Re: [PATCH V2 3/7] vhost-vdpa: VHOST_NEW_OWNER

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

On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 06:18:49AM -0700, Steve Sistare wrote:
> Add an ioctl to transfer file descriptor ownership and pinned memory
> accounting from one process to another.
> 
> This is more efficient than VHOST_RESET_OWNER followed by VHOST_SET_OWNER,
> as that would unpin all physical pages, requiring them to be repinned in
> the new process.  That would cost multiple seconds for large memories, and
> be incurred during a virtual machine's pause time during live update.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>

Please, we just need to switch to use iommufd for pinning.
Piling up all these hacks gets us nowhere.


> ---
>  drivers/vhost/vdpa.c       | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/vhost/vhost.c      | 15 ++++++++++++++
>  drivers/vhost/vhost.h      |  1 +
>  include/uapi/linux/vhost.h | 10 ++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 67 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> index b49e5831b3f0..5cf55ca4ec02 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> @@ -632,6 +632,44 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_resume(struct vhost_vdpa *v)
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> +static long vhost_vdpa_new_owner(struct vhost_vdpa *v)
> +{
> +	int r;
> +	struct vhost_dev *vdev = &v->vdev;
> +	struct mm_struct *mm_old = vdev->mm;
> +	struct mm_struct *mm_new = current->mm;
> +	long pinned_vm = v->pinned_vm;
> +	unsigned long lock_limit = PFN_DOWN(rlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK));
> +
> +	if (!mm_old)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	mmgrab(mm_old);
> +
> +	if (!v->vdpa->use_va &&
> +	    pinned_vm + atomic64_read(&mm_new->pinned_vm) > lock_limit) {
> +		r = -ENOMEM;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +	r = vhost_vdpa_bind_mm(v, mm_new);
> +	if (r)
> +		goto out;
> +
> +	r = vhost_dev_new_owner(vdev);
> +	if (r) {
> +		vhost_vdpa_bind_mm(v, mm_old);
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (!v->vdpa->use_va) {
> +		atomic64_sub(pinned_vm, &mm_old->pinned_vm);
> +		atomic64_add(pinned_vm, &mm_new->pinned_vm);
> +	}
> +
> +out:
> +	mmdrop(mm_old);
> +	return r;
> +}
> +
>  static long vhost_vdpa_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_vdpa *v, unsigned int cmd,
>  				   void __user *argp)
>  {
> @@ -876,6 +914,9 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *filep,
>  	case VHOST_VDPA_RESUME:
>  		r = vhost_vdpa_resume(v);
>  		break;
> +	case VHOST_NEW_OWNER:
> +		r = vhost_vdpa_new_owner(v);
> +		break;
>  	default:
>  		r = vhost_dev_ioctl(&v->vdev, cmd, argp);
>  		if (r == -ENOIOCTLCMD)
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> index b60955682474..ab40ae50552f 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> @@ -963,6 +963,21 @@ long vhost_dev_set_owner(struct vhost_dev *dev)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_dev_set_owner);
>  
> +/* Caller should have device mutex */
> +long vhost_dev_new_owner(struct vhost_dev *dev)
> +{
> +	if (dev->mm == current->mm)
> +		return -EBUSY;
> +
> +	if (!vhost_dev_has_owner(dev))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	vhost_detach_mm(dev);
> +	vhost_attach_mm(dev);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_dev_new_owner);
> +
>  static struct vhost_iotlb *iotlb_alloc(void)
>  {
>  	return vhost_iotlb_alloc(max_iotlb_entries,
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
> index bb75a292d50c..8b2018bb02b1 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
> @@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ void vhost_dev_init(struct vhost_dev *, struct vhost_virtqueue **vqs,
>  		    int (*msg_handler)(struct vhost_dev *dev, u32 asid,
>  				       struct vhost_iotlb_msg *msg));
>  long vhost_dev_set_owner(struct vhost_dev *dev);
> +long vhost_dev_new_owner(struct vhost_dev *dev);
>  bool vhost_dev_has_owner(struct vhost_dev *dev);
>  long vhost_dev_check_owner(struct vhost_dev *);
>  struct vhost_iotlb *vhost_dev_reset_owner_prepare(void);
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
> index b95dd84eef2d..543d0e3434c3 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
> @@ -123,6 +123,16 @@
>  #define VHOST_SET_BACKEND_FEATURES _IOW(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x25, __u64)
>  #define VHOST_GET_BACKEND_FEATURES _IOR(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x26, __u64)
>  
> +/* Set current process as the new owner of this file descriptor.  The fd must
> + * already be owned, via a prior call to VHOST_SET_OWNER.  The pinned memory
> + * count is transferred from the previous to the new owner.
> + * Errors:
> + *   EINVAL: not owned
> + *   EBUSY:  caller is already the owner
> + *   ENOMEM: RLIMIT_MEMLOCK exceeded
> + */
> +#define VHOST_NEW_OWNER _IO(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x27)
> +
>  /* VHOST_NET specific defines */
>  
>  /* Attach virtio net ring to a raw socket, or tap device.
> -- 
> 2.39.3