Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH net-next v3 1/3] virtio_net: propagate linkspeed/duplex settings from the hypervisor

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 11:57:44AM -0500, Jason Baron wrote:
> 
> 
> On 01/04/2018 11:27 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 12:16:44AM -0500, Jason Baron wrote:
> >> The ability to set speed and duplex for virtio_net is useful in various
> >> scenarios as described here:
> >>
> >> 16032be virtio_net: add ethtool support for set and get of settings
> >>
> >> However, it would be nice to be able to set this from the hypervisor,
> >> such that virtio_net doesn't require custom guest ethtool commands.
> >>
> >> Introduce a new feature flag, VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX, which allows
> >> the hypervisor to export a linkspeed and duplex setting. The user can
> >> subsequently overwrite it later if desired via: 'ethtool -s'.
> >>
> >> Note that VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX is defined as bit 63, the intention
> >> is that device feature bits are to grow down from bit 63, since the
> >> transports are starting from bit 24 and growing up.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>
> >> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
> >> Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
> >> Cc: virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/net/virtio_net.c        | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
> >>  include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h | 13 +++++++++++++
> >>  2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> >> index 6fb7b65..0b2d314 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> >> @@ -2146,6 +2146,22 @@ static void virtnet_config_changed_work(struct work_struct *work)
> >>  
> >>  	vi->status = v;
> >>  
> >> +	if (virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX)) {
> >> +		u32 speed;
> >> +		u8 duplex;
> >> +
> >> +		speed = virtio_cread32(vi->vdev,
> >> +				       offsetof(struct virtio_net_config,
> >> +						speed));
> >> +		if (ethtool_validate_speed(speed))
> >> +			vi->speed = speed;
> >> +		duplex = virtio_cread8(vi->vdev,
> >> +				       offsetof(struct virtio_net_config,
> >> +						duplex));
> >> +		if (ethtool_validate_duplex(duplex))
> >> +			vi->duplex = duplex;
> >> +	}
> >> +
> >>  	if (vi->status & VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP) {
> >>  		netif_carrier_on(vi->dev);
> >>  		netif_tx_wake_all_queues(vi->dev);
> >> @@ -2796,7 +2812,8 @@ static struct virtio_device_id id_table[] = {
> >>  	VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VLAN, \
> >>  	VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE, VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ, \
> >>  	VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR, \
> >> -	VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS
> >> +	VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS, \
> >> +	VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX
> >>  
> >>  static unsigned int features[] = {
> >>  	VIRTNET_FEATURES,
> > 
> > Still missing the update from virtnet_config_changed_work, and I think
> > it's important to reflex host changes within guest when the
> > feature bit has been acked.
> > 
> 
> I update vi->speed and vi->duplex in virtnet_config_changed_work(). And
> I tested using the 'set_link' on/off from the qemu monitor.
> Specifically, an 'off' sets the speed and link to 'unknown', and an 'on'
> returns the speed and link to the configured speed and duplex. So they
> are being updated dynamically now. What host changes are you referring
> to that are not reflected?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Jason

Ouch, I was reviewing an old version and replied to this one.
Sorry, will re-read now.

> 
> >> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h
> >> index fc353b5..5de6ed3 100644
> >> --- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h
> >> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h
> >> @@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
> >>  					 * Steering */
> >>  #define VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR 23	/* Set MAC address */
> >>  
> >> +#define VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX 63	/* Device set linkspeed and duplex */
> >> +
> >>  #ifndef VIRTIO_NET_NO_LEGACY
> >>  #define VIRTIO_NET_F_GSO	6	/* Host handles pkts w/ any GSO type */
> >>  #endif /* VIRTIO_NET_NO_LEGACY */
> >> @@ -76,6 +78,17 @@ struct virtio_net_config {
> >>  	__u16 max_virtqueue_pairs;
> >>  	/* Default maximum transmit unit advice */
> >>  	__u16 mtu;
> >> +	/*
> >> +	 * speed, in units of 1Mb. All values 0 to INT_MAX are legal.
> >> +	 * Any other value stands for unknown.
> >> +	 */
> >> +	__u32 speed;
> >> +	/*
> >> +	 * 0x00 - half duplex
> >> +	 * 0x01 - full duplex
> >> +	 * Any other value stands for unknown.
> >> +	 */
> >> +	__u8 duplex;
> >>  } __attribute__((packed));
> >>  
> >>  /*
> >> -- 
> >> 2.6.1