[virtio-comment] Re: [PATCH v10 09/10] admin: conformance clauses

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

On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 05:10:48PM +0800, Zhu, Lingshan wrote:
> 
> 
> On 3/2/2023 9:05 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > Add conformance clauses for admin commands and admin virtqueues.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >   admin.tex | 216 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >   1 file changed, 215 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/admin.tex b/admin.tex
> > index 1172054..6c4f79c 100644
> > --- a/admin.tex
> > +++ b/admin.tex
> > @@ -251,6 +251,145 @@ \subsection{Group administration commands}\label{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virti
> >   supporting multiple group types, the list of supported commands
> >   might differ between different group types.
> > +\devicenormative{\paragraph}{Group administration commands}{Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Device groups / Group administration commands}
> > +
> > +The device MUST validate \field{opcode}, \field{group_type} and
> > +\field{group_member_id}, and if any of these has an invalid or
> > +unsupported value, set \field{status} to
> > +VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_EINVAL and set \field{status_qualifier}
> > +accordingly:
> > +\begin{itemize}
> > +\item if \field{group_type} is invalid, \field{status_qualifier}
> > +	MUST be set to VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_Q_INVALID_GROUP;
> > +\item otherwise, if \field{opcode} is invalid,
> > +	\field{status_qualifier} MUST be set to
> > +	VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_Q_INVALID_OPCODE;
> > +\item otherwise, if \field{group_member_id} is used by the
> > +	specific command and is invalid, \field{status_qualifier} MUST be
> > +	set to VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_Q_INVALID_MEMBER.
> > +\end{itemize}
> > +
> > +If a command completes successfully, the device MUST set
> > +\field{status} to VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_OK.
> > +
> > +If a command fails, the device MUST set
> > +\field{status} to a value different from VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_OK.
> > +
> > +If \field{status} is set to VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_EINVAL, the
> > +device state MUST NOT change, that is the command MUST NOT have
> > +any side effects on the device, in particular the device MUST not
> > +enter an error state as a result of this command.
> > +
> > +If a command fails, the device state generally SHOULD NOT change,
> > +as far as possible.
> > +
> > +The device MAY enforce additional restrictions and dependencies on
> > +opcodes used by the driver and MAY fail the command
> > +VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_USE with \field{status} set to VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_EINVAL
> > +and \field{status_qualifier} set to VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_Q_INVALID_FIELD
> > +if the list of commands used violate internal device dependencies.
> > +
> > +If the device supports multiple group types, commands for each group
> > +type MUST operate independently of each other, in particular,
> > +the device MAY return different results for VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_QUERY
> > +for different group types.
> > +
> > +After reset, if the device supports a given group type
> > +and before receiving VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_USE for this group type
> > +the device MUST assume
> > +that the list of legal commands used by the driver consists of
> > +the two commands VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_QUERY and VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_USE.
> > +
> > +After completing VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_USE successfully,
> > +the device MUST set the list of legal commands used by the driver
> > +to the one supplied in \field{command_specific_data}.
> > +
> > +The device MUST set the list of legal commands used by the driver
> > +to the one supplied in VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_USE.
> > +
> > +The device MUST validate commands against the list used by
> > +the driver and MUST fail any commands not in the list with
> > +\field{status} set to VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_EINVAL
> > +and \field{status_qualifier} set to
> > +VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_Q_INVALID_OPCODE.
> > +
> > +The list of supported commands MUST NOT shrink (but MAY expand):
> > +after reporting a given command as supported through
> > +VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_QUERY the device MUST NOT later report it
> > +as unsupported.  Further, after a given set of commands has been
> Can the driver re-negotiate the command list through QUERY/USE
> in flight rather than upon a reset? If not, shall forbid this explicitly?
> > +used (via a successful VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_USE), then after a
> > +device or system reset the device SHOULD complete successfully
> > +any following calls to VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_USE with the same
> > +list of commands; if this command VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_USE fails
> I think this requires the device to remember what it had offered even
> after a power-cycled reset,

It just says always return the same.

> shall we say: The device should always offer all
> supported
> commands in the list?

I don't see what will it mean.

