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Message-ID: <CACLfguVoCMpTtf_pNdwHV6xho2V_armxWnLsN4p_S3pM6o7LYA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:06:50 +0800
From: Cindy Lu <lulu@...hat.com>
To: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc: mst@...hat.com, michael.christie@...cle.com, sgarzare@...hat.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 4/6] vhost: introduce worker ops to support multiple
thread models
On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM Cindy Lu <lulu@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > This commit restores the previously removed functions kthread_wakeup and
> > kthread_stop, and introduces a new ops structure to handle worker wakeup,
> > stop, and creation. The function vhost_worker_create initializes these
> > ops pointers based on the inherit_owner value.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Cindy Lu <lulu@...hat.com>
>
> Patch looks good but I have some some nits:
>
> It might be better to have a separate patch to introduce the ops then
> doing the kthread stuff on top.
>
sure, will do
thanks
cindy
> > ---
> > drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 115 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> > drivers/vhost/vhost.h | 12 +++++
> > 2 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> > index adbb957c8b5f..d8c0ea118bb1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> > +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> > @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static void vhost_worker_queue(struct vhost_worker *worker,
> > * test_and_set_bit() implies a memory barrier.
> > */
> > llist_add(&work->node, &worker->work_list);
> > - vhost_task_wake(worker->vtsk);
> > + worker->ops->wakeup(worker);
> > }
> > }
> >
> > @@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ static void vhost_worker_destroy(struct vhost_dev *dev,
> >
> > WARN_ON(!llist_empty(&worker->work_list));
> > xa_erase(&dev->worker_xa, worker->id);
> > - vhost_task_stop(worker->vtsk);
> > + worker->ops->stop(worker);
> > kfree(worker);
> > }
> >
> > @@ -720,42 +720,123 @@ static void vhost_workers_free(struct vhost_dev *dev)
> > xa_destroy(&dev->worker_xa);
> > }
> >
> > +static void vhost_task_wakeup_fn(struct vhost_worker *worker)
> > +{
> > + return vhost_task_wake(worker->vtsk);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void vhost_kthread_wakeup_fn(struct vhost_worker *worker)
> > +{
> > + wake_up_process(worker->kthread_task);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void vhost_task_stop_fn(struct vhost_worker *worker)
> > +{
> > + return vhost_task_stop(worker->vtsk);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void vhost_kthread_stop_fn(struct vhost_worker *worker)
> > +{
> > + kthread_stop(worker->kthread_task);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int vhost_task_worker_create_fn(struct vhost_worker *worker,
> > + struct vhost_dev *dev, const char *name)
> > +{
> > + struct vhost_task *vtsk;
> > + u32 id;
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + vtsk = vhost_task_create(vhost_run_work_list, vhost_worker_killed,
> > + worker, name);
> > + if (!vtsk)
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > + worker->vtsk = vtsk;
> > + vhost_task_start(vtsk);
> > + ret = xa_alloc(&dev->worker_xa, &id, worker, xa_limit_32b, GFP_KERNEL);
> > + if (ret < 0) {
> > + vhost_task_stop_fn(worker);
> > + return ret;
> > + }
> > + worker->id = id;
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int kthread_worker_create_fn(struct vhost_worker *worker,
>
> Let's have a consistent name, e.g vhost_kthread_worker_create.
>
> > + struct vhost_dev *dev, const char *name)
> > +{
> > + struct task_struct *task;
> > + u32 id;
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + task = kthread_create(vhost_run_work_kthread_list, worker, "%s", name);
> > + if (IS_ERR(task))
> > + return PTR_ERR(task);
> > +
> > + worker->kthread_task = task;
> > + wake_up_process(task);
> > + ret = xa_alloc(&dev->worker_xa, &id, worker, xa_limit_32b, GFP_KERNEL);
> > + if (ret < 0)
> > + goto stop_worker;
> > +
> > + ret = vhost_attach_task_to_cgroups(worker);
> > + if (ret)
> > + goto stop_worker;
> > +
> > + worker->id = id;
> > + return 0;
> > +
> > +stop_worker:
> > + vhost_kthread_stop_fn(worker);
> > + return ret;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static const struct vhost_worker_ops vhost_task_ops = {
> > + .create = vhost_task_worker_create_fn,
>
> I think we can get rid of the fn suffix as "fn".
