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@ 2016-03-07 19:25 Markus Armbruster
  2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 01/42] exec: Fix memory allocation when memory path names new file Markus Armbruster
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From: Markus Armbruster @ 2016-03-07 19:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: qemu-devel; +Cc: claudio.fontana, cam, mlureau, david.marchand, pbonzini

Major issues addressed by this series:

* The specification document is incomplete and vague.  Rewritten.

* When a peer goes away, and its ID gets reused for another one,
  interrupts don't work.

* When configured for interrupts, we receive shared memory from the
  server some time after realize().  This creates a (usually
  short-lived) "no shared memory, yet" state.  If the guest wins the
  race, it is exposed to this state (known issue, if you count burying
  in docs/specs/ as "known").  If migration wins the race, it fails or
  corrupts memory.

* Interrupts are unreliable in a (usually small) time window after the
  destination peer connects.  I believe fixing this will require
  changing the client/server protocol, so just document it for now.

* The device isn't capable to tell guest software whether it is
  configured for interrupts.  Fix that in a new, backwards-compatible
  revision of the guest ABI, and bump the PCI revision.  Deprecate the
  old revision.

* The device properties are a confusing mess and badly checked.
  Clean that up.

* Migration with interrupts relies on server behavior not guaranteed
  by the specification.  Tighten the specification.

Paolo, I'd like your opinion on PATCH 1-3, 5, 33 and 34.  I hope I can
get competent review for my other patches elsewhere, but you're of
course welcome to review them, too.

v2:
* PATCH 01: Rewritten [Paolo]
* PATCH 02-05: New
* PATCH 12: Typo [Eric]
* PATCH 22: Commit message improved [Paolo]
* PATCH 25: Variables renamed [Marc-André]
* PATCH 26: Reject disconnect message for own ID [Marc-André]
* PATCH 27+28: Move an assertion from PATCH 27 to PATCH 28
  [Marc-André]
* PATCH 31: Fix missing return on error [Marc-André]
* PATCH 33: Rewritten [Paolo]
* PATCH 34: Commit message improved, memory leak plugged by avoiding
  dynamic allocation [Paolo]
* PATCH 37: Botched conditionals fixed [Marc-André]
* PATCH 40: Bury dead code [Marc-André]

Markus Armbruster (42):
  exec: Fix memory allocation when memory path names new file
  exec: Fix memory allocation when memory path isn't on hugetlbfs
  target-ppc: Document TOCTTOU in hugepage support
  ivshmem-server: Fix and clean up command line help
  ivshmem-server: Don't overload POSIX shmem and file name
  qemu-doc: Fix ivshmem huge page example
  event_notifier: Make event_notifier_init_fd() #ifdef CONFIG_EVENTFD
  tests/libqos/pci-pc: Fix qpci_pc_iomap() to map BARs aligned
  ivshmem-test: Improve test case /ivshmem/single
  ivshmem-test: Clean up wait for devices to become operational
  ivshmem-test: Improve test cases /ivshmem/server-*
  ivshmem: Rewrite specification document
  ivshmem: Add missing newlines to debug printfs
  ivshmem: Compile debug prints unconditionally to prevent bit-rot
  ivshmem: Clean up after commit 9940c32
  ivshmem: Drop ivshmem_event() stub
  ivshmem: Don't destroy the chardev on version mismatch
  ivshmem: Fix harmless misuse of Error
  ivshmem: Failed realize() can leave migration blocker behind
  ivshmem: Clean up register callbacks
  ivshmem: Clean up MSI-X conditions
  ivshmem: Leave INTx alone when using MSI-X
  ivshmem: Assert interrupts are set up once
  ivshmem: Simplify rejection of invalid peer ID from server
  ivshmem: Disentangle ivshmem_read()
  ivshmem: Plug leaks on unplug, fix peer disconnect
  ivshmem: Receive shared memory synchronously in realize()
  ivshmem: Propagate errors through ivshmem_recv_setup()
  ivshmem: Rely on server sending the ID right after the version
  ivshmem: Drop the hackish test for UNIX domain chardev
  ivshmem: Simplify how we cope with short reads from server
  ivshmem: Tighten check of property "size"
  ivshmem: Implement shm=... with a memory backend
  ivshmem: Simplify memory regions for BAR 2 (shared memory)
  ivshmem: Inline check_shm_size() into its only caller
  qdev: New DEFINE_PROP_ON_OFF_AUTO
  ivshmem: Replace int role_val by OnOffAuto master
  ivshmem: Split ivshmem-plain, ivshmem-doorbell off ivshmem
  ivshmem: Clean up after the previous commit
  ivshmem: Drop ivshmem property x-memdev
  ivshmem: Require master to have ID zero
  contrib/ivshmem-server: Print "not for production" warning

