netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 1/3] vsock/virtio: enable VQs early on probe

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Date:   Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:54:03 +0100
From:   Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
To:     Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Arseny Krasnov <arseny.krasnov@...persky.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, Asias He <asias@...hat.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 1/3] vsock/virtio: enable VQs early on probe

On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 01:44:42PM +0000, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
>On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 09:49:52AM +0100, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
>> virtio spec requires drivers to set DRIVER_OK before using VQs.
>> This is set automatically after probe returns, but virtio-vsock
>> driver uses VQs in the probe function to fill rx and event VQs
>> with new buffers.
>>
>> Let's fix this, calling virtio_device_ready() before using VQs
>> in the probe function.
>>
>> Fixes: 0ea9e1d3a9e3 ("VSOCK: Introduce virtio_transport.ko")
>> Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
>> ---
>>  net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c | 2 ++
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
>> index 5afc194a58bb..b1962f8cd502 100644
>> --- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
>> +++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
>> @@ -622,6 +622,8 @@ static int virtio_vsock_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>>  	INIT_WORK(&vsock->event_work, virtio_transport_event_work);
>>  	INIT_WORK(&vsock->send_pkt_work, virtio_transport_send_pkt_work);
>>
>> +	virtio_device_ready(vdev);
>
>Can rx and event virtqueue interrupts be lost if they occur before we
>assign vdev->priv later in virtio_vsock_probe()?

Yep, as Michael suggested I'll fix the patch order in the next version.

Thanks,
Stefano