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From: Albert Esteve <aesteve@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: "Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>,
	hi@alyssa.is, stefanha@redhat.com, david@redhat.com,
	jasowang@redhat.com, dbassey@redhat.com, stevensd@chromium.org,
	"Stefano Garzarella" <sgarzare@redhat.com>,
	"Laurent Vivier" <lvivier@redhat.com>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
	"Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	"Fabiano Rosas" <farosas@suse.de>,
	slp@redhat.com, manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org,
	"Albert Esteve" <aesteve@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v10 0/7] vhost-user: Add SHMEM_MAP/UNMAP requests
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 16:38:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251016143827.1850397-1-aesteve@redhat.com> (raw)

Hi all,

v9->v10
- Fix transaction_commit invoked without transaction_begin
  on vhost_user_backend_handle_shmem_map() early errors
- Removed fd tracking on VirtioSharedMemoryMapping, it
  is handled by the RAMBlock
- Reject invalid BAR configurations when VIRTIO Shared Memory
  Regions are in use by vhost-user-test-device
v8->v9
- Fixed vhost-user new handlers to ensure that they always
  reply
- Made MMAP request flags field u64 everywhere
- Fixed double memory_region_del_subregion() on UNMAP
- Add mappings cleaning on virtio_reset()
- Some small typos and fixes
- Fixed virtio pci bar mapping for vhost-user-test-device
v7->v8
- Unified VhostUserShmemObject and VirtioSharedMemoryMapping
- Refined shmem_obj lifecycle by transferring ownership
- Other small improvements

This patch series implements dynamic fd-backed memory mapping support
for vhost-user backends, enabling backends to dynamically request memory
mappings and unmappings during runtime through the new
VHOST_USER_BACKEND_SHMEM_MAP/UNMAP protocol messages.

This feature benefits various VIRTIO devices that require dynamic shared
memory management, including virtiofs (for DAX mappings), virtio-gpu
(for resource sharing), and the recently standardized virtio-media.

The implementation introduces a QOM-based architecture for managing
shared memory lifecycle:

- VirtioSharedMemoryMapping: an intermediate object that manages
  individual memory mappings by acting as generic container for regions
  declared in any vhost-user device type
- Dynamic Mapping: backends can request mappings via SHMEM_MAP messages,
  with the frontend creating MemoryRegions from the provided file
  descriptors and adding them as subregions

When a SHMEM_MAP request is received, the frontend:
1. Creates VirtioSharedMemoryMapping to manage the mapping lifecycle
2. Maps the provided fd with memory_region_init_ram_from_fd()
3. Creates a MemoryRegion backed by the mapped memory
4. Adds it as a subregion of the appropiate VIRTIO Shared Memory Region

The QOM reference counting ensures automatic cleanup when mappings are
removed or the device is destroyed.

This patch also includes:
- VHOST_USER_GET_SHMEM_CONFIG: a new frontend request allowing generic
  vhost-user devices to query shared memory configuration from backends
  at device initialization, enabling the generic vhost-user-device
  frontend to work with any backend regardless of specific shared memory
  requirements.

The implementation has been tested with rust-vmm based backends.

Albert Esteve (7):
  vhost-user: Add VirtIO Shared Memory map request
  vhost_user.rst: Align VhostUserMsg excerpt members
  vhost_user.rst: Add SHMEM_MAP/_UNMAP to spec
  vhost_user: Add frontend get_shmem_config command
  vhost_user.rst: Add GET_SHMEM_CONFIG message
  qmp: add shmem feature map
  vhost-user-device: Add shared memory BAR

 docs/interop/vhost-user.rst               | 101 ++++++++
 hw/virtio/vhost-user-base.c               |  47 +++-
 hw/virtio/vhost-user-test-device-pci.c    |  39 +++-
 hw/virtio/vhost-user.c                    | 267 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 hw/virtio/virtio-qmp.c                    |   3 +
 hw/virtio/virtio.c                        | 199 ++++++++++++++++
 include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h         |  10 +
 include/hw/virtio/vhost-user.h            |   1 +
 include/hw/virtio/virtio.h                | 137 +++++++++++
 subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c |  70 ++++++
 subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.h |  54 +++++
 11 files changed, 923 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

-- 
2.49.0



             reply	other threads:[~2025-10-16 14:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-16 14:38 Albert Esteve [this message]
2025-10-16 14:38 ` [PATCH v10 1/7] vhost-user: Add VirtIO Shared Memory map request Albert Esteve
2025-10-16 15:18   ` Albert Esteve
2025-10-16 18:31     ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2025-10-17  6:58       ` Albert Esteve
2025-10-17  9:22   ` Stefano Garzarella
2025-10-17  9:29     ` Manos Pitsidianakis
2025-10-17 11:24     ` Albert Esteve
2025-10-17 12:12       ` Stefano Garzarella
2025-10-17 12:35         ` Albert Esteve
2025-10-20 13:50   ` David Hildenbrand
2025-10-20 14:06     ` Albert Esteve
2025-10-16 14:38 ` [PATCH v10 2/7] vhost_user.rst: Align VhostUserMsg excerpt members Albert Esteve
2025-10-16 14:38 ` [PATCH v10 3/7] vhost_user.rst: Add SHMEM_MAP/_UNMAP to spec Albert Esteve
2025-10-20 13:27   ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2025-10-20 13:49     ` Albert Esteve
2025-10-16 14:38 ` [PATCH v10 4/7] vhost_user: Add frontend get_shmem_config command Albert Esteve
2025-10-16 14:38 ` [PATCH v10 5/7] vhost_user.rst: Add GET_SHMEM_CONFIG message Albert Esteve
2025-10-16 14:38 ` [PATCH v10 6/7] qmp: add shmem feature map Albert Esteve
2025-10-16 14:38 ` [PATCH v10 7/7] vhost-user-device: Add shared memory BAR Albert Esteve
2025-10-16 15:05 ` [PATCH v10 0/7] vhost-user: Add SHMEM_MAP/UNMAP requests Stefan Hajnoczi
2025-10-17 12:42   ` Stefano Garzarella
2025-10-17 13:52   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-10-20 13:51   ` David Hildenbrand

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