[RFC] virtio: support VIRTIO_F_IO_BARRIER

Tiwei Bie
Thu, 03 May 2018 02:59:55 -0000

This patch introduces the support for VIRTIO_F_IO_BARRIER.
When this feature is negotiated, driver will use the barriers
suitable for hardware devices.

Signed-off-by: Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie at intel.com>
---
 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c       | 5 +++++
 include/uapi/linux/virtio_config.h | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 21d464a29cf8..edb565643bf4 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -996,6 +996,9 @@ struct virtqueue *__vring_new_virtqueue(unsigned int index,
 		!context;
 	vq->event = virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX);

+	if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_IO_BARRIER))
+		vq->weak_barriers = false;
+
 	/* No callback?  Tell other side not to bother us. */
 	if (!callback) {
 		vq->avail_flags_shadow |= VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT;
@@ -1164,6 +1167,8 @@ void vring_transport_features(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 			break;
 		case VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM:
 			break;
+		case VIRTIO_F_IO_BARRIER:
+			break;
 		default:
 			/* We don't understand this bit. */
 			__virtio_clear_bit(vdev, i);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_config.h
b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_config.h
index 308e2096291f..6ca8d24bf468 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_config.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_config.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
  * transport being used (eg. virtio_ring), the rest are per-device feature
  * bits. */
 #define VIRTIO_TRANSPORT_F_START	28
-#define VIRTIO_TRANSPORT_F_END		34
+#define VIRTIO_TRANSPORT_F_END		38

 #ifndef VIRTIO_CONFIG_NO_LEGACY
 /* Do we get callbacks when the ring is completely used, even if we've
@@ -71,4 +71,10 @@
  * this is for compatibility with legacy systems.
  */
 #define VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM		33
+
+/*
+ * If clear - driver may use barriers suitable for CPU cores.
+ * If set - driver must use barriers suitable for hardware devices.
+ */
+#define VIRTIO_F_IO_BARRIER		37
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_VIRTIO_CONFIG_H */
--
2.11.0