linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hv_sock: use HV_HYP_PAGE_SIZE instead of PAGE_SIZE

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Message-ID: <20191004154817.GL17454@sasha-vm>
Date:   Fri, 4 Oct 2019 11:48:17 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     Himadri Pandya <himadrispandya@...il.com>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "himadri18.07" <himadri18.07@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hv_sock: use HV_HYP_PAGE_SIZE instead of PAGE_SIZE_4K

On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 01:02:03AM +0000, Michael Kelley wrote:
>From: Himadri Pandya <himadrispandya@...il.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 10:11 PM
>>
>> Older windows hosts require the hv_sock ring buffer to be defined
>> using 4K pages. This was achieved by using the symbol PAGE_SIZE_4K
>> defined specifically for this purpose. But now we have a new symbol
>> HV_HYP_PAGE_SIZE defined in hyperv-tlfs which can be used for this.
>>
>> This patch removes the definition of symbol PAGE_SIZE_4K and replaces
>> its usage with the symbol HV_HYP_PAGE_SIZE. This patch also aligns
>> sndbuf and rcvbuf to hyper-v specific page size using HV_HYP_PAGE_SIZE
>> instead of the guest page size(PAGE_SIZE) as hyper-v expects the page
>> size to be 4K and it might not be the case on ARM64 architecture.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Himadri Pandya <himadri18.07@...il.com>
>> ---
>>  net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c | 21 +++++++++++----------
>>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c
>> index f2084e3f7aa4..ecb5d72d8010 100644
>> --- a/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c
>> +++ b/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c
>> @@ -13,15 +13,16 @@
>>  #include <linux/hyperv.h>
>>  #include <net/sock.h>
>>  #include <net/af_vsock.h>
>> +#include <asm/hyperv-tlfs.h>
>>
>
>Reviewed-by:  Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
>
>This patch depends on a prerequisite patch in
>
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git x86/hyperv
>
>that defines HV_HYP_PAGE_SIZE.

David, the above prerequisite patch is now upstream, so this patch
should be good to go. Would you take it through the net tree or should I
do it via the hyperv tree?

--
Thanks,
Sasha