);
>  	work->flushing = 0;
>  	work->queue_seq = work->done_seq = 0;
> +	work->dev = dev;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_work_init);
>  
> @@ -78,7 +85,7 @@ void vhost_poll_init(struct vhost_poll *poll, vhost_work_fn_t fn,
>  	poll->dev = dev;
>  	poll->wqh = NULL;
>  
> -	vhost_work_init(&poll->work, fn);
> +	vhost_work_init(dev, &poll->work, fn);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_poll_init);
>  
> @@ -116,30 +123,30 @@ void vhost_poll_stop(struct vhost_poll *poll)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_poll_stop);
>  
> -static bool vhost_work_seq_done(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_work *work,
> -				unsigned seq)
> +static bool vhost_work_seq_done(struct vhost_worker *worker,
> +				struct vhost_work *work, unsigned seq)
>  {
>  	int left;
>  
> -	spin_lock_irq(&dev->work_lock);
> +	spin_lock_irq(&worker->work_lock);
>  	left = seq - work->done_seq;
> -	spin_unlock_irq(&dev->work_lock);
> +	spin_unlock_irq(&worker->work_lock);
>  	return left <= 0;
>  }
>  
> -void vhost_work_flush(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_work *work)
> +void vhost_work_flush(struct vhost_worker *worker, struct vhost_work *work)
>  {
>  	unsigned seq;
>  	int flushing;
>  
> -	spin_lock_irq(&dev->work_lock);
> +	spin_lock_irq(&worker->work_lock);
>  	seq = work->queue_seq;
>  	work->flushing++;
> -	spin_unlock_irq(&dev->work_lock);
> -	wait_event(work->done, vhost_work_seq_done(dev, work, seq));
> -	spin_lock_irq(&dev->work_lock);
> +	spin_unlock_irq(&worker->work_lock);
> +	wait_event(work->done, vhost_work_seq_done(worker, work, seq));
> +	spin_lock_irq(&worker->work_lock);
>  	flushing = --work->flushing;
> -	spin_unlock_irq(&dev->work_lock);
> +	spin_unlock_irq(&worker->work_lock);
>  	BUG_ON(flushing < 0);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_work_flush);
> @@ -148,29 +155,30 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_work_flush);
>   * locks that are also used by the callback. */
>  void vhost_poll_flush(struct vhost_poll *poll)
>  {
> -	vhost_work_flush(poll->dev, &poll->work);
> +	vhost_work_flush(poll->dev->worker, &poll->work);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_poll_flush);
>  
> -void vhost_work_queue(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_work *work)
> +void vhost_work_queue(struct vhost_worker *worker,
> +		      struct vhost_work *work)
>  {
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->work_lock, flags);
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->work_lock, flags);
>  	if (list_empty(&work->node)) {
> -		list_add_tail(&work->node, &dev->work_list);
> +		list_add_tail(&work->node, &worker->work_list);
>  		work->queue_seq++;
> -		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->work_lock, flags);
> -		wake_up_process(dev->worker);
> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker->work_lock, flags);
> +		wake_up_process(worker->thread);
>  	} else {
> -		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->work_lock, flags);
> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker->work_lock, flags);
>  	}
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_work_queue);
>  
>  void vhost_poll_queue(struct vhost_poll *poll)
>  {
> -	vhost_work_queue(poll->dev, &poll->work);
> +	vhost_work_queue(poll->dev->worker, &poll->work);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_poll_queue);
>  
> @@ -203,19 +211,18 @@ static void vhost_vq_reset(struct vhost_dev *dev,
>  
>  static int vhost_worker(void *data)
>  {
> -	struct vhost_dev *dev = data;
> +	struct vhost_worker *worker = data;
>  	struct vhost_work *work = NULL;
>  	unsigned uninitialized_var(seq);
