[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/3] net/vhost: fix interrupt mode

Maxime Coquelin maxime.coquelin at redhat.com
Wed Jul 29 15:19:42 CEST 2020



On 7/29/20 1:27 PM, David Marchand wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 11:20 AM Maxime Coquelin
> <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> At .new_device() time, only the first vring pair is
>> now ready, other vrings are consfigured later.
> 
> configured*
> 
>>
>> Problem is that when application will setup and enable
>> interrupts, only the first queue pair Rx interrupt will
>> be enabled.
>>
>> This patches fixes the issue by setting the number of
>> max interrupts to the number of Rx queues that will be
>> later initialized. Then, as soon as a Rx vring is ready
>> and interrupt enabled by the application, it removes the
>> corresponding uninitialized epoll event, and install a
> 
> installs*
> 
>> new one with the valid FD.
>>
>> Fixes: 604052ae5395 ("net/vhost: support queue update")
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com>
> 
> It seems a bit of a hack, but I _think_ the patch is good wrt races on
> epoll configuration.
> 
> We are only touching the vhost pmd, in interrupt mode.
> The interrupt mode is not that frequently used (I found no usage in
> opensource projects).
> The vhost pmd is not used in OVS as it lags behind the vhost library
> and has limitations.
> 
> So my opinion is that the risk of taking this patch rather than
> reverting the changes (which is not trivial iiuc) in the vhost library
> is acceptable.
> 
> 
> One comment below:
> 
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/vhost/rte_eth_vhost.c | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>>  1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/vhost/rte_eth_vhost.c b/drivers/net/vhost/rte_eth_vhost.c
>> index 951929c663..237785dd66 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/vhost/rte_eth_vhost.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/vhost/rte_eth_vhost.c
>> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
>>  #include <unistd.h>
>>  #include <pthread.h>
>>  #include <stdbool.h>
>> +#include <sys/epoll.h>
>>
>>  #include <rte_mbuf.h>
>>  #include <rte_ethdev_driver.h>
>> @@ -95,6 +96,8 @@ struct vhost_queue {
>>         uint16_t port;
>>         uint16_t virtqueue_id;
>>         struct vhost_stats stats;
>> +       int intr_enable;
>> +       rte_spinlock_t intr_lock;
>>  };
>>
>>  struct pmd_internal {
>> @@ -524,6 +527,45 @@ find_internal_resource(char *ifname)
>>         return list;
>>  }
>>
>> +static int
>> +eth_vhost_update_intr(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint16_t rxq_idx)
>> +{
>> +       struct rte_intr_handle *handle = eth_dev->intr_handle;
>> +       struct rte_epoll_event rev;
>> +       int epfd, ret;
>> +
>> +       if (handle->efds[rxq_idx] == handle->elist[rxq_idx].fd)
>> +               return 0;
> 
> Feel free to ignore if this situation can not happen.
> 
> We are expecting only -1 -> valid fd transitions.
> Maybe add an error log if we are in another situation?
> This would indicate something quite broken.

That's a very good idea, I will add such warning in v4.