> Thanks,
> Zhu Lingshan
> > +after a device or system reset, the device MUST not fail it
> > +solely because of the command list used.  Failure to do so would
> > +interfere with resuming from suspend and error recovery.
> > +
> > +When processing a command with the SR-IOV group type,
> > +if the device does not have an SR-IOV Extended Capability or
> > +if \field{VF Enable} is clear
> > +then the device MUST fail all commands with
> > +\field{status} set to VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_EINVAL and
> > +\field{status_qualifier} set to
> > +VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_Q_INVALID_GROUP;
> > +otherwise, if \field{group_member_id} is not
> > +between $1$ and \field{NumVFs} inclusive,
> > +the device MUST fail all commands with
> > +\field{status} set to VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_EINVAL and
> > +\field{status_qualifier} set to
> > +VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_Q_INVALID_MEMBER;
> > +\field{NumVFs}, \field{VF Migration Capable}  and
> > +\field{VF Enable} refer to registers within the SR-IOV Extended
> > +Capability as specified by \hyperref[intro:PCIe]{[PCIe]}.
> > +
> > +\drivernormative{\paragraph}{Group administration commands}{Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Device groups / Group administration commands}
> > +
> > +The driver MAY discover whether device supports a specific group type
> > +by issuing VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_QUERY with the matching
> > +\field{group_type}.
> > +
> > +The driver MUST issue VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_USE
> > +and wait for it to be completed with status
> > +VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_OK before issuing any commands
> > +(except for the initial VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_QUERY
> > +and VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_USE).
> > +
> > +The driver SHOULD NOT set bits in device_admin_cmds
> > +if it is not familiar with how the command opcode
> > +is used, as dependencies between command opcodes might exist.
> > +
> > +The driver MUST NOT request (via VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_USE)
> > +the use of any commands not previously reported as
> > +supported for the same group type by VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_QUERY.
> > +
> > +The driver MUST NOT use any commands for a given group type
> > +before sending VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_USE with the correct
> > +list of command opcodes and group type.
> > +
> > +The driver MAY block use of VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_QUERY and
> > +VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_USE by issuing VIRTIO_ADMIN_CMD_LIST_USE
> > +with respective bits cleared in \field{command_specific_data}.
> > +
> > +The driver MUST handle a command error with a reserved \field{status}
> > +value in the same way as \field{status} set to VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_EINVAL
> > +(except possibly for different error reporting/diagnostic messages).
> > +
> > +The driver MUST handle a command error with a reserved
> > +\field{status_qualifier} value in the same way as
> > +\field{status_qualifier} set to
> > +VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_Q_INVALID_COMMAND (except possibly for
> > +different error reporting/diagnostic messages).
> > +
> > +When sending commands with the SR-IOV group type,
> > +the driver specify a value for \field{group_member_id}
> > +between $1$ and \field{NumVFs} inclusive,
> > +the driver MUST also make sure that as long as any such command
> > +is outstanding, \field{VF Migration Capable} is clear and
> > +\field{VF Enable} is set;
> > +\field{NumVFs}, \field{VF Migration Capable}  and
> > +\field{VF Enable} refer to registers within the SR-IOV Extended
> > +Capability as specified by \hyperref[intro:PCIe]{[PCIe]}.
> > +
> >   \section{Administration Virtqueues}\label{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Administration Virtqueues}
> >   An administration virtqueue of an owner device is used to submit
> > @@ -323,4 +462,79 @@ \section{Administration Virtqueues}\label{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Devic
> >   of the specification are designed, new fields can be added to the
> >   tail of a structure, with the driver/device using the full
> >   structure without concern for versioning.
> > ->>>>>>> 0edc690... admin: introduce virtio admin virtqueues
> > +
> > +\devicenormative{\paragraph}{Group administration commands}{Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Administration virtqueues}
> > +
> > +The device MUST support device-readable and device-writeable buffers
> > +shorter than described in this specification, by
> > +\begin{enumerate}
> > +\item acting as if any data that would be read outside the
> > +device-readable buffers is set to zero, and
> > +\item discarding data that would be written outside the
> > +specified device-writeable buffers.
> > +\end{enumerate}
> > +
> > +The device MUST support device-readable and device-writeable buffers
> > +longer than described in this specification, by
> > +\begin{enumerate}
> > +\item ignoring any data in device-readable buffers outside
> > +the expected length, and
> > +\item only writing the expected structure to the device-writeable
> > +buffers, ignoring any extra buffers, and reporting the
> > +actual length of data written, in bytes,
> > +as buffer used length.
> > +\end{enumerate}
> > +
> > +The device SHOULD initialize the device-writeable buffer
> > +up to the length of the structure described by this specification or
> > +the length of the buffer supplied by the driver (even if the buffer is
> > +all set to zero), whichever is shorter.
> > +
> > +The device MUST NOT fail a command solely because the buffers
> > +provided are shorter or longer than described in this
> > +specification.
> > +
> > +The device MUST initialize the device-writeable part of
> > +\field{struct virtio_admin_cmd} that is a multiple of 64 bit in
> > +size.
> > +
> > +The device MUST initialize \field{status} in \field{struct
> > +virtio_admin_cmd}.
> > +
> > +The device MUST process commands on a given administration virtqueue
> > +in the order in which they are queued.
> > +
> > +If multiple administration virtqueues have been configured,
> > +device MAY process commands on distinct virtqueues with
> > +no order constraints.
> > +
> > +\drivernormative{\paragraph}{Group administration commands}{Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Administration virtqueues}
> > +
> > +The driver MAY supply device-readable or device-writeable parts
> > +of \field{struct virtio_admin_cmd} that are longer than described in
> > +this specification.
> > +
> > +The driver SHOULD supply device-readable part of
> > +\field{struct virtio_admin_cmd} that is at least as
> > +large as the structure described by this specification
> > +(even if the structure is all set to zero).
> > +
> > +The driver MUST supply both device-readable or device-writeable parts
> > +of \field{struct virtio_admin_cmd} that are a multiple of 64 bit
> > +in length.
> > +
> > +The device MUST supply both device-readable or device-writeable parts
> > +of \field{struct virtio_admin_cmd} that are larger than zero in
> > +length. However, \field{command_specific_data} and
> > +\field{command_specific_result} MAY be zero in length, unless
> > +specified otherwise for the command.
> > +
> > +The driver MUST NOT assume that the device will initialize the whole
> > +device-writeable part of \field{struct virtio_admin_cmd} as described in the specification; instead,
> > +the driver MUST act as if the structure
> > +outside the part of the buffer used by the device
> > +is set to zero.
> > +
> > +If multiple administration virtqueues have been configured,
> > +the driver MUST ensure ordering for commands
> > +placed on different administration virtqueues.


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