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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 12/45] msi: Introduce MSIRoutingCache
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:43:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111017154347.GB7876@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d2dd951083341c26ce23d4f24b8968c9d19a8c6b.1318843693.git.jan.kiszka@siemens.com>

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:27:46AM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> This cache will help us implementing KVM in-kernel irqchip support
> without spreading hooks all over the place.
> 
> KVM requires us to register it first and then deliver it by raising a
> pseudo IRQ line returned on registration. While this could be changed
> for QEMU-originated MSI messages by adding direct MSI injection, we will
> still need this translation for irqfd-originated messages. The
> MSIRoutingCache will allow to track those registrations and update them
> lazily before the actual delivery. This avoid having to track MSI
> vectors at device level (like qemu-kvm currently does).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>

So if many devices are added, exhausting the number of GSIs supported,
we get terrible performance intead of simply failing outright.

To me, this looks more like a bug than a feature ...


> ---
>  hw/apic.c     |    5 +++--
>  hw/apic.h     |    2 +-
>  hw/msi.c      |   10 +++++++---
>  hw/msi.h      |   14 +++++++++++++-
>  hw/msix.c     |    7 ++++++-
>  hw/pc.c       |    4 ++--
>  hw/pci.h      |    4 ++++
>  qemu-common.h |    1 +
>  8 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/apic.c b/hw/apic.c
> index c1d557d..6811ae1 100644
> --- a/hw/apic.c
> +++ b/hw/apic.c
> @@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ static uint32_t apic_mem_readl(void *opaque, target_phys_addr_t addr)
>      return val;
>  }
>  
> -void apic_deliver_msi(MSIMessage *msg)
> +void apic_deliver_msi(MSIMessage *msg, MSIRoutingCache *cache)
>  {
>      uint8_t dest =
>          (msg->address & MSI_ADDR_DEST_ID_MASK) >> MSI_ADDR_DEST_ID_SHIFT;
> @@ -829,8 +829,9 @@ static void apic_mem_writel(void *opaque, target_phys_addr_t addr, uint32_t val)
>           * Mapping them on the global bus happens to work because
>           * MSI registers are reserved in APIC MMIO and vice versa. */
>          MSIMessage msg = { .address = addr, .data = val };
> +        static MSIRoutingCache cache;
>  
> -        msi_deliver(&msg);
> +        msi_deliver(&msg, &cache);
>          return;
>      }
>  
> diff --git a/hw/apic.h b/hw/apic.h
> index fa848fd..353ea3a 100644
> --- a/hw/apic.h
> +++ b/hw/apic.h
> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ void cpu_set_apic_tpr(DeviceState *s, uint8_t val);
>  uint8_t cpu_get_apic_tpr(DeviceState *s);
>  void apic_init_reset(DeviceState *s);
>  void apic_sipi(DeviceState *s);
> -void apic_deliver_msi(MSIMessage *msg);
> +void apic_deliver_msi(MSIMessage *msg, MSIRoutingCache *cache);
>  
>  /* pc.c */
>  int cpu_is_bsp(CPUState *env);
> diff --git a/hw/msi.c b/hw/msi.c
> index 9055155..c8ccb17 100644
> --- a/hw/msi.c
> +++ b/hw/msi.c
> @@ -40,13 +40,13 @@
>  /* Flag for interrupt controller to declare MSI/MSI-X support */
>  bool msi_supported;
>  
> -static void msi_unsupported(MSIMessage *msg)
> +static void msi_unsupported(MSIMessage *msg, MSIRoutingCache *cache)
>  {
>      /* If we get here, the board failed to register a delivery handler. */
>      abort();
>  }
>  
> -void (*msi_deliver)(MSIMessage *msg) = msi_unsupported;
> +void (*msi_deliver)(MSIMessage *msg, MSIRoutingCache *cache) = msi_unsupported;
>  
>  /* If we get rid of cap allocator, we won't need this. */
>  static inline uint8_t msi_cap_sizeof(uint16_t flags)
> @@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ int msi_init(struct PCIDevice *dev, uint8_t offset,
>                       0xffffffff >> (PCI_MSI_VECTORS_MAX - nr_vectors));
>      }
>  
> +    dev->msi_cache = g_malloc0(nr_vectors * sizeof(*dev->msi_cache));
> +
>      if (kvm_enabled() && kvm_irqchip_in_kernel()) {
