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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 0/7] nvdimm: support MAP_SYNC for memory-back
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Yi Zhang |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 0/7] nvdimm: support MAP_SYNC for memory-backend-file |
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Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:27:07 +0800 |
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Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) |
On 2018-12-05 at 09:59:23 +0000, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 04:07:50PM +0800, Zhang Yi wrote:
> > Linux 4.15 introduces a new mmap flag MAP_SYNC, which can be used to
> > guarantee the write persistence to mmap'ed files supporting DAX (e.g.,
> > files on ext4/xfs file system mounted with '-o dax').
> >
>
> Hi,
> There are a lot of people on CC so probably no one felt responsible to
> review this series quickly. Feel free to send a "ping" email if your
> patches aren't receiving attention.
>
> Overall this feature looks fine. I left a few small comments.
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan
Thanks your review, Stefan, I will post the next version soon.
>
> > A description of MAP_SYNC and MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE can be found at
> > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10028151/
> >
> > In order to make sure that the file metadata is in sync after a fault
> > while we are writing a shared DAX supporting backend files, this
> > patch-set enables QEMU to use MAP_SYNC flag for memory-backend-dax-file.
> >
> > As the DAX vs DMA truncated issue was solved, we refined the code and
> > send out this feature for the v5 version.
> >
> > A new auto on/off option 'sync' is added to memory-backend-file:
> > - on: try to pass MAP_SYNC to mmap(2); if MAP_SYNC is not supported or
> > 'share=off', QEMU will abort
> > - off: never pass MAP_SYNC to mmap(2)
> > - auto (default): if MAP_SYNC is supported and 'share=on', work as if
> > 'sync=on'; otherwise, work as if 'sync=off'
> >
> > Changes in v5:
> > * Add patch 1 to fix a memory leak issue.
> > * Refine the patch 4-6
> > * Remove the patch 3 as we already change the parameter from "shared" to
> > "flags"
> >
> > Changes in v4:
> > * Add patch 1-3 to switch some functions to a single 'flags'
> > parameters. (Michael S. Tsirkin)
> > * v3 patch 1-3 become v4 patch 4-6.
> > * Patch 4: move definitions of MAP_SYNC and MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE to a
> > new header file under include/standard-headers/linux/. (Michael S.
> > Tsirkin)
> > * Patch 6: refine the description of the 'sync' option. (Michael S.
> > Tsirkin)
> >
> > Changes in v3:
> > * Patch 1: add MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE in both sync=on and sync=auto
> > cases, and add back the retry mechanism. MAP_SYNC will be ignored
> > by Linux kernel 4.15 if MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE is missed.
> > * Patch 1: define MAP_SYNC and MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE as 0 on non-Linux
> > platforms in order to make qemu_ram_mmap() compile on those platforms.
> > * Patch 2&3: include more information in error messages of
> > memory-backend in hope to help user to identify the error.
> > (Dr. David Alan Gilbert)
> > * Patch 3: fix typo in the commit message. (Dr. David Alan Gilbert)
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> > * Add 'sync' option to control the use of MAP_SYNC. (Eduardo Habkost)
> > * Remove the unnecessary set of MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE in some cases and
> > the retry mechanism in qemu_ram_mmap(). (Michael S. Tsirkin)
> > * Move OS dependent definitions of MAP_SYNC and MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE
> > to osdep.h. (Michael S. Tsirkin)
> >
> > Zhang Yi (7):
> > numa: Fixed the memory leak of numa error message
> > util/mmap-alloc: switch qemu_ram_mmap() to 'flags' parameter
> > exec: switch qemu_ram_alloc_from_{file, fd} to the 'flags' parameter
> > util/mmap-alloc: support MAP_SYNC in qemu_ram_mmap()
> > util/mmap-alloc: Switch the RAM_SYNC flags to OnOffAuto
> > hostmem: add more information in error messages
> > hostmem-file: add 'sync' option
> >
> > backends/hostmem-file.c | 45
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> > backends/hostmem.c | 8 ++++---
> > docs/nvdimm.txt | 20 +++++++++++++++-
> > exec.c | 9 +++----
> > include/exec/memory.h | 18 ++++++++++++++
> > include/exec/ram_addr.h | 1 +
> > include/qemu/mmap-alloc.h | 20 +++++++++++++++-
> > include/standard-headers/linux/mman.h | 44
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > numa.c | 1 +
> > qemu-options.hx | 22 ++++++++++++++++-
> > util/mmap-alloc.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++----
> > util/oslib-posix.c | 4 +++-
> > 12 files changed, 200 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> > create mode 100644 include/standard-headers/linux/mman.h
> >
> > --
> > 2.7.4
> >
> >