On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 01:59:52PM +0800, Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:18:23 +0800, Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 3:26 PM Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:51:48 +0800, Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 2:00 PM Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:12:24 +0800, Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 10:10 AM Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Now, we pass multi parameters to find_vqs. These parameters
> > > > > > > may work for transport or work for vring.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > And find_vqs has multi implements in many places:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > arch/um/drivers/virtio_uml.c
> > > > > > > drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c
> > > > > > > drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
> > > > > > > drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c
> > > > > > > drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c
> > > > > > > drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
> > > > > > > drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_modern.c
> > > > > > > drivers/virtio/virtio_vdpa.c
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Every time, we try to add a new parameter, that is difficult.
> > > > > > > We must change every find_vqs implement.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > One the other side, if we want to pass a parameter to vring,
> > > > > > > we must change the call path from transport to vring.
> > > > > > > Too many functions need to be changed.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > So it is time to refactor the find_vqs. We pass a structure
> > > > > > > cfg to find_vqs(), that will be passed to vring by transport.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Because the vp_modern_create_avq() use the "const char *names[]",
> > > > > > > and the virtio_uml.c changes the name in the subsequent commit, so
> > > > > > > change the "names" inside the virtio_vq_config from "const char *const
> > > > > > > *names" to "const char **names".
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Ilpo J=E4rvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The name seems broken here.
> > > > >
> > > > > Email APP bug.
> > > > >
> > > > > I will fix.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [...]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > typedef void vq_callback_t(struct virtqueue *);
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > +/**
> > > > > > > + * struct virtio_vq_config - configure for find_vqs()
> > > > > > > + * @cfg_idx: Used by virtio core. The drivers should set this to 0.
> > > > > > > + * During the initialization of each vq(vring setup), we need to know which
> > > > > > > + * item in the array should be used at that time. But since the item in
> > > > > > > + * names can be null, which causes some item of array to be skipped, we
> > > > > > > + * cannot use vq.index as the current id. So add a cfg_idx to let vring
> > > > > > > + * know how to get the current configuration from the array when
> > > > > > > + * initializing vq.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So this design is not good. If it is not something that the driver
> > > > > > needs to care about, the core needs to hide it from the API.
> > > > >
> > > > > The driver just ignore it. That will be beneficial to the virtio core.
> > > > > Otherwise, we must pass one more parameter everywhere.
> > > >
> > > > I don't get here, it's an internal logic and we've already done that.
> > >
> > >
> > > ## Then these must add one param "cfg_idx";
> > >
> > > struct virtqueue *vring_create_virtqueue(struct virtio_device *vdev,
> > > unsigned int index,
> > > struct vq_transport_config *tp_cfg,
> > > struct virtio_vq_config *cfg,
> > > --> uint cfg_idx);
> > >
> > > struct virtqueue *vring_new_virtqueue(struct virtio_device *vdev,
> > > unsigned int index,
> > > void *pages,
> > > struct vq_transport_config *tp_cfg,
> > > struct virtio_vq_config *cfg,
> > > --> uint cfg_idx);
> > >
> > >
> > > ## The functions inside virtio_ring also need to add a new param, such as:
> > >
> > > static struct virtqueue *vring_create_virtqueue_split(struct virtio_device *vdev,
> > > unsigned int index,
> > > struct vq_transport_config *tp_cfg,
> > > struct virtio_vq_config,
> > > --> uint cfg_idx);
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I guess what I'm missing is when could the index differ from cfg_idx?
>
>
> @cfg_idx: Used by virtio core. The drivers should set this to 0.
> During the initialization of each vq(vring setup), we need to know which
> item in the array should be used at that time. But since the item in
> names can be null, which causes some item of array to be skipped, we
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> cannot use vq.index as the current id. So add a cfg_idx to let vring
> know how to get the current configuration from the array when
> initializing vq.
>
>
> static int vp_find_vqs_msix(struct virtio_device *vdev, unsigned int nvqs,
>
> ................
>
> for (i = 0; i < nvqs; ++i) {
> if (!names[i]) {
> vqs[i] = NULL;
> continue;
> }
>
> if (!callbacks[i])
> msix_vec = VIRTIO_MSI_NO_VECTOR;
> else if (vp_dev->per_vq_vectors)
> msix_vec = allocated_vectors++;
> else
> msix_vec = VP_MSIX_VQ_VECTOR;
> vqs[i] = vp_setup_vq(vdev, queue_idx++, callbacks[i], names[i],
> ctx ? ctx[i] : false,
> msix_vec);
>
>
> Thanks.
Jason what do you think is the way to resolve this?
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