Re: [PATCH v12 12/17] s390/vfio-ap: allow hot plug/unplug of AP resources using mdev device

From: Halil Pasic
Date: Mon Nov 30 2020 - 18:35:34 EST


On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:36:10 -0500
Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> On 11/28/20 8:52 PM, Halil Pasic wrote:
[..]
> >> * Unassign adapter from mdev's matrix:
> >>
> >> The domain will be hot unplugged from the KVM guest if it is
> >> assigned to the guest's matrix.
> >>
> >> * Assign a control domain:
> >>
> >> The control domain will be hot plugged into the KVM guest if it is not
> >> assigned to the guest's APCB. The AP architecture ensures a guest will
> >> only get access to the control domain if it is in the host's AP
> >> configuration, so there is no risk in hot plugging it; however, it will
> >> become automatically available to the guest when it is added to the host
> >> configuration.
> >>
> >> * Unassign a control domain:
> >>
> >> The control domain will be hot unplugged from the KVM guest if it is
> >> assigned to the guest's APCB.
> > This is where things start getting tricky. E.g. do we need to revise
> > filtering after an unassign? (For example an assign_adapter X didn't
> > change the shadow, because queue XY was missing, but now we unplug domain
> > Y. Should the adapter X pop up? I guess it should.)
>
> I suppose that makes sense at the expense of making the code
> more complex. It is essentially what we had in the prior version
> which used the same filtering code for assignment as well as
> host AP configuration changes.
>

Will have to think about it some more. Making the user unplug and
replug an adapter because at some point it got filtered, but there
is no need to filter it does not feel right. On the other hand, I'm
afraid I'm complaining in circles.

> >
> >
> >> Note: Now that hot plug/unplug is implemented, there is the possibility
> >> that an assignment/unassignment of an adapter, domain or control
> >> domain could be initiated while the guest is starting, so the
> >> matrix device lock will be taken for the group notification callback
> >> that initializes the guest's APCB when the KVM pointer is made
> >> available to the vfio_ap device driver.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c | 190 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >> 1 file changed, 159 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
> >> index 586ec5776693..4f96b7861607 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
> >> @@ -631,6 +631,60 @@ static void vfio_ap_mdev_manage_qlinks(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev,
> >> }
> >> }
> >>
> >> +static bool vfio_ap_assign_apid_to_apcb(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev,
> >> + unsigned long apid)
> >> +{
> >> + unsigned long apqi, apqn;
> >> + unsigned long *aqm = matrix_mdev->shadow_apcb.aqm;
> >> +
> >> + /*
> >> + * If the APID is already assigned to the guest's shadow APCB, there is
> >> + * no need to assign it.
> >> + */
> >> + if (test_bit_inv(apid, matrix_mdev->shadow_apcb.apm))
> >> + return false;
> >> +
> >> + /*
> >> + * If no domains have yet been assigned to the shadow APCB and one or
> >> + * more domains have been assigned to the matrix mdev, then use
> >> + * the domains assigned to the matrix mdev; otherwise, there is nothing
> >> + * to assign to the shadow APCB.
> >> + */
> >> + if (bitmap_empty(matrix_mdev->shadow_apcb.aqm, AP_DOMAINS)) {
> >> + if (bitmap_empty(matrix_mdev->matrix.aqm, AP_DOMAINS))
> >> + return false;
> >> +
> >> + aqm = matrix_mdev->matrix.aqm;
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + /* Make sure all APQNs are bound to the vfio_ap driver */
> >> + for_each_set_bit_inv(apqi, aqm, AP_DOMAINS) {
> >> + apqn = AP_MKQID(apid, apqi);
> >> +
> >> + if (vfio_ap_mdev_get_queue(matrix_mdev, apqn) == NULL)
> >> + return false;
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + set_bit_inv(apid, matrix_mdev->shadow_apcb.apm);
> >> +
> >> + /*
> >> + * If we verified APQNs using the domains assigned to the matrix mdev,
> >> + * then copy the APQIs of those domains into the guest's APCB
> >> + */
> >> + if (bitmap_empty(matrix_mdev->shadow_apcb.aqm, AP_DOMAINS))
> >> + bitmap_copy(matrix_mdev->shadow_apcb.aqm,
> >> + matrix_mdev->matrix.aqm, AP_DOMAINS);
> >> +
> >> + return true;
> >> +}
> > What is the rationale behind the shadow aqm empty special handling?
>
> The rationale was to avoid taking the VCPUs
> out of SIE in order to make an update to the guest's APCB
> unnecessarily. For example, suppose the guest is started
> without access to any APQNs (i.e., all matrix and shadow_apcb
> masks are zeros). Now suppose the administrator proceeds to
> start assigning AP resources to the mdev. Let's say he starts
> by assigning adapters 1 through 100. The code below will return
> true indicating the shadow_apcb was updated. Consequently,
> the calling code will commit the changes to the guest's
> APCB. The problem there is that in order to update the guest's
> VCPUs, they will have to be taken out of SIE, yet the guest will
> not get access to the adapter since no domains have yet been
> assigned to the APCB. Doing this 100 times - once for each
> adapter 1-100 - is probably a bad idea.
>

Not yanking the VCPUs out of SIE does make a lot of sense. At least
I understand your motivation now. I will think some more about this,
but in the meanwhile, please try to answer one more question (see
below).

> > I.e.
> > why not simply:
> >
> >
> > static bool vfio_ap_assign_apid_to_apcb(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev,
> > unsigned long apid)
> > {
> > unsigned long apqi, apqn;
> > unsigned long *aqm = matrix_mdev->shadow_apcb.aqm;
> >
> > /*
> > * If the APID is already assigned to the guest's shadow APCB, there is
> > * no need to assign it.
> > */
> > if (test_bit_inv(apid, matrix_mdev->shadow_apcb.apm))
> > return false;
> >
> > /* Make sure all APQNs are bound to the vfio_ap driver */
> > for_each_set_bit_inv(apqi, aqm, AP_DOMAINS) {
> > apqn = AP_MKQID(apid, apqi);
> >
> > if (vfio_ap_mdev_get_queue(matrix_mdev, apqn) == NULL)
> > return false;
> > }
> >
> > set_bit_inv(apid, matrix_mdev->shadow_apcb.apm);
> >
> > return true;

Would
s/return true/return !bitmap_empty(matrix_mdev->shadow_apcb.aqm,
AP_DOMAINS)/
do the trick?

I mean if empty, then we would not commit the APCB, so we would
not take the vCPUs out of SIE -- see below.

> >> +
> >> +static void vfio_ap_mdev_hot_plug_adapter(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev,
> >> + unsigned long apid)
> >> +{
> >> + if (vfio_ap_assign_apid_to_apcb(matrix_mdev, apid))
> >> + vfio_ap_mdev_commit_shadow_apcb(matrix_mdev);
> >> +}
> >> +
[..]

Regards,
Halil