On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 01:11:37PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 6:16 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 05:26:02PM -0700, Si-Wei Liu wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 7/3/2023 8:46 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 04:25:14PM +0200, Eugenio Pérez wrote:
> > > > > Offer this backend feature as mlx5 is compatible with it. It allows it
> > > > > to do live migration with CVQ, dynamically switching between passthrough
> > > > > and shadow virtqueue.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Eugenio Pérez <eperezma@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Same comment.
> > > to which?
> > >
> > > -Siwei
> >
> > VHOST_BACKEND_F_ENABLE_AFTER_DRIVER_OK is too narrow a use-case to commit to it
> > as a kernel/userspace ABI: what if one wants to start rings in some
> > other specific order?
>
> Just enable a queue by writing e.g 1 to queue_enable in a specific order?
But then at driver ok time we don't know how many queues are there.
> > As was discussed on list, a better promise is not to access ring
> > until the 1st kick. vdpa can then do a kick when it wants
> > the device to start accessing rings.
>
> Rethink about the ACCESS_AFTER_KICK, it sounds functional equivalent
> to allow queue_enable after DRIVER_OK, but it seems to have
> distanvages:
>
> A busy polling software device may disable notifications and never
> respond to register to any kick notifiers. ACCESS_AFTER_KICK will
> introduce overhead to those implementations.
>
> Thanks
It's just the 1st kick, then you can disable. No?
> >
> > > >
> > > > > ---
> > > > > drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c | 7 +++++++
> > > > > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> > > > > index 9138ef2fb2c8..5f309a16b9dc 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> > > > > @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
> > > > > #include <uapi/linux/virtio_net.h>
> > > > > #include <uapi/linux/virtio_ids.h>
> > > > > #include <uapi/linux/vdpa.h>
> > > > > +#include <uapi/linux/vhost_types.h>
> > > > > #include <linux/virtio_config.h>
> > > > > #include <linux/auxiliary_bus.h>
> > > > > #include <linux/mlx5/cq.h>
> > > > > @@ -2499,6 +2500,11 @@ static void unregister_link_notifier(struct mlx5_vdpa_net *ndev)
> > > > > flush_workqueue(ndev->mvdev.wq);
> > > > > }
> > > > > +static u64 mlx5_vdpa_get_backend_features(const struct vdpa_device *vdpa)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > + return BIT_ULL(VHOST_BACKEND_F_ENABLE_AFTER_DRIVER_OK);
> > > > > +}
> > > > > +
> > > > > static int mlx5_vdpa_set_driver_features(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u64 features)
> > > > > {
> > > > > struct mlx5_vdpa_dev *mvdev = to_mvdev(vdev);
> > > > > @@ -3140,6 +3146,7 @@ static const struct vdpa_config_ops mlx5_vdpa_ops = {
> > > > > .get_vq_align = mlx5_vdpa_get_vq_align,
> > > > > .get_vq_group = mlx5_vdpa_get_vq_group,
> > > > > .get_device_features = mlx5_vdpa_get_device_features,
> > > > > + .get_backend_features = mlx5_vdpa_get_backend_features,
> > > > > .set_driver_features = mlx5_vdpa_set_driver_features,
> > > > > .get_driver_features = mlx5_vdpa_get_driver_features,
> > > > > .set_config_cb = mlx5_vdpa_set_config_cb,
> > > > > --
> > > > > 2.39.3
> >
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