On 01/08/2017 0:52, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 10:10:15PM +0300, Marcel Apfelbaum wrote:
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This seems to be the mail thread with most CCs.
Hi Michael,
Please copy the upstream lists. virtio-dev, virtualization and qemu-devel for starters. I'd say linux-rdma as well.
Sure, adding all the mentioned lists.
To recap:
Yuval and I succeeded to implement a QEMU pvrdma device that works
(with some limitations) with VMware's Linux driver.
The git can be found at:
https://github.com/yuvalshaia/qemu/tree/pvrdma.master.ibverbs
The QEMU RFC at:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9653893/
While we do plan to merge it to QEMU, as a next step it seems
to be a consensus that virtio should be used to implement guest<->host
communication; since the project is not small, we need a plan.
We will do our best to attend the Micro RDMA conference:
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https://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/2017/rdma-microconference-accepted-into-the-linux-plumbers-conference/
The attached presentation draft is intended to be a starting point for a discussion on how to continue the project.
I attached a presentation draft with *current* implementation of the pvrdma device.(please excuse my presentation skills). It is supposed to be a starting point for discussing a virtio-rdma device and for a presentation at the RDMA Micro-conference. Please feel free to review/add and point to what important things have I missed and how we can continue.I'd suggest ignoring migration initially, just get rdma with memory overcommit working. For that: - come up with a timeline - decide who works on each of 3 things 1. extend libibverbs 2. layer virtio in qemu on top 3. write guest driverI want to mention there is another discussion on this matter: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-07/msg06012.htmlThat simply lists what is missing in libibverbs to be able to implement a PV RDMA device with memory overcommit and migration on top.We should converge somehow. Once Yuval returns from his vacation we will send a v2. Thanks, Marcel
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