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@ 2016-02-29 18:40 Markus Armbruster
  2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/38] exec: Fix memory allocation when memory path names new file Markus Armbruster
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  0 siblings, 38 replies; 118+ messages in thread
From: Markus Armbruster @ 2016-02-29 18:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: qemu-devel; +Cc: claudio.fontana, cam, mlureau, david.marchand, pbonzini

Major issues addressed by this series:

* The specification document is incomplete and vague.  Rewritten.

* When a peer goes away, and its ID gets reused for another one,
  interrupts don't work.

* When configured for interrupts, we receive shared memory from the
  server some time after realize().  This creates a (usually
  short-lived) "no shared memory, yet" state.  If the guest wins the
  race, it is exposed to this state (known issue, if you count burying
  in docs/specs/ as "known").  If migration wins the race, it fails or
  corrupts memory.

* Interrupts are unreliable in a (usually small) time window after the
  destination peer connects.  I believe fixing this will require
  changing the client/server protocol, so just document it for now.

* The device isn't capable to tell guest software whether it is
  configured for interrupts.  Fix that in a new, backwards-compatible
  revision of the guest ABI, and bump the PCI revision.  Deprecate the
  old revision.

* The device properties are a confusing mess and badly checked.
  Clean that up.

* Migration with interrupts relies on server behavior not guaranteed
  by the specification.  Tighten the specification.

Paolo, I'd like your opinion on PATCH 1, 3, 29 and 30.  I hope I can
get competent review for my other patches elsewhere, but you're of
course welcome to review them, too.

Markus Armbruster (38):
  exec: Fix memory allocation when memory path names new file
  qemu-doc: Fix ivshmem huge page example
  event_notifier: Make event_notifier_init_fd() #ifdef CONFIG_EVENTFD
  tests/libqos/pci-pc: Fix qpci_pc_iomap() to map BARs aligned
  ivshmem-test: Improve test case /ivshmem/single
  ivshmem-test: Clean up wait for devices to become operational
  ivshmem-test: Improve test cases /ivshmem/server-*
  ivshmem: Rewrite specification document
  ivshmem: Add missing newlines to debug printfs
  ivshmem: Compile debug prints unconditionally to prevent bit-rot
  ivshmem: Clean up after commit 9940c32
  ivshmem: Drop ivshmem_event() stub
  ivshmem: Don't destroy the chardev on version mismatch
  ivshmem: Fix harmless misuse of Error
  ivshmem: Failed realize() can leave migration blocker behind
  ivshmem: Clean up register callbacks
  ivshmem: Clean up MSI-X conditions
  ivshmem: Leave INTx alone when using MSI-X
  ivshmem: Assert interrupts are set up once
  ivshmem: Simplify rejection of invalid peer ID from server
  ivshmem: Disentangle ivshmem_read()
  ivshmem: Plug leaks on unplug, fix peer disconnect
  ivshmem: Receive shared memory synchronously in realize()
  ivshmem: Propagate errors through ivshmem_recv_setup()
  ivshmem: Rely on server sending the ID right after the version
  ivshmem: Drop the hackish test for UNIX domain chardev
  ivshmem: Simplify how we cope with short reads from server
  ivshmem: Tighten check of property "size"
  ivshmem: Implement shm=... with a memory backend
  ivshmem: Simplify memory regions for BAR 2 (shared memory)
  ivshmem: Inline check_shm_size() into its only caller
  qdev: New DEFINE_PROP_ON_OFF_AUTO
  ivshmem: Replace int role_val by OnOffAuto master
  ivshmem: Split ivshmem-plain, ivshmem-doorbell off ivshmem
  ivshmem: Clean up after the previous commit
  ivshmem: Drop ivshmem property x-memdev
  ivshmem: Require master to have ID zero
  contrib/ivshmem-server: Print "not for production" warning

 contrib/ivshmem-server/main.c      |    6 +
 default-configs/pci.mak            |    2 +-
 docs/specs/ivshmem-spec.txt        |  255 +++++++++
 docs/specs/ivshmem_device_spec.txt |  161 ------
 exec.c                             |   50 +-
 hw/core/qdev-properties.c          |   10 +
 hw/misc/ivshmem.c                  | 1115 +++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 include/hw/qdev-properties.h       |    3 +
 qemu-doc.texi                      |   47 +-
 tests/ivshmem-test.c               |   97 ++--
 tests/libqos/pci-pc.c              |    8 +-
 util/event_notifier-posix.c        |    6 +
 12 files changed, 996 insertions(+), 764 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/specs/ivshmem-spec.txt
 delete mode 100644 docs/specs/ivshmem_device_spec.txt

