Re: 回复: [PATCH v5] vp_vdpa: don't allocate unused msix vectors

Michael S. Tsirkin
2024-04-23T08:35:25Z

On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 01:39:17AM +0000, Gavin Liu wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 11:30:20AM +0800, lyx634449800 wrote:
> > From: Yuxue Liu <yuxue.liu@jaguarmicro.com>
> >
> > When there is a ctlq and it doesn't require interrupt callbacks,the
> > original method of calculating vectors wastes hardware msi or msix
> > resources as well as system IRQ resources.
> >
> > When conducting performance testing using testpmd in the guest os, it
> > was found that the performance was lower compared to directly using
> > vfio-pci to passthrough the device
> >
> > In scenarios where the virtio device in the guest os does not utilize
> > interrupts, the vdpa driver still configures the hardware's msix
> > vector. Therefore, the hardware still sends interrupts to the host os.
>
> >I just have a question on this part. How come hardware sends interrupts does not guest driver disable them?
>
> 1：Assuming the guest OS's Virtio device is using PMD mode, QEMU sets the call fd to -1
> 2：On the host side, the vhost_vdpa program will set vp_vdpa->vring[i].cb.callback to invalid
> 3：Before the modification, the vp_vdpa_request_irq function does not check whether
> vp_vdpa->vring[i].cb.callback is valid. Instead, it enables the hardware's MSIX
> interrupts based on the number of queues of the device
>

So MSIX is enabled but why would it trigger? virtio PMD in poll mode
presumably suppresses interrupts after all.

