On 2020/7/16 ??12:13, Zhu, Lingshan wrote:> > > On 7/16/2020 12:02 PM, Jason Wang wrote: >> >> On 2020/7/16 ??11:59, Zhu, Lingshan wrote: >>> >>> On 7/16/2020 10:59 AM, Jason Wang wrote: >>>> >>>> On 2020/7/16 ??9:39, Zhu, Lingshan wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 7/15/2020 9:43 PM, Jason Wang wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2020/7/12 ??10:52, Zhu Lingshan wrote: >>>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This series intends to implement IRQ offloading for >>>>>>> vhost_vdpa. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> By the feat of irq forwarding facilities like posted >>>>>>> interrupt on X86, irq bypass can? help deliver >>>>>>> interrupts to vCPU directly. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> vDPA devices have dedicated hardware backends like VFIO >>>>>>> pass-throughed devices. So it would be possible to setup >>>>>>> irq offloading(irq bypass) for vDPA devices and gain >>>>>>> performance improvements. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In my testing, with this feature, we can save 0.1ms >>>>>>> in a ping between two VFs on average. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Lingshan: >>>>>> >>>>>> During the virtio-networking meeting, Michael spots two possible >>>>>> issues: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1) do we need an new uAPI to stop the irq offloading? >>>>>> 2) can interrupt lost during the eventfd ctx? >>>>>> >>>>>> For 1) I think we probably not, we can allocate an independent >>>>>> eventfd which does not map to MSIX. So the consumer can't match >>>>>> the producer and we fallback to eventfd based irq. >>>>> Hi Jason, >>>>> >>>>> I wonder why we need to stop irq offloading, but if we need to do >>>>> so, maybe a new uAPI would be more intuitive to me, >>>>> but why and who(user? qemu?) shall initialize this process, based >>>>> on what kinda of basis to make the decision? >>>> >>>> >>>> The reason is we may want to fallback to software datapath for some >>>> reason (e.g software assisted live migration). In this case we need >>>> intercept device write to used ring so we can not offloading >>>> virtqueue interrupt in this case. >>> so add a VHOST_VDPA_STOP_IRQ_OFFLOADING? Then do we need a >>> VHOST_VDPA_START_IRQ_OFFLOADING, then let userspace fully control >>> this? Or any better approaches? >> >> >> Probably not, it's as simple as allocating another eventfd (but not >> irqfd), and pass it to vhost-vdpa. Then the offloading is disabled >> since it doesn't have a consumer. > OK, sounds like QEMU work, no need to take care in this series, right?That's my understanding. Thanks> > Thanks, > BR > Zhu Lingshan >> >> Thanks >> >>
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 12:20:09PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:> > On 2020/7/16 ??12:13, Zhu, Lingshan wrote: > > > > > > On 7/16/2020 12:02 PM, Jason Wang wrote: > > > > > > On 2020/7/16 ??11:59, Zhu, Lingshan wrote: > > > > > > > > On 7/16/2020 10:59 AM, Jason Wang wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On 2020/7/16 ??9:39, Zhu, Lingshan wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7/15/2020 9:43 PM, Jason Wang wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2020/7/12 ??10:52, Zhu Lingshan wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This series intends to implement IRQ offloading for > > > > > > > > vhost_vdpa. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > By the feat of irq forwarding facilities like posted > > > > > > > > interrupt on X86, irq bypass can? help deliver > > > > > > > > interrupts to vCPU directly. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > vDPA devices have dedicated hardware backends like VFIO > > > > > > > > pass-throughed devices. So it would be possible to setup > > > > > > > > irq offloading(irq bypass) for vDPA devices and gain > > > > > > > > performance improvements. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In my testing, with this feature, we can save 0.1ms > > > > > > > > in a ping between two VFs on average. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Lingshan: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > During the virtio-networking meeting, Michael spots > > > > > > > two possible issues: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1) do we need an new uAPI to stop the irq offloading? > > > > > > > 2) can interrupt lost during the eventfd ctx? