[v5,1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async vhost

Message ID 20210705084026.99898-2-xuan.ding@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Maxime Coquelin
Headers
Series vhost: add IOMMU support in async data path |

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Ding, Xuan July 5, 2021, 8:40 a.m. UTC
  The use of IOMMU has many advantages, such as isolation and address
translation. This patch extends the capbility of DMA engine to use
IOMMU if the DMA device is bound to vfio.

When set memory table, the guest memory will be mapped
into the default container of DPDK.

Signed-off-by: Xuan Ding <xuan.ding@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst |  9 ++++++
 lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h               |  1 +
 lib/vhost/socket.c                  |  9 ++++++
 lib/vhost/vhost.h                   |  1 +
 lib/vhost/vhost_user.c              | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 5 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  

Comments

Burakov, Anatoly July 5, 2021, 12:16 p.m. UTC | #1
On 05-Jul-21 9:40 AM, Xuan Ding wrote:
> The use of IOMMU has many advantages, such as isolation and address
> translation. This patch extends the capbility of DMA engine to use
> IOMMU if the DMA device is bound to vfio.
> 
> When set memory table, the guest memory will be mapped
> into the default container of DPDK.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xuan Ding <xuan.ding@intel.com>
> ---
>   doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst |  9 ++++++
>   lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h               |  1 +
>   lib/vhost/socket.c                  |  9 ++++++
>   lib/vhost/vhost.h                   |  1 +
>   lib/vhost/vhost_user.c              | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>   5 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> index 05c42c9b11..c3beda23d9 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> @@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ The following is an overview of some key Vhost API functions:
>   
>       It is disabled by default.
>   
> +  - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO``
> +
> +    In asynchronous data path, vhost liarary is not aware of which driver
> +    (igb_uio/vfio) the DMA device is bound to. Application should pass
> +    this flag to tell vhost library whether IOMMU should be programmed
> +    for guest memory.
> +
> +    It is disabled by default.
> +
>     - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS``
>   
>       Since v16.04, the vhost library forwards checksum and gso requests for
> diff --git a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
> index 8d875e9322..a766ea7b6b 100644
> --- a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
> +++ b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern "C" {
>   #define RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT	(1ULL << 6)
>   #define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY	(1ULL << 7)
>   #define RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS	(1ULL << 8)
> +#define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO	(1ULL << 9)
>   
>   /* Features. */
>   #ifndef VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE
> diff --git a/lib/vhost/socket.c b/lib/vhost/socket.c
> index 5d0d728d52..77c722c86b 100644
> --- a/lib/vhost/socket.c
> +++ b/lib/vhost/socket.c
> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct vhost_user_socket {
>   	bool extbuf;
>   	bool linearbuf;
>   	bool async_copy;
> +	bool async_use_vfio;
>   	bool net_compliant_ol_flags;
>   
>   	/*
> @@ -243,6 +244,13 @@ vhost_user_add_connection(int fd, struct vhost_user_socket *vsocket)
>   			dev->async_copy = 1;
>   	}
>   
> +	if (vsocket->async_use_vfio) {
> +		dev = get_device(vid);
> +
> +		if (dev)
> +			dev->async_use_vfio = 1;
> +	}
> +
>   	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "new device, handle is %d\n", vid);
>   
>   	if (vsocket->notify_ops->new_connection) {
> @@ -879,6 +887,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path, uint64_t flags)
>   	vsocket->extbuf = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_EXTBUF_SUPPORT;
>   	vsocket->linearbuf = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT;
>   	vsocket->async_copy = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY;
> +	vsocket->async_use_vfio = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO;
>   	vsocket->net_compliant_ol_flags = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS;
>   
>   	if (vsocket->async_copy &&
> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.h b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
> index 8078ddff79..fb775ce4ed 100644
> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost.h
> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
> @@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ struct virtio_net {
>   	int16_t			broadcast_rarp;
>   	uint32_t		nr_vring;
>   	int			async_copy;
> +	int			async_use_vfio;
>   	int			extbuf;
>   	int			linearbuf;
>   	struct vhost_virtqueue	*virtqueue[VHOST_MAX_QUEUE_PAIRS * 2];
> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
> index 8f0eba6412..f3703f2e72 100644
> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
>   #include <rte_common.h>
>   #include <rte_malloc.h>
>   #include <rte_log.h>
> +#include <rte_vfio.h>
>   
>   #include "iotlb.h"
>   #include "vhost.h"
> @@ -141,6 +142,36 @@ get_blk_size(int fd)
>   	return ret == -1 ? (uint64_t)-1 : (uint64_t)stat.st_blksize;
>   }
>   
> +static int
> +async_dma_map(struct rte_vhost_mem_region *region, bool do_map)
> +{
> +	int ret = 0;
> +	uint64_t host_iova;
> +	host_iova = rte_mem_virt2iova((void *)(uintptr_t)region->host_user_addr);
> +	if (do_map) {
> +		/* Add mapped region into the default container of DPDK. */
> +		ret = rte_vfio_container_dma_map(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
> +						 region->host_user_addr,
> +						 host_iova,
> +						 region->size);
> +		if (ret) {
> +			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine map failed\n");
> +			return ret;
> +		}
> +	} else {
> +		/* Remove mapped region from the default container of DPDK. */
> +		ret = rte_vfio_container_dma_unmap(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
> +						   region->host_user_addr,
> +						   host_iova,
> +						   region->size);
> +		if (ret) {
> +			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine unmap failed\n");
> +			return ret;
> +		}
> +	}
> +	return ret;
> +}

We've been discussing this off list with Xuan, and unfortunately this is 
a blocker for now.

Currently, the x86 IOMMU does not support partial unmap - the segments 
have to be unmapped exactly the same addr/len as they were mapped. We 
also concatenate adjacent mappings to prevent filling up the DMA mapping 
entry table with superfluous entries.

This means that, when two unrelated mappings are contiguous in memory 
(e.g. if you map regions 1 and 2 independently, but they happen to be 
sitting right next to each other in virtual memory), we cannot later 
unmap one of them because, even though these are two separate mappings 
as far as kernel VFIO infrastructure is concerned, the mapping gets 
compacted and looks like one single mapping to VFIO, so DPDK API will 
not let us unmap region 1 without also unmapping region 2.

The proper fix for this problem would be to always map memory 
page-by-page regardless of where it comes from (we already do that for 
internal memory, but not for external). However, the reason this works 
for internal memory is because when mapping internal memory segments, 
*we know the page size*. For external memory segments, there is no such 
guarantee, so we cannot deduce page size for a given memory segment, and 
thus can't map things page-by-page.

So, the proper fix for it would be to add page size to the VFIO DMA API. 
Unfortunately, it probably has to wait until 21.11 because it is an API 
change.

The slightly hacky fix for this would be to forego user mem map 
concatenation and trust that user is not going to do anything stupid, 
and will not spam the VFIO DMA API without reason. I would rather not go 
down this road, but this could be an option in this case.

Thoughts?
  
