Re: [PATCH v5 3/5] vduse: Add function to get/free the pages for reconnection

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 08:57:51AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 5:29 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 09:28:23PM +0800, Cindy Lu wrote:
> > > Add the function vduse_alloc_reconnnect_info_mem
> > > and vduse_alloc_reconnnect_info_mem
> > > These functions allow vduse to allocate and free memory for reconnection
> > > information. The amount of memory allocated is vq_num pages.
> > > Each VQS will map its own page where the reconnection information will be saved
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Cindy Lu <lulu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
> > > index ef3c9681941e..2da659d5f4a8 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
> > > @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ struct vduse_virtqueue {
> > >       int irq_effective_cpu;
> > >       struct cpumask irq_affinity;
> > >       struct kobject kobj;
> > > +     unsigned long vdpa_reconnect_vaddr;
> > >  };
> > >
> > >  struct vduse_dev;
> > > @@ -1105,6 +1106,38 @@ static void vduse_vq_update_effective_cpu(struct vduse_virtqueue *vq)
> > >
> > >       vq->irq_effective_cpu = curr_cpu;
> > >  }
> > > +static int vduse_alloc_reconnnect_info_mem(struct vduse_dev *dev)
> > > +{
> > > +     unsigned long vaddr = 0;
> > > +     struct vduse_virtqueue *vq;
> > > +
> > > +     for (int i = 0; i < dev->vq_num; i++) {
> > > +             /*page 0~ vq_num save the reconnect info for vq*/
> > > +             vq = dev->vqs[i];
> > > +             vaddr = get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
> >
> >
> > I don't get why you insist on stealing kernel memory for something
> > that is just used by userspace to store data for its own use.
> > Userspace does not lack ways to persist data, for example,
> > create a regular file anywhere in the filesystem.
> 
> Good point. So the motivation here is to:
> 
> 1) be self contained, no dependency for high speed persist data
> storage like tmpfs

No idea what this means.

> 2) standardize the format in uAPI which allows reconnection from
> arbitrary userspace, unfortunately, such effort was removed in new
> versions

And I don't see why that has to live in the kernel tree either.

> If the above doesn't make sense, we don't need to offer those pages by VDUSE.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >
> > > +             if (vaddr == 0)
> > > +                     return -ENOMEM;
> > > +
> > > +             vq->vdpa_reconnect_vaddr = vaddr;
> > > +     }
> > > +
> > > +     return 0;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static int vduse_free_reconnnect_info_mem(struct vduse_dev *dev)
> > > +{
> > > +     struct vduse_virtqueue *vq;
> > > +
> > > +     for (int i = 0; i < dev->vq_num; i++) {
> > > +             vq = dev->vqs[i];
> > > +
> > > +             if (vq->vdpa_reconnect_vaddr)
> > > +                     free_page(vq->vdpa_reconnect_vaddr);
> > > +             vq->vdpa_reconnect_vaddr = 0;
> > > +     }
> > > +
> > > +     return 0;
> > > +}
> > >
> > >  static long vduse_dev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
> > >                           unsigned long arg)
> > > @@ -1672,6 +1705,8 @@ static int vduse_destroy_dev(char *name)
> > >               mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> > >               return -EBUSY;
> > >       }
> > > +     vduse_free_reconnnect_info_mem(dev);
> > > +
> > >       dev->connected = true;
> > >       mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> > >
> > > @@ -1855,12 +1890,17 @@ static int vduse_create_dev(struct vduse_dev_config *config,
> > >       ret = vduse_dev_init_vqs(dev, config->vq_align, config->vq_num);
> > >       if (ret)
> > >               goto err_vqs;
> > > +     ret = vduse_alloc_reconnnect_info_mem(dev);
> > > +     if (ret < 0)
> > > +             goto err_mem;
> > >
> > >       __module_get(THIS_MODULE);
> > >
> > >       return 0;
> > >  err_vqs:
> > >       device_destroy(&vduse_class, MKDEV(MAJOR(vduse_major), dev->minor));
> > > +err_mem:
> > > +     vduse_free_reconnnect_info_mem(dev);
> > >  err_dev:
> > >       idr_remove(&vduse_idr, dev->minor);
> > >  err_idr:
> > > --
> > > 2.43.0
> >