Re: [PATCH v2 10/20] vfio/common: Record DMA mapped IOVA ranges

[Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>]

On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 21:19:12 +0000
Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@oracle.com> wrote:

> On 23/02/2023 21:05, Alex Williamson wrote:
> > On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 10:37:10 +0000
> > Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@oracle.com> wrote:  
> >> On 22/02/2023 22:10, Alex Williamson wrote:  
> >>> On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:49:05 +0200
> >>> Avihai Horon <avihaih@nvidia.com> wrote:    
> >>>> From: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@oracle.com>
> >>>> @@ -612,6 +665,16 @@ static int vfio_dma_map(VFIOContainer *container, hwaddr iova,
> >>>>          .iova = iova,
> >>>>          .size = size,
> >>>>      };
> >>>> +    int ret;
> >>>> +
> >>>> +    ret = vfio_record_mapping(container, iova, size, readonly);
> >>>> +    if (ret) {
> >>>> +        error_report("vfio: Failed to record mapping, iova: 0x%" HWADDR_PRIx
> >>>> +                     ", size: 0x" RAM_ADDR_FMT ", ret: %d (%s)",
> >>>> +                     iova, size, ret, strerror(-ret));
> >>>> +
> >>>> +        return ret;
> >>>> +    }    
> >>>
> >>> Is there no way to replay the mappings when a migration is started?
> >>> This seems like a horrible latency and bloat trade-off for the
> >>> possibility that the VM might migrate and the device might support
> >>> these features.  Our performance with vIOMMU is already terrible, I
> >>> can't help but believe this makes it worse.  Thanks,
> >>>     
> >>
> >> It is a nop if the vIOMMU is being used (entries in container->giommu_list) as
> >> that uses a max-iova based IOVA range. So this is really for iommu identity
> >> mapping and no-VIOMMU.  
> > 
> > Ok, yes, there are no mappings recorded for any containers that have a
> > non-empty giommu_list.
> >   
> >> We could replay them if they were tracked/stored anywhere.  
> > 
> > Rather than piggybacking on vfio_memory_listener, why not simply
> > register a new MemoryListener when migration is started?  That will
> > replay all the existing ranges and allow tracking to happen separate
> > from mapping, and only when needed.
> >   
> 
> The problem with that is that *starting* dirty tracking needs to have all the
> range, we aren't supposed to start each range separately. So on a memory
> listener callback you don't have introspection when you are dealing with the
> last range, do we?

As soon as memory_listener_register() returns, all your callbacks to
build the IOVATree have been called and you can act on the result the
same as if you were relying on the vfio mapping MemoryListener.  I'm
not seeing the problem.  Thanks,

Alex