Re: [PATCH V6 mlx5-next 08/15] vfio: Define device migration protocol v2

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On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 01:18:29PM +0100, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 01 2022, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 01:06:51PM +0100, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> >> On Sun, Jan 30 2022, Yishai Hadas <yishaih@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> 
> >> > @@ -1582,6 +1760,10 @@ static int vfio_ioctl_device_feature(struct vfio_device *device,
> >> >  		return -EINVAL;
> >> >  
> >> >  	switch (feature.flags & VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE_MASK) {
> >> > +	case VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE_MIGRATION:
> >> > +		return vfio_ioctl_device_feature_migration(
> >> > +			device, feature.flags, arg->data,
> >> > +			feature.argsz - minsz);
> >> >  	default:
> >> >  		if (unlikely(!device->ops->device_feature))
> >> >  			return -EINVAL;
> >> > @@ -1597,6 +1779,8 @@ static long vfio_device_fops_unl_ioctl(struct file *filep,
> >> >  	struct vfio_device *device = filep->private_data;
> >> >  
> >> >  	switch (cmd) {
> >> > +	case VFIO_DEVICE_MIG_SET_STATE:
> >> > +		return vfio_ioctl_mig_set_state(device, (void __user *)arg);
> >> >  	case VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE:
> >> >  		return vfio_ioctl_device_feature(device, (void __user *)arg);
> >> >  	default:
> >> 
> >> Not really a critique of this patch, but have we considered how mediated
> >> devices will implement migration?
> >
> > Yes
> >
> >> I.e. what parts of the ops will need to be looped through the mdev
> >> ops?
> >
> > I've deleted mdev ops in every driver except the intel vgpu, once
> > Christoph's patch there is merged mdev ops will be almost gone
> > completely.
> 
> Ok, if there's nothing left to do, that's fine. (I'm assuming that the
> Intel vgpu patch is on its way in? I usually don't keep track of things
> I'm not directly involved with.)

It is awaiting some infrastructure patches Intel is working on, but
progressing slowly.

In any event, it doesn't block other mdev drivers from using the new
ops scheme, it only blocks us from deleting the core code supporting
it.

Jason 



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