netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] xen-netback: support dynamic unbind/bind

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Date:   Thu, 26 Dec 2019 15:16:44 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     pdurrant@...zon.com
Cc:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, wei.liu@...nel.org, paul@....org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] xen-netback: support dynamic unbind/bind

From: Paul Durrant <pdurrant@...zon.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 09:59:23 +0000

> By re-attaching RX, TX, and CTL rings during connect() rather than
> assuming they are freshly allocated (i.e. assuming the counters are zero),
> and avoiding forcing state to Closed in netback_remove() it is possible
> for vif instances to be unbound and re-bound from and to (respectively) a
> running guest.
> 
> Dynamic unbind/bind is a highly useful feature for a backend module as it
> allows it to be unloaded and re-loaded (i.e. updated) without requiring
> domUs to be halted.
> 
> This has been tested by running iperf as a server in the test VM and
> then running a client against it in a continuous loop, whilst also
> running:
> 
> while true;
>   do echo vif-$DOMID-$VIF >unbind;
>   echo down;
>   rmmod xen-netback;
>   echo unloaded;
>   modprobe xen-netback;
>   cd $(pwd);
>   brctl addif xenbr0 vif$DOMID.$VIF;
>   ip link set vif$DOMID.$VIF up;
>   echo up;
>   sleep 5;
>   done
> 
> in dom0 from /sys/bus/xen-backend/drivers/vif to continuously unbind,
> unload, re-load, re-bind and re-plumb the backend.
> 
> Clearly a performance drop was seen but no TCP connection resets were
> observed during this test and moreover a parallel SSH connection into the
> guest remained perfectly usable throughout.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <pdurrant@...zon.com>

Applied, thank you.