linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] ifcvf: move IRQ request/free to status change handlers

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Message-ID: <CACLfguXXPArd9UWX-HpfqNvgpWS=Nyt6SJ4kUkjjpVsVvVe9oA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 19 May 2020 09:51:26 +0800
From:   Cindy Lu <lulu@...hat.com>
To:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc:     "Zhu, Lingshan" <lingshan.zhu@...el.com>,
        Michael Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        dan.daly@...el.com, "Liang, Cunming" <cunming.liang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] ifcvf: move IRQ request/free to status change handlers

Hi ,Jason
It works ok in the latest version of qemu vdpa code , So I think the
patch is ok.
Thanks
Cindy
On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 3:18 PM Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 2020/5/13 下午12:42, Zhu, Lingshan wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 5/13/2020 12:12 PM, Jason Wang wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2020/5/12 下午4:00, Zhu Lingshan wrote:
> >>> This commit move IRQ request and free operations from probe()
> >>> to VIRTIO status change handler to comply with VIRTIO spec.
> >>>
> >>> VIRTIO spec 1.1, section 2.1.2 Device Requirements: Device Status Field
> >>> The device MUST NOT consume buffers or send any used buffer
> >>> notifications to the driver before DRIVER_OK.
> >>
> >>
> >> This comment needs to be checked as I said previously. It's only
> >> needed if we're sure ifcvf can generate interrupt before DRIVER_OK.
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Zhu Lingshan <lingshan.zhu@...el.com>
> >>> ---
> >>> changes from V1:
> >>> remove ifcvf_stop_datapath() in status == 0 handler, we don't need
> >>> to do this
> >>> twice; handle status == 0 after DRIVER_OK -> !DRIVER_OK handler
> >>> (Jason Wang)
> >>
> >>
> >> Patch looks good to me, but with this patch ping cannot work on my
> >> machine. (It works without this patch).
> >>
> >> Thanks
> > This is strange, it works on my machines, let's have a check offline.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > BR
> > Zhu Lingshan
>
>
> I give it a try with virito-vpda and a tiny userspace. Either works.
>
> So it could be an issue of qemu codes.
>
> Let's wait for Cindy to test if it really works.
>
> Thanks
>
>