From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE9E41B5E3 for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2017 13:27:45 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C4EB76A7C3; Tue, 7 Nov 2017 12:27:44 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mx1.redhat.com C4EB76A7C3 Authentication-Results: ext-mx03.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: ext-mx03.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=maxime.coquelin@redhat.com Received: from [10.36.112.35] (ovpn-112-35.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.112.35]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93EE15C542; Tue, 7 Nov 2017 12:27:42 +0000 (UTC) To: "Kavanagh, Mark B" , "dev@dpdk.org" , "yliu@fridaylinux.org" , "thomas@monjalon.net" , "ktraynor@redhat.com" References: <20171103175735.24603-1-maxime.coquelin@redhat.com> <20171106203812.18428-1-maxime.coquelin@redhat.com> <4fc9b3ec-836f-5a1c-1002-78e197161120@redhat.com> From: Maxime Coquelin Message-ID: Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 13:27:40 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.27]); Tue, 07 Nov 2017 12:27:44 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] vhost: disable iommu support by default X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 12:27:46 -0000 On 11/07/2017 12:08 PM, Kavanagh, Mark B wrote: >> From: Maxime Coquelin [mailto:maxime.coquelin@redhat.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 11:05 AM >> To: Kavanagh, Mark B ; dev@dpdk.org; >> yliu@fridaylinux.org; thomas@monjalon.net; ktraynor@redhat.com >> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] vhost: disable iommu support by default >> >> Hi Mark, >> >> On 11/07/2017 11:56 AM, Kavanagh, Mark B wrote: >>>> From: Maxime Coquelin [mailto:maxime.coquelin@redhat.com] >>>> Sent: Monday, November 6, 2017 8:38 PM >>>> To: dev@dpdk.org; yliu@fridaylinux.org; Kavanagh, Mark B >>>> ; thomas@monjalon.net; ktraynor@redhat.com >>>> Cc: Maxime Coquelin >>>> Subject: [PATCH v2 0/3] vhost: disable iommu support by default >>>> >>>> This series disables IOMMU feature by default, and introduce >>>> a new flag passed at vhost device registration time to enable >>>> it explicitly. >>>> >>>> When disabled, patch 1 also disables reply-ack protocol feature >>>> to avoid Qemu v2.7.0-v2.9.0 reply-ack bug with multiqueue. >>>> >>>> Last patch adds a Vhost PMD "iommu-support" parameter to enable >>>> the IOMMU feature. >>> >>> Hi Maxime, >>> >>> I'm happy to confirm that this patchset resolves the vhost user mutltiq >> issue for OvS-DPDK, with QEMU v2.7.1. >> >> Thanks for the testing. >> >>> Additionally, all of the individual patches look good - thanks for all of >> your efforts on this! >> >> Great. >> Now, what is required on OVS side is the introduction of a new vhost >> port option to enable IOMMU support, so that management layer has a way >> to enable it when VM has an iommu placed in front of the virtio device. > > Sounds good - I can add this as part of the DPDK v17.11 upgrade patch :) Thanks :) Please add me in cc when you'll post the change, so that I can keep track of it. Regards, Maxime > Thanks again, > Mark > > >> >> Note that OVS can set the flag even if no IOMMU is present, as Virtio >> feature negotiation will manage this. >> >>> Tested-by: Mark Kavanagh >>> Acked-by: Mark Kavanagh >> >> Thanks, >> Maxime >> >>> Cheers, >>> Mark >>> >>>> >>>> Maxime Coquelin (3): >>>> vhost: disable reply-ack protocol feature if iommu feature disabled >>>> vhost: add flag to enable iommu support >>>> net: vhost: add iommu-support parameter to enable IOMMU feature >>>> >>>> doc/guides/nics/vhost.rst | 5 +++++ >>>> doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++ >>>> doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.rst | 3 ++- >>>> drivers/net/vhost/rte_eth_vhost.c | 13 +++++++++++++ >>>> lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost.h | 1 + >>>> lib/librte_vhost/socket.c | 6 ++++++ >>>> lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++-- >>>> 7 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 2.13.6 >>>