Date:   Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:40:59 +0800
From:   Ben Luo <luoben@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        tao.ma@...ux.alibaba.com, gerry@...ux.alibaba.com,
        nanhai.zou@...ux.alibaba.com, linyunsheng@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] vfio/pci: make use of irq_update_devid and
 optimize irq ops


在 2019/8/29 上午1:23, Alex Williamson 写道:
> On Wed, 28 Aug 2019 18:08:02 +0800
> Ben Luo <luoben@...ux.alibaba.com> wrote:
>
>> 在 2019/8/28 上午4:33, Alex Williamson 写道:
>>> On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 23:34:43 +0800
>>> Ben Luo <luoben@...ux.alibaba.com> wrote:
>>>   
>>>> When userspace (e.g. qemu) triggers a switch between KVM
>>>> irqfd and userspace eventfd, only dev_id of irq action
>>>> (i.e. the "trigger" in this patch's context) will be
>>>> changed, but a free-then-request-irq action is taken in
>>>> current code. And, irq affinity setting in VM will also
>>>> trigger a free-then-request-irq action, which actually
>>>> changes nothing, but only fires a producer re-registration
>>>> to update irte in case that posted-interrupt is in use.
>>>>
>>>> This patch makes use of irq_update_devid() and optimize
>>>> both cases above, which reduces the risk of losing interrupt
>>>> and also cuts some overhead.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Ben Luo <luoben@...ux.alibaba.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>>>>    1 file changed, 74 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
>>>> index 3fa3f72..60d3023 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
>>>> @@ -284,70 +284,106 @@ static int vfio_msi_enable(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev, int nvec, bool msix)
>>>>    static int vfio_msi_set_vector_signal(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev,
>>>>    				      int vector, int fd, bool msix)
>>>>    {
>>>> +	struct eventfd_ctx *trigger = NULL;
>>>>    	struct pci_dev *pdev = vdev->pdev;
>>>> -	struct eventfd_ctx *trigger;
>>>>    	int irq, ret;
>>>>    
>>>>    	if (vector < 0 || vector >= vdev->num_ctx)
>>>>    		return -EINVAL;
>>>>    
>>>> +	if (fd >= 0) {
>>>> +		trigger = eventfd_ctx_fdget(fd);
>>>> +		if (IS_ERR(trigger))
>>>> +			return PTR_ERR(trigger);
>>>> +	}
>>> I think this is a user visible change.  Previously the vector is
>>> disabled first, then if an error occurs re-enabling, we return an errno
>>> with the vector disabled.  Here we instead fail the ioctl and leave the
>>> state as if it had never happened.  For instance with QEMU, if they
>>> were trying to change from KVM to userspace signaling and entered this
>>> condition, previously the interrupt would signal to neither eventfd, now
>>> it would continue signaling to KVM. If QEMU's intent was to emulate
>>> vector masking, this could induce unhandled interrupts in the guest.
>>> Maybe we need a tear-down on fault here to maintain that behavior, or
>>> do you see some justification for the change?
>> Thanks for your comments, this reminds me to think more about the
>> effects to users.
>>
>> After I reviewed the related code in Qemu and VFIO, I think maybe there
>> is a problem in current behavior
>> for the signal path changing case. Qemu has neither recovery nor retry
>> code in case that ioctl with
>> 'VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS' command fails, so if the old signal path has been
>> disabled on fault of setting
>> up new path, the corresponding vector may be disabled forever. Following
>> is an example from qemu's
>> vfio_msix_vector_do_use():
>>
>>           ret = ioctl(vdev->vbasedev.fd, VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS, irq_set);
>>           g_free(irq_set);
>>           if (ret) {
>>               error_report("vfio: failed to modify vector, %d", ret);
>>           }
>>
>> I think the singal path before changing should be still working at this
>> moment and the caller should keep it
>> working if the changing fails, so that at least we still have the old
>> path instead of no path.
>>
>> For masking vector case, the 'fd' should be -1, and the interrupt will
>> be freed as before this patch.
> QEMU doesn't really have an opportunity to signal an error to the
> guest, we're emulating the hardware masking of MSI and MSI-X.  The
> guest is simply trying to write a mask bit in the vector, there's no
> provision in the PCI spec that setting this bit can fail.  The current
> behavior is that the vector is disabled on error.  We can argue whether
> that's the optimal behavior, but it's the existing behavior and
> changing it would require and evaluation of all existing users.

I totally agree with you that masking of MSI and MSI-X should follow 
current behavior, and my code does follow this behavior when 'fd' == -1, 
the interrupt will surely be disabled.