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For 1) I think we probably not, we can allocate an > > > > > > > independent eventfd which does not map to MSIX. So > > > > > > > the consumer can't match the producer and we > > > > > > > fallback to eventfd based irq. > > > > > > Hi Jason, > > > > > > > > > > > > I wonder why we need to stop irq offloading, but if we > > > > > > need to do so, maybe a new uAPI would be more intuitive > > > > > > to me, > > > > > > but why and who(user? qemu?) shall initialize this > > > > > > process, based on what kinda of basis to make the > > > > > > decision? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The reason is we may want to fallback to software datapath > > > > > for some reason (e.g software assisted live migration). In > > > > > this case we need intercept device write to used ring so we > > > > > can not offloading virtqueue interrupt in this case. > > > > so add a VHOST_VDPA_STOP_IRQ_OFFLOADING? Then do we need a > > > > VHOST_VDPA_START_IRQ_OFFLOADING, then let userspace fully > > > > control this? Or any better approaches? > > > > > > > > > Probably not, it's as simple as allocating another eventfd (but not > > > irqfd), and pass it to vhost-vdpa. Then the offloading is disabled > > > since it doesn't have a consumer. > > OK, sounds like QEMU work, no need to take care in this series, right? > > > That's my understanding. > > ThanksLet's confirm a switch happens atomically so each interrupt is sent either to eventfd to guest directly though.> > > > > Thanks, > > BR > > Zhu Lingshan > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > >
On 2020/7/16 ??2:15, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 12:20:09PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: >> On 2020/7/16 ??12:13, Zhu, Lingshan wrote: >>> On 7/16/2020 12:02 PM, Jason Wang wrote: >>>> On 2020/7/16 ??11:59, Zhu, Lingshan wrote: >>>>> On 7/16/2020 10:59 AM, Jason Wang wrote: >>>>>> On 2020/7/16 ??9:39, Zhu, Lingshan wrote: >>>>>>> On 7/15/2020 9:43 PM, Jason Wang wrote: >>>>>>>> On 2020/7/12 ??10:52, Zhu Lingshan wrote: >>>>>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This series intends to implement IRQ offloading for >>>>>>>>> vhost_vdpa. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> By the feat of irq forwarding facilities like posted >>>>>>>>> interrupt on X86, irq bypass can? help deliver >>>>>>>>> interrupts to vCPU directly. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> vDPA devices have dedicated hardware backends like VFIO >>>>>>>>> pass-throughed devices. So it would be possible to setup >>>>>>>>> irq offloading(irq bypass) for vDPA devices and gain >>>>>>>>> performance improvements. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> In my testing, with this feature, we can save 0.1ms >>>>>>>>> in a ping between two VFs on average. >>>>>>>> Hi Lingshan: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> During the virtio-networking meeting, Michael spots >>>>>>>> two possible issues: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 1) do we need an new uAPI to stop the irq offloading? >>>>>>>> 2) can interrupt lost during the eventfd ctx? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For 1) I think we probably not, we can allocate an >>>>>>>> independent eventfd which does not map to MSIX. So >>>>>>>> the consumer can't match the producer and we >>>>>>>> fallback to eventfd based irq. >>>>>>> Hi Jason, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I wonder why we need to stop irq offloading, but if we >>>>>>> need to do so, maybe a new uAPI would be more intuitive >>>>>>> to me, >>>>>>> but why and who(user? qemu?) shall initialize this >>>>>>> process, based on what kinda of basis to make the >>>>>>> decision? >>>>>> The reason is we may want to fallback to software datapath >>>>>> for some reason (e.g software assisted live migration). In >>>>>> this case we need intercept device write to used ring so we >>>>>> can not offloading virtqueue interrupt in this case. >>>>> so add a VHOST_VDPA_STOP_IRQ_OFFLOADING? Then do we need a >>>>> VHOST_VDPA_START_IRQ_OFFLOADING, then let userspace fully >>>>> control this? Or any better approaches? >>>> Probably not, it's as simple as allocating another eventfd (but not >>>> irqfd), and pass it to vhost-vdpa. Then the offloading is disabled >>>> since it doesn't have a consumer. >>> OK, sounds like QEMU work, no need to take care in this series, right? >> That's my understanding. >> >> Thanks > Let's confirm a switch happens atomically so each interrupt > is sent either to eventfd to guest directly though.I think it's safe since: 1) we don't alloc/free interrupt during the eventfd change 2) The irte is modified automatically through cmpxchg_double() in modify_irte(), so the interrupt is either remapping to eventfd or pi descriptor Thanks>
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