Re: [RFC v2 05/13] vhost: Route guest->host notification through shadow virtqueue

[Jason Wang]

在 2021/3/16 下午6:31, Eugenio Perez Martin 写道:
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 8:18 AM Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> wrote:
> > 在 2021/3/16 上午3:48, Eugenio Pérez 写道:
> > > Shadow virtqueue notifications forwarding is disabled when vhost_dev
> > > stops, so code flow follows usual cleanup.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Eugenio Pérez <eperezma@redhat.com>
> > > ---
> > >    hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h |   7 ++
> > >    include/hw/virtio/vhost.h          |   4 +
> > >    hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c | 113 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > >    hw/virtio/vhost.c                  | 143 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > >    4 files changed, 265 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h 
> > > b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h
> > > index 6cc18d6acb..c891c6510d 100644
> > > --- a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h
> > > +++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h
> > > @@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
> > >
> > >    typedef struct VhostShadowVirtqueue VhostShadowVirtqueue;
> > >
> > > +bool vhost_shadow_vq_start(struct vhost_dev *dev,
> > > +                           unsigned idx,
> > > +                           VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq);
> > > +void vhost_shadow_vq_stop(struct vhost_dev *dev,
> > > +                          unsigned idx,
> > > +                          VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq);
> > > +
> > >    VhostShadowVirtqueue *vhost_shadow_vq_new(struct vhost_dev *dev, int idx);
> > >
> > >    void vhost_shadow_vq_free(VhostShadowVirtqueue *vq);
> > > diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h b/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h
> > > index ac963bf23d..7ffdf9aea0 100644
> > > --- a/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h
> > > +++ b/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h
> > > @@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ struct vhost_iommu {
> > >        QLIST_ENTRY(vhost_iommu) iommu_next;
> > >    };
> > >
> > > +typedef struct VhostShadowVirtqueue VhostShadowVirtqueue;
> > > +
> > >    typedef struct VhostDevConfigOps {
> > >        /* Vhost device config space changed callback
> > >         */
> > > @@ -83,7 +85,9 @@ struct vhost_dev {
> > >        uint64_t backend_cap;
> > >        bool started;
> > >        bool log_enabled;
> > > +    bool shadow_vqs_enabled;
> > >        uint64_t log_size;
> > > +    VhostShadowVirtqueue **shadow_vqs;
> >
> > Any reason that you don't embed the shadow virtqueue into
> > vhost_virtqueue structure?
> Not really, it could be relatively big and I would prefer SVQ
> members/methods to remain hidden from any other part that includes
> vhost.h. But it could be changed, for sure.
>
> > (Note that there's a masked_notifier in struct vhost_virtqueue).
> They are used differently: in SVQ the masked notifier is a pointer,
> and if it's NULL the SVQ code knows that device is not masked. The
> vhost_virtqueue is the real owner.


Yes, but it's an example for embedding auxciliary data structures in the 
vhost_virtqueue.


> It could be replaced by a boolean in SVQ or something like that, I
> experimented with a tri-state too (UNMASKED, MASKED, MASKED_NOTIFIED)
> and let vhost.c code to manage all the transitions. But I find clearer
> the pointer use, since it's the more natural for the
> vhost_virtqueue_mask, vhost_virtqueue_pending existing functions.
>
> This masking/unmasking is the part I dislike the most from this
> series, so I'm very open to alternatives.


See below. I think we don't even need to care about that.


> > >        Error *migration_blocker;
> > >        const VhostOps *vhost_ops;
> > >        void *opaque;
> > > diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c 
> > > b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c
> > > index 4512e5b058..3e43399e9c 100644
> > > --- a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c
> > > +++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c
> > > @@ -8,9 +8,12 @@
> > >     */
> > >
> > >    #include "hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h"
> > > +#include "hw/virtio/vhost.h"
> > > +
> > > +#include "standard-headers/linux/vhost_types.h"
> > >
> > >    #include "qemu/error-report.h"
> > > -#include "qemu/event_notifier.h"
> > > +#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
> > >
> > >    /* Shadow virtqueue to relay notifications */
> > >    typedef struct VhostShadowVirtqueue {
> > > @@ -18,14 +21,121 @@ typedef struct VhostShadowVirtqueue {
> > >        EventNotifier kick_notifier;
> > >        /* Shadow call notifier, sent to vhost */
> > >        EventNotifier call_notifier;
> > > +
> > > +    /*
> > > +     * Borrowed virtqueue's guest to host notifier.
> > > +     * To borrow it in this event notifier allows to register on the event
> > > +     * loop and access the associated shadow virtqueue easily. If we use the
> > > +     * VirtQueue, we don't have an easy way to retrieve it.
> >
> > So this is something that worries me. It looks like a layer violation
> > that makes the codes harder to work correctly.
> I don't follow you here.
>
> The vhost code already depends on virtqueue in the same sense:
> virtio_queue_get_host_notifier is called on vhost_virtqueue_start. So
> if this behavior ever changes it is unlikely for vhost to keep working
> without changes. vhost_virtqueue has a kick/call int where I think it
> should be stored actually, but they are never used as far as I see.
>
> Previous RFC did rely on vhost_dev_disable_notifiers. From its documentation:
> /* Stop processing guest IO notifications in vhost.
>   * Start processing them in qemu.
>   ...
> But it was easier for this mode to miss a notification, since they
> create a new host_notifier in virtio_bus_set_host_notifier right away.
> So I decided to use the file descriptor already sent to vhost in
> regular operation mode, so guest-related resources change less.
>
> Having said that, maybe it's useful to assert that
> vhost_dev_{enable,disable}_notifiers are never called on shadow
> virtqueue mode. Also, it could be useful to retrieve it from
> virtio_bus, not raw shadow virtqueue, so all get/set are performed
> from it. Would that make more sense?
>
> > I wonder if it would be simpler to start from a vDPA dedicated shadow
> > virtqueue implementation:
> >
> > 1) have the above fields embeded in vhost_vdpa structure
> > 2) Work at the level of
> > vhost_vdpa_set_vring_kick()/vhost_vdpa_set_vring_call()
> This notifier is never sent to the device in shadow virtqueue mode.
> It's for SVQ to react to guest's notifications, registering it on its
> main event loop [1]. So if I perform these changes the way I
> understand them, SVQ would still rely on this borrowed EventNotifier,
> and it would send to the vDPA device the newly created kick_notifier
> of VhostShadowVirtqueue.


