Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] block: make BlockConf.*_size properties 32-bit

[Roman Kagan <rvkagan@yandex-team.ru>]

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 05:54:44PM +0200, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Am 20.05.2020 um 10:06 hat Roman Kagan geschrieben:
> > Devices (virtio-blk, scsi, etc.) and the block layer are happy to use
> > 32-bit for logical_block_size, physical_block_size, and min_io_size.
> > However, the properties in BlockConf are defined as uint16_t limiting
> > the values to 32768.
> > 
> > This appears unnecessary tight, and we've seen bigger block sizes handy
> > at times.
> > 
> > Make them 32 bit instead and lift the limitation up to 2 MiB which
> > appears to be good enough for everybody, and matches the qcow2 cluster
> > size limit.
> > 
> > As the values can now be fairly big and awkward to type, make the
> > property setter accept common size suffixes (k, m).
> > 
> > Also as the devices which use min_io_size (virtio-blk and scsi) pass its
> > value to the guest in units of logical blocks in a 16bit field, to
> > prevent its silent truncation add a corresponding check to
> > blkconf_blocksizes.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Roman Kagan <rvkagan@yandex-team.ru>
> > ---
> > v3 -> v4:
> > - check min_io_size against truncation [Kevin]
> > 
> > v2 -> v3:
> > - mention qcow2 cluster size limit in the log and comment [Eric]
> > 
> > v1 -> v2:
> > - cap the property at 2 MiB [Eric]
> > - accept size suffixes
> > 
> >  include/hw/block/block.h     |  8 ++++----
> >  include/hw/qdev-properties.h |  2 +-
> >  hw/block/block.c             | 11 +++++++++++
> >  hw/core/qdev-properties.c    | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> >  4 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/hw/block/block.h b/include/hw/block/block.h
> > index 784953a237..2fa09aa0b1 100644
> > --- a/include/hw/block/block.h
> > +++ b/include/hw/block/block.h
> > @@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
> >  
> >  typedef struct BlockConf {
> >      BlockBackend *blk;
> > -    uint16_t physical_block_size;
> > -    uint16_t logical_block_size;
> > -    uint16_t min_io_size;
> > +    uint32_t physical_block_size;
> > +    uint32_t logical_block_size;
> > +    uint32_t min_io_size;
> >      uint32_t opt_io_size;
> >      int32_t bootindex;
> >      uint32_t discard_granularity;
> > @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static inline unsigned int get_physical_block_exp(BlockConf *conf)
> >                            _conf.logical_block_size),                    \
> >      DEFINE_PROP_BLOCKSIZE("physical_block_size", _state,                \
> >                            _conf.physical_block_size),                   \
> > -    DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("min_io_size", _state, _conf.min_io_size, 0),    \
> > +    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("min_io_size", _state, _conf.min_io_size, 0),    \
> >      DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("opt_io_size", _state, _conf.opt_io_size, 0),    \
> >      DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("discard_granularity", _state,                   \
> >                         _conf.discard_granularity, -1),                  \
> > diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
> > index f161604fb6..f9e0f8c041 100644
> > --- a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
> > +++ b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
> > @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_pcie_link_width;
> >  #define DEFINE_PROP_BIOS_CHS_TRANS(_n, _s, _f, _d) \
> >      DEFINE_PROP_SIGNED(_n, _s, _f, _d, qdev_prop_bios_chs_trans, int)
> >  #define DEFINE_PROP_BLOCKSIZE(_n, _s, _f) \
> > -    DEFINE_PROP_UNSIGNED(_n, _s, _f, 0, qdev_prop_blocksize, uint16_t)
> > +    DEFINE_PROP_UNSIGNED(_n, _s, _f, 0, qdev_prop_blocksize, uint32_t)
> >  #define DEFINE_PROP_PCI_HOST_DEVADDR(_n, _s, _f) \
> >      DEFINE_PROP(_n, _s, _f, qdev_prop_pci_host_devaddr, PCIHostDeviceAddress)
> >  #define DEFINE_PROP_OFF_AUTO_PCIBAR(_n, _s, _f, _d) \
> > diff --git a/hw/block/block.c b/hw/block/block.c
> > index 5f8ebff59c..cd95e7e38f 100644
> > --- a/hw/block/block.c
> > +++ b/hw/block/block.c
> > @@ -96,6 +96,17 @@ bool blkconf_blocksizes(BlockConf *conf, Error **errp)
> >          return false;
> >      }
> >  
> > +    /*
> > +     * all devices which support min_io_size (scsi and virtio-blk) expose it to
> > +     * the guest as a uint16_t in units of logical blocks
> > +     */
> > +    if ((conf->min_io_size / conf->logical_block_size) > UINT16_MAX) {
> > +        error_setg(errp,
> > +                   "min_io_size must be no more than " stringify(UINT16_MAX)
> > +                   " of logical_block_size");
> 
> I'm not a native speaker, but "no more than 65536 of
> logical_block_size" sounds odd to me.

Neither am I but I agree with the feeling.

> Maybe "65536 times the logical_block_size"?

Sounds better indeed, will do in the respin.
Or perhaps "no more than 65536 logical blocks"?

Thanks,
Roman.

> 
> > +        return false;
> > +    }
> > +
> >      if (conf->opt_io_size % conf->logical_block_size) {
> >          error_setg(errp,
> >                     "opt_io_size must be a multple of logical_block_size");
> 
> Kevin
>