On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 03:55:23PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 6:38 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 12:25:32PM +0200, Eugenio Perez Martin wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 4:52 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 04:22:18PM +0200, Eugenio Pérez wrote:
> > > > > With the current code it is accepted as long as userland send it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Although userland should not set a feature flag that has not been
> > > > > offered to it with VHOST_GET_BACKEND_FEATURES, the current code will not
> > > > > complain for it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Since there is no specific reason for any parent to reject that backend
> > > > > feature bit when it has been proposed, let's control it at vdpa frontend
> > > > > level. Future patches may move this control to the parent driver.
> > > > >
> > > > > Fixes: 967800d2d52e ("vdpa: accept VHOST_BACKEND_F_ENABLE_AFTER_DRIVER_OK backend feature")
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Eugenio Pérez <eperezma@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Please do send v3. And again, I don't want to send "after driver ok" hack
> > > > upstream at all, I merged it in next just to give it some testing.
> > > > We want RING_ACCESS_AFTER_KICK or some such.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Current devices do not support that semantic.
> >
> > Which devices specifically access the ring after DRIVER_OK but before
> > a kick?
>
> Vhost-net is one example at last. It polls a socket as well, so it
> starts to access the ring immediately after DRIVER_OK.
>
> Thanks
For sure but that is not vdpa.
> >
> > > My plan was to convert
> > > it in vp_vdpa if needed, and reuse the current vdpa ops. Sorry if I
> > > was not explicit enough.
> > >
> > > The only solution I can see to that is to trap & emulate in the vdpa
> > > (parent?) driver, as talked in virtio-comment. But that complicates
> > > the architecture:
> > > * Offer VHOST_BACKEND_F_RING_ACCESS_AFTER_KICK
> > > * Store vq enable state separately, at
> > > vdpa->config->set_vq_ready(true), but not transmit that enable to hw
> > > * Store the doorbell state separately, but do not configure it to the
> > > device directly.
> > >
> > > But how to recover if the device cannot configure them at kick time,
> > > for example?
> > >
> > > Maybe we can just fail if the parent driver does not support enabling
> > > the vq after DRIVER_OK? That way no new feature flag is needed.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > ---
> > > > > Sent with Fixes: tag pointing to git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst
> > > > > commit. Please let me know if I should send a v3 of [1] instead.
> > > > >
> > > > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230609121244-mutt-send-email-mst@xxxxxxxxxx/T/
> > > > > ---
> > > > > drivers/vhost/vdpa.c | 7 +++++--
> > > > > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> > > > > index e1abf29fed5b..a7e554352351 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> > > > > @@ -681,18 +681,21 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *filep,
> > > > > {
> > > > > struct vhost_vdpa *v = filep->private_data;
> > > > > struct vhost_dev *d = &v->vdev;
> > > > > + const struct vdpa_config_ops *ops = v->vdpa->config;
> > > > > void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
> > > > > u64 __user *featurep = argp;
> > > > > - u64 features;
> > > > > + u64 features, parent_features = 0;
> > > > > long r = 0;
> > > > >
> > > > > if (cmd == VHOST_SET_BACKEND_FEATURES) {
> > > > > if (copy_from_user(&features, featurep, sizeof(features)))
> > > > > return -EFAULT;
> > > > > + if (ops->get_backend_features)
> > > > > + parent_features = ops->get_backend_features(v->vdpa);
> > > > > if (features & ~(VHOST_VDPA_BACKEND_FEATURES |
> > > > > BIT_ULL(VHOST_BACKEND_F_SUSPEND) |
> > > > > BIT_ULL(VHOST_BACKEND_F_RESUME) |
> > > > > - BIT_ULL(VHOST_BACKEND_F_ENABLE_AFTER_DRIVER_OK)))
> > > > > + parent_features))
> > > > > return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > > > > if ((features & BIT_ULL(VHOST_BACKEND_F_SUSPEND)) &&
> > > > > !vhost_vdpa_can_suspend(v))
> > > > > --
> > > > > 2.39.3
> > > >
> >