The point is that vhost code should be coupled loosely with virtio. If 
you try to "borrow" EventNotifier from virtio, you need to deal with a 
lot of synchrization. An exampleis the masking stuffs.


> > Then the layer is still isolated and you have a much simpler context to
> > work that you don't need to care a lot of synchornization:
> >
> > 1) vq masking
> This EventNotifier is not used for masking, it does not change from
> the start of the shadow virtqueue operation through its end. Call fd
> sent to vhost/vdpa device does not change either in shadow virtqueue
> mode operation with masking/unmasking. I will try to document it
> better.
>
> I think that we will need to handle synchronization with
> masking/unmasking from the guest and dynamically enabling SVQ
> operation mode, since they can happen at the same time as long as we
> let the guest run. There may be better ways of synchronizing them of
> course, but I don't see how moving to the vhost-vdpa backend helps
> with this. Please expand if I've missed it.
>
> Or do you mean to forbid regular <-> SVQ operation mode transitions and delay it
> to future patchsets?


So my idea is to do all the shadow virtqueue in the vhost-vDPA codes and 
hide them from the upper layers like virtio. This means it works at 
vhost level which can see vhost_vring_file only. When enalbed, what it 
needs is just:

1) switch to use svq kickfd and relay ioeventfd to svq kickfd
2) switch to use svq callfd and relay svq callfd to irqfd

It will still behave like a vhost-backend that the switching is done 
internally in vhost-vDPA which is totally transparent to the virtio 
codes of Qemu.

E.g:

1) in the case of guest notifier masking, we don't need to do anything 
since virtio codes will replace another irqfd for us.
2) easily to deal with vhost dev start and stop

The advantages are obvious, simple and easy to implement.


> > 2) vhost dev start and stop
> >
> > ?
> >
> >
> > > +     *
> > > +     * So shadow virtqueue must not clean it, or we would lose VirtQueue one.
> > > +     */
> > > +    EventNotifier host_notifier;
> > > +
> > > +    /* Virtio queue shadowing */
> > > +    VirtQueue *vq;
> > >    } VhostShadowVirtqueue;
> > >
> > > +/* Forward guest notifications */
> > > +static void vhost_handle_guest_kick(EventNotifier *n)
> > > +{
> > > +    VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq = container_of(n, VhostShadowVirtqueue,
> > > +                                             host_notifier);
> > > +
> > > +    if (unlikely(!event_notifier_test_and_clear(n))) {
> > > +        return;
> > > +    }
> > > +
> > > +    event_notifier_set(&svq->kick_notifier);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +/*
> > > + * Restore the vhost guest to host notifier, i.e., disables svq effect.
> > > + */
> > > +static int vhost_shadow_vq_restore_vdev_host_notifier(struct vhost_dev *dev,
> > > +                                                     unsigned vhost_index,
> > > +                                                     VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq)
> > > +{
> > > +    EventNotifier *vq_host_notifier = virtio_queue_get_host_notifier(svq->vq);
> > > +    struct vhost_vring_file file = {
> > > +        .index = vhost_index,
> > > +        .fd = event_notifier_get_fd(vq_host_notifier),
> > > +    };
> > > +    int r;
> > > +
> > > +    /* Restore vhost kick */
> > > +    r = dev->vhost_ops->vhost_set_vring_kick(dev, &file);
> > > +    return r ? -errno : 0;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +/*
> > > + * Start shadow virtqueue operation.
> > > + * @dev vhost device
> > > + * @hidx vhost virtqueue index
> > > + * @svq Shadow Virtqueue
> > > + */
> > > +bool vhost_shadow_vq_start(struct vhost_dev *dev,
> > > +                           unsigned idx,
> > > +                           VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq)
> >
> > It looks to me this assumes the vhost_dev is started before
> > vhost_shadow_vq_start()?
> Right.


This might not true. Guest may enable and disable virtio drivers after 
the shadow virtqueue is started. You need to deal with that.

Thanks