Date:   Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:24:41 -0800
From:   Si-Wei Liu <si-wei.liu@...cle.com>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>, elic@...dia.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vdpa/mlx5: set_features should allow reset to zero



On 2/23/2021 9:04 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 11:35:57AM -0800, Si-Wei Liu wrote:
>>
>> On 2/23/2021 5:26 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 10:03:57AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>>>> On 2021/2/23 9:12 上午, Si-Wei Liu wrote:
>>>>> On 2/21/2021 11:34 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 12:14:17PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2021/2/19 7:54 下午, Si-Wei Liu wrote:
>>>>>>>> Commit 452639a64ad8 ("vdpa: make sure set_features is invoked
>>>>>>>> for legacy") made an exception for legacy guests to reset
>>>>>>>> features to 0, when config space is accessed before features
>>>>>>>> are set. We should relieve the verify_min_features() check
>>>>>>>> and allow features reset to 0 for this case.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's worth noting that not just legacy guests could access
>>>>>>>> config space before features are set. For instance, when
>>>>>>>> feature VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU is advertised some modern driver
>>>>>>>> will try to access and validate the MTU present in the config
>>>>>>>> space before virtio features are set.
>>>>>>> This looks like a spec violation:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The following driver-read-only field, mtu only exists if
>>>>>>> VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU is
>>>>>>> set.
>>>>>>> This field specifies the maximum MTU for the driver to use.
>>>>>>> "
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do we really want to workaround this?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> And also:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The driver MUST follow this sequence to initialize a device:
>>>>>> 1. Reset the device.
>>>>>> 2. Set the ACKNOWLEDGE status bit: the guest OS has noticed the device.
>>>>>> 3. Set the DRIVER status bit: the guest OS knows how to drive the
>>>>>> device.
>>>>>> 4. Read device feature bits, and write the subset of feature bits
>>>>>> understood by the OS and driver to the
>>>>>> device. During this step the driver MAY read (but MUST NOT write)
>>>>>> the device-specific configuration
>>>>>> fields to check that it can support the device before accepting it.
>>>>>> 5. Set the FEATURES_OK status bit. The driver MUST NOT accept new
>>>>>> feature bits after this step.
>>>>>> 6. Re-read device status to ensure the FEATURES_OK bit is still set:
>>>>>> otherwise, the device does not
>>>>>> support our subset of features and the device is unusable.
>>>>>> 7. Perform device-specific setup, including discovery of virtqueues
>>>>>> for the device, optional per-bus setup,
>>>>>> reading and possibly writing the device’s virtio configuration
>>>>>> space, and population of virtqueues.
>>>>>> 8. Set the DRIVER_OK status bit. At this point the device is “live”.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> so accessing config space before FEATURES_OK is a spec violation, right?
>>>>> It is, but it's not relevant to what this commit tries to address. I
>>>>> thought the legacy guest still needs to be supported.
>>>>>
>>>>> Having said, a separate patch has to be posted to fix the guest driver
>>>>> issue where this discrepancy is introduced to virtnet_validate() (since
>>>>> commit fe36cbe067). But it's not technically related to this patch.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Siwei
>>>> I think it's a bug to read config space in validate, we should move it to
>>>> virtnet_probe().
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>> I take it back, reading but not writing seems to be explicitly allowed by spec.
>>> So our way to detect a legacy guest is bogus, need to think what is
>>> the best way to handle this.
>> Then maybe revert commit fe36cbe067 and friends, and have QEMU detect legacy
>> guest? Supposedly only config space write access needs to be guarded before
>> setting FEATURES_OK.
>>
>> -Siwie
> Detecting it isn't enough though, we will need a new ioctl to notify
> the kernel that it's a legacy guest. Ugh :(
Well, although I think adding an ioctl is doable, may I know what the 
use case there will be for kernel to leverage such info directly? Is 
there a case QEMU can't do with dedicate ioctls later if there's indeed 
differentiation (legacy v.s. modern) needed?

One of the reason I asked is if this ioctl becomes a mandate for 
vhost-vdpa kernel. QEMU would reject initialize vhost-vdpa if doesn't 
see this ioctl coming?

If it's optional, suppose the kernel may need it only when it becomes 
necessary?

Thanks,
-Siwei


>
>
>>>>>>>> Rejecting reset to 0
>>>>>>>> prematurely causes correct MTU and link status unable to load
>>>>>>>> for the very first config space access, rendering issues like
>>>>>>>> guest showing inaccurate MTU value, or failure to reject
>>>>>>>> out-of-range MTU.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Fixes: 1a86b377aa21 ("vdpa/mlx5: Add VDPA driver for
>>>>>>>> supported mlx5 devices")
>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Si-Wei Liu <si-wei.liu@...cle.com>
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>      drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c | 15 +--------------
>>>>>>>>      1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 14 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
>>>>>>>> b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
>>>>>>>> index 7c1f789..540dd67 100644
>>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
>>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
>>>>>>>> @@ -1490,14 +1490,6 @@ static u64
>>>>>>>> mlx5_vdpa_get_features(struct vdpa_device *vdev)
>>>>>>>>          return mvdev->mlx_features;
>>>>>>>>      }
>>>>>>>> -static int verify_min_features(struct mlx5_vdpa_dev *mvdev,
>>>>>>>> u64 features)
>>>>>>>> -{
>>>>>>>> -    if (!(features & BIT_ULL(VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM)))
>>>>>>>> -        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>> -    return 0;
>>>>>>>> -}
>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>      static int setup_virtqueues(struct mlx5_vdpa_net *ndev)
>>>>>>>>      {
>>>>>>>>          int err;
>>>>>>>> @@ -1558,18 +1550,13 @@ static int
>>>>>>>> mlx5_vdpa_set_features(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u64
>>>>>>>> features)
>>>>>>>>      {
>>>>>>>>          struct mlx5_vdpa_dev *mvdev = to_mvdev(vdev);
>>>>>>>>          struct mlx5_vdpa_net *ndev = to_mlx5_vdpa_ndev(mvdev);
>>>>>>>> -    int err;
>>>>>>>>          print_features(mvdev, features, true);
>>>>>>>> -    err = verify_min_features(mvdev, features);
>>>>>>>> -    if (err)
>>>>>>>> -        return err;
>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>          ndev->mvdev.actual_features = features &
>>>>>>>> ndev->mvdev.mlx_features;
>>>>>>>>          ndev->config.mtu = cpu_to_mlx5vdpa16(mvdev, ndev->mtu);
>>>>>>>>          ndev->config.status |= cpu_to_mlx5vdpa16(mvdev,
>>>>>>>> VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP);
>>>>>>>> -    return err;
>>>>>>>> +    return 0;
>>>>>>>>      }
>>>>>>>>      static void mlx5_vdpa_set_config_cb(struct vdpa_device
>>>>>>>> *vdev, struct vdpa_callback *cb)

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