DPDK patches and discussions
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: "Xie, Huawei" <huawei.xie@intel.com>
To: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
	"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
	Victor Kaplansky <vkaplans@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/6] vhost: introduce vhost_log_write
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 07:02:10 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <C37D651A908B024F974696C65296B57B4C5511C1@SHSMSX101.ccr.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151222030432.GG18863@yliu-dev.sh.intel.com>

On 12/22/2015 11:03 AM, Yuanhan Liu wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 02:45:52AM +0000, Xie, Huawei wrote:
>>>>> +static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
>>>>> +vhost_log_write(struct virtio_net *dev, uint64_t addr, uint64_t len)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> +	uint64_t page;
>>>>> +
>>>> Before we log, we need memory barrier to make sure updates are in place.
>>>>> +	if (likely(((dev->features & (1ULL << VHOST_F_LOG_ALL)) == 0) ||
>>>>> +		   !dev->log_base || !len))
>>>>> +		return;
>>> Put a memory barrier inside set_features()?
>>>
>>> I see no var dependence here, why putting a barrier then? We are
>>> accessing and modifying same var, doesn't the cache MESI protocol
>>> will get rid of your concerns?
>> This fence isn't about feature var. It is to ensure that updates to the
>> guest buffer are committed before the logging.
> Oh.., I was thinking you were talking about the "dev->features" field
> concurrent access and modify you mentioned from V1.
>
>> For IA strong memory model, compiler barrier is enough. For other weak
>> memory model, fence is required.
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	if (unlikely(dev->log_size < ((addr + len - 1) / VHOST_LOG_PAGE / 8)))
>>>>> +		return;
> So that I should put a "rte_mb()" __here__?
>
> 	--yliu

I find that we already have the arch dependent version of rte_smp_wmb()
        --huawei
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	page = addr / VHOST_LOG_PAGE;
>>>>> +	while (page * VHOST_LOG_PAGE < addr + len) {
>>>> Let us have a page_end var to make the code simpler?
>>> Could do that.
>>>
>>>
>>>>> +		vhost_log_page((uint8_t *)(uintptr_t)dev->log_base, page);
>>>>> +		page += VHOST_LOG_PAGE;
>>>> page += 1?
>>> Oops, right.
>>>
>>> 	--yliu
>>>
>>>>> +	}
>>>>> +}
>>>>> +
>>>>> +
>>>>>  /**
>>>>>   *  Disable features in feature_mask. Returns 0 on success.
>>>>>   */


  reply	other threads:[~2015-12-22  7:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 98+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-02  3:43 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/4 for 2.3] vhost-user live migration support Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-02  3:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/4] vhost: handle VHOST_USER_SET_LOG_BASE request Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-02 13:53   ` Panu Matilainen
2015-12-02 14:31     ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-02 14:48       ` Panu Matilainen
2015-12-02 15:09         ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-02 16:58           ` Panu Matilainen
2015-12-02 17:24             ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-02 16:38       ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-12-03  1:49         ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-06 23:07     ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-12-07  2:00       ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-07  2:03         ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-12-07  2:18           ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-07  2:49             ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-12-07  6:29       ` Panu Matilainen
2015-12-07 11:28         ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-12-07 11:41           ` Panu Matilainen
2015-12-07 13:55             ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-12-07 16:48               ` Panu Matilainen
2015-12-07 17:47                 ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-12-08  5:57   ` Xie, Huawei
2015-12-08  7:25     ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-02  3:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/4] vhost: introduce vhost_log_write Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-02 13:53   ` Victor Kaplansky
2015-12-02 14:39     ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-09  3:33     ` Xie, Huawei
2015-12-09  3:42       ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-09  5:44         ` Xie, Huawei
2015-12-09  8:41           ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-02  3:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/4] vhost: log vring changes Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-02 14:07   ` Victor Kaplansky
2015-12-02 14:38     ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-02 15:58       ` Victor Kaplansky
2015-12-02 16:26         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-03  2:31           ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-09  2:45     ` Xie, Huawei
2015-12-02  3:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] vhost: enable log_shmfd protocol feature Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-02 14:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/4 for 2.3] vhost-user live migration support Victor Kaplansky
2015-12-02 14:33   ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-09  3:41 ` Xie, Huawei
2015-12-17  3:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/6] " Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-17  3:11   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/6] vhost: handle VHOST_USER_SET_LOG_BASE request Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-21 15:32     ` Xie, Huawei
2015-12-22  2:25       ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-22  2:41         ` Xie, Huawei
2015-12-22  2:55           ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-17  3:11   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/6] vhost: introduce vhost_log_write Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-21 15:06     ` Xie, Huawei
2015-12-22  2:40       ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-22  2:45         ` Xie, Huawei
2015-12-22  3:04           ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-22  7:02             ` Xie, Huawei [this message]
2015-12-22  5:11     ` Peter Xu
2015-12-22  6:09       ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-17  3:11   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/6] vhost: log used vring changes Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-22  6:55     ` Peter Xu
2015-12-22  7:07       ` Xie, Huawei
2015-12-22  7:59         ` Peter Xu
2015-12-22  7:13       ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-22  8:01         ` Peter Xu
2015-12-17  3:11   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/6] vhost: log vring desc buffer changes Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-17  3:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/6] vhost: claim that we support GUEST_ANNOUNCE feature Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-22  8:11     ` Peter Xu
2015-12-22  8:21       ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-22  8:24       ` Pavel Fedin
2015-12-17  3:12   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/6] vhost: enable log_shmfd protocol feature Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-17 12:08   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/6] vhost-user live migration support Iremonger, Bernard
2015-12-17 12:45     ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-12-21  8:17   ` Pavel Fedin
2016-01-29  4:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/8] " Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-29  4:57     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/8] vhost: handle VHOST_USER_SET_LOG_BASE request Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-29  4:57     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/8] vhost: introduce vhost_log_write Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-19 14:26       ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-02-22  6:59         ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-29  4:57     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/8] vhost: log used vring changes Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-29  4:57     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/8] vhost: log vring desc buffer changes Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-29  4:58     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/8] vhost: claim that we support GUEST_ANNOUNCE feature Yuanhan Liu
2016-03-11 12:39       ` Olivier MATZ
2016-03-11 13:16         ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-03-11 13:22           ` Olivier MATZ
2016-01-29  4:58     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/8] vhost: handle VHOST_USER_SEND_RARP request Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-19  6:11       ` Tan, Jianfeng
2016-02-19  7:03         ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-19  8:55           ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-22 14:36           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vhost: broadcast RARP pkt by injecting it to receiving mbuf array Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-24  8:15             ` Qiu, Michael
2016-02-24  8:28               ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-25  7:55                 ` Qiu, Michael
2016-02-29 15:56             ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-01-29  4:58     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 7/8] vhost: enable log_shmfd protocol feature Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-29  4:58     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 8/8] vhost: remove duplicate header include Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-01 15:54     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/8] vhost-user live migration support Iremonger, Bernard
2016-02-02  1:53       ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-19 15:01     ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-02-22  7:08       ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-22  9:56         ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-02-22 14:24           ` Yuanhan Liu

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=C37D651A908B024F974696C65296B57B4C5511C1@SHSMSX101.ccr.corp.intel.com \
    --to=huawei.xie@intel.com \
    --cc=dev@dpdk.org \
    --cc=mst@redhat.com \
    --cc=vkaplans@redhat.com \
    --cc=yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).