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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:27:36 +0800
From: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc: xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com, eperezma@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net, 
	edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, 
	virtualization@...ts.linux.dev, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Venkat Venkatsubra <venkat.x.venkatsubra@...cle.com>, 
	Gia-Khanh Nguyen <gia-khanh.nguyen@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V2] virtio-net: synchronize operstate with admin
 state on up/down

On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 1:58 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 06, 2024 at 08:22:13AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 8:18 AM Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 9:09 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 06:29:51PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 2:10 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 11:20:55AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > > > > > > This patch synchronize operstate with admin state per RFC2863.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This is done by trying to toggle the carrier upon open/close and
> > > > > > > synchronize with the config change work. This allows propagate status
> > > > > > > correctly to stacked devices like:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ip link add link enp0s3 macvlan0 type macvlan
> > > > > > > ip link set link enp0s3 down
> > > > > > > ip link show
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Before this patch:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 3: enp0s3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
> > > > > > >     link/ether 00:00:05:00:00:09 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> > > > > > > ......
> > > > > > > 5: macvlan0@...0s3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP,M-DOWN> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
> > > > > > >     link/ether b2:a9:c5:04:da:53 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > After this patch:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 3: enp0s3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
> > > > > > >     link/ether 00:00:05:00:00:09 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> > > > > > > ...
> > > > > > > 5: macvlan0@...0s3: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,M-DOWN> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state LOWERLAYERDOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
> > > > > > >     link/ether b2:a9:c5:04:da:53 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Cc: Venkat Venkatsubra <venkat.x.venkatsubra@...cle.com>
> > > > > > > Cc: Gia-Khanh Nguyen <gia-khanh.nguyen@...cle.com>
> > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>
> > > > > > > Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > Changes since V1:
> > > > > > > - rebase
> > > > > > > - add ack/review tags
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > >  drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 94 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> > > > > > >  1 file changed, 63 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > > > > > > index 4a802c0ea2cb..69e4ae353c51 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > > > > > > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > > > > > > @@ -433,6 +433,12 @@ struct virtnet_info {
> > > > > > >       /* The lock to synchronize the access to refill_enabled */
> > > > > > >       spinlock_t refill_lock;
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > +     /* Is config change enabled? */
> > > > > > > +     bool config_change_enabled;
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > +     /* The lock to synchronize the access to config_change_enabled */
> > > > > > > +     spinlock_t config_change_lock;
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > >       /* Work struct for config space updates */
> > > > > > >       struct work_struct config_work;
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But we already have dev->config_lock and dev->config_enabled.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And it actually works better - instead of discarding config
> > > > > > change events it defers them until enabled.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes but then both virtio-net driver and virtio core can ask to enable
> > > > > and disable and then we need some kind of synchronization which is
> > > > > non-trivial.
> > > >
> > > > Well for core it happens on bring up path before driver works
> > > > and later on tear down after it is gone.
> > > > So I do not think they ever do it at the same time.
> > >
> > > For example, there could be a suspend/resume when the admin state is down.
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > And device enabling on the core is different from bringing the device
> > > > > up in the networking subsystem. Here we just delay to deal with the
> > > > > config change interrupt on ndo_open(). (E.g try to ack announce is
> > > > > meaningless when the device is down).
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > another thing is that it is better not to re-read all config
> > > > on link up if there was no config interrupt - less vm exits.
> > >
> > > Yes, but it should not matter much as it's done in the ndo_open().
> >
> > Michael, any more comments on this?
> >
> > Please confirm if this patch is ok or not. If you prefer to reuse the
> > config_disable() I can change it from a boolean to a counter that
> > allows to be nested.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> I think doing this in core and re-using config_lock is a cleaner approach for sure, yes.
>
> For remove we do not need stacking. But yes we need it for freeze.
>
> I am not sure how will a counter work. Let's see the patch.
>
>
> It might be easier, besides config_enabled, to add config_disabled,
> document that  config_enabled is controlled by core,
> config_disabled by driver.
> And we'd have 2 APIs virtio_config_disable_core and
> virtio_config_disable_driver.
>
>
> But I leave that decision in your capable hands.

Let me try to switch to using a counter for config_enabled first.

Thanks

>
>
>
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > MST
> > > >
>


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