Virtualization - Apr 2022 - [PATCH V3 3/9] virtio: introduce config op to synchronize vring callbacks

On Mon, Apr 25 2022, Jason Wang <jasowang at redhat.com> wrote:
> This patch introduces new virtio config op to vring
> callbacks. Transport specific method is required to make sure the
> write before this function is visible to the vring_interrupt() that is
Which kind of writes? I.e., what is the scope?
> called after the return of this function. For the transport that
> doesn't provide synchronize_vqs(), use synchornize_rcu() which
Typo: synchronize_rcu()
> synchronize with IRQ implicitly as a fallback.
>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz at infradead.org>
> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck at kernel.org>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
> Cc: Halil Pasic <pasic at linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cohuck at redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang at redhat.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/virtio_config.h | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_config.h b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
> index b341dd62aa4d..14fe89ff99c7 100644
> --- a/include/linux/virtio_config.h
> +++ b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
> @@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ struct virtio_shm_region {
>   *		include a NULL entry for vqs unused by driver
>   *	Returns 0 on success or error status
>   * @del_vqs: free virtqueues found by find_vqs().
> + * @synchronize_cbs: synchronize with the virtqueue callbacks (optional)
> + *      Make sure the writes commited before this method is visible to
> + *      vring_interrupt() which is called after this method.
Same here, I think the description needs to be a bit more explicit about
which writes we care about here.
> + *      vdev: the virtio_device
>   * @get_features: get the array of feature bits for this device.
>   *	vdev: the virtio_device
>   *	Returns the first 64 feature bits (all we currently need).
> @@ -89,6 +93,7 @@ struct virtio_config_ops {
>  			const char * const names[], const bool *ctx,
>  			struct irq_affinity *desc);
>  	void (*del_vqs)(struct virtio_device *);
> +	void (*synchronize_cbs)(struct virtio_device *);
>  	u64 (*get_features)(struct virtio_device *vdev);
>  	int (*finalize_features)(struct virtio_device *vdev);
>  	const char *(*bus_name)(struct virtio_device *vdev);

On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 5:13 PM Cornelia Huck <cohuck at redhat.com>
wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 25 2022, Jason Wang <jasowang at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > This patch introduces new virtio config op to vring
> > callbacks. Transport specific method is required to make sure the
> > write before this function is visible to the vring_interrupt() that is
>
> Which kind of writes? I.e., what is the scope?
Any writes before synchronize_cbs(). Is something like the following better?

The function guarantees that all memory operations before it are
visible to the vring_interrupt() that is called after it.
>
> > called after the return of this function. For the transport that
> > doesn't provide synchronize_vqs(), use synchornize_rcu() which
>
> Typo: synchronize_rcu()
Will fix it.

Thanks
>
> > synchronize with IRQ implicitly as a fallback.
> >
> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz at infradead.org>
> > Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck at kernel.org>
> > Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
> > Cc: Halil Pasic <pasic at linux.ibm.com>
> > Cc: Cornelia Huck <cohuck at redhat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang at redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/virtio_config.h | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_config.h
b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
> > index b341dd62aa4d..14fe89ff99c7 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/virtio_config.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
> > @@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ struct virtio_shm_region {
> >   *           include a NULL entry for vqs unused by driver
> >   *   Returns 0 on success or error status
> >   * @del_vqs: free virtqueues found by find_vqs().
> > + * @synchronize_cbs: synchronize with the virtqueue callbacks
(optional)
> > + *      Make sure the writes commited before this method is visible
to
> > + *      vring_interrupt() which is called after this method.
>
> Same here, I think the description needs to be a bit more explicit about
> which writes we care about here.
>
> > + *      vdev: the virtio_device
> >   * @get_features: get the array of feature bits for this device.
> >   *   vdev: the virtio_device
> >   *   Returns the first 64 feature bits (all we currently need).
> > @@ -89,6 +93,7 @@ struct virtio_config_ops {
> >                       const char * const names[], const bool *ctx,
> >                       struct irq_affinity *desc);
> >       void (*del_vqs)(struct virtio_device *);
> > +     void (*synchronize_cbs)(struct virtio_device *);
> >       u64 (*get_features)(struct virtio_device *vdev);
> >       int (*finalize_features)(struct virtio_device *vdev);
> >       const char *(*bus_name)(struct virtio_device *vdev);
>