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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 2/2] virtio-net: add cond_resched() to the
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To:     Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
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On 2023-07-24 a.m.2:46, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
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> On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 10:18:03PM +0200, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 7/21/23 17:10, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 04:58:04PM +0200, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/21/23 16:45, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 04:37:00PM +0200, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/20/23 23:02, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 01:26:20PM -0700, Shannon Nelson wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 7/20/23 1:38 AM, Jason Wang wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Adding cond_resched() to the command waiting loop for a better
>>>>>>>>> co-operation with the scheduler. This allows to give CPU a breath to
>>>>>>>>> run other task(workqueue) instead of busy looping when preemption is
>>>>>>>>> not allowed on a device whose CVQ might be slow.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This still leaves hung processes, but at least it doesn't pin the CPU any
>>>>>>>> more.  Thanks.
>>>>>>>> Reviewed-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@amd.com>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd like to see a full solution
>>>>>>> 1- block until interrupt
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Would it make sense to also have a timeout?
>>>>>> And when timeout expires, set FAILED bit in device status?
>>>>>
>>>>> virtio spec does not set any limits on the timing of vq
>>>>> processing.
>>>>
>>>> Indeed, but I thought the driver could decide it is too long for it.
>>>>
>>>> The issue is we keep waiting with rtnl locked, it can quickly make the
>>>> system unusable.
>>>
>>> if this is a problem we should find a way not to keep rtnl
>>> locked indefinitely.
>>
>>  From the tests I have done, I think it is. With OVS, a reconfiguration is
>> performed when the VDUSE device is added, and when a MLX5 device is
>> in the same bridge, it ends up doing an ioctl() that tries to take the
>> rtnl lock. In this configuration, it is not possible to kill OVS because
>> it is stuck trying to acquire rtnl lock for mlx5 that is held by virtio-
>> net.
> 
> So for sure, we can queue up the work and process it later.
> The somewhat tricky part is limiting the memory consumption.
> 
> 


Hi Jason

Excuse me, is there any plan for when will v5 patch series be sent out? 
Will the v5 patches solve the problem of ctrlvq's infinite poll for 
buggy devices?

Thanks
Feng

>>>
>>>>>>> 2- still handle surprise removal correctly by waking in that case
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>       drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 4 +++-
>>>>>>>>>       1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
>>>>>>>>> index 9f3b1d6ac33d..e7533f29b219 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
>>>>>>>>> @@ -2314,8 +2314,10 @@ static bool virtnet_send_command(struct virtnet_info *vi, u8 class, u8 cmd,
>>>>>>>>>               * into the hypervisor, so the request should be handled immediately.
>>>>>>>>>               */
>>>>>>>>>              while (!virtqueue_get_buf(vi->cvq, &tmp) &&
>>>>>>>>> -              !virtqueue_is_broken(vi->cvq))
>>>>>>>>> +              !virtqueue_is_broken(vi->cvq)) {
>>>>>>>>> +               cond_resched();
>>>>>>>>>                      cpu_relax();
>>>>>>>>> +       }
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>              return vi->ctrl->status == VIRTIO_NET_OK;
>>>>>>>>>       }
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> 2.39.3
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
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