As we would like to use mdev subsystem for wider use case as
discussed in [1], [2] apart from an offline discussion.
This use case is also discussed with wider forum in [4] in track
'Lightweight NIC HW functions for container offload use cases'.
This series is prep-work and improves vfio/mdev module in following ways.
Patch-1 Fixes releasing parent dev reference during error unwinding
mdev parent registration.
Patch-2 Simplifies mdev device for unused kref.
Patch-3 Drops redundant extern prefix of exported symbols.
Patch-4 Returns right error code from vendor driver.
Patch-5 Fixes to use right sysfs remove sequence.
Patch-6 Fixes removing all child devices if one of them fails.
Patch-7 Remove unnecessary inline
Patch-8 Improve the mdev create/remove sequence to match Linux
bus, device model
Patch-9 Avoid recreating remove file on stale device to
eliminate call trace
Patch-10 Fix race conditions of create/remove with parent removal
This is improved version than using srcu as srcu can take
seconds to minutes.
This series is tested using
(a) mtty with VM using vfio_mdev driver for positive tests and
device removal while device in use by VM using vfio_mdev driver
(b) mlx5 core driver using RFC patches [3] and internal patches.
Internal patches are large and cannot be combined with this
prep-work patches. It will posted once prep-work completes.
[1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg556978.html
[2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/3/7/696
[3] https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/3/8/819
[4] https://netdevconf.org/0x13/session.html?workshop-hardware-offload
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Changelog:
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v1->v2:
- Addressed comments from Alex
- Rebased
- Inserted the device checking loop in Patch-6 as original code
- Added patch 7 to 10
- Added fixes for race condition in create/remove with parent removal
Patch-10 uses simplified refcount and completion, instead of srcu
which might take seconds to minutes on busy system.
- Added fix for device create/remove sequence to match
Linux device, bus model
v0->v1:
- Dropped device placement on bus sequence patch for this series
- Addressed below comments from Alex, Kirti, Maxim.
- Added Review-by tag for already reviewed patches.
- Dropped incorrect patch of put_device().
- Corrected Fixes commit tag for sysfs remove sequence fix
- Split last 8th patch to smaller refactor and fixes patch
- Following coding style commenting format
- Fixed accidental delete of mutex_lock in mdev_unregister_device
- Renamed remove helped to mdev_device_remove_common().
- Rebased for uuid/guid change
Parav Pandit (10):
vfio/mdev: Avoid release parent reference during error path
vfio/mdev: Removed unused kref
vfio/mdev: Drop redundant extern for exported symbols
vfio/mdev: Avoid masking error code to EBUSY
vfio/mdev: Follow correct remove sequence
vfio/mdev: Fix aborting mdev child device removal if one fails
vfio/mdev: Avoid inline get and put parent helpers
vfio/mdev: Improve the create/remove sequence
vfio/mdev: Avoid creating sysfs remove file on stale device removal
vfio/mdev: Synchronize device create/remove with parent removal
drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c | 162 +++++++++++++------------------
drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h | 9 +-
drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c | 8 +-
include/linux/mdev.h | 21 ++--
4 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 111 deletions(-)
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2.19.2
