On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 01:58:10PM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote: > On 02/01/2017 08:19 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 06:27:09PM +0000, Will Deacon wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 08:09:21PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 12:25:57PM +0000, Robin Murphy wrote: > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c > > > > > index 7e38ed79c3fc..961af25b385c 100644 > > > > > --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c > > > > > +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c > > > > > @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ > > > > > #include <linux/virtio_ring.h> > > > > > #include <linux/virtio_config.h> > > > > > #include <linux/device.h> > > > > > +#include <linux/property.h> > > > > > #include <linux/slab.h> > > > > > #include <linux/module.h> > > > > > #include <linux/hrtimer.h> > > > > > @@ -160,10 +161,14 @@ static bool vring_use_dma_api(struct virtio_device *vdev) > > > > > return true; > > > > > > > > > > /* > > > > > - * On ARM-based machines, the DMA ops will do the right thing, > > > > > - * so always use them with legacy devices. > > > > > + * On ARM-based machines, the coherent DMA ops will do the right > > > > > + * thing, so always use them with legacy devices. However, using > > > > > + * non-coherent DMA when the host *is* actually coherent, but has > > > > > + * forgotten to tell us, is going to break badly; since this situation > > > > > + * already exists in the wild, maintain the old behaviour there. > > > > > */ > > > > > - if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64)) > > > > > + if ((IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64)) && > > > > > + device_get_dma_attr(&vdev->dev) == DEV_DMA_COHERENT) > > > > > return !virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1); > > > > > > > > > > return false; > > > > > > > > This is exactly what I feared. > > > > > > Yes, sorry about this. It works fine for virtio-pci (where "dma-coherent" > > > is used) and it also works on the fastmodel if you disable cache-modelling > > > (which is needed to make the thing run at a usable pace) so we didn't spot > > > this in testing. > > > > > > > Could we identify fastboot and do the special dance just for it? > > > > > > [assuming you mean fastmodel instead of fastboot] > > > > > > > I'd like to do that instead. It's fastboot doing the unreasonable thing > > > > here and deviating from what every other legacy device without exception > > > > did for years. If this means fastboot will need to update to virtio 1, > > > > all the better. > > > > > > The problem still exists with virtio 1, unless we require that the > > > "dma-coherent" property is set/unset correctly when VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM > > > is advertised by the device (which is what I suggested in my reply). > > > > I'm not ignoring that, but I need to understand that part a bit better. > > I'll reply to that patch in a day or two after looking at how _CCA is > > supposed to work. > > > > > We can't detect the fastmodel, > > > > Surely, it puts a hardware id somewhere? I think you mean > > fastmodel isn't always affected, right? > > > > > but we could implicitly treat virtio-mmio > > > devices as cache-coherent regardless of the "dma-coherent" flag. I already > > > prototyped this, but I suspect the devicetree people will push back (and > > > there's a similar patch needed for ACPI). > > > > > > See below. Do you prefer this approach? > > > > > > Will > > > > > > --->8 > > > > I'd like to see basically > > > > if (fastmodel) > > a pile of special work-arounds > > else > > not less hacky but more common virtio work-arounds > > > > :) > > > > And then I can apply whatever comes from @arm.com and not > > worry about breaking actual hardware. > > I'm actually seeing the exact same breakage in QEMU right now, so it's not > fast model related at all. In QEMU we also don't properly set the > dma-coherent flag, so we run into cache coherency problems. > > > Alex But with latest revert QEMU should now work, right? -- MST _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
