Re: [PATCH v1 0/6] virtio: support advance DMA

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On Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:19:44 +0800, Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 4:51 PM Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > virtqueue_add() only supports virtual addresses, dma is completed in
> > virtqueue_add().
> >
> > In some scenarios (such as the AF_XDP scenario), DMA is completed in advance, so
> > it is necessary for us to support passing the DMA address to virtqueue_add().
>
> I'd suggest rename this feature as "unmanaged DMA".

OK

>
> >
> > Record this predma information in extra->flags, which can be skipped when
> > executing dma unmap.
>
> Question still, can we use per-virtqueue flag instead of per
> descriptor flag? If my memory is correct, the answer is yes in the
> discussion for the previous version.
>

Yes.

per-virtqueue? I guess it should be per-submit.

This patch set only adds a flag to desc_extra[head].flags, so that we can know
if we need to unmap dma when we detach.

Thanks.

> Thanks
>
> >
> > v1:
> >    1. All sgs requested at one time are required to be unified PREDMA, and several
> >       of them are not supported to be PREDMA
> >    2. virtio_dma_map() is removed from this patch set and will be submitted
> >       together with the next time AF_XDP supports virtio dma
> >    3. Added patch #2 #3 to remove the check for flags when performing unmap
> >       indirect desc
> >
> > Xuan Zhuo (6):
> >   virtio: rename vring_unmap_state_packed() to
> >     vring_unmap_extra_packed()
> >   virtio: remove flags check for unmap split indirect desc
> >   virtio: remove flags check for unmap packed indirect desc
> >   virtio: virtqueue_add() support predma
> >   virtio: split: virtqueue_add_split() support dma address
> >   virtio: packed: virtqueue_add_packed() support dma address
> >
> >  drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 199 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> >  1 file changed, 126 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
> >
> > --
> > 2.31.0
> >
>
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