Maxime Coquelin July 5, 2021, 12:45 p.m. UTC | #2
On 7/5/21 2:16 PM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> On 05-Jul-21 9:40 AM, Xuan Ding wrote:
>> The use of IOMMU has many advantages, such as isolation and address
>> translation. This patch extends the capbility of DMA engine to use
>> IOMMU if the DMA device is bound to vfio.
>>
>> When set memory table, the guest memory will be mapped
>> into the default container of DPDK.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Xuan Ding <xuan.ding@intel.com>
>> ---
>>   doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst |  9 ++++++
>>   lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h               |  1 +
>>   lib/vhost/socket.c                  |  9 ++++++
>>   lib/vhost/vhost.h                   |  1 +
>>   lib/vhost/vhost_user.c              | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>   5 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>> index 05c42c9b11..c3beda23d9 100644
>> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>> @@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ The following is an overview of some key Vhost
>> API functions:
>>         It is disabled by default.
>>   +  - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO``
>> +
>> +    In asynchronous data path, vhost liarary is not aware of which
>> driver
>> +    (igb_uio/vfio) the DMA device is bound to. Application should pass
>> +    this flag to tell vhost library whether IOMMU should be programmed
>> +    for guest memory.
>> +
>> +    It is disabled by default.
>> +
>>     - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS``
>>         Since v16.04, the vhost library forwards checksum and gso
>> requests for
>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
>> index 8d875e9322..a766ea7b6b 100644
>> --- a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
>> +++ b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
>> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern "C" {
>>   #define RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT    (1ULL << 6)
>>   #define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY    (1ULL << 7)
>>   #define RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS    (1ULL << 8)
>> +#define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO    (1ULL << 9)
>>     /* Features. */
>>   #ifndef VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE
>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/socket.c b/lib/vhost/socket.c
>> index 5d0d728d52..77c722c86b 100644
>> --- a/lib/vhost/socket.c
>> +++ b/lib/vhost/socket.c
>> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct vhost_user_socket {
>>       bool extbuf;
>>       bool linearbuf;
>>       bool async_copy;
>> +    bool async_use_vfio;
>>       bool net_compliant_ol_flags;
>>         /*
>> @@ -243,6 +244,13 @@ vhost_user_add_connection(int fd, struct
>> vhost_user_socket *vsocket)
>>               dev->async_copy = 1;
>>       }
>>   +    if (vsocket->async_use_vfio) {
>> +        dev = get_device(vid);
>> +
>> +        if (dev)
>> +            dev->async_use_vfio = 1;
>> +    }
>> +
>>       VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "new device, handle is %d\n", vid);
>>         if (vsocket->notify_ops->new_connection) {
>> @@ -879,6 +887,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path,
>> uint64_t flags)
>>       vsocket->extbuf = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_EXTBUF_SUPPORT;
>>       vsocket->linearbuf = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT;
>>       vsocket->async_copy = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY;
>> +    vsocket->async_use_vfio = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO;
>>       vsocket->net_compliant_ol_flags = flags &
>> RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS;
>>         if (vsocket->async_copy &&
>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.h b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
>> index 8078ddff79..fb775ce4ed 100644
>> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost.h
>> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
>> @@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ struct virtio_net {
>>       int16_t            broadcast_rarp;
>>       uint32_t        nr_vring;
>>       int            async_copy;
>> +    int            async_use_vfio;
>>       int            extbuf;
>>       int            linearbuf;
>>       struct vhost_virtqueue    *virtqueue[VHOST_MAX_QUEUE_PAIRS * 2];
>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
>> index 8f0eba6412..f3703f2e72 100644
>> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
>> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
>> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
>>   #include <rte_common.h>
>>   #include <rte_malloc.h>
>>   #include <rte_log.h>
>> +#include <rte_vfio.h>
>>     #include "iotlb.h"
>>   #include "vhost.h"
>> @@ -141,6 +142,36 @@ get_blk_size(int fd)
>>       return ret == -1 ? (uint64_t)-1 : (uint64_t)stat.st_blksize;
>>   }
>>   +static int
>> +async_dma_map(struct rte_vhost_mem_region *region, bool do_map)
>> +{
>> +    int ret = 0;
>> +    uint64_t host_iova;
>> +    host_iova = rte_mem_virt2iova((void
>> *)(uintptr_t)region->host_user_addr);
>> +    if (do_map) {
>> +        /* Add mapped region into the default container of DPDK. */
>> +        ret = rte_vfio_container_dma_map(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
>> +                         region->host_user_addr,
>> +                         host_iova,
>> +                         region->size);
>> +        if (ret) {
>> +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine map failed\n");
>> +            return ret;
>> +        }
>> +    } else {
>> +        /* Remove mapped region from the default container of DPDK. */
>> +        ret =
>> rte_vfio_container_dma_unmap(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
>> +                           region->host_user_addr,
>> +                           host_iova,
>> +                           region->size);
>> +        if (ret) {
>> +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine unmap failed\n");
>> +            return ret;
>> +        }
>> +    }
>> +    return ret;
>> +}
> 
> We've been discussing this off list with Xuan, and unfortunately this is
> a blocker for now.
> 
> Currently, the x86 IOMMU does not support partial unmap - the segments
> have to be unmapped exactly the same addr/len as they were mapped. We
> also concatenate adjacent mappings to prevent filling up the DMA mapping
> entry table with superfluous entries.
> 
> This means that, when two unrelated mappings are contiguous in memory
> (e.g. if you map regions 1 and 2 independently, but they happen to be
> sitting right next to each other in virtual memory), we cannot later
> unmap one of them because, even though these are two separate mappings
> as far as kernel VFIO infrastructure is concerned, the mapping gets
> compacted and looks like one single mapping to VFIO, so DPDK API will
> not let us unmap region 1 without also unmapping region 2.
> 
> The proper fix for this problem would be to always map memory
> page-by-page regardless of where it comes from (we already do that for
> internal memory, but not for external). However, the reason this works
> for internal memory is because when mapping internal memory segments,
> *we know the page size*. For external memory segments, there is no such
> guarantee, so we cannot deduce page size for a given memory segment, and
> thus can't map things page-by-page.
> 
> So, the proper fix for it would be to add page size to the VFIO DMA API.
> Unfortunately, it probably has to wait until 21.11 because it is an API
> change.
> 
> The slightly hacky fix for this would be to forego user mem map
> concatenation and trust that user is not going to do anything stupid,
> and will not spam the VFIO DMA API without reason. I would rather not go
> down this road, but this could be an option in this case.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 

Thanks Anatoly for the detailed description of the issue.
It may be possible to either create a versioned symbol for this API
change, or maybe even to have a temporary internal API.

But I think this series in its current form is not acceptable, so
waiting for v21.11 would be the best option (we may want to send the
deprecation notice in this release though).

In this series, I don't like the user application has to pass a flag to
state whether the DMA engine uses VFIO or not. AFAICT, this new revision
does not implement what was discussed in the previous one, i.e.
supporting both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA.

Regards,
Maxime
  
Ding, Xuan July 6, 2021, 8:31 a.m. UTC | #3
Hi Maxime,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 5, 2021 8:46 PM
> To: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Ding, Xuan
> <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; Thomas
> Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
> <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
> <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>;
> Van Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong
> <yong.liu@intel.com>; Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async vhost
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/5/21 2:16 PM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> > On 05-Jul-21 9:40 AM, Xuan Ding wrote:
> >> The use of IOMMU has many advantages, such as isolation and address
> >> translation. This patch extends the capbility of DMA engine to use
> >> IOMMU if the DMA device is bound to vfio.
> >>
> >> When set memory table, the guest memory will be mapped
> >> into the default container of DPDK.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Xuan Ding <xuan.ding@intel.com>
> >> ---
> >>   doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst |  9 ++++++
> >>   lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h               |  1 +
> >>   lib/vhost/socket.c                  |  9 ++++++
> >>   lib/vhost/vhost.h                   |  1 +
> >>   lib/vhost/vhost_user.c              | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >>   5 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> >> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> >> index 05c42c9b11..c3beda23d9 100644
> >> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> >> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> >> @@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ The following is an overview of some key Vhost
> >> API functions:
> >>         It is disabled by default.
> >>   +  - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO``
> >> +
> >> +    In asynchronous data path, vhost liarary is not aware of which
> >> driver
> >> +    (igb_uio/vfio) the DMA device is bound to. Application should pass
> >> +    this flag to tell vhost library whether IOMMU should be programmed
> >> +    for guest memory.
> >> +
> >> +    It is disabled by default.
> >> +
> >>     - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS``
> >>         Since v16.04, the vhost library forwards checksum and gso
> >> requests for
> >> diff --git a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
> >> index 8d875e9322..a766ea7b6b 100644
> >> --- a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
> >> +++ b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
> >> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern "C" {
> >>   #define RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT    (1ULL << 6)
> >>   #define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY    (1ULL << 7)
> >>   #define RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS    (1ULL << 8)
> >> +#define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO    (1ULL << 9)
> >>     /* Features. */
> >>   #ifndef VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE
> >> diff --git a/lib/vhost/socket.c b/lib/vhost/socket.c
> >> index 5d0d728d52..77c722c86b 100644
> >> --- a/lib/vhost/socket.c
> >> +++ b/lib/vhost/socket.c
> >> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct vhost_user_socket {
> >>       bool extbuf;
> >>       bool linearbuf;
> >>       bool async_copy;
> >> +    bool async_use_vfio;
> >>       bool net_compliant_ol_flags;
> >>         /*
> >> @@ -243,6 +244,13 @@ vhost_user_add_connection(int fd, struct
> >> vhost_user_socket *vsocket)
> >>               dev->async_copy = 1;
> >>       }
> >>   +    if (vsocket->async_use_vfio) {
> >> +        dev = get_device(vid);
> >> +
> >> +        if (dev)
> >> +            dev->async_use_vfio = 1;
> >> +    }
> >> +
> >>       VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "new device, handle is %d\n", vid);
> >>         if (vsocket->notify_ops->new_connection) {
> >> @@ -879,6 +887,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path,
> >> uint64_t flags)
> >>       vsocket->extbuf = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_EXTBUF_SUPPORT;
> >>       vsocket->linearbuf = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT;
> >>       vsocket->async_copy = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY;
> >> +    vsocket->async_use_vfio = flags &
> RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO;
> >>       vsocket->net_compliant_ol_flags = flags &
> >> RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS;
> >>         if (vsocket->async_copy &&
> >> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.h b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
> >> index 8078ddff79..fb775ce4ed 100644
> >> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost.h
> >> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
> >> @@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ struct virtio_net {
> >>       int16_t            broadcast_rarp;
> >>       uint32_t        nr_vring;
> >>       int            async_copy;
> >> +    int            async_use_vfio;
> >>       int            extbuf;
> >>       int            linearbuf;
> >>       struct vhost_virtqueue    *virtqueue[VHOST_MAX_QUEUE_PAIRS * 2];
> >> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
> >> index 8f0eba6412..f3703f2e72 100644
> >> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
> >> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
> >> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
> >>   #include <rte_common.h>
> >>   #include <rte_malloc.h>
> >>   #include <rte_log.h>
> >> +#include <rte_vfio.h>
> >>     #include "iotlb.h"
> >>   #include "vhost.h"
> >> @@ -141,6 +142,36 @@ get_blk_size(int fd)
> >>       return ret == -1 ? (uint64_t)-1 : (uint64_t)stat.st_blksize;
> >>   }
> >>   +static int
> >> +async_dma_map(struct rte_vhost_mem_region *region, bool do_map)
> >> +{
> >> +    int ret = 0;
> >> +    uint64_t host_iova;
> >> +    host_iova = rte_mem_virt2iova((void
> >> *)(uintptr_t)region->host_user_addr);
> >> +    if (do_map) {
> >> +        /* Add mapped region into the default container of DPDK. */
> >> +        ret =
> rte_vfio_container_dma_map(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
> >> +                         region->host_user_addr,
> >> +                         host_iova,
> >> +                         region->size);
> >> +        if (ret) {
> >> +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine map failed\n");
> >> +            return ret;
> >> +        }
> >> +    } else {
> >> +        /* Remove mapped region from the default container of DPDK. */
> >> +        ret =
> >> rte_vfio_container_dma_unmap(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
> >> +                           region->host_user_addr,
> >> +                           host_iova,
> >> +                           region->size);
> >> +        if (ret) {
> >> +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine unmap failed\n");
> >> +            return ret;
> >> +        }
> >> +    }
> >> +    return ret;
> >> +}
> >
> > We've been discussing this off list with Xuan, and unfortunately this is
> > a blocker for now.
> >
> > Currently, the x86 IOMMU does not support partial unmap - the segments
> > have to be unmapped exactly the same addr/len as they were mapped. We
> > also concatenate adjacent mappings to prevent filling up the DMA mapping
> > entry table with superfluous entries.
> >
> > This means that, when two unrelated mappings are contiguous in memory
> > (e.g. if you map regions 1 and 2 independently, but they happen to be
> > sitting right next to each other in virtual memory), we cannot later
> > unmap one of them because, even though these are two separate
> mappings
> > as far as kernel VFIO infrastructure is concerned, the mapping gets
> > compacted and looks like one single mapping to VFIO, so DPDK API will
> > not let us unmap region 1 without also unmapping region 2.
> >
> > The proper fix for this problem would be to always map memory
> > page-by-page regardless of where it comes from (we already do that for
> > internal memory, but not for external). However, the reason this works
> > for internal memory is because when mapping internal memory segments,
> > *we know the page size*. For external memory segments, there is no such
> > guarantee, so we cannot deduce page size for a given memory segment,
> and
> > thus can't map things page-by-page.
> >
> > So, the proper fix for it would be to add page size to the VFIO DMA API.
> > Unfortunately, it probably has to wait until 21.11 because it is an API
> > change.
> >
> > The slightly hacky fix for this would be to forego user mem map
> > concatenation and trust that user is not going to do anything stupid,
> > and will not spam the VFIO DMA API without reason. I would rather not go
> > down this road, but this could be an option in this case.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> 
> Thanks Anatoly for the detailed description of the issue.
> It may be possible to either create a versioned symbol for this API
> change, or maybe even to have a temporary internal API.
> 
> But I think this series in its current form is not acceptable, so
> waiting for v21.11 would be the best option (we may want to send the
> deprecation notice in this release though).
> 
> In this series, I don't like the user application has to pass a flag to
> state whether the DMA engine uses VFIO or not. AFAICT, this new revision
> does not implement what was discussed in the previous one, i.e.
> supporting both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA.

