Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/2] xen: add a global indicator for grant copy being available

[Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 01:50:54PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> The Xen qdisk backend needs to test whether grant copy operations is
> available in the kernel. Unfortunately this collides with using
> xengnttab_set_max_grants() on some kernels as this operation has to
> be the first one after opening the gnttab device.
> 
> In order to solve this problem test for the availability of grant copy
> in xen_be_init() opening the gnttab device just for that purpose and
> closing it again afterwards. Advertise the availability via a global
> flag and use that flag in the qdisk backend.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  hw/block/xen_disk.c          | 18 ++++++------------
>  hw/xen/xen_backend.c         | 11 +++++++++++
>  include/hw/xen/xen_backend.h |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/block/xen_disk.c b/hw/block/xen_disk.c
> index d42ed7070d..6632746250 100644
> --- a/hw/block/xen_disk.c
> +++ b/hw/block/xen_disk.c
> @@ -121,9 +121,6 @@ struct XenBlkDev {
>      unsigned int        persistent_gnt_count;
>      unsigned int        max_grants;
>  
> -    /* Grant copy */
> -    gboolean            feature_grant_copy;
> -
>      /* qemu block driver */
>      DriveInfo           *dinfo;
>      BlockBackend        *blk;
> @@ -616,7 +613,7 @@ static void qemu_aio_complete(void *opaque, int ret)
>          return;
>      }
>  
> -    if (ioreq->blkdev->feature_grant_copy) {
> +    if (xen_feature_grant_copy) {
>          switch (ioreq->req.operation) {
>          case BLKIF_OP_READ:
>              /* in case of failure ioreq->aio_errors is increased */
> @@ -638,7 +635,7 @@ static void qemu_aio_complete(void *opaque, int ret)
>      }
>  
>      ioreq->status = ioreq->aio_errors ? BLKIF_RSP_ERROR : BLKIF_RSP_OKAY;
> -    if (!ioreq->blkdev->feature_grant_copy) {
> +    if (!xen_feature_grant_copy) {
>          ioreq_unmap(ioreq);
>      }
>      ioreq_finish(ioreq);
> @@ -698,7 +695,7 @@ static int ioreq_runio_qemu_aio(struct ioreq *ioreq)
>  {
>      struct XenBlkDev *blkdev = ioreq->blkdev;
>  
> -    if (ioreq->blkdev->feature_grant_copy) {
> +    if (xen_feature_grant_copy) {
>          ioreq_init_copy_buffers(ioreq);
>          if (ioreq->req.nr_segments && (ioreq->req.operation == 
> BLKIF_OP_WRITE ||
>              ioreq->req.operation == BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE) &&
> @@ -750,7 +747,7 @@ static int ioreq_runio_qemu_aio(struct ioreq *ioreq)
>      }
>      default:
>          /* unknown operation (shouldn't happen -- parse catches this) */
> -        if (!ioreq->blkdev->feature_grant_copy) {
> +        if (!xen_feature_grant_copy) {
>              ioreq_unmap(ioreq);
>          }
>          goto err;
> @@ -1010,18 +1007,15 @@ static int blk_init(struct XenDevice *xendev)
>  
>      blkdev->file_blk  = BLOCK_SIZE;
>  
> -    blkdev->feature_grant_copy =
> -                (xengnttab_grant_copy(blkdev->xendev.gnttabdev, 0, NULL) == 
> 0);
> -
>      xen_pv_printf(&blkdev->xendev, 3, "grant copy operation %s\n",
> -                  blkdev->feature_grant_copy ? "enabled" : "disabled");
> +                  xen_feature_grant_copy ? "enabled" : "disabled");
>  
>      /* fill info
>       * blk_connect supplies sector-size and sectors
>       */
>      xenstore_write_be_int(&blkdev->xendev, "feature-flush-cache", 1);
>      xenstore_write_be_int(&blkdev->xendev, "feature-persistent",
> -                          !blkdev->feature_grant_copy);
> +                          !xen_feature_grant_copy);
>      xenstore_write_be_int(&blkdev->xendev, "info", info);
>  
>      xenstore_write_be_int(&blkdev->xendev, "max-ring-page-order",
> diff --git a/hw/xen/xen_backend.c b/hw/xen/xen_backend.c
> index c46cbb0759..00210627a9 100644
> --- a/hw/xen/xen_backend.c
> +++ b/hw/xen/xen_backend.c
> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ BusState *xen_sysbus;
>  /* public */
>  struct xs_handle *xenstore = NULL;
>  const char *xen_protocol;
> +gboolean xen_feature_grant_copy;

I think it would be better if this was changed to bool instead of a
gboolean.

Beside that,
Acked-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>

>  
>  /* private */
>  static int debug;
> @@ -519,6 +520,8 @@ void xenstore_update_fe(char *watch, struct XenDevice 
> *xendev)
>  
>  int xen_be_init(void)
>  {
> +    xengnttab_handle *gnttabdev;
> +
>      xenstore = xs_daemon_open();
>      if (!xenstore) {
>          xen_pv_printf(NULL, 0, "can't connect to xenstored\n");
> @@ -532,6 +535,14 @@ int xen_be_init(void)
>          goto err;
>      }
>  
> +    gnttabdev = xengnttab_open(NULL, 0);
> +    if (gnttabdev != NULL) {
> +        if (xengnttab_grant_copy(gnttabdev, 0, NULL) == 0) {
> +            xen_feature_grant_copy = true;
> +        }
> +        xengnttab_close(gnttabdev);
> +    }
> +
>      xen_sysdev = qdev_create(NULL, TYPE_XENSYSDEV);
>      qdev_init_nofail(xen_sysdev);
>      xen_sysbus = qbus_create(TYPE_XENSYSBUS, DEVICE(xen_sysdev), 
> "xen-sysbus");
> diff --git a/include/hw/xen/xen_backend.h b/include/hw/xen/xen_backend.h
> index 8a6fbcbe20..08a054f524 100644
> --- a/include/hw/xen/xen_backend.h
> +++ b/include/hw/xen/xen_backend.h
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
>  /* variables */
>  extern struct xs_handle *xenstore;
>  extern const char *xen_protocol;
> +extern gboolean xen_feature_grant_copy;
>  extern DeviceState *xen_sysdev;
>  extern BusState *xen_sysbus;
>  
> -- 
> 2.12.3
> 

-- 
Anthony PERARD

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