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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 1/3] virtio: add dma-buf support for exported objects
On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 10:28:42AM +0900, David Stevens wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 4:05 AM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 07:58:09PM +0900, David Stevens wrote:
> > > This change adds a new flavor of dma-bufs that can be used by virtio
> > > drivers to share exported objects. A virtio dma-buf can be queried by
> > > virtio drivers to obtain the UUID which identifies the underlying
> > > exported object.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: David Stevens <stevensd@chromium.org>
> >
> > Is this just for graphics? If yes I'd rather we put it in the graphics
> > driver. We can always move it later ...
>
> As stated in the cover letter, this will be used by virtio-video.
>
> The proposed virtio-video patches: https://markmail.org/thread/p5d3k566srtdtute
> The patch which imports these dma-bufs (slightly out of data, uses v3
> of this patch set): https://markmail.org/thread/j4xlqaaim266qpks
>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/virtio/Makefile | 2 +-
> > > drivers/virtio/virtio.c | 6 +++
> > > drivers/virtio/virtio_dma_buf.c | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > include/linux/virtio.h | 1 +
> > > include/linux/virtio_dma_buf.h | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > > 5 files changed, 155 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > create mode 100644 drivers/virtio/virtio_dma_buf.c
> > > create mode 100644 include/linux/virtio_dma_buf.h
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/virtio/Makefile b/drivers/virtio/Makefile
> > > index 29a1386ecc03..ecdae5b596de 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/virtio/Makefile
> > > +++ b/drivers/virtio/Makefile
> > > @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
> > > # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > > -obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO) += virtio.o virtio_ring.o
> > > +obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO) += virtio.o virtio_ring.o virtio_dma_buf.o
> > > obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO) += virtio_mmio.o
> > > obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI) += virtio_pci.o
> > > virtio_pci-y := virtio_pci_modern.o virtio_pci_common.o
> > > diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
> > > index a977e32a88f2..5d46f0ded92d 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
> > > @@ -357,6 +357,12 @@ int register_virtio_device(struct virtio_device *dev)
> > > }
> > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_virtio_device);
> > >
> > > +bool is_virtio_device(struct device *dev)
> > > +{
> > > + return dev->bus == &virtio_bus;
> > > +}
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(is_virtio_device);
> > > +
> > > void unregister_virtio_device(struct virtio_device *dev)
> > > {
> > > int index = dev->index; /* save for after device release */
> > > diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_dma_buf.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_dma_buf.c
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000000..23e3399b11ed
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_dma_buf.c
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
> > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> > > +/*
> > > + * dma-bufs for virtio exported objects
> > > + *
> > > + * Copyright (C) 2020 Google, Inc.
> > > + */
> > > +
> > > +#include <linux/virtio_dma_buf.h>
> > > +
> > > +/**
> > > + * virtio_dma_buf_export - Creates a new dma-buf for a virtio exported object
> > > + *
> > > + * This wraps dma_buf_export() to allow virtio drivers to create a dma-buf
> > > + * for an virtio exported object that can be queried by other virtio drivers
> > > + * for the object's UUID.
> > > + */
> > > +struct dma_buf *virtio_dma_buf_export(
> > > + const struct virtio_dma_buf_export_info *virtio_exp_info)
> > > +{
> > > + struct dma_buf_export_info exp_info;
> > > +
> > > + if (!virtio_exp_info->ops
> > > + || virtio_exp_info->ops->ops.attach != &virtio_dma_buf_attach
> > > + || !virtio_exp_info->ops->get_uuid) {
> > > + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + exp_info.exp_name = virtio_exp_info->exp_name;
> > > + exp_info.owner = virtio_exp_info->owner;
> > > + exp_info.ops = &virtio_exp_info->ops->ops;
> > > + exp_info.size = virtio_exp_info->size;
> > > + exp_info.flags = virtio_exp_info->flags;
> > > + exp_info.resv = virtio_exp_info->resv;
> > > + exp_info.priv = virtio_exp_info->priv;
> > > + BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct virtio_dma_buf_export_info)
> > > + != sizeof(struct dma_buf_export_info));
> >
> > This is the only part that gives me pause. Why do we need this hack?
> > What's wrong with just using dma_buf_export_info directly,
> > and if you want the virtio ops, just using container_off?
>
> This approach provides a more explicit type signature and a little
> more type safety, I think. If others don't think it's a worthwhile
> tradeoff, I can remove it.
>
> -David

The cost is that if dma_buf_export_info changes even slightly, we get
weird crashes.

--
MST

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