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SubjectRe: [External] Re: 9p regression (Was: [PATCH v2] virtio_ring: don't update event idx on get_buf)
On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 11:09 AM 黄杰 <huangjie.albert@bytedance.com> wrote:
>
> Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> 于2023年3月28日周二 10:59写道:
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 10:13 AM Dominique Martinet
> > <asmadeus@codewreck.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Michael, Albert,
> > >
> > > Albert Huang wrote on Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 06:56:33PM +0800:
> > > > in virtio_net, if we disable the napi_tx, when we triger a tx interrupt,
> > > > the vq->event_triggered will be set to true. It will no longer be set to
> > > > false. Unless we explicitly call virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed or
> > > > virtqueue_enable_cb_prepare.
> > >
> > > This patch (commited as 35395770f803 ("virtio_ring: don't update event
> > > idx on get_buf") in next-20230327 apparently breaks 9p, as reported by
> > > Luis in https://lkml.kernel.org/r/ZCI+7Wg5OclSlE8c@bombadil.infradead.org
> > >
> > > I've just hit had a look at recent patches[1] and reverted this to test
> > > and I can mount again, so I'm pretty sure this is the culprit, but I
> > > didn't look at the content at all yet so cannot advise further.
> > > It might very well be that we need some extra handling for 9p
> > > specifically that can be added separately if required.
> > >
> > > [1] git log 0ec57cfa721fbd36b4c4c0d9ccc5d78a78f7fa35..HEAD drivers/virtio/
> > >
> > >
> > > This can be reproduced with a simple mount, run qemu with some -virtfs
> > > argument and `mount -t 9p -o debug=65535 tag mountpoint` will hang after
> > > these messages:
> > > 9pnet: -- p9_virtio_request (83): 9p debug: virtio request
> > > 9pnet: -- p9_virtio_request (83): virtio request kicked
> > >
> > > So I suspect we're just not getting a callback.
> >
> > I think so. The patch assumes the driver will call
> > virtqueue_disable/enable_cb() which is not the case of the 9p driver.
> >
> > So after the first interrupt, event_triggered will be set to true forever.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
> Hi: Wang
>
> Yes, This patch assumes that all virtio-related drivers will call
> virtqueue_disable/enable_cb().
> Thank you for raising this issue.
>
> It seems that napi_tx is only related to virtue_net. I'm thinking if
> we need to refactor
> napi_tx instead of implementing it inside virtio_ring.

We can hear from others.

I think it's better not to workaround virtio_ring issues in a specific
driver. It might just add more hacks. We should correctly set
VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT,

Do you think the following might work (not even a compile test)?

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 41144b5246a8..12f4efb6dc54 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -852,16 +852,16 @@ static void virtqueue_disable_cb_split(struct
virtqueue *_vq)
{
struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq);

- if (!(vq->split.avail_flags_shadow & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT)) {
- vq->split.avail_flags_shadow |= VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT;
- if (vq->event)
- /* TODO: this is a hack. Figure out a cleaner
value to write. */
- vring_used_event(&vq->split.vring) = 0x0;
- else
- vq->split.vring.avail->flags =
- cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev,
- vq->split.avail_flags_shadow);
- }
+ if (!(vq->split.avail_flags_shadow & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT))
+ vq->split.avail_flags_shadow |= VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT;
+
+ if (vq->event && !vq->event_triggered)
+ /* TODO: this is a hack. Figure out a cleaner value to write. */
+ vring_used_event(&vq->split.vring) = 0x0;
+ else
+ vq->split.vring.avail->flags =
+ cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev,
+ vq->split.avail_flags_shadow);
}

static unsigned int virtqueue_enable_cb_prepare_split(struct virtqueue *_vq)
@@ -1697,8 +1697,10 @@ static void virtqueue_disable_cb_packed(struct
virtqueue *_vq)
{
struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq);

