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From: Yuanhan Liu <yliu@fridaylinux.org>
To: "Tan, Jianfeng" <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, bruce.richardson@intel.com,
	konstantin.ananyev@intel.com, pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com,
	thomas@monjalon.net, maxime.coquelin@redhat.com,
	mtetsuyah@gmail.com, ferruh.yigit@intel.com
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 12/12] net/vhost: support to run in the secondary process
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2017 19:49:53 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170930114953.GG6251@yliu-home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170930075554.GB6251@yliu-home>

On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 12:06:44PM 0000, Jianfeng Tan wrote:
> >>>> +	/* share callfd and kickfd */
> >>>> +	params->type = VHOST_MSG_TYPE_SET_FDS;
> >>>> +	vring_num = rte_vhost_get_vring_num(vid);
> >>>> +	for (i = 0; i < vring_num; i++) {
> >>>> +		if (rte_vhost_get_vhost_vring(vid, i, &vring) < 0) {
> >>> If you save the fds here, you don't have to get it every time when there
> >>> is a new secondary process attached. Then as I have suggested firstly,
> >>> you don't have to introduce callfd_pri in the vhost lib.
> >> If we don't introduce callfd_pri, when we do virtqueue cleanup (or similar
> >> operations) in vhost lib, it will wrongly close fds belonging to secondary
> >> process.
> >>
> >> You remind me that, instead of introduce callfd_pri, we can introduce
> >> callfd_effective, to reduce the modification lines.
> > It's not about how many lines are modified. You were adding "effective"
> > fds, which is a semantic change. It makes the logic a bit more complex.
> > What's worse, it even doesn't resolve the issue completely.
> 
> Yes, it still has limitation. Just wonder if possible to move event fd 
> write out of vhost lib.

It could be another solution: we have the valid fd and vring_avail
outside the vhost lib. It's just that the callfd write is inside
the vhost lib. If you just take it out (remove it), it breaks some
users who rely on it: it's an API behaviour change.