Thanks for your comments. Here I hope to explain some questions:
1. Whether both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA are supported now?
A: Both IOVA_AS_PA and IOVA_AS_VA are supported now. In this version, the
virtual address is replaced with iova address of mapped region, and the iova
address is selected to program the IOMMU instead of virtual address only.

2. Why a flag is chosen to be passed by application?
A: Yes, as we discussed before, the rte_eal_iova_mode() API can be used to
get the IOVA mode, so as to determine whether IOMMU should be programmed.
However, in the implementation process, I found a problem. That is how to	
distinguish the VFIO PA and IGB_UIO PA. Because for VFIO cases, we should
always program the IOMMU. While in IGB_UIO cases, it depends on IOMMU
capability of platform.

So a flag is selected, but this requires the application to do extra things.
I find another solution, is to use
#ifdef VFIO_PRESENT
	If(rte_vfio_is_enabled("vfio"))
		program_iommu;
#endif

Because all the devices are managed by DPDK, we can follow DPDK to do the
decision. Does this make sense for you, or any some suggestions?

3.  The partial unmap issue
A: Thanks Anatoly for the detailed explanation. This problem was found in
reconnection cases. After our off list discussion, the solution requires
rte_vfio_container_dma_map/unmap API change. Here I want to consult
if there are some hope for versioned symbol or a temporary internal API 
be used in this release.

Thanks for your time!

Regards,
Xuan

> 
> Regards,
> Maxime
  
Burakov, Anatoly July 6, 2021, 9:16 a.m. UTC | #4
On 06-Jul-21 9:31 AM, Ding, Xuan wrote:
> Hi Maxime,
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
>> Sent: Monday, July 5, 2021 8:46 PM
>> To: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Ding, Xuan
>> <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; Thomas
>> Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
>> <david.marchand@redhat.com>
>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
>> <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>;
>> Van Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong
>> <yong.liu@intel.com>; Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async vhost
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/5/21 2:16 PM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
>>> On 05-Jul-21 9:40 AM, Xuan Ding wrote:
>>>> The use of IOMMU has many advantages, such as isolation and address
>>>> translation. This patch extends the capbility of DMA engine to use
>>>> IOMMU if the DMA device is bound to vfio.
>>>>
>>>> When set memory table, the guest memory will be mapped
>>>> into the default container of DPDK.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Xuan Ding <xuan.ding@intel.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst |  9 ++++++
>>>>    lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h               |  1 +
>>>>    lib/vhost/socket.c                  |  9 ++++++
>>>>    lib/vhost/vhost.h                   |  1 +
>>>>    lib/vhost/vhost_user.c              | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>>    5 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>>>> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>>>> index 05c42c9b11..c3beda23d9 100644
>>>> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>>>> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>>>> @@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ The following is an overview of some key Vhost
>>>> API functions:
>>>>          It is disabled by default.
>>>>    +  - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO``
>>>> +
>>>> +    In asynchronous data path, vhost liarary is not aware of which
>>>> driver
>>>> +    (igb_uio/vfio) the DMA device is bound to. Application should pass
>>>> +    this flag to tell vhost library whether IOMMU should be programmed
>>>> +    for guest memory.
>>>> +
>>>> +    It is disabled by default.
>>>> +
>>>>      - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS``
>>>>          Since v16.04, the vhost library forwards checksum and gso
>>>> requests for
>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
>>>> index 8d875e9322..a766ea7b6b 100644
>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
>>>> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern "C" {
>>>>    #define RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT    (1ULL << 6)
>>>>    #define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY    (1ULL << 7)
>>>>    #define RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS    (1ULL << 8)
>>>> +#define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO    (1ULL << 9)
>>>>      /* Features. */
>>>>    #ifndef VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE
>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/socket.c b/lib/vhost/socket.c
>>>> index 5d0d728d52..77c722c86b 100644
>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/socket.c
>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/socket.c
>>>> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct vhost_user_socket {
>>>>        bool extbuf;
>>>>        bool linearbuf;
>>>>        bool async_copy;
>>>> +    bool async_use_vfio;
>>>>        bool net_compliant_ol_flags;
>>>>          /*
>>>> @@ -243,6 +244,13 @@ vhost_user_add_connection(int fd, struct
>>>> vhost_user_socket *vsocket)
>>>>                dev->async_copy = 1;
>>>>        }
>>>>    +    if (vsocket->async_use_vfio) {
>>>> +        dev = get_device(vid);
>>>> +
>>>> +        if (dev)
>>>> +            dev->async_use_vfio = 1;
>>>> +    }
>>>> +
>>>>        VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "new device, handle is %d\n", vid);
>>>>          if (vsocket->notify_ops->new_connection) {
>>>> @@ -879,6 +887,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path,
>>>> uint64_t flags)
>>>>        vsocket->extbuf = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_EXTBUF_SUPPORT;
>>>>        vsocket->linearbuf = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT;
>>>>        vsocket->async_copy = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY;
>>>> +    vsocket->async_use_vfio = flags &
>> RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO;
>>>>        vsocket->net_compliant_ol_flags = flags &
>>>> RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS;
>>>>          if (vsocket->async_copy &&
>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.h b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
>>>> index 8078ddff79..fb775ce4ed 100644
>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost.h
>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
>>>> @@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ struct virtio_net {
>>>>        int16_t            broadcast_rarp;
>>>>        uint32_t        nr_vring;
>>>>        int            async_copy;
>>>> +    int            async_use_vfio;
>>>>        int            extbuf;
>>>>        int            linearbuf;
>>>>        struct vhost_virtqueue    *virtqueue[VHOST_MAX_QUEUE_PAIRS * 2];
>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
>>>> index 8f0eba6412..f3703f2e72 100644
>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
>>>> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
>>>>    #include <rte_common.h>
>>>>    #include <rte_malloc.h>
>>>>    #include <rte_log.h>
>>>> +#include <rte_vfio.h>
>>>>      #include "iotlb.h"
>>>>    #include "vhost.h"
>>>> @@ -141,6 +142,36 @@ get_blk_size(int fd)
>>>>        return ret == -1 ? (uint64_t)-1 : (uint64_t)stat.st_blksize;
>>>>    }
>>>>    +static int
>>>> +async_dma_map(struct rte_vhost_mem_region *region, bool do_map)
>>>> +{
>>>> +    int ret = 0;
>>>> +    uint64_t host_iova;
>>>> +    host_iova = rte_mem_virt2iova((void
>>>> *)(uintptr_t)region->host_user_addr);
>>>> +    if (do_map) {
>>>> +        /* Add mapped region into the default container of DPDK. */
>>>> +        ret =
>> rte_vfio_container_dma_map(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
>>>> +                         region->host_user_addr,
>>>> +                         host_iova,
>>>> +                         region->size);
>>>> +        if (ret) {
>>>> +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine map failed\n");
>>>> +            return ret;
>>>> +        }
>>>> +    } else {
>>>> +        /* Remove mapped region from the default container of DPDK. */
>>>> +        ret =
>>>> rte_vfio_container_dma_unmap(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
>>>> +                           region->host_user_addr,
>>>> +                           host_iova,
>>>> +                           region->size);
>>>> +        if (ret) {
>>>> +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine unmap failed\n");
>>>> +            return ret;
>>>> +        }
>>>> +    }
>>>> +    return ret;
>>>> +}
>>>
>>> We've been discussing this off list with Xuan, and unfortunately this is
>>> a blocker for now.
>>>
>>> Currently, the x86 IOMMU does not support partial unmap - the segments
>>> have to be unmapped exactly the same addr/len as they were mapped. We
>>> also concatenate adjacent mappings to prevent filling up the DMA mapping
>>> entry table with superfluous entries.
>>>
>>> This means that, when two unrelated mappings are contiguous in memory
>>> (e.g. if you map regions 1 and 2 independently, but they happen to be
>>> sitting right next to each other in virtual memory), we cannot later
>>> unmap one of them because, even though these are two separate
>> mappings
>>> as far as kernel VFIO infrastructure is concerned, the mapping gets
>>> compacted and looks like one single mapping to VFIO, so DPDK API will
>>> not let us unmap region 1 without also unmapping region 2.
>>>
>>> The proper fix for this problem would be to always map memory
>>> page-by-page regardless of where it comes from (we already do that for
>>> internal memory, but not for external). However, the reason this works
>>> for internal memory is because when mapping internal memory segments,
>>> *we know the page size*. For external memory segments, there is no such
>>> guarantee, so we cannot deduce page size for a given memory segment,
>> and
>>> thus can't map things page-by-page.
>>>
>>> So, the proper fix for it would be to add page size to the VFIO DMA API.
>>> Unfortunately, it probably has to wait until 21.11 because it is an API
>>> change.
>>>
>>> The slightly hacky fix for this would be to forego user mem map
>>> concatenation and trust that user is not going to do anything stupid,
>>> and will not spam the VFIO DMA API without reason. I would rather not go
>>> down this road, but this could be an option in this case.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>
>> Thanks Anatoly for the detailed description of the issue.
>> It may be possible to either create a versioned symbol for this API
>> change, or maybe even to have a temporary internal API.
>>
>> But I think this series in its current form is not acceptable, so
>> waiting for v21.11 would be the best option (we may want to send the
>> deprecation notice in this release though).
>>
>> In this series, I don't like the user application has to pass a flag to
>> state whether the DMA engine uses VFIO or not. AFAICT, this new revision
>> does not implement what was discussed in the previous one, i.e.
>> supporting both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA.
> 
> Thanks for your comments. Here I hope to explain some questions:
> 1. Whether both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA are supported now?
> A: Both IOVA_AS_PA and IOVA_AS_VA are supported now. In this version, the
> virtual address is replaced with iova address of mapped region, and the iova
> address is selected to program the IOMMU instead of virtual address only.
> 
> 2. Why a flag is chosen to be passed by application?
> A: Yes, as we discussed before, the rte_eal_iova_mode() API can be used to
> get the IOVA mode, so as to determine whether IOMMU should be programmed.
> However, in the implementation process, I found a problem. That is how to
> distinguish the VFIO PA and IGB_UIO PA. Because for VFIO cases, we should
> always program the IOMMU. While in IGB_UIO cases, it depends on IOMMU
> capability of platform.

