On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 3:25 PM Eugenio Perez Martin <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 9:05 AM Jason Wang <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 12:09 PM Zhu, Lingshan <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 7/11/2023 10:50 AM, Jason Wang wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 4:53 PM Zhu Lingshan <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > > >> In the poweroff routine, no need to fetch last available index.
> > > >>
> > > > This is because there's no concept of shutdown in the vhost layer, it
> > > > only knows start and stop.
> > > >
> > > >> This commit also provides a better debug message in the vhost
> > > >> caller vhost_virtqueue_stop,
> > > > A separate patch is better.
> > > OK
> > > >
> > > >> because if vhost does not fetch
> > > >> the last avail idx successfully, maybe the device does not
> > > >> suspend, vhost will sync last avail idx to vring used idx as a
> > > >> work around, not a failure.
> > > > This only happens if we return a negative value?
> > > Yes
> > > >
> > > >> Signed-off-by: Zhu Lingshan <[email protected]>
> > > >> ---
> > > >>   hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c | 10 ++++++++++
> > > >>   hw/virtio/vhost.c      |  2 +-
> > > >>   2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >>
> > > >> diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
> > > >> index 3c575a9a6e..10b445f64e 100644
> > > >> --- a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
> > > >> +++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
> > > >> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
> > > >>   #include "cpu.h"
> > > >>   #include "trace.h"
> > > >>   #include "qapi/error.h"
> > > >> +#include "sysemu/runstate.h"
> > > >>
> > > >>   /*
> > > >>    * Return one past the end of the end of section. Be careful with
> uint64_t
> > > >> @@ -1391,6 +1392,15 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_get_vring_base(struct
> vhost_dev *dev,
> > > >>       struct vhost_vdpa *v = dev->opaque;
> > > >>       int ret;
> > > >>
> > > >> +    if (runstate_check(RUN_STATE_SHUTDOWN)) {
> > > >> +        /*
> > > >> +         * Some devices do not support this call properly,
> > > >> +         * and we don't need to retrieve the indexes
> > > >> +         * if it is shutting down
> > > >> +         */
> > > >> +        return 0;
> > > > Checking runstate in the vhost code seems like a layer violation.
> > > >
> > > > What happens without this patch?
> > > vhost tries to fetch vring base,
> > > vhost_vdpa needs suspend the device before retrieving last_avail_idx.
> > > However not all devices can support .suspend properly so this call
> > > may fail.
> >
> > I think this is where I'm lost. If the device doesn't support
> > suspending, any reason we only try to fix the case of shutdown?
> >
> > Btw, the fail is intended:
> >
> >     if (!v->suspended) {
> >         /*
> >          * Cannot trust in value returned by device, let vhost recover
> used
> >          * idx from guest.
> >          */
> >         return -1;
> >     }
> >
>
> The fail is intended, but to recover the last used idx, either from
> device or from the guest, is only useful in the case of migration.
>

Note that we had userspace devices like VDUSE now, so it could be useful in
the case of a VDUSE daemon crash or reconnect.


> I think the main problem is the error message, actually. But I think
> it has no use either to recover last_avail_idx or print a debug
> message if we're not migrating. Another solution would be to recover
> it from the guest at vhost_vdpa_get_vring_base, but I don't like the
> duplication.
>
> > And if we return to success here, will we go to set an uninitialized
> > last avail idx?
> >
>
> It will be either the default value (is set to 0 at
> __virtio_queue_reset) or the one received from a migration (at
> virtio_load).
>

0 is even sub-optimal than the index used. Anyhow, VHOST_DEBUG should not
be enabled for production environments.

Thanks


>
> Thanks!
>
> >     r = dev->vhost_ops->vhost_get_vring_base(dev, &state);
> >     if (r < 0) {
> >     ...
> >     }.else {
> >         virtio_queue_set_last_avail_idx(vdev, idx, state.num);
> >     }
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > > Then vhost will print an error shows something failed.
> > >
> > > The error msg is confused, as stated in the commit log, restoring
> > > last_avail_idx with guest used idx
> > > is a workaround rather than a failure. And no needs to fetch
> last_avail_idx
> > > when power off.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > >> +    }
> > > >> +
> > > >>       if (v->shadow_vqs_enabled) {
> > > >>           ring->num = virtio_queue_get_last_avail_idx(dev->vdev,
> ring->index);
> > > >>           return 0;
> > > >> diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
> > > >> index 82394331bf..7dd90cff3a 100644
> > > >> --- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
> > > >> +++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
> > > >> @@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ void vhost_virtqueue_stop(struct vhost_dev
> *dev,
> > > >>
> > > >>       r = dev->vhost_ops->vhost_get_vring_base(dev, &state);
> > > >>       if (r < 0) {
> > > >> -        VHOST_OPS_DEBUG(r, "vhost VQ %u ring restore failed: %d",
> idx, r);
> > > >> +        VHOST_OPS_DEBUG(r, "sync last avail idx to the guest used
> idx for vhost VQ %u", idx);
> > > >>           /* Connection to the backend is broken, so let's sync
> internal
> > > >>            * last avail idx to the device used idx.
> > > >>            */
> > > >> --
> > > >> 2.39.3
> > > >>
> > >
> >
>
>

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