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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe.brucker@arm.com>
Cc: mark.rutland@arm.com, virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org,
	lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com, tnowicki@caviumnetworks.com,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, marc.zyngier@arm.com,
	linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, joro@8bytes.org, will.deacon@arm.com,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, eric.auger@redhat.com,
	iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org, robh+dt@kernel.org,
	bhelgaas@google.com, robin.murphy@arm.com,
	kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 5/7] iommu: Add virtio-iommu driver
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 13:13:24 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181127131116-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fd221210-7e12-1d15-0c80-52a761f6893d@arm.com>

On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 05:50:50PM +0000, Jean-Philippe Brucker wrote:
> > I didn't notice this in the past but it seems this will spin
> > with interrupts disabled until host handles the request.
> > Please do not do this - host execution can be another
> > task that needs the same host CPU. This will then disable
> > interrupts for a very very long time.
> 
> In the guest yes, but that doesn't prevent the host from running another
> task right? My tests run fine when QEMU is bound to a single CPU, even
> though vcpu and viommu run in different threads

So a kind of a solution is to add a config space field for sync.
That at least can give host a hint that yes, vcpu
is stopped now and it should do something else.
Not ideal but better than polling VQ forever.

-- 
MST

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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe.brucker@arm.com>
Cc: mark.rutland@arm.com, virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org,
	lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com, tnowicki@caviumnetworks.com,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, marc.zyngier@arm.com,
	linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, joro@8bytes.org, will.deacon@arm.com,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, eric.auger@redhat.com,
	iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org, robh+dt@kernel.org,
	bhelgaas@google.com, robin.murphy@arm.com,
	kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
Subject: [virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH v5 5/7] iommu: Add virtio-iommu driver
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 13:13:24 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181127131116-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fd221210-7e12-1d15-0c80-52a761f6893d@arm.com>

On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 05:50:50PM +0000, Jean-Philippe Brucker wrote:
> > I didn't notice this in the past but it seems this will spin
> > with interrupts disabled until host handles the request.
> > Please do not do this - host execution can be another
> > task that needs the same host CPU. This will then disable
> > interrupts for a very very long time.
> 
> In the guest yes, but that doesn't prevent the host from running another
> task right? My tests run fine when QEMU is bound to a single CPU, even
> though vcpu and viommu run in different threads

So a kind of a solution is to add a config space field for sync.
That at least can give host a hint that yes, vcpu
is stopped now and it should do something else.
Not ideal but better than polling VQ forever.

-- 
MST

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-11-27 18:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 115+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-11-22 19:37 [PATCH v5 0/7] Add virtio-iommu driver Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:37 ` [virtio-dev] " Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:37 ` [PATCH v5 1/7] dt-bindings: virtio-mmio: Add IOMMU description Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:37   ` [virtio-dev] " Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:37 ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:37 ` [PATCH v5 2/7] dt-bindings: virtio: Add virtio-pci-iommu node Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:37   ` [virtio-dev] " Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:37 ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:37 ` [PATCH v5 3/7] of: Allow the iommu-map property to omit untranslated devices Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:37   ` [virtio-dev] " Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:37 ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:37 ` [PATCH v5 4/7] PCI: OF: Initialize dev->fwnode appropriately Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:37   ` [virtio-dev] " Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:37 ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:37 ` [PATCH v5 5/7] iommu: Add virtio-iommu driver Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:37 ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:37   ` [virtio-dev] " Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-23  8:27   ` Auger Eric
     [not found]   ` <20181122193801.50510-6-jean-philippe.brucker-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2018-11-23  8:27     ` Auger Eric
2018-11-23  8:27       ` [virtio-dev] " Auger Eric
2018-11-23  8:27       ` Auger Eric
2018-11-23 21:48   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-23 21:48     ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-23 21:48     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-27 17:58     ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-27 17:58     ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-27 17:58       ` [virtio-dev] " Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-27 18:10       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-27 18:10       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-27 18:10         ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-23 21:48   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-23 21:56   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-23 21:56     ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-27 17:55     ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-27 17:55     ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-27 17:55       ` [virtio-dev] " Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-27 18:10       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-27 18:10         ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-12-07 18:52         ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-12-07 18:52           ` [virtio-dev] " Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-12-07 18:52           ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
     [not found]           ` <e1dde79c-0bc4-ea99-1bb0-9e70b56955fb-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2018-12-12 14:56             ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-12-12 14:56               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-12-12 14:56               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
     [not found]               ` <20181212093709-mutt-send-email-mst-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2018-12-12 15:27                 ` Auger Eric
2018-12-12 15:27                   ` Auger Eric
2018-12-12 15:27                   ` Auger Eric
2018-12-13 12:37                   ` Robin Murphy
2018-12-13 12:37                   ` Robin Murphy
2018-12-13 12:37                     ` Robin Murphy
2018-12-13 14:13                     ` Auger Eric
2018-12-13 14:13                     ` Auger Eric
2018-12-13 14:13                       ` [virtio-dev] " Auger Eric
2018-12-13 14:13                       ` Auger Eric
2018-12-12 15:27               ` Auger Eric
2018-12-12 14:56           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-12-07 18:52         ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-27 18:10       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-23 21:56   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-23 22:02   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-23 22:02   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-23 22:02     ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-27 17:50     ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-27 17:50     ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-27 17:50       ` [virtio-dev] " Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-27 18:04       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-27 18:04         ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-27 18:10         ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-27 18:10           ` [virtio-dev] " Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-27 18:53           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-27 18:53             ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-12-10 15:06             ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-12-10 15:06               ` [virtio-dev] " Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-12-10 22:53               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-12-10 22:53               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-12-10 22:53                 ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
     [not found]                 ` <20181210175132-mutt-send-email-mst-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2018-12-11 16:29                   ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-12-11 16:29                     ` [virtio-dev] " Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-12-11 16:29                     ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-12-11 16:29                 ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-12-10 15:06             ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-27 18:53           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-27 18:10         ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-27 18:13       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-27 18:13       ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2018-11-27 18:13         ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-22 19:38 ` [PATCH v5 6/7] iommu/virtio: Add probe request Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:38 ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:38   ` [virtio-dev] " Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:38 ` [PATCH v5 7/7] iommu/virtio: Add event queue Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:38   ` [virtio-dev] " Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-22 19:38 ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2018-11-23  8:28 ` [PATCH v5 0/7] Add virtio-iommu driver Auger Eric
2018-11-23  8:28   ` [virtio-dev] " Auger Eric
2018-11-27  7:09   ` Bharat Bhushan
2018-11-27  7:09   ` Bharat Bhushan
2018-11-27  7:09     ` [virtio-dev] " Bharat Bhushan
2018-11-23  8:28 ` Auger Eric
     [not found] ` <20181122193801.50510-1-jean-philippe.brucker-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2018-11-27 16:53   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-27 16:53     ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-27 16:53     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-27 17:09     ` Auger Eric
2018-11-27 17:09       ` [virtio-dev] " Auger Eric
     [not found]       ` <6c061729-c404-ac25-f86f-7fe222bf5bc7-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2018-11-27 17:16         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-27 17:16           ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-27 17:16           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-27 18:02           ` Auger Eric
2018-11-27 18:02             ` [virtio-dev] " Auger Eric
2018-11-27 18:02           ` Auger Eric
2018-12-03 13:27           ` Auger Eric
2018-12-03 13:27             ` [virtio-dev] " Auger Eric
2018-12-03 13:27           ` Auger Eric
2018-11-27 17:16       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-11-27 17:09     ` Auger Eric
2018-11-27 16:53 ` Michael S. Tsirkin

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