Re: [PATCH] vhost: introduce mdev based hardware backend

Jason Wang
2019-09-27T03:27:37Z

On 2019/9/26 下午9:14, Tiwei Bie wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 04:35:18AM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 12:54:27PM +0800, Tiwei Bie wrote:
> [...]
>>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
>>> index 40d028eed645..5afbc2f08fa3 100644
>>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
>>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
>>> @@ -116,4 +116,12 @@
>>> #define VHOST_VSOCK_SET_GUEST_CID _IOW(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x60, __u64)
>>> #define VHOST_VSOCK_SET_RUNNING _IOW(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x61, int)
>>>
>>> +/* VHOST_MDEV specific defines */
>>> +
>>> +#define VHOST_MDEV_SET_STATE _IOW(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x70, __u64)
>>> +
>>> +#define VHOST_MDEV_S_STOPPED 0
>>> +#define VHOST_MDEV_S_RUNNING 1
>>> +#define VHOST_MDEV_S_MAX 2
>>> +
>>> #endif
>> So assuming we have an underlying device that behaves like virtio:
> I think they are really good questions/suggestions. Thanks!
>
>> 1. Should we use SET_STATUS maybe?
> I like this idea. I will give it a try.
>
>> 2. Do we want a reset ioctl?
> I think it is helpful. If we use SET_STATUS, maybe we
> can use it to support the reset.
>
>> 3. Do we want ability to enable rings individually?
> I will make it possible at least in the vhost layer.

Note the API support e.g set_vq_ready().

>
>> 4. Does device need to limit max ring size?
>> 5. Does device need to limit max number of queues?
> I think so. It's helpful to have ioctls to report the max
> ring size and max number of queues.

An issue is the max number of queues is done through a device specific
way, usually device configuration space. This is supported by the
transport API, but how to expose it to userspace may need more thought.

Thanks

>
> Thanks!