On 10/21/2016 01:12 AM, Alex Williamson wrote: > On Thu, 20 Oct 2016 15:23:53 +0800 > Jike Song <jike.song@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 10/18/2016 05:22 AM, Kirti Wankhede wrote: >>> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c >>> new file mode 100644 >>> index 000000000000..7db5ec164aeb >>> --- /dev/null >>> +++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c >>> @@ -0,0 +1,372 @@ >>> +/* >>> + * Mediated device Core Driver >>> + * >>> + * Copyright (c) 2016, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved. >>> + * Author: Neo Jia <cjia@xxxxxxxxxx> >>> + * Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@xxxxxxxxxx> >>> + * >>> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify >>> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as >>> + * published by the Free Software Foundation. >>> + */ >>> + >>> +#include <linux/module.h> >>> +#include <linux/device.h> >>> +#include <linux/slab.h> >>> +#include <linux/uuid.h> >>> +#include <linux/sysfs.h> >>> +#include <linux/mdev.h> >>> + >>> +#include "mdev_private.h" >>> + >>> +#define DRIVER_VERSION "0.1" >>> +#define DRIVER_AUTHOR "NVIDIA Corporation" >>> +#define DRIVER_DESC "Mediated device Core Driver" >>> + >>> +static LIST_HEAD(parent_list); >>> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(parent_list_lock); >>> +static struct class_compat *mdev_bus_compat_class; >>> + >> >>> + >>> +/* >>> + * mdev_register_device : Register a device >>> + * @dev: device structure representing parent device. >>> + * @ops: Parent device operation structure to be registered. >>> + * >>> + * Add device to list of registered parent devices. >>> + * Returns a negative value on error, otherwise 0. >>> + */ >>> +int mdev_register_device(struct device *dev, const struct parent_ops *ops) >>> +{ >>> + int ret = 0; >>> + struct parent_device *parent; >>> + >>> + /* check for mandatory ops */ >>> + if (!ops || !ops->create || !ops->remove || !ops->supported_type_groups) >>> + return -EINVAL; >>> + >>> + dev = get_device(dev); >>> + if (!dev) >>> + return -EINVAL; >>> + >>> + mutex_lock(&parent_list_lock); >>> + >>> + /* Check for duplicate */ >>> + parent = __find_parent_device(dev); >>> + if (parent) { >>> + ret = -EEXIST; >>> + goto add_dev_err; >>> + } >>> + >>> + parent = kzalloc(sizeof(*parent), GFP_KERNEL); >>> + if (!parent) { >>> + ret = -ENOMEM; >>> + goto add_dev_err; >>> + } >>> + >>> + kref_init(&parent->ref); >>> + >>> + parent->dev = dev; >>> + parent->ops = ops; >>> + >>> + ret = parent_create_sysfs_files(parent); >>> + if (ret) { >>> + mutex_unlock(&parent_list_lock); >>> + mdev_put_parent(parent); >>> + return ret; >>> + } >>> + >>> + ret = class_compat_create_link(mdev_bus_compat_class, dev, NULL); >>> + if (ret) >>> + dev_warn(dev, "Failed to create compatibility class link\n"); >>> + >>> + list_add(&parent->next, &parent_list); >>> + mutex_unlock(&parent_list_lock); >>> + >>> + dev_info(dev, "MDEV: Registered\n"); >>> + return 0; >>> + >>> +add_dev_err: >>> + mutex_unlock(&parent_list_lock); >>> + put_device(dev); >>> + return ret; >>> +} >>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(mdev_register_device); >> >>> +static int __init mdev_init(void) >>> +{ >>> + int ret; >>> + >>> + ret = mdev_bus_register(); >>> + if (ret) { >>> + pr_err("Failed to register mdev bus\n"); >>> + return ret; >>> + } >>> + >>> + mdev_bus_compat_class = class_compat_register("mdev_bus"); >>> + if (!mdev_bus_compat_class) { >>> + mdev_bus_unregister(); >>> + return -ENOMEM; >>> + } >>> + >>> + /* >>> + * Attempt to load known vfio_mdev. This gives us a working environment >>> + * without the user needing to explicitly load vfio_mdev driver. >>> + */ >>> + request_module_nowait("vfio_mdev"); >>> + >>> + return ret; >>> +} >>> + >>> +static void __exit mdev_exit(void) >>> +{ >>> + class_compat_unregister(mdev_bus_compat_class); >>> + mdev_bus_unregister(); >>> +} >>> + >>> +module_init(mdev_init) >>> +module_exit(mdev_exit) >> >> Hi Kirti, >> >> There is a possible issue: mdev_bus_register is called from mdev_init, >> a module_init, equal to device_initcall if builtin to vmlinux; however, >> the vendor driver, say i915.ko for intel case, have to call >> mdev_register_device from its module_init: at that time, mdev_init >> is still not called. >> >> Not sure if this issue exists with nvidia.ko. Though in most cases we >> are expecting users select mdev as a standalone module, we still won't >> break builtin case. >> >> >> Hi Alex, do you have any suggestion here? > > To fully solve the problem of built-in drivers making use of the mdev > infrastructure we'd need to make mdev itself builtin and possibly a > subsystem that is initialized prior to device drivers. Is that really > necessary? Even though i915.ko is often loaded as part of an > initramfs, most systems still build it as a module. I would expect > that standard module dependencies will pull in the necessary mdev and > vfio modules to make this work correctly. I can't say that I'm > prepared to make mdev be a subsystem as would be necessary for builtin > drivers to make use of. Perhaps if such a driver exists it could > somehow do late binding with mdev. i915 should certainly be tested as > a builtin driver to make sure it doesn't fail with mdev support added. > The kvm-vfio device (virt/kvm/vfio.c) makes use of symbol tricks to > avoid hard dependencies between kvm and vfio, perhaps when builtin to > the kernel, i915 could use something like that. Thanks, Fair enough, I'll use symbol_get to avoid the problem. Thanks! -- Thanks, Jike -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html