netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] vdpa/mlx5: defer clear_virtqueues to until DRIVER

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Date:   Wed, 17 Feb 2021 13:55:35 -0800
From:   Si-Wei Liu <si-wei.liu@...cle.com>
To:     Eli Cohen <elic@...dia.com>, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     jasowang@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] vdpa/mlx5: defer clear_virtqueues to until
 DRIVER_OK



On 2/16/2021 7:21 AM, Eli Cohen wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 09:33:14AM +0200, Eli Cohen wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 01:48:00PM -0800, Si-Wei Liu wrote:
>>> While virtq is stopped,  get_vq_state() is supposed to
>>> be  called to  get  sync'ed  with  the latest internal
>>> avail_index from device. The saved avail_index is used
>>> to restate  the virtq  once device is started.  Commit
>>> b35ccebe3ef7 introduced the clear_virtqueues() routine
>>> to  reset  the saved  avail_index,  however, the index
>>> gets cleared a bit earlier before get_vq_state() tries
>>> to read it. This would cause consistency problems when
>>> virtq is restarted, e.g. through a series of link down
>>> and link up events. We  could  defer  the  clearing of
>>> avail_index  to  until  the  device  is to be started,
>>> i.e. until  VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK  is set again in
>>> set_status().
>>>
>>> Fixes: b35ccebe3ef7 ("vdpa/mlx5: Restore the hardware used index after change map")
>>> Signed-off-by: Si-Wei Liu <si-wei.liu@...cle.com>
>>> Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
>> Acked-by: Eli Cohen <elic@...dia.com>
>>
> I take it back. I think we don't need to clear the indexes at all. In
> case we need to restore indexes we'll get the right values through
> set_vq_state(). If we suspend the virtqueue due to VM being suspended,
> qemu will query first and will provide the the queried value. In case of
> VM reboot, it will provide 0 in set_vq_state().
>
> I am sending a patch that addresses both reboot and suspend.
With set_vq_state() repurposed to restoring used_index I'm fine with 
this approach.

Do I have to repost a v3 of this series while dropping the 3rd patch?

-Siwei
>
>>> ---
>>>   drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c | 2 +-
>>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
>>> index 7c1f789..ce6aae8 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
>>> @@ -1777,7 +1777,6 @@ static void mlx5_vdpa_set_status(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u8 status)
>>>   	if (!status) {
>>>   		mlx5_vdpa_info(mvdev, "performing device reset\n");
>>>   		teardown_driver(ndev);
>>> -		clear_virtqueues(ndev);
>>>   		mlx5_vdpa_destroy_mr(&ndev->mvdev);
>>>   		ndev->mvdev.status = 0;
>>>   		++mvdev->generation;
>>> @@ -1786,6 +1785,7 @@ static void mlx5_vdpa_set_status(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u8 status)
>>>   
>>>   	if ((status ^ ndev->mvdev.status) & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK) {
>>>   		if (status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK) {
>>> +			clear_virtqueues(ndev);
>>>   			err = setup_driver(ndev);
>>>   			if (err) {
>>>   				mlx5_vdpa_warn(mvdev, "failed to setup driver\n");
>>> -- 
>>> 1.8.3.1
>>>