[Qemu-devel] vhost-net issue with multiples interfaces using MQ

[Qemu-devel] vhost-net issue with multiples interfaces using MQ

[William Dauchy]

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Hello,

Using qemu2.1.0, a linux v3.14.X x86_64 as host and a linux v3.12.X x86_64 as guest
I'm starting a VM with these network interfaces:

[netdev "vifA.0"]
  type = "tap"
  vhost = "on"
  ifname = "vifA.0"
  downscript = "no"
  script = "no"
  queues = "2"

[device "vifA.0"]
  driver = "virtio-net-pci"
  netdev = "vifA.0"
  mac = "00:16:3e:1a:4e:11"
  mq = "on"
  vectors = "5"

(and same config for two other interfaces but with a different MAC address)

In the error message I'm getting during startup:
unable to start vhost net: 95: falling back on userspace virtio

I saw that it's failing in `vhost_dev_start` where `vhost_dev_set_features` is returning an error.
r = vhost_dev_set_features(hdev, hdev->log_enabled);
I'm hitting the issue starting from three interfaces, i.e no problem with one or two.
I also don't have the issue with disabling multi queue.

Am I wrong on something? What can I do to help debug this situation?

Regards,
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William

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Re: [Qemu-devel] vhost-net issue with multiples interfaces using MQ

[Jason Wang]

On 08/18/2014 07:42 PM, William Dauchy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Using qemu2.1.0, a linux v3.14.X x86_64 as host and a linux v3.12.X x86_64 as guest
> I'm starting a VM with these network interfaces:
>
> [netdev "vifA.0"]
>   type = "tap"
>   vhost = "on"
>   ifname = "vifA.0"
>   downscript = "no"
>   script = "no"
>   queues = "2"
>
> [device "vifA.0"]
>   driver = "virtio-net-pci"
>   netdev = "vifA.0"
>   mac = "00:16:3e:1a:4e:11"
>   mq = "on"
>   vectors = "5"
>
> (and same config for two other interfaces but with a different MAC address)
>
> In the error message I'm getting during startup:
> unable to start vhost net: 95: falling back on userspace virtio

What's the qemu command line for your testing? I try simple command line
with 3 mq cards in qemu 2.1. Everything works fine.
> I saw that it's failing in `vhost_dev_start` where `vhost_dev_set_features` is returning an error.
> r = vhost_dev_set_features(hdev, hdev->log_enabled);
> I'm hitting the issue starting from three interfaces, i.e no problem with one or two.
> I also don't have the issue with disabling multi queue.
>
> Am I wrong on something? What can I do to help debug this situation?
>
> Regards,

Is this a regression? If yes, you can probably bisect to find the first
bad commit.

Thanks

Re: [Qemu-devel] vhost-net issue with multiples interfaces using MQ

[William Dauchy]

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On Aug19 11:40, Jason Wang wrote:
> What's the qemu command line for your testing? I try simple command line
> with 3 mq cards in qemu 2.1. Everything works fine.

I'm using readconfig option to read the three vif interfaces.
thanks for testing I will re-triple test to see what's wrong

> Is this a regression? If yes, you can probably bisect to find the first
> bad commit.

nope first time I'm using it

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William

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Re: [Qemu-devel] vhost-net issue with multiples interfaces using MQ

[William Dauchy]

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On Aug19 15:02, William Dauchy wrote:
> I'm using readconfig option to read the three vif interfaces.
> thanks for testing I will re-triple test to see what's wrong

so indeed sorry for the noise, I was wrong in my tests.
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William

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