How does one program IOMMU with igb_uio? I was under impression that 
igb_uio (and uio_pci_generic for that matter) does not provide such 
facilities.

> 
> So a flag is selected, but this requires the application to do extra things.
> I find another solution, is to use
> #ifdef VFIO_PRESENT
>          If(rte_vfio_is_enabled("vfio"))
>                  program_iommu;
> #endif
> 
> Because all the devices are managed by DPDK, we can follow DPDK to do the
> decision. Does this make sense for you, or any some suggestions?

IMO the #ifdef is not needed. The API will always work, it's just that 
if VFIO is not compiled, it'll just compile down to noops.

> 
> 3.  The partial unmap issue
> A: Thanks Anatoly for the detailed explanation. This problem was found in
> reconnection cases. After our off list discussion, the solution requires
> rte_vfio_container_dma_map/unmap API change. Here I want to consult
> if there are some hope for versioned symbol or a temporary internal API
> be used in this release.

I don't think we can add a versioned symbol in this release unless 
there's an exception to rc1 feature freeze. I also don't like the idea 
of a temporary internal API because vhost is not in EAL, it's a library 
- meaning, the "internal" API has to in fact be external API, added to 
the .map file etc., otherwise it won't work with shared library builds.

That said, i'm not an expert on versioning, so maybe there are other 
ways i'm not aware of, or i have some misconceptions about how it works :)

> 
> Thanks for your time!
> 
> Regards,
> Xuan
> 
>>
>> Regards,
>> Maxime
>
  
Maxime Coquelin July 6, 2021, 9:32 a.m. UTC | #5
On 7/6/21 11:16 AM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> On 06-Jul-21 9:31 AM, Ding, Xuan wrote:
>> Hi Maxime,
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, July 5, 2021 8:46 PM
>>> To: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Ding, Xuan
>>> <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; Thomas
>>> Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
>>> <david.marchand@redhat.com>
>>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
>>> <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>;
>>> Van Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong
>>> <yong.liu@intel.com>; Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async
>>> vhost
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/5/21 2:16 PM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
>>>> On 05-Jul-21 9:40 AM, Xuan Ding wrote:
>>>>> The use of IOMMU has many advantages, such as isolation and address
>>>>> translation. This patch extends the capbility of DMA engine to use
>>>>> IOMMU if the DMA device is bound to vfio.
>>>>>
>>>>> When set memory table, the guest memory will be mapped
>>>>> into the default container of DPDK.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Xuan Ding <xuan.ding@intel.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>    doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst |  9 ++++++
>>>>>    lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h               |  1 +
>>>>>    lib/vhost/socket.c                  |  9 ++++++
>>>>>    lib/vhost/vhost.h                   |  1 +
>>>>>    lib/vhost/vhost_user.c              | 46
>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>>>    5 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>>>>> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>>>>> index 05c42c9b11..c3beda23d9 100644
>>>>> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>>>>> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>>>>> @@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ The following is an overview of some key Vhost
>>>>> API functions:
>>>>>          It is disabled by default.
>>>>>    +  - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO``
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    In asynchronous data path, vhost liarary is not aware of which
>>>>> driver
>>>>> +    (igb_uio/vfio) the DMA device is bound to. Application should
>>>>> pass
>>>>> +    this flag to tell vhost library whether IOMMU should be
>>>>> programmed
>>>>> +    for guest memory.
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    It is disabled by default.
>>>>> +
>>>>>      - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS``
>>>>>          Since v16.04, the vhost library forwards checksum and gso
>>>>> requests for
>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
>>>>> index 8d875e9322..a766ea7b6b 100644
>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
>>>>> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern "C" {
>>>>>    #define RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT    (1ULL << 6)
>>>>>    #define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY    (1ULL << 7)
>>>>>    #define RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS    (1ULL << 8)
>>>>> +#define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO    (1ULL << 9)
>>>>>      /* Features. */
>>>>>    #ifndef VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE
>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/socket.c b/lib/vhost/socket.c
>>>>> index 5d0d728d52..77c722c86b 100644
>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/socket.c
>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/socket.c
>>>>> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct vhost_user_socket {
>>>>>        bool extbuf;
>>>>>        bool linearbuf;
>>>>>        bool async_copy;
>>>>> +    bool async_use_vfio;
>>>>>        bool net_compliant_ol_flags;
>>>>>          /*
>>>>> @@ -243,6 +244,13 @@ vhost_user_add_connection(int fd, struct
>>>>> vhost_user_socket *vsocket)
>>>>>                dev->async_copy = 1;
>>>>>        }
>>>>>    +    if (vsocket->async_use_vfio) {
>>>>> +        dev = get_device(vid);
>>>>> +
>>>>> +        if (dev)
>>>>> +            dev->async_use_vfio = 1;
>>>>> +    }
>>>>> +
>>>>>        VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "new device, handle is %d\n", vid);
>>>>>          if (vsocket->notify_ops->new_connection) {
>>>>> @@ -879,6 +887,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path,
>>>>> uint64_t flags)
>>>>>        vsocket->extbuf = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_EXTBUF_SUPPORT;
>>>>>        vsocket->linearbuf = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT;
>>>>>        vsocket->async_copy = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY;
>>>>> +    vsocket->async_use_vfio = flags &
>>> RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO;
>>>>>        vsocket->net_compliant_ol_flags = flags &
>>>>> RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS;
>>>>>          if (vsocket->async_copy &&
>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.h b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
>>>>> index 8078ddff79..fb775ce4ed 100644
>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost.h
>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
>>>>> @@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ struct virtio_net {
>>>>>        int16_t            broadcast_rarp;
>>>>>        uint32_t        nr_vring;
>>>>>        int            async_copy;
>>>>> +    int            async_use_vfio;
>>>>>        int            extbuf;
>>>>>        int            linearbuf;
>>>>>        struct vhost_virtqueue    *virtqueue[VHOST_MAX_QUEUE_PAIRS *
>>>>> 2];
>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
>>>>> index 8f0eba6412..f3703f2e72 100644
>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
>>>>> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
>>>>>    #include <rte_common.h>
>>>>>    #include <rte_malloc.h>
>>>>>    #include <rte_log.h>
>>>>> +#include <rte_vfio.h>
>>>>>      #include "iotlb.h"
>>>>>    #include "vhost.h"
>>>>> @@ -141,6 +142,36 @@ get_blk_size(int fd)
>>>>>        return ret == -1 ? (uint64_t)-1 : (uint64_t)stat.st_blksize;
>>>>>    }
>>>>>    +static int
>>>>> +async_dma_map(struct rte_vhost_mem_region *region, bool do_map)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> +    int ret = 0;
>>>>> +    uint64_t host_iova;
>>>>> +    host_iova = rte_mem_virt2iova((void
>>>>> *)(uintptr_t)region->host_user_addr);
>>>>> +    if (do_map) {
>>>>> +        /* Add mapped region into the default container of DPDK. */
>>>>> +        ret =
>>> rte_vfio_container_dma_map(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
>>>>> +                         region->host_user_addr,
>>>>> +                         host_iova,
>>>>> +                         region->size);
>>>>> +        if (ret) {
>>>>> +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine map failed\n");
>>>>> +            return ret;
>>>>> +        }
>>>>> +    } else {
>>>>> +        /* Remove mapped region from the default container of
>>>>> DPDK. */
>>>>> +        ret =
>>>>> rte_vfio_container_dma_unmap(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
>>>>> +                           region->host_user_addr,
>>>>> +                           host_iova,
>>>>> +                           region->size);
>>>>> +        if (ret) {
>>>>> +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine unmap failed\n");
>>>>> +            return ret;
>>>>> +        }
>>>>> +    }
>>>>> +    return ret;
>>>>> +}
>>>>
>>>> We've been discussing this off list with Xuan, and unfortunately
>>>> this is
>>>> a blocker for now.
>>>>
>>>> Currently, the x86 IOMMU does not support partial unmap - the segments
>>>> have to be unmapped exactly the same addr/len as they were mapped. We
>>>> also concatenate adjacent mappings to prevent filling up the DMA
>>>> mapping
>>>> entry table with superfluous entries.
>>>>
>>>> This means that, when two unrelated mappings are contiguous in memory
>>>> (e.g. if you map regions 1 and 2 independently, but they happen to be
>>>> sitting right next to each other in virtual memory), we cannot later
>>>> unmap one of them because, even though these are two separate
>>> mappings
>>>> as far as kernel VFIO infrastructure is concerned, the mapping gets
>>>> compacted and looks like one single mapping to VFIO, so DPDK API will
>>>> not let us unmap region 1 without also unmapping region 2.
>>>>
>>>> The proper fix for this problem would be to always map memory
>>>> page-by-page regardless of where it comes from (we already do that for
>>>> internal memory, but not for external). However, the reason this works
>>>> for internal memory is because when mapping internal memory segments,
>>>> *we know the page size*. For external memory segments, there is no such
>>>> guarantee, so we cannot deduce page size for a given memory segment,
>>> and
>>>> thus can't map things page-by-page.
>>>>
>>>> So, the proper fix for it would be to add page size to the VFIO DMA
>>>> API.
>>>> Unfortunately, it probably has to wait until 21.11 because it is an API
>>>> change.
>>>>
>>>> The slightly hacky fix for this would be to forego user mem map
>>>> concatenation and trust that user is not going to do anything stupid,
>>>> and will not spam the VFIO DMA API without reason. I would rather
>>>> not go
>>>> down this road, but this could be an option in this case.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Anatoly for the detailed description of the issue.
>>> It may be possible to either create a versioned symbol for this API
>>> change, or maybe even to have a temporary internal API.
>>>
>>> But I think this series in its current form is not acceptable, so
>>> waiting for v21.11 would be the best option (we may want to send the
>>> deprecation notice in this release though).
>>>
>>> In this series, I don't like the user application has to pass a flag to
>>> state whether the DMA engine uses VFIO or not. AFAICT, this new revision
>>> does not implement what was discussed in the previous one, i.e.
>>> supporting both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA.
>>
>> Thanks for your comments. Here I hope to explain some questions:
>> 1. Whether both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA are supported now?
>> A: Both IOVA_AS_PA and IOVA_AS_VA are supported now. In this version, the
>> virtual address is replaced with iova address of mapped region, and
>> the iova
>> address is selected to program the IOMMU instead of virtual address only.