>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael S. Tsirkin mst@redhat.com
> Sent: April 22, 2024 20:09
> To: Gavin Liu gavin.liu@jaguarmicro.com
> Cc: jasowang@redhat.com; Angus Chen angus.chen@jaguarmicro.com; virtualization@lists.linux.dev; xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Heng Qi hengqi@linux.alibaba.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] vp_vdpa: don't allocate unused msix vectors
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> On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 11:30:20AM +0800, lyx634449800 wrote:
> > From: Yuxue Liu <yuxue.liu@jaguarmicro.com>
> >
> > When there is a ctlq and it doesn't require interrupt callbacks,the
> > original method of calculating vectors wastes hardware msi or msix
> > resources as well as system IRQ resources.
> >
> > When conducting performance testing using testpmd in the guest os, it
> > was found that the performance was lower compared to directly using
> > vfio-pci to passthrough the device
> >
> > In scenarios where the virtio device in the guest os does not utilize
> > interrupts, the vdpa driver still configures the hardware's msix
> > vector. Therefore, the hardware still sends interrupts to the host os.
>
> I just have a question on this part. How come hardware sends interrupts does not guest driver disable them?
>
> > Because of this unnecessary
> > action by the hardware, hardware performance decreases, and it also
> > affects the performance of the host os.
> >
> > Before modification:(interrupt mode)
> > 32: 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI 32768-edge vp-vdpa[0000:00:02.0]-0
> > 33: 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI 32769-edge vp-vdpa[0000:00:02.0]-1
> > 34: 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI 32770-edge vp-vdpa[0000:00:02.0]-2
> > 35: 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI 32771-edge vp-vdpa[0000:00:02.0]-config
> >
> > After modification:(interrupt mode)
> > 32: 0 0 1 7 PCI-MSI 32768-edge vp-vdpa[0000:00:02.0]-0
> > 33: 36 0 3 0 PCI-MSI 32769-edge vp-vdpa[0000:00:02.0]-1
> > 34: 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI 32770-edge vp-vdpa[0000:00:02.0]-config
> >
> > Before modification:(virtio pmd mode for guest os)
> > 32: 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI 32768-edge vp-vdpa[0000:00:02.0]-0
> > 33: 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI 32769-edge vp-vdpa[0000:00:02.0]-1
> > 34: 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI 32770-edge vp-vdpa[0000:00:02.0]-2
> > 35: 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI 32771-edge vp-vdpa[0000:00:02.0]-config
> >
> > After modification:(virtio pmd mode for guest os)
> > 32: 0 0 0 0 PCI-MSI 32768-edge vp-vdpa[0000:00:02.0]-config
> >
> > To verify the use of the virtio PMD mode in the guest operating
> > system, the following patch needs to be applied to QEMU:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240408073311.2049-1-yuxue.liu@jaguarmicr
> > o.com
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yuxue Liu <yuxue.liu@jaguarmicro.com>
> > Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Heng Qi <hengqi@linux.alibaba.com>
> > ---
> > V5: modify the description of the printout when an exception occurs
> > V4: update the title and assign values to uninitialized variables
> > V3: delete unused variables and add validation records
> > V2: fix when allocating IRQs, scan all queues
> >
> > drivers/vdpa/virtio_pci/vp_vdpa.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
> > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/virtio_pci/vp_vdpa.c
> > b/drivers/vdpa/virtio_pci/vp_vdpa.c
> > index df5f4a3bccb5..8de0224e9ec2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/vdpa/virtio_pci/vp_vdpa.c
> > +++ b/drivers/vdpa/virtio_pci/vp_vdpa.c
> > @@ -160,7 +160,13 @@ static int vp_vdpa_request_irq(struct vp_vdpa *vp_vdpa)
> > struct pci_dev *pdev = mdev->pci_dev;
> > int i, ret, irq;
> > int queues = vp_vdpa->queues;
> > - int vectors = queues + 1;
> > + int vectors = 1;
> > + int msix_vec = 0;
> > +
> > + for (i = 0; i < queues; i++) {
> > + if (vp_vdpa->vring[i].cb.callback)
> > + vectors++;
> > + }
> >
> > ret = pci_alloc_irq_vectors(pdev, vectors, vectors, PCI_IRQ_MSIX);
> > if (ret != vectors) {
> > @@ -173,9 +179,12 @@ static int vp_vdpa_request_irq(struct vp_vdpa *vp_vdpa)
> > vp_vdpa->vectors = vectors;
> >
> > for (i = 0; i < queues; i++) {
> > + if (!vp_vdpa->vring[i].cb.callback)
> > + continue;
> > +
> > snprintf(vp_vdpa->vring[i].msix_name, VP_VDPA_NAME_SIZE,
> > "vp-vdpa[%s]-%d\n", pci_name(pdev), i);
> > - irq = pci_irq_vector(pdev, i);
> > + irq = pci_irq_vector(pdev, msix_vec);
> > ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, irq,
> > vp_vdpa_vq_handler,
> > 0, vp_vdpa->vring[i].msix_name,
> > @@ -185,21 +194,22 @@ static int vp_vdpa_request_irq(struct vp_vdpa *vp_vdpa)
> > "vp_vdpa: fail to request irq for vq %d\n", i);
> > goto err;
> > }
> > - vp_modern_queue_vector(mdev, i, i);
> > + vp_modern_queue_vector(mdev, i, msix_vec);
> > vp_vdpa->vring[i].irq = irq;
> > + msix_vec++;
> > }
> >
> > snprintf(vp_vdpa->msix_name, VP_VDPA_NAME_SIZE, "vp-vdpa[%s]-config\n",
> > pci_name(pdev));
> > - irq = pci_irq_vector(pdev, queues);
> > + irq = pci_irq_vector(pdev, msix_vec);
> > ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, vp_vdpa_config_handler, 0,
> > vp_vdpa->msix_name, vp_vdpa);
> > if (ret) {
> > dev_err(&pdev->dev,
> > - "vp_vdpa: fail to request irq for vq %d\n", i);
> > + "vp_vdpa: fail to request irq for config: %d\n",
> > + ret);
> > goto err;
> > }
> > - vp_modern_config_vector(mdev, queues);
> > + vp_modern_config_vector(mdev, msix_vec);
> > vp_vdpa->config_irq = irq;
> >
> > return 0;
> > --
> > 2.43.0
>