Re: [PATCH v9 2/7] virtio-pmem: Add virtio pmem driver

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 10:46:00PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > +	vpmem->vdev = vdev;
> > +	vdev->priv = vpmem;
> > +	err = init_vq(vpmem);
> > +	if (err) {
> > +		dev_err(&vdev->dev, "failed to initialize virtio pmem vq's\n");
> > +		goto out_err;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	virtio_cread(vpmem->vdev, struct virtio_pmem_config,
> > +			start, &vpmem->start);
> > +	virtio_cread(vpmem->vdev, struct virtio_pmem_config,
> > +			size, &vpmem->size);
> > +
> > +	res.start = vpmem->start;
> > +	res.end   = vpmem->start + vpmem->size-1;
> 
> nit: " - 1;"
> 
> > +	vpmem->nd_desc.provider_name = "virtio-pmem";
> > +	vpmem->nd_desc.module = THIS_MODULE;
> > +
> > +	vpmem->nvdimm_bus = nvdimm_bus_register(&vdev->dev,
> > +						&vpmem->nd_desc);
> > +	if (!vpmem->nvdimm_bus) {
> > +		dev_err(&vdev->dev, "failed to register device with nvdimm_bus\n");
> > +		err = -ENXIO;
> > +		goto out_vq;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	dev_set_drvdata(&vdev->dev, vpmem->nvdimm_bus);
> > +
> > +	ndr_desc.res = &res;
> > +	ndr_desc.numa_node = nid;
> > +	ndr_desc.flush = async_pmem_flush;
> > +	set_bit(ND_REGION_PAGEMAP, &ndr_desc.flags);
> > +	set_bit(ND_REGION_ASYNC, &ndr_desc.flags);
> > +	nd_region = nvdimm_pmem_region_create(vpmem->nvdimm_bus, &ndr_desc);
> > +	if (!nd_region) {
> > +		dev_err(&vdev->dev, "failed to create nvdimm region\n");
> > +		err = -ENXIO;
> > +		goto out_nd;
> > +	}
> > +	nd_region->provider_data = dev_to_virtio(nd_region->dev.parent->parent);
> > +	return 0;
> > +out_nd:
> > +	nvdimm_bus_unregister(vpmem->nvdimm_bus);
> > +out_vq:
> > +	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
> > +out_err:
> > +	return err;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void virtio_pmem_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
> > +{
> > +	struct nvdimm_bus *nvdimm_bus = dev_get_drvdata(&vdev->dev);
> > +
> > +	nvdimm_bus_unregister(nvdimm_bus);
> > +	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
> > +	vdev->config->reset(vdev);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static struct virtio_driver virtio_pmem_driver = {
> > +	.driver.name		= KBUILD_MODNAME,
> > +	.driver.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
> > +	.id_table		= id_table,
> > +	.probe			= virtio_pmem_probe,
> > +	.remove			= virtio_pmem_remove,
> > +};
> > +
> > +module_virtio_driver(virtio_pmem_driver);
> > +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(virtio, id_table);
> > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Virtio pmem driver");
> > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.h b/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.h
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..ab1da877575d
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.h
> > @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> > +/*
> > + * virtio_pmem.h: virtio pmem Driver
> > + *
> > + * Discovers persistent memory range information
> > + * from host and provides a virtio based flushing
> > + * interface.
> > + **/
> > +
> > +#ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_PMEM_H
> > +#define _LINUX_VIRTIO_PMEM_H
> > +
> > +#include <linux/virtio_ids.h>
> > +#include <linux/module.h>
> > +#include <linux/virtio_config.h>
> > +#include <uapi/linux/virtio_pmem.h>
> > +#include <linux/libnvdimm.h>
> > +#include <linux/spinlock.h>
> > +
> > +struct virtio_pmem_request {
> > +	/* Host return status corresponding to flush request */
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	/* command name*/
> > +	char name[16];
> 
> So ... why are we sending string commands and expect native-endianess
> integers and don't define a proper request/response structure + request
> types in include/uapi/linux/virtio_pmem.h like

passing names could be ok.
I missed the fact we return a native endian int.
Pls fix that.


> 
> struct virtio_pmem_resp {
> 	__virtio32 ret;
> }
> 
> #define VIRTIO_PMEM_REQ_TYPE_FLUSH	1
> struct virtio_pmem_req {
> 	__virtio16 type;
> }
> 
> ... and this way we also define a proper endianess format for exchange
> and keep it extensible
> 
> @MST, what's your take on this?

Extensions can always use feature bits so I don't think
it's a problem.

> 
> -- 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David / dhildenb