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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] net: Forbid dealing with packets when VM is not
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Stefan Hajnoczi |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] net: Forbid dealing with packets when VM is not running |
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Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:08:41 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) |
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 11:17:56AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> On 08/19/2014 08:29 PM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 04:32:42PM +0800, zhanghailiang wrote:
> >> On 2014/8/18 14:55, Jason Wang wrote:
> >>> On 08/18/2014 12:46 PM, zhanghailiang wrote:
> >>>> diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
> >>>> index 6d930ea..21f0d48 100644
> >>>> --- a/net/net.c
> >>>> +++ b/net/net.c
> >>>> @@ -242,6 +242,29 @@ NetClientState *qemu_new_net_client(NetClientInfo
> >>>> *info,
> >>>> return nc;
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> +static void nic_vmstate_change_handler(void *opaque,
> >>>> + int running,
> >>>> + RunState state)
> >>>> +{
> >>>> + NICState *nic = opaque;
> >>>> + NetClientState *nc;
> >>>> + int i, queues;
> >>>> +
> >>>> + if (!running) {
> >>>> + return;
> >>>> + }
> >>>> +
> >>>> + queues = MAX(1, nic->conf->peers.queues);
> >>>> + for (i = 0; i< queues; i++) {
> >>>> + nc =&nic->ncs[i];
> >>>> + if (nc->receive_disabled
> >>>> + || (nc->info->can_receive&& !nc->info->can_receive(nc))) {
> >>>> + continue;
> >>>> + }
> >>>> + qemu_flush_queued_packets(nc);
> >>> How about simply purge the receive queue during stop? If ok, there's no
> >>> need to introduce extra vmstate change handler.
> >>>
> >> I don't know whether it is OK to purge the receive packages, it was
> >> suggested by Stefan Hajnoczi, and i am waiting for his opinion .:)
> >>
> >> I think we still need the extra vmstate change handler, Without the
> >> change handler, we don't know if the VM will go to stop and the time
> >> when to call qemu_purge_queued_packets.
> > qemu_flush_queued_packets() sets nc->received_disabled = 0. This may be
> > needed to get packets flowing again if ->receive() previously returned 0.
> >
> > Purging the queue does not clear nc->received_disabled so it is not
> > enough.
>
> Confused.
>
> virtio_net_receive() only returns 0 when it does not have enough rx
> buffers. In this case, it just wait for the guest to refill and kick
> again. Its rx kick handler will call qemu_flush_queued_packets() to
> clear nc->received_disabled. So does usbnet and others.
>
> If nic_received_disabled is 1, it means the no available rx buffer. We
> need wait guest to do the processing and refilling. Then why need clear
> it after vm was started?
I took a look at other emulated NICs, they don't use return 0 in
->receive().
I think you are right, we don't need to worry about flushing.
Stefan
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] net: Forbid dealing with packets when VM is not running, Dr. David Alan Gilbert, 2014/08/18