Good!

>>
>> 2. Why a flag is chosen to be passed by application?
>> A: Yes, as we discussed before, the rte_eal_iova_mode() API can be
>> used to
>> get the IOVA mode, so as to determine whether IOMMU should be programmed.
>> However, in the implementation process, I found a problem. That is how to
>> distinguish the VFIO PA and IGB_UIO PA. Because for VFIO cases, we should
>> always program the IOMMU. While in IGB_UIO cases, it depends on IOMMU
>> capability of platform.
> 
> How does one program IOMMU with igb_uio? I was under impression that
> igb_uio (and uio_pci_generic for that matter) does not provide such
> facilities.

+1

>>
>> So a flag is selected, but this requires the application to do extra
>> things.
>> I find another solution, is to use
>> #ifdef VFIO_PRESENT
>>          If(rte_vfio_is_enabled("vfio"))
>>                  program_iommu;
>> #endif
>>
>> Because all the devices are managed by DPDK, we can follow DPDK to do the
>> decision. Does this make sense for you, or any some suggestions?
> 
> IMO the #ifdef is not needed. The API will always work, it's just that
> if VFIO is not compiled, it'll just compile down to noops.

Agree the #ifdef is not necessary.

To be clear, rte_vfio_is_enabled() check is going to be done in the
Vhost library, making this transparent to the application?

>>
>> 3.  The partial unmap issue
>> A: Thanks Anatoly for the detailed explanation. This problem was found in
>> reconnection cases. After our off list discussion, the solution requires
>> rte_vfio_container_dma_map/unmap API change. Here I want to consult
>> if there are some hope for versioned symbol or a temporary internal API
>> be used in this release.
> 
> I don't think we can add a versioned symbol in this release unless
> there's an exception to rc1 feature freeze. I also don't like the idea
> of a temporary internal API because vhost is not in EAL, it's a library
> - meaning, the "internal" API has to in fact be external API, added to
> the .map file etc., otherwise it won't work with shared library builds.
> 
> That said, i'm not an expert on versioning, so maybe there are other
> ways i'm not aware of, or i have some misconceptions about how it works :)

Ok, it maybe indeed be better to wait for v21.11, it is too late for
this release.

Thanks,
Maxime

>>
>> Thanks for your time!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Xuan
>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Maxime
>>
> 
>
  
Ding, Xuan July 7, 2021, 6:25 a.m. UTC | #6
Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 5:32 PM
> To: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Ding, Xuan
> <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; Thomas
> Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
> <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
> <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; Van
> Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong <yong.liu@intel.com>;
> Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async vhost
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/6/21 11:16 AM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> > On 06-Jul-21 9:31 AM, Ding, Xuan wrote:
> >> Hi Maxime,
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
> >>> Sent: Monday, July 5, 2021 8:46 PM
> >>> To: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Ding, Xuan
> >>> <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; Thomas
> >>> Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
> >>> <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> >>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
> >>> <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>;
> >>> Van Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong
> >>> <yong.liu@intel.com>; Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
> >>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async
> >>> vhost
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 7/5/21 2:16 PM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> >>>> On 05-Jul-21 9:40 AM, Xuan Ding wrote:
> >>>>> The use of IOMMU has many advantages, such as isolation and address
> >>>>> translation. This patch extends the capbility of DMA engine to use
> >>>>> IOMMU if the DMA device is bound to vfio.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> When set memory table, the guest memory will be mapped
> >>>>> into the default container of DPDK.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Xuan Ding <xuan.ding@intel.com>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>>    doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst |  9 ++++++
> >>>>>    lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h               |  1 +
> >>>>>    lib/vhost/socket.c                  |  9 ++++++
> >>>>>    lib/vhost/vhost.h                   |  1 +
> >>>>>    lib/vhost/vhost_user.c              | 46
> >>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >>>>>    5 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> >>>>> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> >>>>> index 05c42c9b11..c3beda23d9 100644
> >>>>> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> >>>>> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> >>>>> @@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ The following is an overview of some key Vhost
> >>>>> API functions:
> >>>>>          It is disabled by default.
> >>>>>    +  - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO``
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> +    In asynchronous data path, vhost liarary is not aware of which
> >>>>> driver
> >>>>> +    (igb_uio/vfio) the DMA device is bound to. Application should
> >>>>> pass
> >>>>> +    this flag to tell vhost library whether IOMMU should be
> >>>>> programmed
> >>>>> +    for guest memory.
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> +    It is disabled by default.
> >>>>> +
> >>>>>      - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS``
> >>>>>          Since v16.04, the vhost library forwards checksum and gso
> >>>>> requests for
> >>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
> >>>>> index 8d875e9322..a766ea7b6b 100644
> >>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
> >>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
> >>>>> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern "C" {
> >>>>>    #define RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT    (1ULL << 6)
> >>>>>    #define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY    (1ULL << 7)
> >>>>>    #define RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS    (1ULL << 8)
> >>>>> +#define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO    (1ULL << 9)
> >>>>>      /* Features. */
> >>>>>    #ifndef VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE
> >>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/socket.c b/lib/vhost/socket.c
> >>>>> index 5d0d728d52..77c722c86b 100644
> >>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/socket.c
> >>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/socket.c
> >>>>> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct vhost_user_socket {
> >>>>>        bool extbuf;
> >>>>>        bool linearbuf;
> >>>>>        bool async_copy;
> >>>>> +    bool async_use_vfio;
> >>>>>        bool net_compliant_ol_flags;
> >>>>>          /*
> >>>>> @@ -243,6 +244,13 @@ vhost_user_add_connection(int fd, struct
> >>>>> vhost_user_socket *vsocket)
> >>>>>                dev->async_copy = 1;
> >>>>>        }
> >>>>>    +    if (vsocket->async_use_vfio) {
> >>>>> +        dev = get_device(vid);
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> +        if (dev)
> >>>>> +            dev->async_use_vfio = 1;
> >>>>> +    }
> >>>>> +
> >>>>>        VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "new device, handle is %d\n", vid);
> >>>>>          if (vsocket->notify_ops->new_connection) {
> >>>>> @@ -879,6 +887,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path,
> >>>>> uint64_t flags)
> >>>>>        vsocket->extbuf = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_EXTBUF_SUPPORT;
> >>>>>        vsocket->linearbuf = flags &
> RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT;
> >>>>>        vsocket->async_copy = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY;
> >>>>> +    vsocket->async_use_vfio = flags &
> >>> RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO;
> >>>>>        vsocket->net_compliant_ol_flags = flags &
> >>>>> RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS;
> >>>>>          if (vsocket->async_copy &&
> >>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.h b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
> >>>>> index 8078ddff79..fb775ce4ed 100644
> >>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost.h
> >>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
> >>>>> @@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ struct virtio_net {
> >>>>>        int16_t            broadcast_rarp;
> >>>>>        uint32_t        nr_vring;
> >>>>>        int            async_copy;
> >>>>> +    int            async_use_vfio;
> >>>>>        int            extbuf;
> >>>>>        int            linearbuf;
> >>>>>        struct vhost_virtqueue    *virtqueue[VHOST_MAX_QUEUE_PAIRS *
> >>>>> 2];
> >>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
> >>>>> index 8f0eba6412..f3703f2e72 100644
> >>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
> >>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
> >>>>> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
> >>>>>    #include <rte_common.h>
> >>>>>    #include <rte_malloc.h>
> >>>>>    #include <rte_log.h>
> >>>>> +#include <rte_vfio.h>
> >>>>>      #include "iotlb.h"
> >>>>>    #include "vhost.h"
> >>>>> @@ -141,6 +142,36 @@ get_blk_size(int fd)
> >>>>>        return ret == -1 ? (uint64_t)-1 : (uint64_t)stat.st_blksize;
> >>>>>    }
> >>>>>    +static int
> >>>>> +async_dma_map(struct rte_vhost_mem_region *region, bool do_map)
> >>>>> +{
> >>>>> +    int ret = 0;
> >>>>> +    uint64_t host_iova;
> >>>>> +    host_iova = rte_mem_virt2iova((void
> >>>>> *)(uintptr_t)region->host_user_addr);
> >>>>> +    if (do_map) {
> >>>>> +        /* Add mapped region into the default container of DPDK. */
> >>>>> +        ret =
> >>> rte_vfio_container_dma_map(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
> >>>>> +                         region->host_user_addr,
> >>>>> +                         host_iova,
> >>>>> +                         region->size);
> >>>>> +        if (ret) {
> >>>>> +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine map failed\n");
> >>>>> +            return ret;
> >>>>> +        }
> >>>>> +    } else {
> >>>>> +        /* Remove mapped region from the default container of
> >>>>> DPDK. */
> >>>>> +        ret =
> >>>>> rte_vfio_container_dma_unmap(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
> >>>>> +                           region->host_user_addr,
> >>>>> +                           host_iova,
> >>>>> +                           region->size);
> >>>>> +        if (ret) {
> >>>>> +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine unmap failed\n");
> >>>>> +            return ret;
> >>>>> +        }
> >>>>> +    }
> >>>>> +    return ret;
> >>>>> +}
> >>>>
> >>>> We've been discussing this off list with Xuan, and unfortunately
> >>>> this is
> >>>> a blocker for now.
> >>>>
> >>>> Currently, the x86 IOMMU does not support partial unmap - the segments
> >>>> have to be unmapped exactly the same addr/len as they were mapped. We
> >>>> also concatenate adjacent mappings to prevent filling up the DMA
> >>>> mapping
> >>>> entry table with superfluous entries.
> >>>>
> >>>> This means that, when two unrelated mappings are contiguous in memory
> >>>> (e.g. if you map regions 1 and 2 independently, but they happen to be
> >>>> sitting right next to each other in virtual memory), we cannot later
> >>>> unmap one of them because, even though these are two separate
> >>> mappings
> >>>> as far as kernel VFIO infrastructure is concerned, the mapping gets
> >>>> compacted and looks like one single mapping to VFIO, so DPDK API will
> >>>> not let us unmap region 1 without also unmapping region 2.
> >>>>
> >>>> The proper fix for this problem would be to always map memory
> >>>> page-by-page regardless of where it comes from (we already do that for
> >>>> internal memory, but not for external). However, the reason this works
> >>>> for internal memory is because when mapping internal memory segments,
> >>>> *we know the page size*. For external memory segments, there is no such
> >>>> guarantee, so we cannot deduce page size for a given memory segment,
> >>> and
> >>>> thus can't map things page-by-page.
> >>>>
> >>>> So, the proper fix for it would be to add page size to the VFIO DMA
> >>>> API.
> >>>> Unfortunately, it probably has to wait until 21.11 because it is an API
> >>>> change.
> >>>>
> >>>> The slightly hacky fix for this would be to forego user mem map
> >>>> concatenation and trust that user is not going to do anything stupid,
> >>>> and will not spam the VFIO DMA API without reason. I would rather
> >>>> not go
> >>>> down this road, but this could be an option in this case.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thoughts?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks Anatoly for the detailed description of the issue.
> >>> It may be possible to either create a versioned symbol for this API
> >>> change, or maybe even to have a temporary internal API.
> >>>
> >>> But I think this series in its current form is not acceptable, so
> >>> waiting for v21.11 would be the best option (we may want to send the
> >>> deprecation notice in this release though).
> >>>
> >>> In this series, I don't like the user application has to pass a flag to
> >>> state whether the DMA engine uses VFIO or not. AFAICT, this new revision
> >>> does not implement what was discussed in the previous one, i.e.
> >>> supporting both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA.
> >>
> >> Thanks for your comments. Here I hope to explain some questions:
> >> 1. Whether both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA are supported now?
> >> A: Both IOVA_AS_PA and IOVA_AS_VA are supported now. In this version, the
> >> virtual address is replaced with iova address of mapped region, and
> >> the iova
> >> address is selected to program the IOMMU instead of virtual address only.
> 
> Good!
> 
> >>
> >> 2. Why a flag is chosen to be passed by application?
> >> A: Yes, as we discussed before, the rte_eal_iova_mode() API can be
> >> used to
> >> get the IOVA mode, so as to determine whether IOMMU should be
> programmed.
> >> However, in the implementation process, I found a problem. That is how to
> >> distinguish the VFIO PA and IGB_UIO PA. Because for VFIO cases, we should
> >> always program the IOMMU. While in IGB_UIO cases, it depends on IOMMU
> >> capability of platform.
> >
> > How does one program IOMMU with igb_uio? I was under impression that
> > igb_uio (and uio_pci_generic for that matter) does not provide such
> > facilities.
> 
> +1

