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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/7] virtio-blk: add x-data-plane=on|off perform
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Anthony Liguori |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/7] virtio-blk: add x-data-plane=on|off performance feature |
Date: |
Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:08:19 -0600 |
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Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden> writes:
> The virtio-blk-data-plane feature is easy to integrate into
> hw/virtio-blk.c. The data plane can be started and stopped similar to
> vhost-net.
>
> Users can take advantage of the virtio-blk-data-plane feature using the
> new -device virtio-blk-pci,x-data-plane=on property.
I don't think this should be a property of virtio-blk-pci but rather a
separate device.
It's an alternative interface with a slightly different guest view.
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
>
> The x-data-plane name was chosen because at this stage the feature is
> experimental and likely to see changes in the future.
>
> If the VM configuration does not support virtio-blk-data-plane an error
> message is printed. Although we could fall back to regular virtio-blk,
> I prefer the explicit approach since it prompts the user to fix their
> configuration if they want the performance benefit of
> virtio-blk-data-plane.
>
> Limitations:
> * Only format=raw is supported
> * Live migration is not supported
> * Block jobs, hot unplug, and other operations fail with -EBUSY
> * I/O throttling limits are ignored
> * Only Linux hosts are supported due to Linux AIO usage
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
> ---
> hw/virtio-blk.c | 59
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> hw/virtio-blk.h | 1 +
> hw/virtio-pci.c | 3 +++
> 3 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/virtio-blk.c b/hw/virtio-blk.c
> index e25cc96..7f6004e 100644
> --- a/hw/virtio-blk.c
> +++ b/hw/virtio-blk.c
> @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
> #include "hw/block-common.h"
> #include "blockdev.h"
> #include "virtio-blk.h"
> +#include "hw/dataplane/virtio-blk.h"
> +#include "migration.h"
> #include "scsi-defs.h"
> #ifdef __linux__
> # include <scsi/sg.h>
> @@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ typedef struct VirtIOBlock
> VirtIOBlkConf *blk;
> unsigned short sector_mask;
> DeviceState *qdev;
> + VirtIOBlockDataPlane *dataplane;
> + Error *migration_blocker;
> } VirtIOBlock;
>
> static VirtIOBlock *to_virtio_blk(VirtIODevice *vdev)
> @@ -407,6 +411,14 @@ static void virtio_blk_handle_output(VirtIODevice *vdev,
> VirtQueue *vq)
> .num_writes = 0,
> };
>
> + /* Some guests kick before setting VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK so start
> + * dataplane here instead of waiting for .set_status().
> + */
> + if (s->dataplane) {
> + virtio_blk_data_plane_start(s->dataplane);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> while ((req = virtio_blk_get_request(s))) {
> virtio_blk_handle_request(req, &mrb);
> }
> @@ -446,8 +458,13 @@ static void virtio_blk_dma_restart_cb(void *opaque, int
> running,
> {
> VirtIOBlock *s = opaque;
>
> - if (!running)
> + if (!running) {
> + /* qemu_drain_all() doesn't know about data plane, quiesce here */
> + if (s->dataplane) {
> + virtio_blk_data_plane_drain(s->dataplane);
> + }
> return;
> + }
>
> if (!s->bh) {
> s->bh = qemu_bh_new(virtio_blk_dma_restart_bh, s);
> @@ -538,6 +555,10 @@ static void virtio_blk_set_status(VirtIODevice *vdev,
> uint8_t status)
> VirtIOBlock *s = to_virtio_blk(vdev);
