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Date:   Thu, 11 Mar 2021 22:59:44 +0000
From:   ChiaHao Hsu <andyhsu@...zon.com>
To:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <wei.liu@...nel.org>, <paul@....org>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <kuba@...nel.org>, <andyhsu@...zon.com>,
        <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
Subject: [net-next 1/2] xen-netback: add module parameter to disable ctrl-ring

In order to support live migration of guests between kernels
that do and do not support 'feature-ctrl-ring', we add a
module parameter that allows the feature to be disabled
at run time, instead of using hardcode value.
The default value is enable.

Signed-off-by: ChiaHao Hsu <andyhsu@...zon.com>
---
 drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h  |  2 ++
 drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c |  6 ++++++
 drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c  | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h b/drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h
index 4a16d6e33c09..bfb7a3054917 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ struct backend_info {
 	u8 have_hotplug_status_watch:1;
 
 	const char *hotplug_script;
+	bool ctrl_ring_enabled;
 };
 
 struct xenvif {
@@ -413,6 +414,7 @@ static inline pending_ring_idx_t nr_pending_reqs(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
 
 irqreturn_t xenvif_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id);
 
+extern bool control_ring;
 extern bool separate_tx_rx_irq;
 extern bool provides_xdp_headroom;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
index 39a01c2a3058..a119ae673862 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@
 
 #include <asm/xen/hypercall.h>
 
+/* Provide an option to disable control ring which is used to pass
+ * large quantities of data from frontend to backend.
+ */
+bool control_ring = true;
+module_param(control_ring, bool, 0644);
+
 /* Provide an option to disable split event channels at load time as
  * event channels are limited resource. Split event channels are
  * enabled by default.
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
index a5439c130130..9801b8d10239 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
@@ -755,10 +755,12 @@ static void connect(struct backend_info *be)
 	xen_register_watchers(dev, be->vif);
 	read_xenbus_vif_flags(be);
 
-	err = connect_ctrl_ring(be);
-	if (err) {
-		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "connecting control ring");
-		return;
+	if (be->ctrl_ring_enabled) {
+		err = connect_ctrl_ring(be);
+		if (err) {
+			xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "connecting control ring");
+			return;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Use the number of queues requested by the frontend */
@@ -1123,11 +1125,14 @@ static int netback_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 	if (err)
 		pr_debug("Error writing multi-queue-max-queues\n");
 
-	err = xenbus_printf(XBT_NIL, dev->nodename,
-			    "feature-ctrl-ring",
-			    "%u", true);
-	if (err)
-		pr_debug("Error writing feature-ctrl-ring\n");
+	be->ctrl_ring_enabled = READ_ONCE(control_ring);
+	if (be->ctrl_ring_enabled) {
+		err = xenbus_printf(XBT_NIL, dev->nodename,
+				    "feature-ctrl-ring",
+				    "%u", true);
+		if (err)
+			pr_debug("Error writing feature-ctrl-ring\n");
+	}
 
 	backend_switch_state(be, XenbusStateInitWait);
 
-- 
2.23.3