From: Tetsuya Mukawa <mukawa@igel.co.jp>
To: "Tan, Jianfeng" <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/7] virtio 1.0 enabling for virtio pmd driver
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 18:04:50 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <569CAAB2.4070501@igel.co.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56974315.2090106@igel.co.jp>
On 2016/01/14 15:41, Tetsuya Mukawa wrote:
>
>>> 2. Abstraction of read/write accesses.
>>>
>>> It may be difficult to cleanly rebase my patches on this patches,
>>> because virtio_read_caps() is not abstracted.
>>> Let me describe it more.
>>> So far, we need to handle below 3 virtio-net devices..
>>> - physical virtio-net device.
>>> - virtual virtio-net device in virtio-net PMD. (Jianfeng's patch)
>>> - virtual virtio-net device in QEMU. (my patch)
>>>
>>> Almost all code of the virtio-net PMD can be shared between above
>>> different cases.
>>> Probably big difference is how to access to configuration space.
>>>
>>> Yuanhan's patch introduces an abstraction layer to hide configuration
>>> space layout and how to access it.
>>> Is it possible to separate?
>>> I guess "access method" will be nice to be abstracted separately from
>>> "configuration space layout".
>>> Probably access method will be defined by "eth_dev->dev_type" and the
>>> PMD name like "eth_cvio".
>>> And "configuration space layout" will be defined by capability list of
>>> PCI configuration layout.
>>>
>>> For example, if access method like below are abstracted separately and
>>> current "virtio_pci.c" is implemented on this abstraction, we can easily
>>> re-use virtio_read_caps().
>>> - how to read/write virtio configuration space.
>>> - how to mmap PCI configuration space.
>>> - how to read/(write) PCI configuration space.
>>
>> I basically agree with you. We have two dimensions here:
>>
>> legacy modern
>> physical virtio device: Use
>> virtio_read_caps_phys() to distinguish
>> virtual virtio device (Tetsuya): Use virtio_read_caps_virt() to
>> distinguish
>> virtual virtio device (Jianfeng): does not need a "configuration
>> space layout", no need to distinguish
>>
>> So in vtpci_init(), we needs to test "eth_dev->dev_type" firstly
>>
>> vtpci_init() {
>> if (eth_dev->dev_type == RTE_ETH_DEV_PCI) {
>> if (virtio_read_caps_phys()) {
>> // modern
>> } else {
>> // legacy
>> }
>> } else {
>> if (Tetsuya's way) {
>> if (virtio_read_caps_virt()) {
>> // modern
>> } else {
>> // legacy
>> }
>> } else {
>> // Jianfeng's way
>> }
>> }
>> }
>>
>> And from Yuanhan's angle, I think he does not need to address this
>> problem. How do you think?
> Yes, I agree he doesn't need.
>
> Firstly, I have implemented like above, then I noticed that
> virtio_read_caps_phy() and virtio_read_caps_virt() are same except for
> access method.
> Anyway, I guess abstracting access method is not so difficult.
> If you are OK, I want to send RFC on Yuanhan's patch. Is it OK?
Hi Jianfeng,
I will submit patches to abstract pci access method.
The patches will be on Yuanhan's latest virtio-1.0 patches.
I guess your container patches also can be on the patches.
Could you please check it?
Thanks,
Tetsuya
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2015-12-30 3:45 ` Yuanhan Liu
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2015-12-10 3:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/6] viritio: switch to 64 bit features Yuanhan Liu
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2015-12-10 3:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/6] virtio: add virtio v1.0 support Yuanhan Liu
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2015-12-30 3:40 ` Yuanhan Liu
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2015-12-29 11:19 ` Tan, Jianfeng
2015-12-30 3:53 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-04 3:55 ` Xu, Qian Q
2016-01-04 4:16 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-12 6:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/7] virtio 1.0 enabling for virtio pmd driver Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-12 6:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/7] virtio: don't set vring address again at queue startup Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-12 6:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/7] virtio: introduce struct virtio_pci_ops Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-12 6:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/7] virtio: move left pci stuff to virtio_pci.c Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-12 6:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/7] viritio: switch to 64 bit features Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-12 6:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/7] virtio: retrieve hdr_size from hw->vtnet_hdr_size Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-12 6:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/7] eal: pci: export pci_map_device Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-12 8:31 ` David Marchand
2016-01-12 8:40 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-12 9:05 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-13 14:44 ` Santosh Shukla
2016-01-12 6:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 7/7] virtio: add 1.0 support Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-13 3:31 ` Tetsuya Mukawa
2016-01-13 9:38 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-14 7:47 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-01-14 7:50 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-14 7:51 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-01-14 7:58 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-14 8:08 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-01-14 8:22 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-14 8:28 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-01-14 7:50 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-01-14 8:38 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-12 7:07 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/7] virtio 1.0 enabling for virtio pmd driver Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-14 4:27 ` Tetsuya Mukawa
2016-01-14 5:59 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-14 6:09 ` Tan, Jianfeng
2016-01-14 6:41 ` Tetsuya Mukawa
2016-01-18 9:04 ` Tetsuya Mukawa [this message]
2016-01-14 6:45 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-14 7:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/8] " Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-14 7:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/8] virtio: don't set vring address again at queue startup Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-14 7:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/8] virtio: introduce struct virtio_pci_ops Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-14 7:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/8] virtio: move left pci stuff to virtio_pci.c Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-14 7:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/8] viritio: switch to 64 bit features Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-14 7:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/8] virtio: retrieve hdr_size from hw->vtnet_hdr_size Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-14 7:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/8] eal: pci: export pci_[un]map_device Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-14 7:45 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-14 7:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 7/8] virtio: add 1.0 support Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-14 7:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 8/8] virtio: move VIRTIO_READ/WRITE_REG_X into virtio_pci.c Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-16 10:08 ` Santosh Shukla
