Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] vhost: add config change slave msg support

[Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie@intel.com>]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2019 at 01:38:33PM +0800, Li Feng wrote:
> This msg is used to notify qemu that should get the config of backend.
> 
> For example, vhost-user-blk uses this msg to notify guest os the
> compacity of backend has changed.

capacity?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Li Feng <fengli@smartx.com>
> ---
> v3:
> * Move the declare to rte_vhost.h
> * Add the symbol in rte_vhost_version.map
> 
> v2:
> * Fix a little log typo.
> 
>  lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost.h           | 12 ++++++++++++
>  lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost_version.map |  1 +
>  lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c          | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.h          |  1 +
>  4 files changed, 45 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost.h b/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost.h
> index 7b5dc87c2..fc28da264 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost.h
> @@ -977,6 +977,18 @@ __rte_experimental
>  int
>  rte_vhost_get_vdpa_device_id(int vid);
>  
> +/**
> + * Notify the guest that should get config from backend.
> + *
> + * @param vid
> + *  vhost device ID
> + * @return
> + *  0 on success, < 0 on failure
> + */
> +__rte_experimental
> +int
> +rte_vhost_user_slave_config_change(int vid);

Normally the prefix in vhost API is rte_vhost_
not rte_vhost_user_

> +
>  #ifdef __cplusplus
>  }
>  #endif
> diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost_version.map b/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost_version.map
> index c512377fe..acf013d6d 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost_version.map
> +++ b/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost_version.map
> @@ -65,4 +65,5 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
>  	rte_vhost_clr_inflight_desc_packed;
>  	rte_vhost_get_vhost_ring_inflight;
>  	rte_vhost_get_vring_base_from_inflight;
> +	rte_vhost_user_slave_config_change;
>  };
> diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c
> index 0cfb8b792..10f2e47d5 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c
> @@ -2840,6 +2840,37 @@ vhost_user_iotlb_miss(struct virtio_net *dev, uint64_t iova, uint8_t perm)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static int
> +vhost_user_slave_config_change(struct virtio_net *dev)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +	struct VhostUserMsg msg = {
> +		.request.slave = VHOST_USER_SLAVE_CONFIG_CHANGE_MSG,
> +		.flags = VHOST_USER_VERSION,

Will it be better to also set VHOST_USER_NEED_REPLY?

> +		.size = 0,
> +	};
> +
> +	ret = send_vhost_message(dev->slave_req_fd, &msg);
> +	if (ret < 0) {
> +		RTE_LOG(ERR, VHOST_CONFIG,
> +				"Failed to send config change (%d)\n",
> +				ret);

Looks better to indent the code by 3 tabs.

> +		return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +int
> +rte_vhost_user_slave_config_change(int vid)
> +{
> +	struct virtio_net *dev;
> +	dev = get_device(vid);
> +	if (!dev)
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +	return vhost_user_slave_config_change(dev);
> +}

I'm wondering will it be better to provide a generic API
to allow external backends to send any slave messages?

> +
>  static int vhost_user_slave_set_vring_host_notifier(struct virtio_net *dev,
>  						    int index, int fd,
>  						    uint64_t offset,
> diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.h b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.h
> index 6563f7315..86c364a93 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.h
> @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ typedef enum VhostUserRequest {
>  typedef enum VhostUserSlaveRequest {
>  	VHOST_USER_SLAVE_NONE = 0,
>  	VHOST_USER_SLAVE_IOTLB_MSG = 1,
> +	VHOST_USER_SLAVE_CONFIG_CHANGE_MSG = 2,
>  	VHOST_USER_SLAVE_VRING_HOST_NOTIFIER_MSG = 3,
>  	VHOST_USER_SLAVE_MAX
>  } VhostUserSlaveRequest;
> -- 
> 2.11.0
> 
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