- if (vq->packed.event_flags_shadow != VRING_PACKED_EVENT_FLAG_DISABLE) {
+ if (!(vq->packed.event_flags_shadow & VRING_PACKED_EVENT_FLAG_DISABLE))
vq->packed.event_flags_shadow = VRING_PACKED_EVENT_FLAG_DISABLE;
+
+ if (vq->event_triggered)
vq->packed.vring.driver->flags =
cpu_to_le16(vq->packed.event_flags_shadow);
}
@@ -2330,12 +2332,6 @@ void virtqueue_disable_cb(struct virtqueue *_vq)
{
struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq);

- /* If device triggered an event already it won't trigger one again:
- * no need to disable.
- */
- if (vq->event_triggered)
- return;
-
if (vq->packed_ring)
virtqueue_disable_cb_packed(_vq);
else
Thanks

>
> Thanks
>
> > >
> > >
> > > I'll have a closer look after work, but any advice meanwhile will be
> > > appreciated!
> > > (I'm sure Luis would also like a temporary drop from -next until
> > > this is figured out, but I'll leave this up to you)
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > If we disable the napi_tx, it will only be called when the tx ring
> > > > buffer is relatively small.
> > > >
> > > > Because event_triggered is true. Therefore, VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT or
> > > > VRING_PACKED_EVENT_FLAG_DISABLE will not be set. So we update
> > > > vring_used_event(&vq->split.vring) or vq->packed.vring.driver->off_wrap
> > > > every time we call virtqueue_get_buf_ctx. This will bring more interruptions.
> > > >
> > > > To summarize:
> > > > 1) event_triggered was set to true in vring_interrupt()
> > > > 2) after this nothing will happen for virtqueue_disable_cb() so
> > > > VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT is not set in avail_flags_shadow
> > > > 3) virtqueue_get_buf_ctx_split() will still think the cb is enabled
> > > > then it tries to publish new event
> > > >
> > > > To fix, if event_triggered is set to true, do not update
> > > > vring_used_event(&vq->split.vring) or vq->packed.vring.driver->off_wrap
> > > >
> > > > Tested with iperf:
> > > > iperf3 tcp stream:
> > > > vm1 -----------------> vm2
> > > > vm2 just receives tcp data stream from vm1, and sends the ack to vm1,
> > > > there are many tx interrupts in vm2.
> > > > but without event_triggered there are just a few tx interrupts.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 8d622d21d248 ("virtio: fix up virtio_disable_cb")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Albert Huang <huangjie.albert@bytedance.com>
> > > > Message-Id: <20230321085953.24949-1-huangjie.albert@bytedance.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 6 ++++--
> > > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> > > > index cbeeea1b0439..1c36fa477966 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> > > > @@ -914,7 +914,8 @@ static void *virtqueue_get_buf_ctx_split(struct virtqueue *_vq,
> > > > /* If we expect an interrupt for the next entry, tell host
> > > > * by writing event index and flush out the write before
> > > > * the read in the next get_buf call. */
> > > > - if (!(vq->split.avail_flags_shadow & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT))
> > > > + if (unlikely(!(vq->split.avail_flags_shadow & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT) &&
> > > > + !vq->event_triggered))
> > > > virtio_store_mb(vq->weak_barriers,
> > > > &vring_used_event(&vq->split.vring),
> > > > cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, vq->last_used_idx));
> > > > @@ -1744,7 +1745,8 @@ static void *virtqueue_get_buf_ctx_packed(struct virtqueue *_vq,
> > > > * by writing event index and flush out the write before
> > > > * the read in the next get_buf call.
> > > > */
> > > > - if (vq->packed.event_flags_shadow == VRING_PACKED_EVENT_FLAG_DESC)
> > > > + if (unlikely(vq->packed.event_flags_shadow == VRING_PACKED_EVENT_FLAG_DESC &&
> > > > + !vq->event_triggered))
> > > > virtio_store_mb(vq->weak_barriers,
> > > > &vq->packed.vring.driver->off_wrap,
> > > > cpu_to_le16(vq->last_used_idx));
> > >
> >
>

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