2016-01-17 14:07 ` Santosh Shukla
2016-01-15 4:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/8] virtio 1.0 enabling for virtio pmd driver Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-15 4:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/8] virtio: don't set vring address again at queue startup Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-15 4:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/8] virtio: introduce struct virtio_pci_ops Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-18 17:21 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-01-15 4:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/8] virtio: move left pci stuff to virtio_pci.c Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-15 4:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/8] viritio: switch to 64 bit features Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-15 4:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/8] virtio: retrieve hdr_size from hw->vtnet_hdr_size Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-15 4:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/8] eal: pci: export pci_[un]map_device Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-15 4:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 7/8] virtio: add 1.0 support Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-18 16:38 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-01-18 16:50 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-01-19 5:55 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-19 7:44 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-01-19 7:54 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-19 8:02 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-01-18 17:07 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-01-19 1:36 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-19 1:51 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-01-19 2:46 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-19 2:48 ` Xie, Huawei
2016-01-19 5:54 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-15 4:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 8/8] virtio: move VIRTIO_READ/WRITE_REG_X into virtio_pci.c Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-15 8:57 ` Xu, Qian Q
2016-01-18 8:04 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/8] virtio 1.0 enabling for virtio pmd driver Tetsuya Mukawa
2016-01-19 8:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/9] " Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-19 8:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/9] virtio: don't set vring address again at queue startup Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-19 8:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/9] virtio: define offset as size_t type Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-19 8:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/9] virtio: introduce struct virtio_pci_ops Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-19 8:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 4/9] virtio: move left pci stuff to virtio_pci.c Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-19 8:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 5/9] viritio: switch to 64 bit features Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-19 8:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 6/9] virtio: retrieve hdr_size from hw->vtnet_hdr_size Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-19 8:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 7/9] eal: pci: export pci_[un]map_device Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-19 8:17 ` David Marchand
2016-01-19 8:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 8/9] virtio: add 1.0 support Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-21 11:37 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-01-27 3:49 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-21 11:49 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-01-27 3:46 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-27 8:11 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-01-19 8:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 9/9] virtio: move VIRTIO_READ/WRITE_REG_X into virtio_pci.c Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-19 8:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/9] virtio 1.0 enabling for virtio pmd driver Xie, Huawei
2016-01-28 7:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 " Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-28 7:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/9] virtio: don't set vring address again at queue startup Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-28 7:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/9] virtio: define offset as size_t type Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-28 7:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/9] virtio: introduce struct virtio_pci_ops Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-28 7:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 4/9] virtio: move left pci stuff to virtio_pci.c Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-28 7:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 5/9] viritio: switch to 64 bit features Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-28 7:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 6/9] virtio: retrieve hdr_size from hw->vtnet_hdr_size Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-28 7:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 7/9] eal: pci: export pci_[un]map_device Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-28 7:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 8/9] virtio: add 1.0 support Yuanhan Liu
2016-01-28 7:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 9/9] virtio: move VIRTIO_READ/WRITE_REG_X into virtio_pci.c Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-02 10:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/9] virtio 1.0 enabling for virtio pmd driver Thomas Monjalon
2016-02-02 13:00 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-02 13:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 " Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-02 13:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/9] virtio: don't set vring address again at queue startup Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-02 13:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/9] virtio: define offset as size_t type Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-02 13:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/9] virtio: introduce struct virtio_pci_ops Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-02 13:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 4/9] virtio: move left pci stuff to virtio_pci.c Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-02 13:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 5/9] viritio: switch to 64 bit features Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-02 13:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 6/9] virtio: retrieve hdr_size from hw->vtnet_hdr_size Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-02 13:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 7/9] eal: pci: export pci_[un]map_device Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-02 13:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 8/9] virtio: add 1.0 support Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-02 13:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 9/9] virtio: move VIRTIO_READ/WRITE_REG_X into virtio_pci.c Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-03 15:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/9] virtio 1.0 enabling for virtio pmd driver Thomas Monjalon
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