On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 3:02 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 12:35:53PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 8:59 AM Longpeng(Mike) <longpe...@huawei.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Longpeng <longpe...@huawei.com>
> > >
> > > To support generic vdpa deivce, we need add the following ioctls:
> > > - GET_VECTORS_NUM: the count of vectors that supported
> >
> > Does this mean MSI vectors? If yes, it looks like a layer violation:
> > vhost is transport independent.
>
> Well *guest* needs to know how many vectors device supports.
> I don't think there's a way around that. Do you?

We have VHOST_SET_VRING/CONFIG_CALL which is per vq. I think we can
simply assume #vqs + 1?

> Otherwise guests will at best be suboptimal.
>
> >  And it reveals device implementation
> > details which block (cross vendor) migration.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> Not necessarily, userspace can hide this from guest if it
> wants to, just validate.

If we can hide it at vhost/uAPI level, it would be even better?

Thanks

>
>
> > > - GET_CONFIG_SIZE: the size of the virtio config space
> > > - GET_VQS_NUM: the count of virtqueues that exported
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Longpeng <longpe...@huawei.com>
> > > ---
> > >  linux-headers/linux/vhost.h | 10 ++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/linux-headers/linux/vhost.h b/linux-headers/linux/vhost.h
> > > index c998860d7b..c5edd75d15 100644
> > > --- a/linux-headers/linux/vhost.h
> > > +++ b/linux-headers/linux/vhost.h
> > > @@ -150,4 +150,14 @@
> > >  /* Get the valid iova range */
> > >  #define VHOST_VDPA_GET_IOVA_RANGE      _IOR(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x78, \
> > >                                              struct vhost_vdpa_iova_range)
> > > +
> > > +/* Get the number of vectors */
> > > +#define VHOST_VDPA_GET_VECTORS_NUM     _IOR(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x79, int)
> > > +
> > > +/* Get the virtio config size */
> > > +#define VHOST_VDPA_GET_CONFIG_SIZE     _IOR(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x80, int)
> > > +
> > > +/* Get the number of virtqueues */
> > > +#define VHOST_VDPA_GET_VQS_NUM         _IOR(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x81, int)
> > > +
> > >  #endif
> > > --
> > > 2.23.0
> > >
>


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