Maybe some misunderstanding in this sentence here.
In our design, if rte_eal_vfio_is_enabled("vfio") is true, iommu will be programmed.
True means vfio module is modprobed.
	
But there is an exception here, that is, even if vfio module is modprobed, 
DPDK user still bind all the devices to igb_uio.

This situation can be distinguished in DPDK eal initialization, because the resource mapping
is according to the driver loaded by each device(rte_pci_map_device).

But in our scenario, this judgment is somewhat weak. Because we cannot get
the device driver info in vhost library. I also think it is unreasonable for vhost to
do this. Only trust that users will not use it like this. Thoughts for this scenario?

> 
> >>
> >> So a flag is selected, but this requires the application to do extra
> >> things.
> >> I find another solution, is to use
> >> #ifdef VFIO_PRESENT
> >>          If(rte_vfio_is_enabled("vfio"))
> >>                  program_iommu;
> >> #endif
> >>
> >> Because all the devices are managed by DPDK, we can follow DPDK to do the
> >> decision. Does this make sense for you, or any some suggestions?
> >
> > IMO the #ifdef is not needed. The API will always work, it's just that
> > if VFIO is not compiled, it'll just compile down to noops.
> 
> Agree the #ifdef is not necessary.

Thanks, I will remove the #ifdef in next version.
Only use rte_vfio_is_enabled("vfio").

> 
> To be clear, rte_vfio_is_enabled() check is going to be done in the
> Vhost library, making this transparent to the application?

Yes, you are right :)
The check will be done in vhost library, application does not need to do
additional things.

> 
> >>
> >> 3.  The partial unmap issue
> >> A: Thanks Anatoly for the detailed explanation. This problem was found in
> >> reconnection cases. After our off list discussion, the solution requires
> >> rte_vfio_container_dma_map/unmap API change. Here I want to consult
> >> if there are some hope for versioned symbol or a temporary internal API
> >> be used in this release.
> >
> > I don't think we can add a versioned symbol in this release unless
> > there's an exception to rc1 feature freeze. I also don't like the idea
> > of a temporary internal API because vhost is not in EAL, it's a library
> > - meaning, the "internal" API has to in fact be external API, added to
> > the .map file etc., otherwise it won't work with shared library builds.

Get it, thanks for your suggestion.

> >
> > That said, i'm not an expert on versioning, so maybe there are other
> > ways i'm not aware of, or i have some misconceptions about how it works :)
> 
> Ok, it maybe indeed be better to wait for v21.11, it is too late for
> this release.

Agree, so I will send a new version in v21.11.

Thanks,
Xuan

> 
> Thanks,
> Maxime
> 
> >>
> >> Thanks for your time!
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Xuan
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Maxime
> >>
> >
> >
  
