Christian Borntraeger
2020-Apr-01 11:21 UTC
[PATCH V9 1/9] vhost: refine vhost and vringh kconfig
On 26.03.20 15:01, Jason Wang wrote:> Currently, CONFIG_VHOST depends on CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION. But vhost is > not necessarily for VM since it's a generic userspace and kernel > communication protocol. Such dependency may prevent archs without > virtualization support from using vhost. > > To solve this, a dedicated vhost menu is created under drivers so > CONIFG_VHOST can be decoupled out of CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION.FWIW, this now results in vhost not being build with defconfig kernels (in todays linux-next).> > While at it, also squash Kconfig.vringh into vhost Kconfig file. This > avoids the trick of conditional inclusion from VOP or CAIF. Then it > will be easier to introduce new vringh users and common dependency for > both vringh and vhost. > > Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang at redhat.com> > --- > arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig | 2 -- > arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig | 2 -- > arch/mips/kvm/Kconfig | 2 -- > arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig | 2 -- > arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig | 4 ---- > arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig | 4 ---- > drivers/Kconfig | 2 ++ > drivers/misc/mic/Kconfig | 4 ---- > drivers/net/caif/Kconfig | 4 ---- > drivers/vhost/Kconfig | 23 ++++++++++++++--------- > drivers/vhost/Kconfig.vringh | 6 ------ > 11 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) > delete mode 100644 drivers/vhost/Kconfig.vringh > > diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig > index f591026347a5..be97393761bf 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig > @@ -54,6 +54,4 @@ config KVM_ARM_HOST > ---help--- > Provides host support for ARM processors. > > -source "drivers/vhost/Kconfig" > - > endif # VIRTUALIZATION > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig > index a475c68cbfec..449386d76441 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig > @@ -64,6 +64,4 @@ config KVM_ARM_PMU > config KVM_INDIRECT_VECTORS > def_bool KVM && (HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR || HARDEN_EL2_VECTORS) > > -source "drivers/vhost/Kconfig" > - > endif # VIRTUALIZATION > diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/mips/kvm/Kconfig > index eac25aef21e0..b91d145aa2d5 100644 > --- a/arch/mips/kvm/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/mips/kvm/Kconfig > @@ -72,6 +72,4 @@ config KVM_MIPS_DEBUG_COP0_COUNTERS > > If unsure, say N. > > -source "drivers/vhost/Kconfig" > - > endif # VIRTUALIZATION > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig > index 711fca9bc6f0..12885eda324e 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig > @@ -204,6 +204,4 @@ config KVM_XIVE > default y > depends on KVM_XICS && PPC_XIVE_NATIVE && KVM_BOOK3S_HV_POSSIBLE > > -source "drivers/vhost/Kconfig" > - > endif # VIRTUALIZATION > diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig > index d3db3d7ed077..def3b60f1fe8 100644 > --- a/arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig > @@ -55,8 +55,4 @@ config KVM_S390_UCONTROL > > If unsure, say N. > > -# OK, it's a little counter-intuitive to do this, but it puts it neatly under > -# the virtualization menu. > -source "drivers/vhost/Kconfig" > - > endif # VIRTUALIZATION > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig > index 991019d5eee1..0dfe70e17af9 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig > @@ -94,8 +94,4 @@ config KVM_MMU_AUDIT > This option adds a R/W kVM module parameter 'mmu_audit', which allows > auditing of KVM MMU events at runtime. > > -# OK, it's a little counter-intuitive to do this, but it puts it neatly under > -# the virtualization menu. > -source "drivers/vhost/Kconfig" > - > endif # VIRTUALIZATION > diff --git a/drivers/Kconfig b/drivers/Kconfig > index 8befa53f43be..7a6d8b2b68b4 100644 > --- a/drivers/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/Kconfig > @@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ source "drivers/virt/Kconfig" > > source "drivers/virtio/Kconfig" > > +source "drivers/vhost/Kconfig" > + > source "drivers/hv/Kconfig" > > source "drivers/xen/Kconfig" > diff --git a/drivers/misc/mic/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/mic/Kconfig > index b6841ba6d922..8f201d019f5a 100644 > --- a/drivers/misc/mic/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/misc/mic/Kconfig > @@ -133,8 +133,4 @@ config VOP > OS and tools for MIC to use with this driver are available from > <http://software.intel.com/en-us/mic-developer>. > > -if VOP > -source "drivers/vhost/Kconfig.vringh" > -endif > - > endmenu > diff --git a/drivers/net/caif/Kconfig b/drivers/net/caif/Kconfig > index e74e2bb61236..9db0570c5beb 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/caif/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/net/caif/Kconfig > @@ -58,8 +58,4 @@ config CAIF_VIRTIO > ---help--- > The CAIF driver for CAIF over Virtio. > > -if CAIF_VIRTIO > -source "drivers/vhost/Kconfig.vringh" > -endif > - > endif # CAIF_DRIVERS > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig b/drivers/vhost/Kconfig > index 3d03ccbd1adc..4aef10a54cd1 100644 > --- a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/vhost/Kconfig > @@ -1,8 +1,20 @@ > # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only > +config VHOST_RING > + tristate > + help > + This option is selected by any driver which needs to access > + the host side of a virtio ring. > + > +menuconfig VHOST > + tristate "Host kernel accelerator for virtio (VHOST)" > + help > + This option is selected by any driver which needs to access > + the core of vhost. > +if VHOST > + > config VHOST_NET > tristate "Host kernel accelerator for virtio net" > depends on NET && EVENTFD && (TUN || !TUN) && (TAP || !TAP) > - select VHOST > ---help--- > This kernel module can be loaded in host kernel to accelerate > guest networking with virtio_net. Not to be confused with virtio_net > @@ -14,7 +26,6 @@ config VHOST_NET > config VHOST_SCSI > tristate "VHOST_SCSI TCM fabric driver" > depends on TARGET_CORE && EVENTFD > - select VHOST > default n > ---help--- > Say M here to enable the vhost_scsi TCM fabric module > @@ -24,7 +35,6 @@ config VHOST_VSOCK > tristate "vhost virtio-vsock driver" > depends on VSOCKETS && EVENTFD > select VIRTIO_VSOCKETS_COMMON > - select VHOST > default n > ---help--- > This kernel module can be loaded in the host kernel to provide AF_VSOCK > @@ -34,12 +44,6 @@ config VHOST_VSOCK > To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called > vhost_vsock. > > -config VHOST > - tristate > - ---help--- > - This option is selected by any driver which needs to access > - the core of vhost. > - > config VHOST_CROSS_ENDIAN_LEGACY > bool "Cross-endian support for vhost" > default n > @@ -54,3 +58,4 @@ config VHOST_CROSS_ENDIAN_LEGACY > adds some overhead, it is disabled by default. > > If unsure, say "N". > +endif > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig.vringh b/drivers/vhost/Kconfig.vringh > deleted file mode 100644 > index c1fe36a9b8d4..000000000000 > --- a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig.vringh > +++ /dev/null > @@ -1,6 +0,0 @@ > -# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only > -config VHOST_RING > - tristate > - ---help--- > - This option is selected by any driver which needs to access > - the host side of a virtio ring. >
On 2020/4/1 ??7:21, Christian Borntraeger wrote:> On 26.03.20 15:01, Jason Wang wrote: >> Currently, CONFIG_VHOST depends on CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION. But vhost is >> not necessarily for VM since it's a generic userspace and kernel >> communication protocol. Such dependency may prevent archs without >> virtualization support from using vhost. >> >> To solve this, a dedicated vhost menu is created under drivers so >> CONIFG_VHOST can be decoupled out of CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION. > FWIW, this now results in vhost not being build with defconfig kernels (in todays > linux-next). >Hi Christian: Did you meet it even with this commit?https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=a4be40cbcedba9b5b714f3c95182e8a45176e42d? If yes, what's your build config looks like? Thanks
Christian Borntraeger
2020-Apr-01 12:56 UTC
[PATCH V9 1/9] vhost: refine vhost and vringh kconfig
On 01.04.20 14:50, Jason Wang wrote:> > On 2020/4/1 ??7:21, Christian Borntraeger wrote: >> On 26.03.20 15:01, Jason Wang wrote: >>> Currently, CONFIG_VHOST depends on CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION. But vhost is >>> not necessarily for VM since it's a generic userspace and kernel >>> communication protocol. Such dependency may prevent archs without >>> virtualization support from using vhost. >>> >>> To solve this, a dedicated vhost menu is created under drivers so >>> CONIFG_VHOST can be decoupled out of CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION. >> FWIW, this now results in vhost not being build with defconfig kernels (in todays >> linux-next). >> > > Hi Christian: > > Did you meet it even with this commit?https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=a4be40cbcedba9b5b714f3c95182e8a45176e42d?I simply used linux-next. The defconfig does NOT contain CONFIG_VHOST and therefore CONFIG_VHOST_NET and friends can not be selected. $ git checkout next-20200401 $ make defconfig HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/confdata.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/expr.o LEX scripts/kconfig/lexer.lex.c YACC scripts/kconfig/parser.tab.[ch] HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/lexer.lex.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/parser.tab.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/preprocess.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/symbol.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/util.o HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf *** Default configuration is based on 'x86_64_defconfig' # # configuration written to .config # $ grep VHOST .config # CONFIG_VHOST is not set> If yes, what's your build config looks like? > > Thanks >
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