Re: [PATCH vhost v2 06/12] virtio_ring: split-indirect: support premapped

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On Tue, 14 Mar 2023 15:57:06 +0800, Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 2:44 PM Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > virtio core only supports virtual addresses, dma is completed in virtio
> > core.
> >
> > In some scenarios (such as the AF_XDP), the memory is allocated
> > and DMA is completed in advance, so it is necessary for us to support
> > passing the DMA address to virtio core.
> >
> > Drives can use sg->dma_address to pass the mapped dma address to virtio
> > core. If one sg->dma_address is used then all sgs must use sg->dma_address,
> > otherwise all dma_address must be null.
> >
> > On the indirect path, if dma_address is used, desc_state.indir_desc will
> > be mixed with VRING_INDIRECT_PREMAPPED. So when do unmap, we can pass it.
>
> It's better to mention why indirect descriptors can't be done in the
> same way with direct descriptors.
>
> Btw, if we change the semantics of desc_extra.dma_addr and
> desc_state.indir_desc, we should add comments to definitions of those
> structures.


Will fix.

>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
> >  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> > index 66a071e3bdef..11827d2e56a8 100644
> > --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> > +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> > @@ -231,6 +231,18 @@ static void vring_free(struct virtqueue *_vq);
> >   * Helpers.
> >   */
> >
> > +#define VRING_INDIRECT_PREMAPPED  BIT(0)
> > +
> > +#define desc_mix_dma_map(do_map, desc) \
> > +       (do_map ? desc : (typeof(desc))((unsigned long)(desc) | VRING_INDIRECT_PREMAPPED))
> > +
> > +#define desc_rm_dma_map(desc) \
> > +       ((typeof(desc))((unsigned long)(desc) & ~VRING_INDIRECT_PREMAPPED))
> > +
> > +#define desc_map_inter(desc) \
> > +       !((unsigned long)(desc) & VRING_INDIRECT_PREMAPPED)
> > +
> > +
> >  #define to_vvq(_vq) container_of(_vq, struct vring_virtqueue, vq)
> >
> >  static inline bool virtqueue_use_indirect(struct vring_virtqueue *vq,
> > @@ -725,7 +737,7 @@ static inline int virtqueue_add_split(struct virtqueue *_vq,
> >         /* Store token and indirect buffer state. */
> >         vq->split.desc_state[head].data = data;
> >         if (indirect)
> > -               vq->split.desc_state[head].indir_desc = desc;
> > +               vq->split.desc_state[head].indir_desc = desc_mix_dma_map(do_map, desc);
>
> So using indir_desc is kind of hacky (since we don't use indirect for
> rx with extra context).
>
> But at least I think we should seeka way to use the same metadata for
> both direct and indirect descriptors.
>
> E.g can we make them all to use indir_desc?

I think it may not. My original idea is to use indir_desc uniformly, but
for the scene of saving ctx, we cannot guarantee that the ctx has space for us.

Thanks.

>
> Thanks
>
> >         else
> >                 vq->split.desc_state[head].indir_desc = ctx;
> >
> > @@ -820,22 +832,26 @@ static void detach_buf_split(struct vring_virtqueue *vq, unsigned int head,
> >         vq->vq.num_free++;
> >
> >         if (vq->indirect) {
> > -               struct vring_desc *indir_desc =
> > -                               vq->split.desc_state[head].indir_desc;
> > +               struct vring_desc *mix = vq->split.desc_state[head].indir_desc;
> > +               struct vring_desc *indir_desc;
> >                 u32 len;
> >
> >                 /* Free the indirect table, if any, now that it's unmapped. */
> > -               if (!indir_desc)
> > +               if (!mix)
> >                         return;
> >
> > +               indir_desc = desc_rm_dma_map(mix);
> > +
> >                 len = vq->split.desc_extra[head].len;
> >
> >                 BUG_ON(!(vq->split.desc_extra[head].flags &
> >                                 VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT));
> >                 BUG_ON(len == 0 || len % sizeof(struct vring_desc));
> >
> > -               for (j = 0; j < len / sizeof(struct vring_desc); j++)
> > -                       vring_unmap_one_split_indirect(vq, &indir_desc[j]);
> > +               if (desc_map_inter(mix)) {
> > +                       for (j = 0; j < len / sizeof(struct vring_desc); j++)
> > +                               vring_unmap_one_split_indirect(vq, &indir_desc[j]);
> > +               }
> >
> >                 kfree(indir_desc);
> >                 vq->split.desc_state[head].indir_desc = NULL;
> > --
> > 2.32.0.3.g01195cf9f
> >
>
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