Re: [PATCH 05/10] VFIO: pci: Introduce direct EOI INTx interrupt handler

[Auger Eric]

Hi Alex,

On 31/05/2017 20:24, Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Wed, 24 May 2017 22:13:18 +0200
> Eric Auger <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> We add two new fields in vfio_pci_irq_ctx struct: deoi and handler.
>> If deoi is set, this means the physical IRQ attached to the virtual
>> IRQ is directly deactivated by the guest and the VFIO driver does
>> not need to disable the physical IRQ and mask it at VFIO level.
>>
>> The handler pointer is set accordingly and a wrapper handler is
>> introduced that calls the chosen handler function.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> ---
>> ---
>>  drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c   | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>>  drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_private.h |  2 ++
>>  2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
>> index d4d377b..06aa713 100644
>> --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
>> +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
>> @@ -121,11 +121,8 @@ void vfio_pci_intx_unmask(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev)
>>  static irqreturn_t vfio_intx_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
>>  {
>>  	struct vfio_pci_device *vdev = dev_id;
>> -	unsigned long flags;
>>  	int ret = IRQ_NONE;
>>  
>> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&vdev->irqlock, flags);
>> -
>>  	if (!vdev->pci_2_3) {
>>  		disable_irq_nosync(vdev->pdev->irq);
>>  		vdev->ctx[0].automasked = true;
>> @@ -137,14 +134,33 @@ static irqreturn_t vfio_intx_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
>>  		ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
>>  	}
>>  
>> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vdev->irqlock, flags);
>> -
>>  	if (ret == IRQ_HANDLED)
>>  		vfio_send_intx_eventfd(vdev, NULL);
>>  
>>  	return ret;
>>  }
>>  
>> +static irqreturn_t vfio_intx_handler_deoi(int irq, void *dev_id)
>> +{
>> +	struct vfio_pci_device *vdev = dev_id;
>> +
>> +	vfio_send_intx_eventfd(vdev, NULL);
>> +	return IRQ_HANDLED;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static irqreturn_t vfio_intx_wrapper_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
>> +{
>> +	struct vfio_pci_device *vdev = dev_id;
>> +	unsigned long flags;
>> +	irqreturn_t ret;
>> +
>> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&vdev->irqlock, flags);
>> +	ret = vdev->ctx[0].handler(irq, dev_id);
>> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vdev->irqlock, flags);
>> +
>> +	return ret;
>> +}
>> +
>>  static int vfio_intx_enable(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev)
>>  {
>>  	if (!is_irq_none(vdev))
>> @@ -208,7 +224,11 @@ static int vfio_intx_set_signal(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev, int fd)
>>  	if (!vdev->pci_2_3)
>>  		irqflags = 0;
>>  
>> -	ret = request_irq(pdev->irq, vfio_intx_handler,
>> +	if (vdev->ctx[0].deoi)
>> +		vdev->ctx[0].handler = vfio_intx_handler_deoi;
>> +	else
>> +		vdev->ctx[0].handler = vfio_intx_handler;
>> +	ret = request_irq(pdev->irq, vfio_intx_wrapper_handler,
>>  			  irqflags, vdev->ctx[0].name, vdev);
> 
> 
> Here's where I think we don't account for irqflags properly.  If we get
> a shared interrupt here, then enabling direct EOI needs to be disabled
> or else we'll starve other devices sharing the interrupt.  In practice,
> I wonder if this makes PCI direct EOI a useful feature.  We could try
> to get an exclusive interrupt and fallback to shared, but any time we
> get an exclusive interrupt we're more prone to conflicts with other
> devices.  I might have two VMs that share an interrupt and now it's a
> race that only the first to setup an IRQ can work.  Worse, one of those
> VMs might be fully booted and switched to MSI and now it's just a
> matter of time until they reboot in the right way to generate a
> conflict.  I might also have two devices in the same VM that share an
> IRQ and now I can't start the VM at all because the second device can
> no longer get an interrupt.  This is the same problem we have with the
> nointxmask flag, it's a useful debugging feature but since the masking
> is done at the APIC/GIC rather than the device, much like here, it's not
> very practical for more than debugging and isolating specific devices
> as requiring APIC/GIC level masking.  I'm not sure how to proceed on the
> PCI side here. Thanks,

Thanks for the review.

I share you concerns about shared interrupts. I need to spend some
additional time reading the VFIO code related to those and that part of
the PCIe spec too.

Maybe we shall introduce the IRQ bypass based DEOI setup only for
platform devices. I know those are not much used at the moment but this
at least prepares for GICv4 direct injection.

Thanks

Eric
> 
> Alex
> 
>>  	if (ret) {
>>  		vdev->ctx[0].trigger = NULL;
>> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_private.h b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_private.h
>> index f7f1101..5cfe59a 100644
>> --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_private.h
>> +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_private.h
>> @@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ struct vfio_pci_irq_ctx {
>>  	char			*name;
>>  	bool			masked;
>>  	bool			automasked;
>> +	bool			deoi;
>> +	irqreturn_t		(*handler)(int irq, void *dev_id);
>>  	struct irq_bypass_producer	producer;
>>  };
>>  
>