>          dev->msi_irq_entries = g_malloc(nr_vectors *
>                                          sizeof(*dev->msix_irq_entries));
> @@ -312,6 +314,8 @@ void msi_uninit(struct PCIDevice *dev)
>          g_free(dev->msi_irq_entries);
>      }
>  
> +    g_free(dev->msi_cache);
> +
>      pci_del_capability(dev, PCI_CAP_ID_MSI, cap_size);
>      dev->cap_present &= ~QEMU_PCI_CAP_MSI;
>  
> @@ -389,7 +393,7 @@ void msi_notify(PCIDevice *dev, unsigned int vector)
>                     "notify vector 0x%x"
>                     " address: 0x%"PRIx64" data: 0x%"PRIx32"\n",
>                     vector, msg.address, msg.data);
> -    msi_deliver(&msg);
> +    msi_deliver(&msg, &dev->msi_cache[vector]);
>  }
>  
>  /* Normally called by pci_default_write_config(). */
> diff --git a/hw/msi.h b/hw/msi.h
> index f3152f3..20ae215 100644
> --- a/hw/msi.h
> +++ b/hw/msi.h
> @@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ struct MSIMessage {
>      uint32_t data;
>  };
>  
> +typedef enum {
> +    MSI_ROUTE_NONE = 0,
> +    MSI_ROUTE_STATIC,
> +} MSIRouteType;
> +
> +struct MSIRoutingCache {
> +    MSIMessage msg;
> +    MSIRouteType type;
> +    int kvm_gsi;
> +    int kvm_irqfd;
> +};
> +
>  extern bool msi_supported;
>  
>  bool msi_enabled(const PCIDevice *dev);
> @@ -46,6 +58,6 @@ static inline bool msi_present(const PCIDevice *dev)
>      return dev->cap_present & QEMU_PCI_CAP_MSI;
>  }
>  
> -extern void (*msi_deliver)(MSIMessage *msg);
> +extern void (*msi_deliver)(MSIMessage *msg, MSIRoutingCache *cache);
>  
>  #endif /* QEMU_MSI_H */
> diff --git a/hw/msix.c b/hw/msix.c
> index 08cc526..e824aef 100644
> --- a/hw/msix.c
> +++ b/hw/msix.c
> @@ -358,6 +358,8 @@ int msix_init(struct PCIDevice *dev, unsigned short nentries,
>      if (ret)
>          goto err_config;
>  
> +    dev->msix_cache = g_malloc0(nentries * sizeof *dev->msix_cache);
> +
>      if (kvm_enabled() && kvm_irqchip_in_kernel()) {
>          dev->msix_irq_entries = g_malloc(nentries *
>                                           sizeof *dev->msix_irq_entries);
> @@ -409,6 +411,9 @@ int msix_uninit(PCIDevice *dev, MemoryRegion *bar)
>      dev->msix_entry_used = NULL;
>      g_free(dev->msix_irq_entries);
>      dev->msix_irq_entries = NULL;
> +
> +    g_free(dev->msix_cache);
> +
>      dev->cap_present &= ~QEMU_PCI_CAP_MSIX;
>      return 0;
>  }
> @@ -478,7 +483,7 @@ void msix_notify(PCIDevice *dev, unsigned vector)
>  
>      msix_message_from_vector(dev, vector, &msg);
>  
> -    msi_deliver(&msg);
> +    msi_deliver(&msg, &dev->msix_cache[vector]);
>  }
>  
>  void msix_reset(PCIDevice *dev)
> diff --git a/hw/pc.c b/hw/pc.c
> index 7d29a4a..4d8b524 100644
> --- a/hw/pc.c
> +++ b/hw/pc.c
> @@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ void isa_irq_handler(void *opaque, int n, int level)
>          qemu_set_irq(isa->ioapic[n], level);
>  };
>  
> -static void pc_msi_deliver(MSIMessage *msg)
> +static void pc_msi_deliver(MSIMessage *msg, MSIRoutingCache *cache)
>  {
>      if ((msg->address & 0xfff00000) == MSI_ADDR_BASE) {
> -        apic_deliver_msi(msg);
> +        apic_deliver_msi(msg, cache);
>      } else {
>          stl_phys(msg->address, msg->data);
>      }
> diff --git a/hw/pci.h b/hw/pci.h
> index 329ab32..5b5d2fd 100644
> --- a/hw/pci.h
> +++ b/hw/pci.h
> @@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ struct PCIDevice {
>      MemoryRegion rom;
>      uint32_t rom_bar;
>  
> +    /* MSI routing chaches */
> +    MSIRoutingCache *msi_cache;
> +    MSIRoutingCache *msix_cache;
> +
>      /* MSI entries */
>      int msi_entries_nr;
>      struct KVMMsiMessage *msi_irq_entries;
> diff --git a/qemu-common.h b/qemu-common.h
> index d3901bd..c1d1614 100644
> --- a/qemu-common.h
> +++ b/qemu-common.h
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ typedef struct QEMUFile QEMUFile;
>  typedef struct QEMUBH QEMUBH;
>  typedef struct DeviceState DeviceState;
>  typedef struct MSIMessage MSIMessage;
> +typedef struct MSIRoutingCache MSIRoutingCache;
>  
>  struct Monitor;
>  typedef struct Monitor Monitor;
> -- 
> 1.7.3.4