Thanks,
Maxime

> 
> 
>> +
>> +       VHOST_LOG(INFO, "kickfd for rxq-%d was changed, updating handler.\n",
>> +                       rxq_idx);
>> +
>> +       /*
>> +        * First remove invalid epoll event, and then isntall
>> +        * the new one. May be solved with a proper API in the
>> +        * future.
>> +        */
>> +       epfd = handle->elist[rxq_idx].epfd;
>> +       rev = handle->elist[rxq_idx];
>> +       ret = rte_epoll_ctl(epfd, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, rev.fd,
>> +                       &handle->elist[rxq_idx]);
>> +       if (ret) {
>> +               VHOST_LOG(ERR, "Delete epoll event failed.\n");
>> +               return ret;
>> +       }
>> +
>> +       rev.fd = handle->efds[rxq_idx];
>> +       handle->elist[rxq_idx] = rev;
>> +       ret = rte_epoll_ctl(epfd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, rev.fd,
>> +                       &handle->elist[rxq_idx]);
>> +       if (ret) {
>> +               VHOST_LOG(ERR, "Add epoll event failed.\n");
>> +               return ret;
>> +       }
>> +
>> +       return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>>  static int
>>  eth_rxq_intr_enable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t qid)
>>  {
>> @@ -537,6 +579,11 @@ eth_rxq_intr_enable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t qid)
>>                 return -1;
>>         }
>>
>> +       rte_spinlock_lock(&vq->intr_lock);
>> +       vq->intr_enable = 1;
>> +       ret = eth_vhost_update_intr(dev, qid);
>> +       rte_spinlock_unlock(&vq->intr_lock);
>> +
>>         ret = rte_vhost_get_vhost_vring(vq->vid, (qid << 1) + 1, &vring);
>>         if (ret < 0) {
>>                 VHOST_LOG(ERR, "Failed to get rxq%d's vring\n", qid);
>> @@ -571,6 +618,8 @@ eth_rxq_intr_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t qid)
>>         rte_vhost_enable_guest_notification(vq->vid, (qid << 1) + 1, 0);
>>         rte_wmb();
>>
>> +       vq->intr_enable = 0;
>> +
>>         return 0;
>>  }
>>
>> @@ -593,7 +642,6 @@ eth_vhost_install_intr(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
>>  {
>>         struct rte_vhost_vring vring;
>>         struct vhost_queue *vq;
>> -       int count = 0;
>>         int nb_rxq = dev->data->nb_rx_queues;
>>         int i;
>>         int ret;
>> @@ -623,6 +671,8 @@ eth_vhost_install_intr(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
>>
>>         VHOST_LOG(INFO, "Prepare intr vec\n");
>>         for (i = 0; i < nb_rxq; i++) {
>> +               dev->intr_handle->intr_vec[i] = RTE_INTR_VEC_RXTX_OFFSET + i;
>> +               dev->intr_handle->efds[i] = -1;
>>                 vq = dev->data->rx_queues[i];
>>                 if (!vq) {
>>                         VHOST_LOG(INFO, "rxq-%d not setup yet, skip!\n", i);
>> @@ -641,14 +691,12 @@ eth_vhost_install_intr(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
>>                                 "rxq-%d's kickfd is invalid, skip!\n", i);
>>                         continue;
>>                 }
>> -               dev->intr_handle->intr_vec[i] = RTE_INTR_VEC_RXTX_OFFSET + i;
>>                 dev->intr_handle->efds[i] = vring.kickfd;
>> -               count++;
>>                 VHOST_LOG(INFO, "Installed intr vec for rxq-%d\n", i);
>>         }
>>
>> -       dev->intr_handle->nb_efd = count;
>> -       dev->intr_handle->max_intr = count + 1;
>> +       dev->intr_handle->nb_efd = nb_rxq;
>> +       dev->intr_handle->max_intr = nb_rxq + 1;
>>         dev->intr_handle->type = RTE_INTR_HANDLE_VDEV;
>>
>>         return 0;
>> @@ -835,6 +883,7 @@ vring_conf_update(int vid, struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint16_t vring_id)
>>  {
>>         struct rte_eth_conf *dev_conf = &eth_dev->data->dev_conf;
>>         struct pmd_internal *internal = eth_dev->data->dev_private;
>> +       struct vhost_queue *vq;
>>         struct rte_vhost_vring vring;
>>         int rx_idx = vring_id % 2 ? (vring_id - 1) >> 1 : -1;
>>         int ret = 0;
>> @@ -853,12 +902,18 @@ vring_conf_update(int vid, struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint16_t vring_id)
>>                                         vring_id);
>>                         return ret;
>>                 }
>> +               eth_dev->intr_handle->efds[rx_idx] = vring.kickfd;
>>
>> -               if (vring.kickfd != eth_dev->intr_handle->efds[rx_idx]) {
>> -                       VHOST_LOG(INFO, "kickfd for rxq-%d was changed.\n",
>> -                                         rx_idx);
>> -                       eth_dev->intr_handle->efds[rx_idx] = vring.kickfd;
>> +               vq = eth_dev->data->rx_queues[rx_idx];
>> +               if (!vq) {
>> +                       VHOST_LOG(ERR, "rxq%d is not setup yet\n", rx_idx);
>> +                       return -1;
>>                 }
>> +
>> +               rte_spinlock_lock(&vq->intr_lock);
>> +               if (vq->intr_enable)
>> +                       ret = eth_vhost_update_intr(eth_dev, rx_idx);
>> +               rte_spinlock_unlock(&vq->intr_lock);
>>         }
>>
>>         return ret;
>> @@ -1152,6 +1207,7 @@ eth_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t rx_queue_id,
>>
>>         vq->mb_pool = mb_pool;
>>         vq->virtqueue_id = rx_queue_id * VIRTIO_QNUM + VIRTIO_TXQ;
>> +       rte_spinlock_init(&vq->intr_lock);
>>         dev->data->rx_queues[rx_queue_id] = vq;
>>
>>         return 0;
>> @@ -1173,6 +1229,7 @@ eth_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t tx_queue_id,
>>         }
>>
>>         vq->virtqueue_id = tx_queue_id * VIRTIO_QNUM + VIRTIO_RXQ;
>> +       rte_spinlock_init(&vq->intr_lock);
>>         dev->data->tx_queues[tx_queue_id] = vq;
>>
>>         return 0;
>> --
>> 2.26.2
>>
> 
> 
> 
> --
> David Marchand
> 



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