linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH vhost v4 06/15] vdpa: Track device suspended state

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Message-ID: <65064744954829b844d8a7b23bb09792cb6c2760.camel@nvidia.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 12:55:37 +0000
From: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@...dia.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH vhost v4 06/15] vdpa: Track device suspended state

On Wed, 2023-12-20 at 11:46 +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 2:09 AM Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@...dia.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Set vdpa device suspended state on successful suspend. Clear it on
> > successful resume and reset.
> > 
> > The state will be locked by the vhost_vdpa mutex. The mutex is taken
> > during suspend, resume and reset in vhost_vdpa_unlocked_ioctl. The
> > exception is vhost_vdpa_open which does a device reset but that should
> > be safe because it can only happen before the other ops.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@...dia.com>
> > Suggested-by: Eugenio Pérez <eperezma@...hat.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/vhost/vdpa.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> > index b4e8ddf86485..00b4fa8e89f2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> > +++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> > @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct vhost_vdpa {
> >         int in_batch;
> >         struct vdpa_iova_range range;
> >         u32 batch_asid;
> > +       bool suspended;
> 
> Any reason why we don't do it in the core vDPA device but here?
> 
Not really. I wanted to be safe and not expose it in a header due to locking.

Thanks,
Dragos