Burakov, Anatoly July 7, 2021, 12:17 p.m. UTC | #7
On 07-Jul-21 7:25 AM, Ding, Xuan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 5:32 PM
>> To: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Ding, Xuan
>> <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; Thomas
>> Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
>> <david.marchand@redhat.com>
>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
>> <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; Van
>> Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong <yong.liu@intel.com>;
>> Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async vhost
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/6/21 11:16 AM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
>>> On 06-Jul-21 9:31 AM, Ding, Xuan wrote:
>>>> Hi Maxime,
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 5, 2021 8:46 PM
>>>>> To: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Ding, Xuan
>>>>> <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; Thomas
>>>>> Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
>>>>> <david.marchand@redhat.com>
>>>>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
>>>>> <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>;
>>>>> Van Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong
>>>>> <yong.liu@intel.com>; Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async
>>>>> vhost
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/5/21 2:16 PM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
>>>>>> On 05-Jul-21 9:40 AM, Xuan Ding wrote:
>>>>>>> The use of IOMMU has many advantages, such as isolation and address
>>>>>>> translation. This patch extends the capbility of DMA engine to use
>>>>>>> IOMMU if the DMA device is bound to vfio.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When set memory table, the guest memory will be mapped
>>>>>>> into the default container of DPDK.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Xuan Ding <xuan.ding@intel.com>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>     doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst |  9 ++++++
>>>>>>>     lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h               |  1 +
>>>>>>>     lib/vhost/socket.c                  |  9 ++++++
>>>>>>>     lib/vhost/vhost.h                   |  1 +
>>>>>>>     lib/vhost/vhost_user.c              | 46
>>>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>>>>>     5 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>>>>>>> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>>>>>>> index 05c42c9b11..c3beda23d9 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>>>>>>> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>>>>>>> @@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ The following is an overview of some key Vhost
>>>>>>> API functions:
>>>>>>>           It is disabled by default.
>>>>>>>     +  - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO``
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +    In asynchronous data path, vhost liarary is not aware of which
>>>>>>> driver
>>>>>>> +    (igb_uio/vfio) the DMA device is bound to. Application should
>>>>>>> pass
>>>>>>> +    this flag to tell vhost library whether IOMMU should be
>>>>>>> programmed
>>>>>>> +    for guest memory.
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +    It is disabled by default.
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>       - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS``
>>>>>>>           Since v16.04, the vhost library forwards checksum and gso
>>>>>>> requests for
>>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
>>>>>>> index 8d875e9322..a766ea7b6b 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
>>>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
>>>>>>> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern "C" {
>>>>>>>     #define RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT    (1ULL << 6)
>>>>>>>     #define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY    (1ULL << 7)
>>>>>>>     #define RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS    (1ULL << 8)
>>>>>>> +#define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO    (1ULL << 9)
>>>>>>>       /* Features. */
>>>>>>>     #ifndef VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE
>>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/socket.c b/lib/vhost/socket.c
>>>>>>> index 5d0d728d52..77c722c86b 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/socket.c
>>>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/socket.c
>>>>>>> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct vhost_user_socket {
>>>>>>>         bool extbuf;
>>>>>>>         bool linearbuf;
>>>>>>>         bool async_copy;
>>>>>>> +    bool async_use_vfio;
>>>>>>>         bool net_compliant_ol_flags;
>>>>>>>           /*
>>>>>>> @@ -243,6 +244,13 @@ vhost_user_add_connection(int fd, struct
>>>>>>> vhost_user_socket *vsocket)
>>>>>>>                 dev->async_copy = 1;
>>>>>>>         }
>>>>>>>     +    if (vsocket->async_use_vfio) {
>>>>>>> +        dev = get_device(vid);
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +        if (dev)
>>>>>>> +            dev->async_use_vfio = 1;
>>>>>>> +    }
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>         VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "new device, handle is %d\n", vid);
>>>>>>>           if (vsocket->notify_ops->new_connection) {
>>>>>>> @@ -879,6 +887,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path,
>>>>>>> uint64_t flags)
>>>>>>>         vsocket->extbuf = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_EXTBUF_SUPPORT;
>>>>>>>         vsocket->linearbuf = flags &
>> RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT;
>>>>>>>         vsocket->async_copy = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY;
>>>>>>> +    vsocket->async_use_vfio = flags &
>>>>> RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO;
>>>>>>>         vsocket->net_compliant_ol_flags = flags &
>>>>>>> RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS;
>>>>>>>           if (vsocket->async_copy &&
>>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.h b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
>>>>>>> index 8078ddff79..fb775ce4ed 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost.h
>>>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
>>>>>>> @@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ struct virtio_net {
>>>>>>>         int16_t            broadcast_rarp;
>>>>>>>         uint32_t        nr_vring;
>>>>>>>         int            async_copy;
>>>>>>> +    int            async_use_vfio;
>>>>>>>         int            extbuf;
>>>>>>>         int            linearbuf;
>>>>>>>         struct vhost_virtqueue    *virtqueue[VHOST_MAX_QUEUE_PAIRS *
>>>>>>> 2];
>>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
>>>>>>> index 8f0eba6412..f3703f2e72 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
>>>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
>>>>>>> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
>>>>>>>     #include <rte_common.h>
>>>>>>>     #include <rte_malloc.h>
>>>>>>>     #include <rte_log.h>
>>>>>>> +#include <rte_vfio.h>
>>>>>>>       #include "iotlb.h"
>>>>>>>     #include "vhost.h"
>>>>>>> @@ -141,6 +142,36 @@ get_blk_size(int fd)
>>>>>>>         return ret == -1 ? (uint64_t)-1 : (uint64_t)stat.st_blksize;
>>>>>>>     }
>>>>>>>     +static int
>>>>>>> +async_dma_map(struct rte_vhost_mem_region *region, bool do_map)
>>>>>>> +{
>>>>>>> +    int ret = 0;
>>>>>>> +    uint64_t host_iova;
>>>>>>> +    host_iova = rte_mem_virt2iova((void
>>>>>>> *)(uintptr_t)region->host_user_addr);
>>>>>>> +    if (do_map) {
>>>>>>> +        /* Add mapped region into the default container of DPDK. */
>>>>>>> +        ret =
>>>>> rte_vfio_container_dma_map(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
>>>>>>> +                         region->host_user_addr,
>>>>>>> +                         host_iova,
>>>>>>> +                         region->size);
>>>>>>> +        if (ret) {
>>>>>>> +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine map failed\n");
>>>>>>> +            return ret;
>>>>>>> +        }
>>>>>>> +    } else {
>>>>>>> +        /* Remove mapped region from the default container of
>>>>>>> DPDK. */
>>>>>>> +        ret =
>>>>>>> rte_vfio_container_dma_unmap(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
>>>>>>> +                           region->host_user_addr,
>>>>>>> +                           host_iova,
>>>>>>> +                           region->size);
>>>>>>> +        if (ret) {
>>>>>>> +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine unmap failed\n");
>>>>>>> +            return ret;
>>>>>>> +        }
>>>>>>> +    }
>>>>>>> +    return ret;
>>>>>>> +}
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We've been discussing this off list with Xuan, and unfortunately
>>>>>> this is
>>>>>> a blocker for now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Currently, the x86 IOMMU does not support partial unmap - the segments
>>>>>> have to be unmapped exactly the same addr/len as they were mapped. We
>>>>>> also concatenate adjacent mappings to prevent filling up the DMA
>>>>>> mapping
>>>>>> entry table with superfluous entries.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This means that, when two unrelated mappings are contiguous in memory
>>>>>> (e.g. if you map regions 1 and 2 independently, but they happen to be
>>>>>> sitting right next to each other in virtual memory), we cannot later
>>>>>> unmap one of them because, even though these are two separate
>>>>> mappings
>>>>>> as far as kernel VFIO infrastructure is concerned, the mapping gets
>>>>>> compacted and looks like one single mapping to VFIO, so DPDK API will
>>>>>> not let us unmap region 1 without also unmapping region 2.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The proper fix for this problem would be to always map memory
>>>>>> page-by-page regardless of where it comes from (we already do that for
>>>>>> internal memory, but not for external). However, the reason this works
>>>>>> for internal memory is because when mapping internal memory segments,
>>>>>> *we know the page size*. For external memory segments, there is no such
>>>>>> guarantee, so we cannot deduce page size for a given memory segment,
>>>>> and
>>>>>> thus can't map things page-by-page.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So, the proper fix for it would be to add page size to the VFIO DMA
>>>>>> API.
>>>>>> Unfortunately, it probably has to wait until 21.11 because it is an API
>>>>>> change.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The slightly hacky fix for this would be to forego user mem map
>>>>>> concatenation and trust that user is not going to do anything stupid,
>>>>>> and will not spam the VFIO DMA API without reason. I would rather
>>>>>> not go
>>>>>> down this road, but this could be an option in this case.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Anatoly for the detailed description of the issue.
>>>>> It may be possible to either create a versioned symbol for this API
>>>>> change, or maybe even to have a temporary internal API.
>>>>>
>>>>> But I think this series in its current form is not acceptable, so
>>>>> waiting for v21.11 would be the best option (we may want to send the
>>>>> deprecation notice in this release though).
>>>>>
>>>>> In this series, I don't like the user application has to pass a flag to
>>>>> state whether the DMA engine uses VFIO or not. AFAICT, this new revision
>>>>> does not implement what was discussed in the previous one, i.e.
>>>>> supporting both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your comments. Here I hope to explain some questions:
>>>> 1. Whether both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA are supported now?
>>>> A: Both IOVA_AS_PA and IOVA_AS_VA are supported now. In this version, the
>>>> virtual address is replaced with iova address of mapped region, and
>>>> the iova
>>>> address is selected to program the IOMMU instead of virtual address only.
>>
>> Good!
>>
>>>>
>>>> 2. Why a flag is chosen to be passed by application?
>>>> A: Yes, as we discussed before, the rte_eal_iova_mode() API can be
>>>> used to
>>>> get the IOVA mode, so as to determine whether IOMMU should be
>> programmed.
>>>> However, in the implementation process, I found a problem. That is how to
>>>> distinguish the VFIO PA and IGB_UIO PA. Because for VFIO cases, we should
>>>> always program the IOMMU. While in IGB_UIO cases, it depends on IOMMU
>>>> capability of platform.
>>>
>>> How does one program IOMMU with igb_uio? I was under impression that
>>> igb_uio (and uio_pci_generic for that matter) does not provide such
>>> facilities.
>>
>> +1
> 
> Maybe some misunderstanding in this sentence here.
> In our design, if rte_eal_vfio_is_enabled("vfio") is true, iommu will be programmed.
> True means vfio module is modprobed.
> 
> But there is an exception here, that is, even if vfio module is modprobed,
> DPDK user still bind all the devices to igb_uio.
> 
> This situation can be distinguished in DPDK eal initialization, because the resource mapping
> is according to the driver loaded by each device(rte_pci_map_device).
> 
> But in our scenario, this judgment is somewhat weak. Because we cannot get
> the device driver info in vhost library. I also think it is unreasonable for vhost to
> do this. Only trust that users will not use it like this. Thoughts for this scenario?

I don't see how igb_uio would make any difference at all. If you are 
using igb_uio, you *don't have DMA mapping at all* and will use raw 
physical addresses. Assuming your code supports this, that's all you're 
ever going to get. The point of VFIO is to have memory regions that are 
mapped for DMA *because real physical addresses are assumed to be not 
available*. When you're using igb_uio, you effectively do have DMA 
access to the entire memory, and thus can bypass IOMMU altogether 
(assuming you're using passthrough mode).

Bottom line: do VFIO DMA mapping unconditionally. If VFIO is active - 
great, the memory will be DMA mapped. If it's not active - no harm will 
ever be done by mapping the memory for DMA anyway.
  
