Re: [RFC v2] virtio: support packed ring

Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-17T14:04:59Z

On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 08:47:16PM +0800, Tiwei Bie wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 03:17:41PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 10:51:33AM +0800, Tiwei Bie wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 10:11:58AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > > > On 2018年04月13日 15:15, Tiwei Bie wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 12:30:24PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > > > > > On 2018年04月01日 22:12, Tiwei Bie wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > > > > +static int detach_buf_packed(struct vring_virtqueue *vq, unsigned int head,
> > > > > > > + void **ctx)
> > > > > > > +{
> > > > > > > + struct vring_packed_desc *desc;
> > > > > > > + unsigned int i, j;
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > + /* Clear data ptr. */
> > > > > > > + vq->desc_state[head].data = NULL;
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > + i = head;
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > + for (j = 0; j < vq->desc_state[head].num; j++) {
> > > > > > > + desc = &vq->vring_packed.desc[i];
> > > > > > > + vring_unmap_one_packed(vq, desc);
> > > > > > > + desc->flags = 0x0;
> > > > > > Looks like this is unnecessary.
> > > > > It's safer to zero it. If we don't zero it, after we
> > > > > call virtqueue_detach_unused_buf_packed() which calls
> > > > > this function, the desc is still available to the
> > > > > device.
> > > >
> > > > Well detach_unused_buf_packed() should be called after device is stopped,
> > > > otherwise even if you try to clear, there will still be a window that device
> > > > may use it.
> > >
> > > This is not about whether the device has been stopped or
> > > not. We don't have other places to re-initialize the ring
> > > descriptors and wrap_counter. So they need to be set to
> > > the correct values when doing detach_unused_buf.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Tiwei Bie
> >
> > find vqs is the time to do it.
>
> The .find_vqs() will call .setup_vq() which will eventually
> call vring_create_virtqueue(). It's a different case. Here
> we're talking about re-initializing the descs and updating
> the wrap counter when detaching the unused descs (In this
> case, split ring just needs to decrease vring.avail->idx).
>
> Best regards,
> Tiwei Bie

There's no requirement that virtqueue_detach_unused_buf re-initializes
the descs. It happens on cleanup path just before drivers delete the
vqs.

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