>
sure, will do
thanks
Cindy
> > + .stop = vhost_task_stop_fn,
> > + .wakeup = vhost_task_wakeup_fn,
> > +};
> > +
> > +static const struct vhost_worker_ops kthread_ops = {
> > + .create = kthread_worker_create_fn,
> > + .stop = vhost_kthread_stop_fn,
> > + .wakeup = vhost_kthread_wakeup_fn,
> > +};
> > +
> > static struct vhost_worker *vhost_worker_create(struct vhost_dev *dev)
> > {
> > struct vhost_worker *worker;
> > - struct vhost_task *vtsk;
> > char name[TASK_COMM_LEN];
> > int ret;
> > - u32 id;
> > + const struct vhost_worker_ops *ops =
> > + dev->inherit_owner ? &vhost_task_ops : &kthread_ops;
> >
> > worker = kzalloc(sizeof(*worker), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
> > if (!worker)
> > return NULL;
> >
> > worker->dev = dev;
> > + worker->ops = ops;
> > snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "vhost-%d", current->pid);
> >
> > - vtsk = vhost_task_create(vhost_run_work_list, vhost_worker_killed,
> > - worker, name);
> > - if (!vtsk)
> > - goto free_worker;
> > -
> > mutex_init(&worker->mutex);
> > init_llist_head(&worker->work_list);
> > worker->kcov_handle = kcov_common_handle();
> > - worker->vtsk = vtsk;
> > -
> > - vhost_task_start(vtsk);
> > + /*
> > + * If inherit_owner is true we use vhost_tasks to create
> > + * the worker so all settings/limits like cgroups, NPROC,
> > + * scheduler, etc are inherited from the owner. If false,
> > + * we use kthreads and only attach to the same cgroups
> > + * as the owner for compat with older kernels.
> > + */
>
> Is this better to move this to the definition of the inherit_owner?
>
sure will do
Thanks
cindy
> >
> > - ret = xa_alloc(&dev->worker_xa, &id, worker, xa_limit_32b, GFP_KERNEL);
> > + ret = ops->create(worker, dev, name);
> > if (ret < 0)
> > - goto stop_worker;
> > - worker->id = id;
> > + goto free_worker;
> >
> > return worker;
> >
> > -stop_worker:
> > - vhost_task_stop(vtsk);
> > free_worker:
> > kfree(worker);
> > return NULL;
> > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
> > index c650c4506c70..029c203147be 100644
> > --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
> > +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
> > @@ -26,7 +26,18 @@ struct vhost_work {
> > unsigned long flags;
> > };
> >
> > +struct vhost_worker;
> > +struct vhost_dev;
> > +
> > +struct vhost_worker_ops {
> > + int (*create)(struct vhost_worker *worker, struct vhost_dev *dev,
> > + const char *name);
> > + void (*stop)(struct vhost_worker *worker);
> > + void (*wakeup)(struct vhost_worker *worker);
> > +};
> > +
> > struct vhost_worker {
> > + struct task_struct *kthread_task;
> > struct vhost_task *vtsk;
> > struct vhost_dev *dev;
> > /* Used to serialize device wide flushing with worker swapping. */
> > @@ -36,6 +47,7 @@ struct vhost_worker {
> > u32 id;
> > int attachment_cnt;
> > bool killed;
> > + const struct vhost_worker_ops *ops;
> > };
> >
> > /* Poll a file (eventfd or socket) */
> > --
> > 2.45.0
> >
>
> Thanks
>
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