>  	mm_segment_t oldfs = get_fs();
>  
>  	set_fs(USER_DS);
> -	use_mm(dev->mm);
>  
>  	for (;;) {
>  		/* mb paired w/ kthread_stop */
>  		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
>  
> -		spin_lock_irq(&dev->work_lock);
> +		spin_lock_irq(&worker->work_lock);
>  		if (work) {
>  			work->done_seq = seq;
>  			if (work->flushing)
> @@ -223,21 +230,35 @@ static int vhost_worker(void *data)
>  		}
>  
>  		if (kthread_should_stop()) {
> -			spin_unlock_irq(&dev->work_lock);
> +			spin_unlock_irq(&worker->work_lock);
>  			__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
>  			break;
>  		}
> -		if (!list_empty(&dev->work_list)) {
> -			work = list_first_entry(&dev->work_list,
> +		if (!list_empty(&worker->work_list)) {
> +			work = list_first_entry(&worker->work_list,
>  						struct vhost_work, node);
>  			list_del_init(&work->node);
>  			seq = work->queue_seq;
>  		} else
>  			work = NULL;
> -		spin_unlock_irq(&dev->work_lock);
> +		spin_unlock_irq(&worker->work_lock);
>  
>  		if (work) {
> +			struct vhost_dev *dev = work->dev;
> +
>  			__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
> +
> +			if (current->mm != dev->mm) {
> +				unuse_mm(current->mm);
> +				use_mm(dev->mm);
> +			}
> +
> +			/* TODO: Consider a more elegant solution */
> +			if (worker->owner != dev->owner) {
> +				/* Should check for return value */
> +				cgroup_attach_task_all(dev->owner, current);
> +				worker->owner = dev->owner;
> +			}
>  			work->fn(work);
>  			if (need_resched())
>  				schedule();
> @@ -245,7 +266,6 @@ static int vhost_worker(void *data)
>  			schedule();
>  
>  	}
> -	unuse_mm(dev->mm);
>  	set_fs(oldfs);
>  	return 0;
>  }
> @@ -304,9 +324,8 @@ void vhost_dev_init(struct vhost_dev *dev,
>  	dev->log_file = NULL;
>  	dev->memory = NULL;
>  	dev->mm = NULL;
> -	spin_lock_init(&dev->work_lock);
> -	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->work_list);
> -	dev->worker = NULL;
> +	dev->worker = worker;
> +	dev->owner = current;
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < dev->nvqs; ++i) {
>  		vq = dev->vqs[i];
> @@ -331,31 +350,6 @@ long vhost_dev_check_owner(struct vhost_dev *dev)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_dev_check_owner);
>  
> -struct vhost_attach_cgroups_struct {
> -	struct vhost_work work;
> -	struct task_struct *owner;
> -	int ret;
> -};
> -
> -static void vhost_attach_cgroups_work(struct vhost_work *work)
> -{
> -	struct vhost_attach_cgroups_struct *s;
> -
> -	s = container_of(work, struct vhost_attach_cgroups_struct, work);
> -	s->ret = cgroup_attach_task_all(s->owner, current);
> -}
> -
> -static int vhost_attach_cgroups(struct vhost_dev *dev)
> -{
> -	struct vhost_attach_cgroups_struct attach;
> -
> -	attach.owner = current;
> -	vhost_work_init(&attach.work, vhost_attach_cgroups_work);
> -	vhost_work_queue(dev, &attach.work);
> -	vhost_work_flush(dev, &attach.work);
> -	return attach.ret;
> -}
> -
>  /* Caller should have device mutex */
>  bool vhost_dev_has_owner(struct vhost_dev *dev)
>  {
> @@ -366,7 +360,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_dev_has_owner);
>  /* Caller should have device mutex */
>  long vhost_dev_set_owner(struct vhost_dev *dev)
>  {
> -	struct task_struct *worker;
>  	int err;
>  
>  	/* Is there an owner already? */
> @@ -377,28 +370,15 @@ long vhost_dev_set_owner(struct vhost_dev *dev)
>  
>  	/* No owner, become one */
>  	dev->mm = get_task_mm(current);
> -	worker = kthread_create(vhost_worker, dev, "vhost-%d", current->pid);
> -	if (IS_ERR(worker)) {
> -		err = PTR_ERR(worker);
> -		goto err_worker;
> -	}
> -
>  	dev->worker = worker;
> -	wake_up_process(worker);	/* avoid contributing to loadavg */
> -
> -	err = vhost_attach_cgroups(dev);