-- 
2.4.3

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2016-02-29 18:40 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/38] ivshmem: Fixes, cleanups, device model split Markus Armbruster
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/38] exec: Fix memory allocation when memory path names new file Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 11:35   ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-01 11:58     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-04 18:50     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-07 13:12       ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 02/38] qemu-doc: Fix ivshmem huge page example Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 10:51   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-01 11:35   ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 03/38] event_notifier: Make event_notifier_init_fd() #ifdef CONFIG_EVENTFD Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 10:57   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-01 12:00     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 12:05       ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-01 11:35   ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 04/38] tests/libqos/pci-pc: Fix qpci_pc_iomap() to map BARs aligned Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 11:05   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-01 12:05     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 05/38] ivshmem-test: Improve test case /ivshmem/single Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 11:06   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 06/38] ivshmem-test: Clean up wait for devices to become operational Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 11:10   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 07/38] ivshmem-test: Improve test cases /ivshmem/server-* Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 11:13   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/38] ivshmem: Rewrite specification document Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 11:25   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-01 15:46   ` Eric Blake
2016-03-02  9:50     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 09/38] ivshmem: Add missing newlines to debug printfs Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 12:20   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 10/38] ivshmem: Compile debug prints unconditionally to prevent bit-rot Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 12:22   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-01 15:49     ` Eric Blake
2016-03-02  9:51       ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-02 15:52         ` Eric Blake
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/38] ivshmem: Clean up after commit 9940c32 Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 12:47   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 12/38] ivshmem: Drop ivshmem_event() stub Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 12:48   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 13/38] ivshmem: Don't destroy the chardev on version mismatch Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 15:39   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-02  9:52     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 14/38] ivshmem: Fix harmless misuse of Error Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 15:47   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 15/38] ivshmem: Failed realize() can leave migration blocker behind Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 15:59   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-02  9:54     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-02 10:50       ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 16/38] ivshmem: Clean up register callbacks Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 16:04   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 17/38] ivshmem: Clean up MSI-X conditions Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 16:57   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-02 10:25     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 18/38] ivshmem: Leave INTx alone when using MSI-X Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 17:14   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-01 17:30     ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-02 11:04       ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-02 14:15         ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-02 15:50           ` Markus Armbruster
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 19/38] ivshmem: Assert interrupts are set up once Markus Armbruster
2016-03-02 12:02   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 20/38] ivshmem: Simplify rejection of invalid peer ID from server Markus Armbruster
2016-03-02 15:08   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 21/38] ivshmem: Disentangle ivshmem_read() Markus Armbruster
2016-03-02 15:28   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-02 15:53     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-02 17:33       ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-02 19:15         ` Markus Armbruster
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 22/38] ivshmem: Plug leaks on unplug, fix peer disconnect Markus Armbruster
2016-03-02 17:47   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-02 19:19     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-02 23:52       ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 23/38] ivshmem: Receive shared memory synchronously in realize() Markus Armbruster
2016-03-02 18:11   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-02 19:28     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 24/38] ivshmem: Propagate errors through ivshmem_recv_setup() Markus Armbruster
2016-03-02 18:27   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-02 19:35     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-03  0:03       ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-03  7:16         ` Markus Armbruster
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 25/38] ivshmem: Rely on server sending the ID right after the version Markus Armbruster
2016-03-02 18:36   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 26/38] ivshmem: Drop the hackish test for UNIX domain chardev Markus Armbruster
2016-03-02 18:38   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 27/38] ivshmem: Simplify how we cope with short reads from server Markus Armbruster
2016-03-02 18:41   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-02 19:38     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 28/38] ivshmem: Tighten check of property "size" Markus Armbruster
2016-03-02 18:44   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 29/38] ivshmem: Implement shm=... with a memory backend Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 11:37   ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-01 12:08     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 30/38] ivshmem: Simplify memory regions for BAR 2 (shared memory) Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 11:42   ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-01 12:14     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 12:17       ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-01 11:46   ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-01 14:06     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-01 15:15       ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-02 11:06         ` Markus Armbruster
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 31/38] ivshmem: Inline check_shm_size() into its only caller Markus Armbruster
2016-03-02 18:49   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 32/38] qdev: New DEFINE_PROP_ON_OFF_AUTO Markus Armbruster
2016-03-02 18:54   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 33/38] ivshmem: Replace int role_val by OnOffAuto master Markus Armbruster
2016-03-02 18:56   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-02 19:39     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 34/38] ivshmem: Split ivshmem-plain, ivshmem-doorbell off ivshmem Markus Armbruster
2016-03-03 13:53   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 35/38] ivshmem: Clean up after the previous commit Markus Armbruster
2016-03-03 13:56   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 36/38] ivshmem: Drop ivshmem property x-memdev Markus Armbruster
2016-03-03 14:03   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-03 14:17     ` Markus Armbruster
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 37/38] ivshmem: Require master to have ID zero Markus Armbruster
2016-03-03 14:11   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-02-29 18:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 38/38] contrib/ivshmem-server: Print "not for production" warning Markus Armbruster
2016-03-03 14:15   ` Marc-André Lureau
2016-03-07 18:42     ` Markus Armbruster

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