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-10-17 15:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 144+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-17  9:27 [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 00/45] qemu-kvm: MSI layer rework for in-kernel irqchip support Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 01/45] msi: Guard msi/msix_write_config with msi_present Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 02/45] msi: Guard msi_reset " Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 03/45] msi: Use msi/msix_present more consistently Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 04/45] msi: Invoke msi/msix_reset from PCI core Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 05/45] msi: Invoke msi/msix_write_config " Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 06/45] msix: Prevent bogus mask updates on MMIO accesses Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 11:10   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17 11:23     ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 11:57       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17 12:07         ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 12:50           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17 19:11             ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 19:43               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 07/45] msi: Generalize msix_supported to msi_supported Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 08/45] Introduce MSIMessage structure Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 11:46   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17 11:51     ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 12:04       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17 12:09         ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 13:01           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17 19:14             ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 09/45] msi: Factor out msi_message_from_vector Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 10/45] msix: Factor out msix_message_from_vector Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 11/45] msi: Factor out delivery hook Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 10:56   ` Avi Kivity
2011-10-17 11:15     ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 11:22       ` Avi Kivity
2011-10-17 11:29         ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 12:14           ` Avi Kivity
2011-10-17 18:59             ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 13:41       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17 13:41         ` Avi Kivity
2011-10-17 13:48           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17 19:18             ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 13:43   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17 19:15     ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 12:05       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-18 12:23         ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 12:38           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-18 12:41             ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 12:44             ` malc
2011-10-18 12:49               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 12/45] msi: Introduce MSIRoutingCache Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 11:06   ` Avi Kivity
2011-10-17 11:19     ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 11:25       ` Avi Kivity
2011-10-17 11:31         ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 12:17           ` Avi Kivity
2011-10-17 15:37       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17 19:19         ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 12:17           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-18 12:26             ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 15:43   ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2011-10-17 19:23     ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 13/45] hpet: Use msi_deliver Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 14/45] qemu-kvm: Drop useless kvm_clear_gsi_routes Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 15/45] qemu-kvm: Drop unused kvm_del_irq_route Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 16/45] qemu-kvm: Use MSIMessage and MSIRoutingCache Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 17/45] qemu-kvm: Track MSIRoutingCache in KVM routing table Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 11:13   ` Avi Kivity
2011-10-17 11:25     ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 12:15       ` Avi Kivity
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 18/45] qemu-kvm: Hook into MSI delivery at APIC level Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 19/45] qemu-kvm: Factor out kvm_msi_irqfd_set Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 20/45] qemu-kvm: msix: Only invoke msix_handle_mask_update on changes Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 21/45] qemu-kvm: msix: Don't fire notifier spuriously on set/unset Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 22/45] qemu-kvm: msix: Fire mask notifier on global mask changes Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 12:16   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17 19:00     ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 12:40       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-18 12:45         ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 12:57           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 23/45] qemu-kvm: Rework MSI-X mask notifier to generic MSI config notifiers Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 11:40   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17 11:45     ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 12:39       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17 19:08         ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 13:46           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-18 13:49             ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 24/45] qemu-kvm: msix: Don't handle mask updated while disabled Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 25/45] qemu-kvm: Update MSI cache on kvm_msi_irqfd_set Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 26/45] qemu-kvm: Use g_realloc for irq_routes extension Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 27/45] qemu-kvm: Lazily update MSI caches Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 28/45] qemu-kvm: msix: Drop tracking of used vectors Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 15:48   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17 19:28     ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 11:58       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-18 12:08         ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 12:33           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-18 12:38             ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 12:48               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-18 13:00                 ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 13:37                   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-18 13:46                     ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 14:01                       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-18 14:08                         ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 15:08                           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-18 15:22                             ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 15:55                               ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 17:06                                 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-18 18:24                                   ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 18:40                                     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-18 19:37                                       ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 21:40                                         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-18 22:13                                           ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-19  0:56                                             ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-19  6:41                                               ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-19  9:03                                                 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-19 11:17                                                   ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-20 22:02                                                     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-21  7:09                                                       ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-21  7:54                                                         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-21  9:27                                                           ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-21 10:57                                                             ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-18 18:26                                   ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 15:56                               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-18 15:58                                 ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 29/45] pci-assign: Drop kvm_assigned_irq::host_irq initialization Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 30/45] pci-assign: Rename assign_irq to assign_intx Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 31/45] qemu-kvm: Refactor kvm_deassign_irq to kvm_device_irq_deassign Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 32/45] pci-assign: Factor out deassign_irq Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 33/45] qemu-kvm: Factor out kvm_device_intx_assign Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 34/45] qemu-kvm: Factor out kvm_device_msi_assign Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 35/45] pci-assign: Polish assigned_dev_update_msix_mmio Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 36/45] qemu-kvm: Factor out kvm_device_msix_* services Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 37/45] qemu-kvm: Clean up irqrouting API Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 38/45] msi: Implement config notifiers for legacy MSI Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 39/45] pci-assign: Use generic MSI support Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 40/45] qemu-kvm: msix: Drop check for preexisting cap from msix_add_config Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 41/45] msix: Drop unused msix_bar_size Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 42/45] msix: Introduce msix_init_simple Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 11:22   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17 11:27     ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 14:28       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17 19:21         ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-18 10:52           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-18 11:02             ` Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 43/45] msix: Allow to customize capability on init Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 44/45] pci-assign: Use generic MSI-X support Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17  9:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 45/45] pci-assign: Fix coding style issues Jan Kiszka
2011-10-17 12:18 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 00/45] qemu-kvm: MSI layer rework for in-kernel irqchip support Avi Kivity
2011-10-17 15:57 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-10-17 19:35   ` Jan Kiszka

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