linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 2/7] virtio-balloon: define new feature bit and page bitmap head

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Date:   Wed, 26 Oct 2016 18:35:54 +0300
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Liang Li <liang.z.li@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        virtio-dev@...ts.oasis-open.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        qemu-devel@...gnu.org, quintela@...hat.com, dgilbert@...hat.com,
        dave.hansen@...el.com, pbonzini@...hat.com,
        cornelia.huck@...ibm.com, amit.shah@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 2/7] virtio-balloon: define new feature
 bit and page bitmap head

On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 02:24:35PM +0800, Liang Li wrote:
> Add a new feature which supports sending the page information with
> a bitmap. The current implementation uses PFNs array, which is not
> very efficient. Using bitmap can improve the performance of
> inflating/deflating significantly
> 
> The page bitmap header will used to tell the host some information
> about the page bitmap. e.g. the page size, page bitmap length and
> start pfn.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liang Li <liang.z.li@...el.com>
> Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
> Cc: Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h
> index 343d7dd..d3b182a 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h
> @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
>  #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_MUST_TELL_HOST	0 /* Tell before reclaiming pages */
>  #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_STATS_VQ	1 /* Memory Stats virtqueue */
>  #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_DEFLATE_ON_OOM	2 /* Deflate balloon on OOM */
> +#define VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_BITMAP	3 /* Send page info with bitmap */
>  
>  /* Size of a PFN in the balloon interface. */
>  #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_PFN_SHIFT 12
> @@ -82,4 +83,22 @@ struct virtio_balloon_stat {
>  	__virtio64 val;
>  } __attribute__((packed));
>  
> +/* Page bitmap header structure */
> +struct balloon_bmap_hdr {

Should be virtio_balloon.

> +	/* Used to distinguish different request */

different requests? what are the legal values?

> +	__virtio16 cmd;
> +	/* Shift width of page in the bitmap */

In which units?

> +	__virtio16 page_shift;
> +	/* flag used to identify different status */

this comment does not seem to add any value.

> +	__virtio16 flag;
> +	/* Reserved */

this too

> +	__virtio16 reserved;
> +	/* ID of the request */
> +	__virtio64 req_id;
> +	/* The pfn of 0 bit in the bitmap */
> +	__virtio64 start_pfn;
> +	/* The length of the bitmap, in bytes */

Why not in bits?

> +	__virtio64 bmap_len;
> +};
> +
>  #endif /* _LINUX_VIRTIO_BALLOON_H */
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1