> -	if (err)
> -		goto err_cgroup;
>  
>  	err = vhost_dev_alloc_iovecs(dev);
>  	if (err)
> -		goto err_cgroup;
> +		goto err_alloc;
>  
>  	return 0;
> -err_cgroup:
> -	kthread_stop(worker);
> +err_alloc:
>  	dev->worker = NULL;
> -err_worker:
>  	if (dev->mm)
>  		mmput(dev->mm);
>  	dev->mm = NULL;
> @@ -472,11 +452,6 @@ void vhost_dev_cleanup(struct vhost_dev *dev, bool locked)
>  	/* No one will access memory at this point */
>  	kfree(dev->memory);
>  	dev->memory = NULL;
> -	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&dev->work_list));
> -	if (dev->worker) {
> -		kthread_stop(dev->worker);
> -		dev->worker = NULL;
> -	}
>  	if (dev->mm)
>  		mmput(dev->mm);
>  	dev->mm = NULL;
> @@ -1567,11 +1542,32 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_disable_notify);
>  
>  static int __init vhost_init(void)
>  {
> +	struct vhost_worker *w =
> +		kzalloc(sizeof(*w), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!w)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	w->thread = kthread_create(vhost_worker,
> +				   w, "vhost-worker");
> +	if (IS_ERR(w->thread))
> +		return PTR_ERR(w->thread);
> +
> +	worker = w;
> +	spin_lock_init(&worker->work_lock);
> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&worker->work_list);
> +	wake_up_process(worker->thread);
> +	pr_info("Created universal thread to service requests\n");
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  static void __exit vhost_exit(void)
>  {
> +	if (worker) {
> +		kthread_stop(worker->thread);
> +		WARN_ON(!list_empty(&worker->work_list));
> +		kfree(worker);
> +	}
>  }
>  
>  module_init(vhost_init);
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
> index 8c1c792..2f204ce 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct vhost_work {
>  	int			  flushing;
>  	unsigned		  queue_seq;
>  	unsigned		  done_seq;
> +	struct vhost_dev          *dev;
>  };
>  
>  /* Poll a file (eventfd or socket) */
> @@ -35,8 +36,8 @@ struct vhost_poll {
>  	struct vhost_dev	 *dev;
>  };
>  
> -void vhost_work_init(struct vhost_work *work, vhost_work_fn_t fn);
> -void vhost_work_queue(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_work *work);
> +void vhost_work_init(struct vhost_dev *dev,
> +		     struct vhost_work *work, vhost_work_fn_t fn);
>  
>  void vhost_poll_init(struct vhost_poll *poll, vhost_work_fn_t fn,
>  		     unsigned long mask, struct vhost_dev *dev);
> @@ -44,7 +45,6 @@ int vhost_poll_start(struct vhost_poll *poll, struct file *file);
>  void vhost_poll_stop(struct vhost_poll *poll);
>  void vhost_poll_flush(struct vhost_poll *poll);
>  void vhost_poll_queue(struct vhost_poll *poll);
> -void vhost_work_flush(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_work *work);
>  long vhost_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, int ioctl, void __user *argp);
>  
>  struct vhost_log {
> @@ -116,11 +116,22 @@ struct vhost_dev {
>  	int nvqs;
>  	struct file *log_file;
>  	struct eventfd_ctx *log_ctx;
> +	/* vhost shared worker */
> +	struct vhost_worker *worker;
> +	/* for cgroup support */
> +	struct task_struct *owner;
> +};
> +
> +struct vhost_worker {
>  	spinlock_t work_lock;
>  	struct list_head work_list;
> -	struct task_struct *worker;
> +	struct task_struct *thread;
> +	struct task_struct *owner;
>  };
>  
> +void vhost_work_queue(struct vhost_worker *worker,
> +		      struct vhost_work *work);
> +void vhost_work_flush(struct vhost_worker *worker, struct vhost_work *work);
>  void vhost_dev_init(struct vhost_dev *, struct vhost_virtqueue **vqs, int nvqs);
>  long vhost_dev_set_owner(struct vhost_dev *dev);
>  bool vhost_dev_has_owner(struct vhost_dev *dev);
> -- 
> 2.4.3
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