[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/virtio-user: fix multiple queues fail in server mode
Yang, Zhiyong
zhiyong.yang at intel.com
Thu May 10 05:04:59 CEST 2018
Hi Tiwei,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bie, Tiwei
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2018 10:47 AM
> To: Yang, Zhiyong <zhiyong.yang at intel.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; maxime.coquelin at redhat.com; Yao, Lei A
> <lei.a.yao at intel.com>; stable at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/virtio-user: fix multiple queues fail in
> server mode
>
> On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 05:49:36PM +0800, zhiyong.yang at intel.com wrote:
> > This patch fixes multiple queues failure when virtio-user works in
> > server mode.
> >
> > Fixes: bd8f50a45d0f ("net/virtio-user: support server mode")
> > Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> > Signed-off-by: Zhiyong Yang <zhiyong.yang at intel.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_user.c | 3 +++
> > drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.c | 9 +++++++++
> > 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_user.c
> > b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_user.c
> > index a6df97a00..a9e53d7b5 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_user.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_user.c
> > @@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ vhost_user_sock(struct virtio_user_dev *dev,
> >
> > PMD_DRV_LOG(INFO, "%s", vhost_msg_strings[req]);
> >
> > + if (vhostfd < 0)
> > + return -1;
>
> I think this is just a workaround to avoid printing error messages in server
> mode.
>
> Ideally, vhost_user_sock() shouldn't be called with vhostfd < 0.
>
> If we want this workaround, we should only allow this in server mode. I.e. do
> the check like this:
>
> if (dev->is_server && vhostfd < 0)
> return -1;
Ok.
> > +
> > msg.request = req;
> > msg.flags = VHOST_USER_VERSION;
> > msg.size = 0;
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.c
> > b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.c
> > index 38b8bc90d..e988dc3f4 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.c
> > @@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ virtio_user_start_device(struct virtio_user_dev
> *dev)
> > features &= ~(1ull << VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC);
> > /* Strip VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ, as devices do not really need to
> know */
> > features &= ~(1ull << VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ);
> > + /* Also disable features which depend on VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ
> */
> > + features &= ~(1ull << VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX);
> > + features &= ~(1ull << VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VLAN);
> > + features &= ~(1ull << VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR);
>
> Is this really related to this fix?
>
Yes. if vhost user side receives these feature bits and
Vhost user doesn’t support these features and will close the socket connection.
If we have disable ctrl_VQ, also should disable them.
> > features &= ~(1ull << VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS);
> > ret = dev->ops->send_request(dev, VHOST_USER_SET_FEATURES,
> &features);
> > if (ret < 0)
> > @@ -488,6 +492,11 @@ virtio_user_handle_ctrl_msg(struct
> virtio_user_dev *dev, struct vring *vring,
> > queues = *(uint16_t *)(uintptr_t)vring->desc[idx_data].addr;
> > status = virtio_user_handle_mq(dev, queues);
> > }
> > + /* Server mode can't enable queue pairs if vhostfd is not connected,
> > + * we suppose that status always returns 0 in this case.
> > + * /
>
> As Ferruh pointed, a typo here.
Ok. fix it.
>
> > + if (dev->is_server && dev->vhostfd < 0)
> > + status = 0;
>
> When the connection to the backend isn't established in server mode, what
> virtio_user_handle_mq() can't do is to enable the queue pairs. But other
> checks in that function are still valid. So I would suggest moving above code
> to virtio_user_handle_mq().
Ok.
Thanks
Zhiyong
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