	--yliu

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-09-30 11:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 158+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-08-25  9:40 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/12] support to run vdev " Jianfeng Tan
2017-08-25  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/12] cryptodev: remove crypto vdev init Jianfeng Tan
2017-09-18 11:48   ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2017-08-25  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 02/12] eal: avoid calling rte_vdev_init() Jianfeng Tan
2017-08-29 12:50   ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-08-29 22:25     ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-08-25  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 03/12] crypto: move vdev helper functions into dedicated file Jianfeng Tan
2017-09-18 11:51   ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2017-08-25  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 04/12] vdev: move to drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-08-29 13:04   ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-08-29 22:47     ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-18 11:47       ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2017-09-19  6:01         ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-08-25  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 05/12] bus/vdev: change log type from EAL to PMD Jianfeng Tan
2017-08-29 12:54   ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-08-29 22:27     ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-08-25  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 06/12] eal: add channel for primary/secondary communication Jianfeng Tan
2017-09-18 13:49   ` Jiayu Hu
2017-09-21  6:11     ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-20  3:00   ` Jiayu Hu
2017-09-21  6:53     ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-27 12:19   ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-09-28 13:50     ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-29  1:24       ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-09-29 10:09         ` Burakov, Anatoly
2017-09-29 10:25           ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-08-25  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 07/12] bus/vdev: scan and probe vdev in secondary processes Jianfeng Tan
2017-08-25  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 08/12] ethdev: support attach vdev in secondary process Jianfeng Tan
2017-08-25  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 09/12] vhost: allocate virtio_net in memzone Jianfeng Tan
2017-08-25  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 10/12] vhost: support to kick in secondary process Jianfeng Tan
2017-09-21  3:33   ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-09-21  7:04     ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-21  9:17       ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-09-22  2:30         ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-27  9:36           ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-09-28  5:10             ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-28  8:09             ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-30  8:18               ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-09-30 10:50                 ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-08-25  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 11/12] net/vhost: support to run in the " Jianfeng Tan
2017-09-21  4:29   ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-08-25  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 12/12] examples/helloworld: do not exit automatically Jianfeng Tan
2017-09-18 11:44   ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2017-09-19  5:07     ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-28 13:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/12] support to run vdev in the secondary process Jianfeng Tan
2017-09-28 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/12] cryptodev: remove crypto vdev init API Jianfeng Tan
2017-09-28 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 02/12] eal: avoid calling rte_vdev_init() Jianfeng Tan
2017-09-28 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/12] cryptodev: avoid dependency on rte_vdev.h Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-05 13:13     ` Jan Blunck
2017-10-09  1:04       ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-28 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 04/12] bus/fslmc: introduce RTE_LOGTYPE_BUS for bus drivers Jianfeng Tan
2017-09-28 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/12] bus/vdev: move to vdev bus to drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-09-28 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 06/12] bus/vdev: normalize log type Jianfeng Tan
2017-09-28 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 07/12] eal: add channel for primary/secondary communication Jianfeng Tan
2017-09-28 15:01     ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2017-09-28 15:29       ` Burakov, Anatoly
2017-09-29  1:03         ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-29 10:00           ` Burakov, Anatoly
2017-09-30  4:07             ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-10-02 10:08               ` Burakov, Anatoly
2017-10-05 12:01     ` Jan Blunck
2017-10-09  1:27       ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-28 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/12] bus/vdev: scan and probe vdev in secondary processes Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-05 13:04     ` Jan Blunck
2017-10-09  1:08       ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-28 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/12] ethdev: support attach vdev in secondary process Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-05 14:26     ` Jan Blunck
2017-10-09  0:56       ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-28 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 10/12] vhost: allocate virtio_net in memzone Jianfeng Tan
2017-09-28 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 11/12] vhost: support to kick in secondary process Jianfeng Tan
2017-09-28 13:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 12/12] net/vhost: support to run in the " Jianfeng Tan
2017-09-29  8:28     ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-09-30  4:03       ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-30  8:16         ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-09-30 10:06           ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-30 11:49           ` Yuanhan Liu [this message]
2017-10-01 23:48             ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-30  8:23     ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-09-30 10:53       ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-09-30 11:34       ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-10-01 23:46         ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-10-09  3:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/5] move vdev into drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-09  3:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/5] cryptodev: remove crypto vdev init API Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-09  3:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/5] eal: avoid calling rte_vdev_init() Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-09  3:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/5] bus: introduce RTE_LOGTYPE_BUS for bus drivers Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-09  3:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/5] bus/vdev: move to vdev bus to drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-09  3:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/5] bus/vdev: normalize log type Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-09 10:55   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/5] move vdev into drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-09 10:55     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/5] bus/vdev: scan and probe vdev in secondary processes Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-09 10:55     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/5] ethdev: support attach vdev in secondary process Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-09 10:55     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/5] vhost: allocate virtio_net in memzone Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-09 10:55     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/5] vhost: support to kick in secondary process Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-09 10:55     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/5] net/vhost: support to run in the " Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-09 11:08     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/5] move vdev into drivers/bus Tan, Jianfeng
2017-10-09 11:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 " Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-09 11:27     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/5] cryptodev: remove crypto vdev init API Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-09 11:27     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/5] eal: remove dependency on vdev Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-09 11:27     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/5] bus: introduce new log type for bus drivers Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-11  6:54       ` Shreyansh Jain
2017-10-11 10:42         ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-10-11 11:20           ` Shreyansh Jain
2017-10-12  2:14             ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-10-09 11:27     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 4/5] bus/vdev: move to vdev bus to drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-09 11:27     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 5/5] bus/vdev: normalize log type Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-12  8:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/4] move vdev into drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-12  8:46     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/4] cryptodev: remove crypto vdev init API Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-12 10:06       ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-12  8:46     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/4] eal: remove dependency on vdev Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-12  8:46     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/4] bus/vdev: move to vdev bus to drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-12  8:46     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 4/4] bus/vdev: change log type Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-13  2:04   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/4] move vdev into drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-13  2:04     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/4] ethdev: support attach vdev in secondary process Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-13  2:04     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/4] vhost: allocate virtio_net in memzone Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-13  2:04     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/4] vhost: support to kick in secondary process Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-13  2:04     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 4/4] net/vhost: support to run in the " Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-13  8:26     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/4] move vdev into drivers/bus Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-13 11:49       ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-10-13 11:51   ` Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-13 11:51     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/4] cryptodev: remove crypto vdev init API Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-23 10:06       ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2017-10-13 11:51     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/4] eal: remove dependency on vdev Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-13 11:52     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/4] bus/vdev: move to vdev bus to drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-23 14:34       ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2017-10-13 11:52     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 4/4] bus/vdev: change log type Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-25 17:10   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/4] move vdev into drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-25 17:10     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/4] cryptodev: remove crypto vdev init API Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-25 17:10     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/4] eal: remove dependency on vdev Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-25 17:10     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 3/4] bus/vdev: move to vdev bus to drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-25 21:32       ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2017-10-25 23:03       ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-10-25 17:10     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 4/4] bus/vdev: change log type Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-27  1:06   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v0 0/4] move vdev into drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-27  1:06     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 1/4] cryptodev: remove crypto vdev init API Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-27  1:06     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 2/4] eal: remove dependency on vdev Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-27  1:06     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 3/4] bus/vdev: move to vdev bus to drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-27  7:56       ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-27  8:19         ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-10-27  8:53           ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-27 16:57             ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-10-27  1:06     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 4/4] bus/vdev: change log type Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-27  3:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 0/4] move vdev into drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-27  3:23     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 1/4] cryptodev: remove crypto vdev init API Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-27  3:23     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 2/4] eal: remove dependency on vdev Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-27  3:23     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 3/4] bus/vdev: move to vdev bus to drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-27  3:23     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 4/4] bus/vdev: change log type Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-30  8:28   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 0/4] move vdev into drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-30  8:28     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 1/4] cryptodev: remove crypto vdev init API Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-30  8:28     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 2/4] eal: remove dependency on vdev Jianfeng Tan
2017-10-30  8:28     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 3/4] bus/vdev: move to vdev bus to drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-11-07  2:43       ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-11-07  6:21         ` Tan, Jianfeng
2017-10-30  8:28     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v11 4/4] bus/vdev: change log type Jianfeng Tan
2017-11-07  6:54   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 0/4] move vdev into drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-11-07  6:54     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 1/4] cryptodev: remove crypto vdev init API Jianfeng Tan
2017-11-07  6:54     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 2/4] eal: remove dependency on vdev Jianfeng Tan
2017-11-07  6:54     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 3/4] bus/vdev: move to vdev bus to drivers/bus Jianfeng Tan
2017-11-07  6:54     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 4/4] bus/vdev: change log type Jianfeng Tan
2017-11-07 15:43     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 0/4] move vdev into drivers/bus Thomas Monjalon

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