[PATCH vhost v3 1/4] virtio: find_vqs: pass struct instead of multi parameters

[Jason Wang]

On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 3:26 PM Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo at linux.alibaba.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:51:48 +0800, Jason Wang <jasowang at redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 2:00 PM Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo at linux.alibaba.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:12:24 +0800, Jason Wang <jasowang at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 10:10 AM Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo at linux.alibaba.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Now, we pass multi parameters to find_vqs. These parameters
> > > > > may work for transport or work for vring.
> > > > >
> > > > > And find_vqs has multi implements in many places:
> > > > >
> > > > >  arch/um/drivers/virtio_uml.c
> > > > >  drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c
> > > > >  drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
> > > > >  drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c
> > > > >  drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c
> > > > >  drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
> > > > >  drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_modern.c
> > > > >  drivers/virtio/virtio_vdpa.c
> > > > >
> > > > > Every time, we try to add a new parameter, that is difficult.
> > > > > We must change every find_vqs implement.
> > > > >
> > > > > One the other side, if we want to pass a parameter to vring,
> > > > > we must change the call path from transport to vring.
> > > > > Too many functions need to be changed.
> > > > >
> > > > > So it is time to refactor the find_vqs. We pass a structure
> > > > > cfg to find_vqs(), that will be passed to vring by transport.
> > > > >
> > > > > Because the vp_modern_create_avq() use the "const char *names[]",
> > > > > and the virtio_uml.c changes the name in the subsequent commit, so
> > > > > change the "names" inside the virtio_vq_config from "const char *const
> > > > > *names" to "const char **names".
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo at linux.alibaba.com>
> > > > > Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes at sipsolutions.net>
> > > > > Reviewed-by: Ilpo J=E4rvinen <ilpo.jarvinen at linux.intel.com>
> > > >
> > > > The name seems broken here.
> > >
> > > Email APP bug.
> > >
> > > I will fix.
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > [...]
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >  typedef void vq_callback_t(struct virtqueue *);
> > > > >
> > > > > +/**
> > > > > + * struct virtio_vq_config - configure for find_vqs()
> > > > > + * @cfg_idx: Used by virtio core. The drivers should set this to 0.
> > > > > + *     During the initialization of each vq(vring setup), we need to know which
> > > > > + *     item in the array should be used at that time. But since the item in
> > > > > + *     names can be null, which causes some item of array to be skipped, we
> > > > > + *     cannot use vq.index as the current id. So add a cfg_idx to let vring
> > > > > + *     know how to get the current configuration from the array when
> > > > > + *     initializing vq.
> > > >
> > > > So this design is not good. If it is not something that the driver
> > > > needs to care about, the core needs to hide it from the API.
> > >
> > > The driver just ignore it. That will be beneficial to the virtio core.
> > > Otherwise, we must pass one more parameter everywhere.
> >
> > I don't get here, it's an internal logic and we've already done that.
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>
> ## Then these must add one param "cfg_idx";
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>  struct virtqueue *vring_create_virtqueue(struct virtio_device *vdev,
>                                          unsigned int index,
>                                          struct vq_transport_config *tp_cfg,
>                                          struct virtio_vq_config *cfg,
> -->                                      uint cfg_idx);
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>  struct virtqueue *vring_new_virtqueue(struct virtio_device *vdev,
>                                       unsigned int index,
>                                       void *pages,
>                                       struct vq_transport_config *tp_cfg,
>                                       struct virtio_vq_config *cfg,
> -->                                      uint cfg_idx);
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> ## The functions inside virtio_ring also need to add a new param, such as:
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>  static struct virtqueue *vring_create_virtqueue_split(struct virtio_device *vdev,
>                                                       unsigned int index,
>                                                       struct vq_transport_config *tp_cfg,
>                                                       struct virtio_vq_config,
> -->                                                   uint cfg_idx);
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>

I guess what I'm missing is when could the index differ from cfg_idx?

Thanks

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