> uint32_t features;
>
> + if (s->dataplane && !(status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER)) {
> + virtio_blk_data_plane_stop(s->dataplane);
> + }
> +
> if (!(status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK)) {
> return;
> }
> @@ -604,6 +625,7 @@ VirtIODevice *virtio_blk_init(DeviceState *dev,
> VirtIOBlkConf *blk)
> {
> VirtIOBlock *s;
> static int virtio_blk_id;
> + int fd = -1;
>
> if (!blk->conf.bs) {
> error_report("drive property not set");
> @@ -619,6 +641,21 @@ VirtIODevice *virtio_blk_init(DeviceState *dev,
> VirtIOBlkConf *blk)
> return NULL;
> }
>
> + if (blk->data_plane) {
> + if (blk->scsi) {
> + error_report("device is incompatible with x-data-plane, "
> + "use scsi=off");
> + return NULL;
> + }
> +
> + fd = raw_get_aio_fd(blk->conf.bs);
> + if (fd < 0) {
> + error_report("drive is incompatible with x-data-plane, "
> + "use format=raw,cache=none,aio=native");
> + return NULL;
> + }
> + }
> +
> s = (VirtIOBlock *)virtio_common_init("virtio-blk", VIRTIO_ID_BLOCK,
> sizeof(struct virtio_blk_config),
> sizeof(VirtIOBlock));
> @@ -636,6 +673,17 @@ VirtIODevice *virtio_blk_init(DeviceState *dev,
> VirtIOBlkConf *blk)
>
> s->vq = virtio_add_queue(&s->vdev, 128, virtio_blk_handle_output);
>
> + if (fd >= 0) {
> + s->dataplane = virtio_blk_data_plane_create(&s->vdev, fd);
> +
> + /* Prevent block operations that conflict with data plane thread */
> + bdrv_set_in_use(s->bs, 1);
> +
> + error_setg(&s->migration_blocker,
> + "x-data-plane does not support migration");
> + migrate_add_blocker(s->migration_blocker);
> + }
> +
> qemu_add_vm_change_state_handler(virtio_blk_dma_restart_cb, s);
> s->qdev = dev;
> register_savevm(dev, "virtio-blk", virtio_blk_id++, 2,
> @@ -652,6 +700,15 @@ VirtIODevice *virtio_blk_init(DeviceState *dev,
> VirtIOBlkConf *blk)
> void virtio_blk_exit(VirtIODevice *vdev)
> {
> VirtIOBlock *s = to_virtio_blk(vdev);
> +
> + if (s->dataplane) {
> + migrate_del_blocker(s->migration_blocker);
> + error_free(s->migration_blocker);
> + bdrv_set_in_use(s->bs, 0);
> + virtio_blk_data_plane_destroy(s->dataplane);
> + s->dataplane = NULL;
> + }
> +
> unregister_savevm(s->qdev, "virtio-blk", s);
> blockdev_mark_auto_del(s->bs);
> virtio_cleanup(vdev);
> diff --git a/hw/virtio-blk.h b/hw/virtio-blk.h
> index f0740d0..53d7971 100644
> --- a/hw/virtio-blk.h
> +++ b/hw/virtio-blk.h
> @@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ struct VirtIOBlkConf
> char *serial;
> uint32_t scsi;
> uint32_t config_wce;
> + uint32_t data_plane;
> };
>
> #define DEFINE_VIRTIO_BLK_FEATURES(_state, _field) \
> diff --git a/hw/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio-pci.c
> index 9603150..401f5ea 100644
> --- a/hw/virtio-pci.c
> +++ b/hw/virtio-pci.c
> @@ -862,6 +862,9 @@ static Property virtio_blk_properties[] = {
> #endif
> DEFINE_PROP_BIT("config-wce", VirtIOPCIProxy, blk.config_wce, 0, true),
> DEFINE_PROP_BIT("ioeventfd", VirtIOPCIProxy, flags,
> VIRTIO_PCI_FLAG_USE_IOEVENTFD_BIT, true),
> +#ifdef CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK_DATA_PLANE
> + DEFINE_PROP_BIT("x-data-plane", VirtIOPCIProxy, blk.data_plane, 0,
> false),
> +#endif
> DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("vectors", VirtIOPCIProxy, nvectors, 2),
> DEFINE_VIRTIO_BLK_FEATURES(VirtIOPCIProxy, host_features),
> DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
> --
> 1.8.0
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 6/7] dataplane: add virtio-blk data plane code, Stefan Hajnoczi, 2012/11/15
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/7] virtio: virtio-blk data plane, Asias He, 2012/11/20