Michael S. Tsirkin
2022-Apr-26 03:53 UTC
[PATCH V3 6/9] virtio-ccw: implement synchronize_cbs()
On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 11:42:45AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:> > ? 2022/4/26 11:38, Michael S. Tsirkin ??: > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 11:35:41PM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 04:29:11AM +0200, Halil Pasic wrote: > > > > On Mon, 25 Apr 2022 09:59:55 -0400 > > > > "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst at redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 10:54:24AM +0200, Cornelia Huck wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 25 2022, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst at redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 10:44:15AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > > > > > > > > This patch tries to implement the synchronize_cbs() for ccw. For the > > > > > > > > vring_interrupt() that is called via virtio_airq_handler(), the > > > > > > > > synchronization is simply done via the airq_info's lock. For the > > > > > > > > vring_interrupt() that is called via virtio_ccw_int_handler(), a per > > > > > > > > device spinlock for irq is introduced ans used in the synchronization > > > > > > > > method. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is the only one that is giving me pause. Halil, Cornelia, > > > > > > > should we be concerned about the performance impact here? > > > > > > > Any chance it can be tested? > > > > > > We can have a bunch of devices using the same airq structure, and the > > > > > > sync cb creates a choke point, same as registering/unregistering. > > > > > BTW can callbacks for multiple VQs run on multiple CPUs at the moment? > > > > I'm not sure I understand the question. > > > > > > > > I do think we can have multiple CPUs that are executing some portion of > > > > virtio_ccw_int_handler(). So I guess the answer is yes. Connie what do you think? > > > > > > > > On the other hand we could also end up serializing synchronize_cbs() > > > > calls for different devices if they happen to use the same airq_info. But > > > > this probably was not your question > > > > > > I am less concerned about synchronize_cbs being slow and more about > > > the slowdown in interrupt processing itself. > > > > > > > > this patch serializes them on a spinlock. > > > > > > > > > Those could then pile up on the newly introduced spinlock. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Halil > > > Hmm yea ... not good. > > Is there any other way to synchronize with all callbacks? > > > Maybe using rwlock as airq handler? > > Thanks >rwlock is still a shared cacheline bouncing between CPUs and a bunch of ordering instructions. Maybe something per-cpu + some IPIs to run things on all CPUs instead?> > > > > -- > > > MST
Michael S. Tsirkin
2022-Apr-26 03:55 UTC
[PATCH V3 6/9] virtio-ccw: implement synchronize_cbs()
On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 11:53:24PM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:> On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 11:42:45AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > > > > ? 2022/4/26 11:38, Michael S. Tsirkin ??: > > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 11:35:41PM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 04:29:11AM +0200, Halil Pasic wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 25 Apr 2022 09:59:55 -0400 > > > > > "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst at redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 10:54:24AM +0200, Cornelia Huck wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 25 2022, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst at redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 10:44:15AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > > > > > > > > > This patch tries to implement the synchronize_cbs() for ccw. For the > > > > > > > > > vring_interrupt() that is called via virtio_airq_handler(), the > > > > > > > > > synchronization is simply done via the airq_info's lock. For the > > > > > > > > > vring_interrupt() that is called via virtio_ccw_int_handler(), a per > > > > > > > > > device spinlock for irq is introduced ans used in the synchronization > > > > > > > > > method. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is the only one that is giving me pause. Halil, Cornelia, > > > > > > > > should we be concerned about the performance impact here? > > > > > > > > Any chance it can be tested? > > > > > > > We can have a bunch of devices using the same airq structure, and the > > > > > > > sync cb creates a choke point, same as registering/unregistering. > > > > > > BTW can callbacks for multiple VQs run on multiple CPUs at the moment? > > > > > I'm not sure I understand the question. > > > > > > > > > > I do think we can have multiple CPUs that are executing some portion of > > > > > virtio_ccw_int_handler(). So I guess the answer is yes. Connie what do you think? > > > > > > > > > > On the other hand we could also end up serializing synchronize_cbs() > > > > > calls for different devices if they happen to use the same airq_info. But > > > > > this probably was not your question > > > > > > > > I am less concerned about synchronize_cbs being slow and more about > > > > the slowdown in interrupt processing itself. > > > > > > > > > > this patch serializes them on a spinlock. > > > > > > > > > > > Those could then pile up on the newly introduced spinlock. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Halil > > > > Hmm yea ... not good. > > > Is there any other way to synchronize with all callbacks? > > > > > > Maybe using rwlock as airq handler? > > > > Thanks > > > > rwlock is still a shared cacheline bouncing between CPUs and > a bunch of ordering instructions. > Maybe something per-cpu + some IPIs to run things on all CPUs instead?... and I think classic and device interrupts are different enough here ...> > > > > > > -- > > > > MST