Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-Jan-15 21:32 UTC
[PATCH v3 00/16] virtio-pci: towards virtio 1.0 guest support
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:18:18PM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:> Hi, > > > QEMU side is still undergoing polishing, but is already testable. > > Looked art the qemu side for now, commenting here due to qemu patches > not being posted to the list yet (guess that is at least partly already > on your todo list):Absolutely.> * Both legacy and modern should be switchable. Modern needs to be > switchable _anyway_ for backward compatibility with old qemu > versions. But legacy should be too, for testing purposes and for > new device types which don't need legacy in the first place.I agree.> * I'd like to see some more flexibility in the pci bar layout. Stuff > I have in mind: > - New devices which don't need a legacy bar can use bar 0 for > modern. > - One MMIO bar is enough, we can place both virtio regions and > msi-x regions there. I'd suggest to add msi-x sub-regions to > the modern bar.Why exactly? It seems simpler to separate things, extra BARs have no cost.> * What is the reason for making the modern bar 8M in size? Looks a bit > excessive, given that only 64k or so of that are actually used ...I use a page per VQ for architectures that can locate the offset of the accessed page that triggered EPT violation faster than the offset within page. I think this is the case for SVM.> > virtio-scsi seems to be broken, at least my usual fedora guest didn't > boot up from virtio-scsi disk when using a guest kernel with this patch > series applied. > > cheers, > GerdI'll re-test. Do other devices work for you? Thanks!
Gerd Hoffmann
2015-Jan-16 08:32 UTC
[PATCH v3 00/16] virtio-pci: towards virtio 1.0 guest support
Hi,> > * I'd like to see some more flexibility in the pci bar layout. Stuff > > I have in mind: > > - New devices which don't need a legacy bar can use bar 0 for > > modern. > > - One MMIO bar is enough, we can place both virtio regions and > > msi-x regions there. I'd suggest to add msi-x sub-regions to > > the modern bar. > > Why exactly? It seems simpler to separate things, extra BARs > have no cost.Well, there are only six BARs. legacy bar, modern mmio bar, msi-x bar, modern io bar (for fast isr). That already four out of six ... We have a mmio bar, which we partition into subregions for virtio-1.0 anyway. Also placing msi-x there is a single msix_init() call. xhci is doing that too: 00000000febf0000-00000000febf3fff (prio 1, RW): xhci 00000000febf0000-00000000febf003f (prio 0, RW): capabilities 00000000febf0040-00000000febf043f (prio 0, RW): operational 00000000febf0440-00000000febf044f (prio 0, RW): usb3 port #1 00000000febf0450-00000000febf045f (prio 0, RW): usb3 port #2 00000000febf0460-00000000febf046f (prio 0, RW): usb3 port #3 00000000febf0470-00000000febf047f (prio 0, RW): usb3 port #4 00000000febf0480-00000000febf048f (prio 0, RW): usb2 port #1 00000000febf0490-00000000febf049f (prio 0, RW): usb2 port #2 00000000febf04a0-00000000febf04af (prio 0, RW): usb2 port #3 00000000febf04b0-00000000febf04bf (prio 0, RW): usb2 port #4 00000000febf1000-00000000febf121f (prio 0, RW): runtime 00000000febf2000-00000000febf281f (prio 0, RW): doorbell 00000000febf3000-00000000febf30ff (prio 0, RW): msix-table 00000000febf3800-00000000febf3807 (prio 0, RW): msix-pba> > * What is the reason for making the modern bar 8M in size? Looks a bit > > excessive, given that only 64k or so of that are actually used ... > > I use a page per VQ for architectures that can locate the offset of the > accessed page that triggered EPT violation faster than the offset within > page. I think this is the case for SVM.8M still looks excessive, given that we typically have a small number of queues per device. Do you allocate address space for the maximum possible number of queues unconditionally?> > virtio-scsi seems to be broken, at least my usual fedora guest didn't > > boot up from virtio-scsi disk when using a guest kernel with this patch > > series applied. > > I'll re-test. Do other devices work for you? Thanks!Didn't came very far yet in my testing due to the guest not booting. I plan to try other storage for the image, but didn't found the time yet. I've tried to boot a F21 live iso with virtio-net (legacy guest driver obviously), which seems to work ok in light testing. BTW: is there a tool (or pciutils patch) which can decode the virtio capabilities? cheers, Gerd
Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-Jan-16 08:45 UTC
[PATCH v3 00/16] virtio-pci: towards virtio 1.0 guest support
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 09:32:26AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:> Hi, > > > > * I'd like to see some more flexibility in the pci bar layout. Stuff > > > I have in mind: > > > - New devices which don't need a legacy bar can use bar 0 for > > > modern. > > > - One MMIO bar is enough, we can place both virtio regions and > > > msi-x regions there. I'd suggest to add msi-x sub-regions to > > > the modern bar. > > > > Why exactly? It seems simpler to separate things, extra BARs > > have no cost. > > Well, there are only six BARs. legacy bar, modern mmio bar, msi-x bar, > modern io bar (for fast isr). That already four out of six ...So? If we need to add another bar, we'll change things.> We have a mmio bar, which we partition into subregions for virtio-1.0 > anyway. Also placing msi-x there is a single msix_init() call. xhci is > doing that too: > > 00000000febf0000-00000000febf3fff (prio 1, RW): xhci > 00000000febf0000-00000000febf003f (prio 0, RW): capabilities > 00000000febf0040-00000000febf043f (prio 0, RW): operational > 00000000febf0440-00000000febf044f (prio 0, RW): usb3 port #1 > 00000000febf0450-00000000febf045f (prio 0, RW): usb3 port #2 > 00000000febf0460-00000000febf046f (prio 0, RW): usb3 port #3 > 00000000febf0470-00000000febf047f (prio 0, RW): usb3 port #4 > 00000000febf0480-00000000febf048f (prio 0, RW): usb2 port #1 > 00000000febf0490-00000000febf049f (prio 0, RW): usb2 port #2 > 00000000febf04a0-00000000febf04af (prio 0, RW): usb2 port #3 > 00000000febf04b0-00000000febf04bf (prio 0, RW): usb2 port #4 > 00000000febf1000-00000000febf121f (prio 0, RW): runtime > 00000000febf2000-00000000febf281f (prio 0, RW): doorbell > 00000000febf3000-00000000febf30ff (prio 0, RW): msix-table > 00000000febf3800-00000000febf3807 (prio 0, RW): msix-pba >However that one is non prefetheable, and I prefer putting virtio caps in a prefetcheable bar.> > > * What is the reason for making the modern bar 8M in size? Looks a bit > > > excessive, given that only 64k or so of that are actually used ... > > > > I use a page per VQ for architectures that can locate the offset of the > > accessed page that triggered EPT violation faster than the offset within > > page. I think this is the case for SVM. > > 8M still looks excessive, given that we typically have a small number of > queues per device. Do you allocate address space for the maximum > possible number of queues unconditionally?Yes, simpler this way. I'll check if I can find the real # of VQs.> > > virtio-scsi seems to be broken, at least my usual fedora guest didn't > > > boot up from virtio-scsi disk when using a guest kernel with this patch > > > series applied. > > > > I'll re-test. Do other devices work for you? Thanks! > > Didn't came very far yet in my testing due to the guest not booting.Try virtio-blk - that worked for me.> I > plan to try other storage for the image, but didn't found the time yet. > > I've tried to boot a F21 live iso with virtio-net (legacy guest driver > obviously), which seems to work ok in light testing. > > BTW: is there a tool (or pciutils patch) which can decode the virtio > capabilities? > > cheers, > Gerd >
Gerd Hoffmann
2015-Jan-19 11:07 UTC
[PATCH v3 00/16] virtio-pci: towards virtio 1.0 guest support
Hi,> BTW: is there a tool (or pciutils patch) which can decode the virtio > capabilities?Searched for a patch today, and all google found me was this mail asking for one :-o So I went ahead and coded one up. Attached. While hacking it up I've noticed spec doesn't match reality. The "Virtio Structure PCI Capabilities" section here ... http://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/v1.0/cs01/virtio-v1.0-cs01.html#x1-690004 ... doesn't match what qemu is doing. Huh? Also note: [root at fedora ~]# ~kraxel/projects/pciutils/lspci -vvsa 00:0a.0 Communication controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio console [ ... ] Capabilities: [64] VirtIO: Notify BAR=2 offset=00003000 size=00400000 multiplier=00010000 [ ... ] Why multiplier is 64k instead of 4k? Just a tyops? cheers, Gerd -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 0001-add-virtio-vendor-caps.patch Type: text/x-patch Size: 3354 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/virtualization/attachments/20150119/e8571cc0/attachment.bin>
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