Message-ID: <20230706020310-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2023 02:05:53 -0400
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc: Eugenio Perez Martin <eperezma@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@....com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vdpa: reject F_ENABLE_AFTER_DRIVER_OK if backend does
 not support it

On Thu, Jul 06, 2023 at 09:56:29AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 4:42 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 03:55:23PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 6:38 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 12:25:32PM +0200, Eugenio Perez Martin wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 4:52 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 04:22:18PM +0200, Eugenio Pérez wrote:
> > > > > > > With the current code it is accepted as long as userland send it.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Although userland should not set a feature flag that has not been
> > > > > > > offered to it with VHOST_GET_BACKEND_FEATURES, the current code will not
> > > > > > > complain for it.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Since there is no specific reason for any parent to reject that backend
> > > > > > > feature bit when it has been proposed, let's control it at vdpa frontend
> > > > > > > level. Future patches may move this control to the parent driver.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Fixes: 967800d2d52e ("vdpa: accept VHOST_BACKEND_F_ENABLE_AFTER_DRIVER_OK backend feature")
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Eugenio Pérez <eperezma@...hat.com>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Please do send v3. And again, I don't want to send "after driver ok" hack
> > > > > > upstream at all, I merged it in next just to give it some testing.
> > > > > > We want RING_ACCESS_AFTER_KICK or some such.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Current devices do not support that semantic.
> > > >
> > > > Which devices specifically access the ring after DRIVER_OK but before
> > > > a kick?
> > >
> > > Vhost-net is one example at last. It polls a socket as well, so it
> > > starts to access the ring immediately after DRIVER_OK.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> >
> > For sure but that is not vdpa.
> 
> Somehow via vp_vdpa that I'm usually testing vDPA patches.
> 
> The problem is that it's very hard to audit all vDPA devices now if it
> is not defined in the spec before they are invented.
> 
> Thanks

vp_vdpa is exactly the part that bothers me. If on the host it is backed
by e.g. vhost-user then it does not work. And you don't know what is
backing it.

OTOH it supports RING_RESET ...

So, proposal: include both this solution and for drivers
vp_vdpa the RING_RESET trick.


Hmm?



> >
> > > >
> > > > > My plan was to convert
> > > > > it in vp_vdpa if needed, and reuse the current vdpa ops. Sorry if I
> > > > > was not explicit enough.
> > > > >
> > > > > The only solution I can see to that is to trap & emulate in the vdpa
> > > > > (parent?) driver, as talked in virtio-comment. But that complicates
> > > > > the architecture:
> > > > > * Offer VHOST_BACKEND_F_RING_ACCESS_AFTER_KICK
> > > > > * Store vq enable state separately, at
> > > > > vdpa->config->set_vq_ready(true), but not transmit that enable to hw
> > > > > * Store the doorbell state separately, but do not configure it to the
> > > > > device directly.
> > > > >
> > > > > But how to recover if the device cannot configure them at kick time,
> > > > > for example?
> > > > >
> > > > > Maybe we can just fail if the parent driver does not support enabling
> > > > > the vq after DRIVER_OK? That way no new feature flag is needed.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > Sent with Fixes: tag pointing to git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst
> > > > > > > commit. Please let me know if I should send a v3 of [1] instead.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230609121244-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org/T/
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > >  drivers/vhost/vdpa.c | 7 +++++--
> > > > > > >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> > > > > > > index e1abf29fed5b..a7e554352351 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> > > > > > > +++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> > > > > > > @@ -681,18 +681,21 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *filep,
> > > > > > >  {
> > > > > > >       struct vhost_vdpa *v = filep->private_data;
> > > > > > >       struct vhost_dev *d = &v->vdev;
> > > > > > > +     const struct vdpa_config_ops *ops = v->vdpa->config;
> > > > > > >       void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
> > > > > > >       u64 __user *featurep = argp;
> > > > > > > -     u64 features;
> > > > > > > +     u64 features, parent_features = 0;
> > > > > > >       long r = 0;
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >       if (cmd == VHOST_SET_BACKEND_FEATURES) {
> > > > > > >               if (copy_from_user(&features, featurep, sizeof(features)))
> > > > > > >                       return -EFAULT;
> > > > > > > +             if (ops->get_backend_features)
> > > > > > > +                     parent_features = ops->get_backend_features(v->vdpa);
> > > > > > >               if (features & ~(VHOST_VDPA_BACKEND_FEATURES |
> > > > > > >                                BIT_ULL(VHOST_BACKEND_F_SUSPEND) |
> > > > > > >                                BIT_ULL(VHOST_BACKEND_F_RESUME) |
> > > > > > > -                              BIT_ULL(VHOST_BACKEND_F_ENABLE_AFTER_DRIVER_OK)))
> > > > > > > +                              parent_features))
> > > > > > >                       return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > > > > > >               if ((features & BIT_ULL(VHOST_BACKEND_F_SUSPEND)) &&
> > > > > > >                    !vhost_vdpa_can_suspend(v))
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > 2.39.3
> > > > > >
> > > >
> >

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