 contrib/ivshmem-server/ivshmem-server.c |   56 +-
 contrib/ivshmem-server/ivshmem-server.h |    4 +-
 contrib/ivshmem-server/main.c           |   82 ++-
 default-configs/pci.mak                 |    2 +-
 docs/specs/ivshmem-spec.txt             |  254 ++++++++
 docs/specs/ivshmem_device_spec.txt      |  161 -----
 exec.c                                  |  125 ++--
 hw/core/qdev-properties.c               |   10 +
 hw/misc/ivshmem.c                       | 1082 +++++++++++++++++--------------
 include/hw/qdev-properties.h            |    3 +
 qemu-doc.texi                           |   47 +-
 target-ppc/kvm.c                        |    6 +
 tests/ivshmem-test.c                    |   99 +--
 tests/libqos/pci-pc.c                   |    8 +-
 util/event_notifier-posix.c             |    6 +
 15 files changed, 1068 insertions(+), 877 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/specs/ivshmem-spec.txt
 delete mode 100644 docs/specs/ivshmem_device_spec.txt

-- 
2.4.3

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2016-03-07 19:25 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 00/42] ivshmem: Fixes, cleanups, device model split Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 01/42] exec: Fix memory allocation when memory path names new file Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 02/42] exec: Fix memory allocation when memory path isn't on hugetlbfs Markus Armbruster
2016-03-08 14:17   ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-15 16:41     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-15 16:56       ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 03/42] target-ppc: Document TOCTTOU in hugepage support Markus Armbruster
2016-03-09 12:44   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-09 20:05     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 04/42] ivshmem-server: Fix and clean up command line help Markus Armbruster
2016-03-09 12:44   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 05/42] ivshmem-server: Don't overload POSIX shmem and file name Markus Armbruster
2016-03-09 12:44   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-09 20:14     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-10  0:44       ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-10  6:57         ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 06/42] qemu-doc: Fix ivshmem huge page example Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 07/42] event_notifier: Make event_notifier_init_fd() #ifdef CONFIG_EVENTFD Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 08/42] tests/libqos/pci-pc: Fix qpci_pc_iomap() to map BARs aligned Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 09/42] ivshmem-test: Improve test case /ivshmem/single Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 10/42] ivshmem-test: Clean up wait for devices to become operational Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 11/42] ivshmem-test: Improve test cases /ivshmem/server-* Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 12/42] ivshmem: Rewrite specification document Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 13/42] ivshmem: Add missing newlines to debug printfs Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 14/42] ivshmem: Compile debug prints unconditionally to prevent bit-rot Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 15/42] ivshmem: Clean up after commit 9940c32 Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 16/42] ivshmem: Drop ivshmem_event() stub Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 17/42] ivshmem: Don't destroy the chardev on version mismatch Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 18/42] ivshmem: Fix harmless misuse of Error Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 19/42] ivshmem: Failed realize() can leave migration blocker behind Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 20/42] ivshmem: Clean up register callbacks Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 21/42] ivshmem: Clean up MSI-X conditions Markus Armbruster
2016-03-09 12:45   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-09 20:15     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 22/42] ivshmem: Leave INTx alone when using MSI-X Markus Armbruster
2016-03-09 12:45   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-09 20:16     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 23/42] ivshmem: Assert interrupts are set up once Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 24/42] ivshmem: Simplify rejection of invalid peer ID from server Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 25/42] ivshmem: Disentangle ivshmem_read() Markus Armbruster
2016-03-09 12:45   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 26/42] ivshmem: Plug leaks on unplug, fix peer disconnect Markus Armbruster
2016-03-09 12:45   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 27/42] ivshmem: Receive shared memory synchronously in realize() Markus Armbruster
2016-03-09 12:45   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 28/42] ivshmem: Propagate errors through ivshmem_recv_setup() Markus Armbruster
2016-03-09 12:46   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-09 20:25     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-10  0:44       ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-10  6:38         ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 29/42] ivshmem: Rely on server sending the ID right after the version Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 30/42] ivshmem: Drop the hackish test for UNIX domain chardev Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 31/42] ivshmem: Simplify how we cope with short reads from server Markus Armbruster
2016-03-09 12:46   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 32/42] ivshmem: Tighten check of property "size" Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 33/42] ivshmem: Implement shm=... with a memory backend Markus Armbruster
2016-03-09 11:31   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-09 20:59     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-10  0:44       ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-10  6:48         ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 34/42] ivshmem: Simplify memory regions for BAR 2 (shared memory) Markus Armbruster
2016-03-09 12:46   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 35/42] ivshmem: Inline check_shm_size() into its only caller Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 36/42] qdev: New DEFINE_PROP_ON_OFF_AUTO Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 37/42] ivshmem: Replace int role_val by OnOffAuto master Markus Armbruster
2016-03-09 12:46   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 38/42] ivshmem: Split ivshmem-plain, ivshmem-doorbell off ivshmem Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 39/42] ivshmem: Clean up after the previous commit Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 40/42] ivshmem: Drop ivshmem property x-memdev Markus Armbruster
2016-03-09 12:47   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 41/42] ivshmem: Require master to have ID zero Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 19:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 42/42] contrib/ivshmem-server: Print "not for production" warning Markus Armbruster
2016-03-08 14:05 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 00/42] ivshmem: Fixes, cleanups, device model split Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-08 14:22 ` Paolo Bonzini

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