Re: [PATCH 03/18] xen/pvcalls: initialize the module and register the xenbus backend

From: Stefano Stabellini
Date: Tue May 16 2017 - 16:05:29 EST


On Mon, 15 May 2017, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> On 05/15/2017 04:35 PM, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > The pvcalls backend has one ioworker per cpu: the ioworkers are
> > implemented as a cpu bound workqueue, and will deal with the actual
> > socket and data ring reads/writes.
> >
> > ioworkers are global: we only have one set for all the frontends. They
> > process requests on their wqs list in order, once they are done with a
> > request, they'll remove it from the list. A spinlock is used for
> > protecting the list. Each ioworker is bound to a different cpu to
> > maximize throughput.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx
> > CC: jgross@xxxxxxxx
> > ---
> > drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c | 64
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c
> > index 2dbf7d8..46a889a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c
> > +++ b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c
> > @@ -25,6 +25,26 @@
> > #include <xen/xenbus.h>
> > #include <xen/interface/io/pvcalls.h>
> >
> > +struct pvcalls_ioworker {
> > + struct work_struct register_work;
> > + atomic_t io;
> > + struct list_head wqs;
> > + spinlock_t lock;
> > + int num;
> > +};
> > +
> > +struct pvcalls_back_global {
> > + struct pvcalls_ioworker *ioworkers;
> > + int nr_ioworkers;
> > + struct workqueue_struct *wq;
> > + struct list_head privs;
> > + struct rw_semaphore privs_lock;
>
> Is there a reason why these are called "privs"?

I realize it is a silly name :-)
It is called "privs" because it is a list of "priv" where priv is the
private per frontend data structure. I could call it "frontends"?


> And why are you using a rw semaphore --- I only noticed two instances of use
> and both are writes.

Yes, this is wrong, legacy from a previous version of the codebase. A
simple spin_lock should suffice for this use-case.


> > +} pvcalls_back_global;
> > +
> > +static void pvcalls_back_ioworker(struct work_struct *work)
> > +{
> > +}
> > +
> > static int pvcalls_back_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
> > const struct xenbus_device_id *id)
> > {
> > @@ -59,3 +79,47 @@ static int pvcalls_back_uevent(struct xenbus_device
> > *xdev,
> > .uevent = pvcalls_back_uevent,
> > .otherend_changed = pvcalls_back_changed,
> > };
> > +
> > +static int __init pvcalls_back_init(void)
> > +{
> > + int ret, i, cpu;
> > +
> > + if (!xen_domain())
> > + return -ENODEV;
> > +
> > + ret = xenbus_register_backend(&pvcalls_back_driver);
> > + if (ret < 0)
> > + return ret;
> > +
> > + init_rwsem(&pvcalls_back_global.privs_lock);
> > + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pvcalls_back_global.privs);
> > + pvcalls_back_global.wq = alloc_workqueue("pvcalls_io", 0, 0);
> > + if (!pvcalls_back_global.wq)
> > + goto error;
> > + pvcalls_back_global.nr_ioworkers = num_online_cpus();
>
>
> Should nr_ioworkers be updated on CPU hot(un)plug?

I thought about it, but I don't think it is worth introducing the
complexity to deal with dynamic ioworkers allocations.



> > + pvcalls_back_global.ioworkers = kzalloc(
> > + sizeof(*pvcalls_back_global.ioworkers) *
> > + pvcalls_back_global.nr_ioworkers, GFP_KERNEL);
> > + if (!pvcalls_back_global.ioworkers)
> > + goto error;
> > + i = 0;
> > + for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
> > + pvcalls_back_global.ioworkers[i].num = i;
> > + atomic_set(&pvcalls_back_global.ioworkers[i].io, 1);
> > + spin_lock_init(&pvcalls_back_global.ioworkers[i].lock);
> > + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pvcalls_back_global.ioworkers[i].wqs);
> > + INIT_WORK(&pvcalls_back_global.ioworkers[i].register_work,
> > + pvcalls_back_ioworker);
> > + i++;
> > + }
> > + return 0;
> > +
> > +error:
> > + if (pvcalls_back_global.wq)
> > + destroy_workqueue(pvcalls_back_global.wq);
> > + xenbus_unregister_driver(&pvcalls_back_driver);
> > + kfree(pvcalls_back_global.ioworkers);
> > + memset(&pvcalls_back_global, 0, sizeof(pvcalls_back_global));
> > + return -ENOMEM;
>
> This routine could use more newlines. (and in other patches too)

I'll sprinkle some around


> > +}
> > +module_init(pvcalls_back_init);