netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] virtio: support advance DMA

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Date:   Wed, 30 Mar 2022 02:33:51 -0400
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] virtio: support advance DMA

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 07:03:53PM +0800, Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> virtqueue_add() only supports virtual addresses, dma is completed in
> virtqueue_add().
> 
> In some scenarios (such as the AF_XDP scenario), DMA is completed in advance, so
> it is necessary for us to support passing the DMA address to virtqueue_add().

I picked up a couple of patches. Others are waiting for some acks
(Jason?) and improved commit logs for documentation.

Thanks!

> v2:
>     1. rename predma -> premapped
>     2. virtio net xdp tx use virtio dma api
> 
> v1:
>    1. All sgs requested at one time are required to be unified PREDMA, and several
>       of them are not supported to be PREDMA
>    2. virtio_dma_map() is removed from this patch set and will be submitted
>       together with the next time AF_XDP supports virtio dma
>    3. Added patch #2 #3 to remove the check for flags when performing unmap
>       indirect desc
> 
> Xuan Zhuo (9):
>   virtio_ring: rename vring_unmap_state_packed() to
>     vring_unmap_extra_packed()
>   virtio_ring: remove flags check for unmap split indirect desc
>   virtio_ring: remove flags check for unmap packed indirect desc
>   virtio_ring: virtqueue_add() support premapped
>   virtio_ring: split: virtqueue_add_split() support premapped
>   virtio_ring: packed: virtqueue_add_packed() support premapped
>   virtio_ring: add api virtio_dma_map() for advance dma
>   virtio_ring: introduce virtqueue_add_outbuf_premapped()
>   virtio_net: xdp xmit use virtio dma api
> 
>  drivers/net/virtio_net.c     |  42 +++++-
>  drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 280 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  include/linux/virtio.h       |  12 ++
>  3 files changed, 254 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)
> 
> --
> 2.31.0