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Date:   Wed, 24 Jan 2018 06:29:45 +0200
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To:     Wei Wang <wei.w.wang@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH v22 2/3] virtio-balloon:
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On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 07:25:45PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
> On 01/19/2018 08:39 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 11:44:21AM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
> > > On 01/18/2018 12:44 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 01:10:11PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > +		vb->start_cmd_id = cmd_id;
> > > > > +		queue_work(vb->balloon_wq, &vb->report_free_page_work);
> > > > It seems that if a command was already queued (with a different id),
> > > > this will result in new command id being sent to host twice, which will
> > > > likely confuse the host.
> > > I think that case won't happen, because
> > > - the host sends a cmd id to the guest via the config, while the guest acks
> > > back the received cmd id via the virtqueue;
> > > - the guest ack back a cmd id only when a new cmd id is received from the
> > > host, that is the above check:
> > > 
> > >      if (cmd_id != vb->start_cmd_id) { --> the driver only queues the
> > > reporting work only when a new cmd id is received
> > >                          /*
> > >                           * Host requests to start the reporting by sending a
> > >                           * new cmd id.
> > >                           */
> > >                          WRITE_ONCE(vb->report_free_page, true);
> > >                          vb->start_cmd_id = cmd_id;
> > >                          queue_work(vb->balloon_wq,
> > > &vb->report_free_page_work);
> > >      }
> > > 
> > > So the same cmd id wouldn't queue the reporting work twice.
> > > 
> > Like this:
> > 
> > 		vb->start_cmd_id = cmd_id;
> > 		queue_work(vb->balloon_wq, &vb->report_free_page_work);
> > 
> > command id changes
> > 
> > 		vb->start_cmd_id = cmd_id;
> > 
> > work executes
> > 
> > 		queue_work(vb->balloon_wq, &vb->report_free_page_work);
> > 
> > work executes again
> > 
> 
> If we think about the whole working flow, I think this case couldn't happen:
> 
> 1) device send cmd_id=1 to driver;
> 2) driver receives cmd_id=1 in the config and acks cmd_id=1 to the device
> via the vq;
> 3) device revives cmd_id=1;
> 4) device wants to stop the reporting by sending cmd_id=STOP;
> 5) driver receives cmd_id=STOP from the config, and acks cmd_id=STOP to the
> device via the vq;
> 6) device sends cmd_id=2 to driver;
> ...
> 
> cmd_id=2 won't come after cmd_id=1, there will be a STOP cmd in between them
> (STOP won't queue the work).
> 
> How about defining the correct device behavior in the spec:
> The device Should NOT send a second cmd id to the driver until a STOP cmd
> ack for the previous cmd id has been received from the guest.
> 
> 
> Best,
> Wei

I think we should just fix races in the driver rather than introduce
random restrictions in the device.

If device wants to start a new sequence, it should be able to
do just that without a complicated back and forth with several
roundtrips through the driver.

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MST