There is another case that 'fd' is not -1, means userspace just want to 
change the singal path, this time we do have a chance of encountering 
error on eventfd_ctx_fdget(fd). So, I think it is better to keep the old 
path working in this case.

But, as you said this may break the expectation of existing users, I 
make it tear-down on fault in next version.

>
>>>> +
>>>>    	irq = pci_irq_vector(pdev, vector);
>>>>    
>>>> +	/*
>>>> +	 * For KVM-VFIO case, interrupt from passthrough device will be directly
>>>> +	 * delivered to VM after producer and consumer connected successfully.
>>>> +	 * If producer and consumer are disconnected, this interrupt process
>>>> +	 * will fall back to remap mode, where interrupt handler uses 'trigger'
>>>> +	 * to find the right way to deliver the interrupt to VM. So, it is safe
>>>> +	 * to do irq_update_devid() before irq_bypass_unregister_producer() which
>>>> +	 * switches interrupt process to remap mode. To producer and consumer,
>>>> +	 * 'trigger' is only a token used for pairing them togather.
>>>> +	 */
>>>>    	if (vdev->ctx[vector].trigger) {
>>>> -		free_irq(irq, vdev->ctx[vector].trigger);
>>>> -		irq_bypass_unregister_producer(&vdev->ctx[vector].producer);
>>>> -		kfree(vdev->ctx[vector].name);
>>>> -		eventfd_ctx_put(vdev->ctx[vector].trigger);
>>>> -		vdev->ctx[vector].trigger = NULL;
>>>> +		if (vdev->ctx[vector].trigger == trigger) {
>>>> +			/* switch back to remap mode */
>>>> +			irq_bypass_unregister_producer(&vdev->ctx[vector].producer);
>>> I think we leak the fd context we acquired above in this case.
>> Thanks for pointing it out, I will fix this in next version.
>>> Why do we do anything in this case, couldn't we just 'put' the extra ctx
>>> and return 0 here?
>> Sorry for confusing and I do this for a reason,  I will add some more
>> comments like this:
>>
>> Unregistration here is for re-resigtraion later, which will trigger the
>> reconnection of irq_bypass producer
>> and consumer, which in turn calls vmx_update_pi_irte() to update IRTE if
>> posted interrupt is in use.
>> (vmx_update_pi_irte() will modify IRTE based on the information
>> retrieved from KVM.)
>> Whether producer token changed or not, irq_bypass_register_producer() is
>> a way (seems the only way) to
>> update IRTE by VFIO for posted interrupt. The IRTE will be used by IOMMU
>> directly to find the target CPU
>> for an interrupt posted to VM, since hypervisor is bypassed.
> This is only explaining what the bypass de-registration and
> re-registration does, not why we need to perform those actions here.
> If the trigger is the same as that already attached to this vector, why
> is the IRTE changing?  Seems this ought to be a no-op for this vector.

Sorry, I think it cannot be a no-op here. The interrupt affinity setting 
in guest also triggers the calling of this function and IRTE will be 
modified with new affinity information retrieved from KVM's data 
structure by vmx_update_pi_irte() when posted interrupt is in use, not 
from the 'trigger'.

>   
>>>> +		} else if (trigger) {
>>>> +			ret = irq_update_devid(irq,
>>>> +					       vdev->ctx[vector].trigger, trigger);
>>>> +			if (unlikely(ret)) {
>>>> +				dev_info(&pdev->dev,
>>>> +					 "update devid of %d (token %p) failed: %d\n",
>>>> +					 irq, vdev->ctx[vector].trigger, ret);
>>>> +				eventfd_ctx_put(trigger);
>>>> +				return ret;
>>>> +			}
>>>> +			irq_bypass_unregister_producer(&vdev->ctx[vector].producer);
>>> Can you explain this ordering, I would have expected that we'd
>>> unregister the bypass before we updated the devid.  Thanks,
>>>
>>> Alex
>> Actually, I have explained this in comments above this whole control
>> block. I think it is safe and better to
>> update devid before irq_bypass_unregister_producer() which switches
>> interrupt process from posted mode
>> to remap mode. So, if update fails, the posted interrupt can still work.
>>
>> Anyway, to producer and consumer,  'trigger' is only a token used for
>> pairing them togather.
> The bypass is not a guaranteed mechanism, it's an opportunistic
> accelerator.  If the devid update fails, what state are we left with?
> The irq action may not work, but the bypass does; maybe; maybe not all
> the time?  This seems to fall into the same consistency in userspace
> behavior issue identified above.  The user ABI is that the vector is
> disabled if an error is returned.  Thanks,
>
> Alex

Thanks, now I see it is better to unregister the bypass before update 
the devid, will change ordering in next version.

Ben

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