Ding, Xuan July 7, 2021, 12:54 p.m. UTC | #8
Hi Anatoly,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 7, 2021 8:18 PM
> To: Ding, Xuan <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Maxime Coquelin
> <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>;
> Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
> <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
> <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; Van
> Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong <yong.liu@intel.com>;
> Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async vhost
> 
> On 07-Jul-21 7:25 AM, Ding, Xuan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 5:32 PM
> >> To: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Ding, Xuan
> >> <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; Thomas
> >> Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
> >> <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> >> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
> >> <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>;
> Van
> >> Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong
> <yong.liu@intel.com>;
> >> Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async vhost
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 7/6/21 11:16 AM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> >>> On 06-Jul-21 9:31 AM, Ding, Xuan wrote:
> >>>> Hi Maxime,
> >>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
> >>>>> Sent: Monday, July 5, 2021 8:46 PM
> >>>>> To: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Ding, Xuan
> >>>>> <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; Thomas
> >>>>> Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
> >>>>> <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> >>>>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
> >>>>> <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce
> <bruce.richardson@intel.com>;
> >>>>> Van Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong
> >>>>> <yong.liu@intel.com>; Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async
> >>>>> vhost
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 7/5/21 2:16 PM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> >>>>>> On 05-Jul-21 9:40 AM, Xuan Ding wrote:
> >>>>>>> The use of IOMMU has many advantages, such as isolation and address
> >>>>>>> translation. This patch extends the capbility of DMA engine to use
> >>>>>>> IOMMU if the DMA device is bound to vfio.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> When set memory table, the guest memory will be mapped
> >>>>>>> into the default container of DPDK.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Xuan Ding <xuan.ding@intel.com>
> >>>>>>> ---
> >>>>>>>     doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst |  9 ++++++
> >>>>>>>     lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h               |  1 +
> >>>>>>>     lib/vhost/socket.c                  |  9 ++++++
> >>>>>>>     lib/vhost/vhost.h                   |  1 +
> >>>>>>>     lib/vhost/vhost_user.c              | 46
> >>>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >>>>>>>     5 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> >>>>>>> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> >>>>>>> index 05c42c9b11..c3beda23d9 100644
> >>>>>>> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> >>>>>>> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> >>>>>>> @@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ The following is an overview of some key
> Vhost
> >>>>>>> API functions:
> >>>>>>>           It is disabled by default.
> >>>>>>>     +  - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO``
> >>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>> +    In asynchronous data path, vhost liarary is not aware of which
> >>>>>>> driver
> >>>>>>> +    (igb_uio/vfio) the DMA device is bound to. Application should
> >>>>>>> pass
> >>>>>>> +    this flag to tell vhost library whether IOMMU should be
> >>>>>>> programmed
> >>>>>>> +    for guest memory.
> >>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>> +    It is disabled by default.
> >>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>       - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS``
> >>>>>>>           Since v16.04, the vhost library forwards checksum and gso
> >>>>>>> requests for
> >>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
> >>>>>>> index 8d875e9322..a766ea7b6b 100644
> >>>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
> >>>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
> >>>>>>> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern "C" {
> >>>>>>>     #define RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT    (1ULL << 6)
> >>>>>>>     #define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY    (1ULL << 7)
> >>>>>>>     #define RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS    (1ULL <<
> 8)
> >>>>>>> +#define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO    (1ULL << 9)
> >>>>>>>       /* Features. */
> >>>>>>>     #ifndef VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE
> >>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/socket.c b/lib/vhost/socket.c
> >>>>>>> index 5d0d728d52..77c722c86b 100644
> >>>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/socket.c
> >>>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/socket.c
> >>>>>>> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct vhost_user_socket {
> >>>>>>>         bool extbuf;
> >>>>>>>         bool linearbuf;
> >>>>>>>         bool async_copy;
> >>>>>>> +    bool async_use_vfio;
> >>>>>>>         bool net_compliant_ol_flags;
> >>>>>>>           /*
> >>>>>>> @@ -243,6 +244,13 @@ vhost_user_add_connection(int fd, struct
> >>>>>>> vhost_user_socket *vsocket)
> >>>>>>>                 dev->async_copy = 1;
> >>>>>>>         }
> >>>>>>>     +    if (vsocket->async_use_vfio) {
> >>>>>>> +        dev = get_device(vid);
> >>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>> +        if (dev)
> >>>>>>> +            dev->async_use_vfio = 1;
> >>>>>>> +    }
> >>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>         VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "new device, handle is %d\n", vid);
> >>>>>>>           if (vsocket->notify_ops->new_connection) {
> >>>>>>> @@ -879,6 +887,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path,
> >>>>>>> uint64_t flags)
> >>>>>>>         vsocket->extbuf = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_EXTBUF_SUPPORT;
> >>>>>>>         vsocket->linearbuf = flags &
> >> RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT;
> >>>>>>>         vsocket->async_copy = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY;
> >>>>>>> +    vsocket->async_use_vfio = flags &
> >>>>> RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO;
> >>>>>>>         vsocket->net_compliant_ol_flags = flags &
> >>>>>>> RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS;
> >>>>>>>           if (vsocket->async_copy &&
> >>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.h b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
> >>>>>>> index 8078ddff79..fb775ce4ed 100644
> >>>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost.h
> >>>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
> >>>>>>> @@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ struct virtio_net {
> >>>>>>>         int16_t            broadcast_rarp;
> >>>>>>>         uint32_t        nr_vring;
> >>>>>>>         int            async_copy;
> >>>>>>> +    int            async_use_vfio;
> >>>>>>>         int            extbuf;
> >>>>>>>         int            linearbuf;
> >>>>>>>         struct vhost_virtqueue    *virtqueue[VHOST_MAX_QUEUE_PAIRS *
> >>>>>>> 2];
> >>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
> >>>>>>> index 8f0eba6412..f3703f2e72 100644
> >>>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
> >>>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
> >>>>>>> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
> >>>>>>>     #include <rte_common.h>
> >>>>>>>     #include <rte_malloc.h>
> >>>>>>>     #include <rte_log.h>
> >>>>>>> +#include <rte_vfio.h>
> >>>>>>>       #include "iotlb.h"
> >>>>>>>     #include "vhost.h"
> >>>>>>> @@ -141,6 +142,36 @@ get_blk_size(int fd)
> >>>>>>>         return ret == -1 ? (uint64_t)-1 : (uint64_t)stat.st_blksize;
> >>>>>>>     }
> >>>>>>>     +static int
> >>>>>>> +async_dma_map(struct rte_vhost_mem_region *region, bool do_map)
> >>>>>>> +{
> >>>>>>> +    int ret = 0;
> >>>>>>> +    uint64_t host_iova;
> >>>>>>> +    host_iova = rte_mem_virt2iova((void
> >>>>>>> *)(uintptr_t)region->host_user_addr);
> >>>>>>> +    if (do_map) {
> >>>>>>> +        /* Add mapped region into the default container of DPDK. */
> >>>>>>> +        ret =
> >>>>> rte_vfio_container_dma_map(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
> >>>>>>> +                         region->host_user_addr,
> >>>>>>> +                         host_iova,
> >>>>>>> +                         region->size);
> >>>>>>> +        if (ret) {
> >>>>>>> +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine map failed\n");
> >>>>>>> +            return ret;
> >>>>>>> +        }
> >>>>>>> +    } else {
> >>>>>>> +        /* Remove mapped region from the default container of
> >>>>>>> DPDK. */
> >>>>>>> +        ret =
> >>>>>>> rte_vfio_container_dma_unmap(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
> >>>>>>> +                           region->host_user_addr,
> >>>>>>> +                           host_iova,
> >>>>>>> +                           region->size);
> >>>>>>> +        if (ret) {
> >>>>>>> +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine unmap failed\n");
> >>>>>>> +            return ret;
> >>>>>>> +        }
> >>>>>>> +    }
> >>>>>>> +    return ret;
> >>>>>>> +}
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> We've been discussing this off list with Xuan, and unfortunately
> >>>>>> this is
> >>>>>> a blocker for now.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Currently, the x86 IOMMU does not support partial unmap - the
> segments
> >>>>>> have to be unmapped exactly the same addr/len as they were mapped.
> We
> >>>>>> also concatenate adjacent mappings to prevent filling up the DMA
> >>>>>> mapping
> >>>>>> entry table with superfluous entries.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> This means that, when two unrelated mappings are contiguous in
> memory
> >>>>>> (e.g. if you map regions 1 and 2 independently, but they happen to be
> >>>>>> sitting right next to each other in virtual memory), we cannot later
> >>>>>> unmap one of them because, even though these are two separate
> >>>>> mappings
> >>>>>> as far as kernel VFIO infrastructure is concerned, the mapping gets
> >>>>>> compacted and looks like one single mapping to VFIO, so DPDK API will
> >>>>>> not let us unmap region 1 without also unmapping region 2.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The proper fix for this problem would be to always map memory
> >>>>>> page-by-page regardless of where it comes from (we already do that for
> >>>>>> internal memory, but not for external). However, the reason this works
> >>>>>> for internal memory is because when mapping internal memory
> segments,
> >>>>>> *we know the page size*. For external memory segments, there is no
> such
> >>>>>> guarantee, so we cannot deduce page size for a given memory segment,
> >>>>> and
> >>>>>> thus can't map things page-by-page.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> So, the proper fix for it would be to add page size to the VFIO DMA
> >>>>>> API.
> >>>>>> Unfortunately, it probably has to wait until 21.11 because it is an API
> >>>>>> change.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The slightly hacky fix for this would be to forego user mem map
> >>>>>> concatenation and trust that user is not going to do anything stupid,
> >>>>>> and will not spam the VFIO DMA API without reason. I would rather
> >>>>>> not go
> >>>>>> down this road, but this could be an option in this case.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thoughts?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks Anatoly for the detailed description of the issue.
> >>>>> It may be possible to either create a versioned symbol for this API
> >>>>> change, or maybe even to have a temporary internal API.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> But I think this series in its current form is not acceptable, so
> >>>>> waiting for v21.11 would be the best option (we may want to send the
> >>>>> deprecation notice in this release though).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In this series, I don't like the user application has to pass a flag to
> >>>>> state whether the DMA engine uses VFIO or not. AFAICT, this new revision
> >>>>> does not implement what was discussed in the previous one, i.e.
> >>>>> supporting both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for your comments. Here I hope to explain some questions:
> >>>> 1. Whether both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA are supported now?
> >>>> A: Both IOVA_AS_PA and IOVA_AS_VA are supported now. In this version,
> the
> >>>> virtual address is replaced with iova address of mapped region, and
> >>>> the iova
> >>>> address is selected to program the IOMMU instead of virtual address only.
> >>
> >> Good!
> >>
> >>>>
> >>>> 2. Why a flag is chosen to be passed by application?
> >>>> A: Yes, as we discussed before, the rte_eal_iova_mode() API can be
> >>>> used to
> >>>> get the IOVA mode, so as to determine whether IOMMU should be
> >> programmed.
> >>>> However, in the implementation process, I found a problem. That is how to
> >>>> distinguish the VFIO PA and IGB_UIO PA. Because for VFIO cases, we
> should
> >>>> always program the IOMMU. While in IGB_UIO cases, it depends on
> IOMMU
> >>>> capability of platform.
> >>>
> >>> How does one program IOMMU with igb_uio? I was under impression that
> >>> igb_uio (and uio_pci_generic for that matter) does not provide such
> >>> facilities.
> >>
> >> +1
> >
> > Maybe some misunderstanding in this sentence here.
> > In our design, if rte_eal_vfio_is_enabled("vfio") is true, iommu will be
> programmed.
> > True means vfio module is modprobed.
> >
> > But there is an exception here, that is, even if vfio module is modprobed,
> > DPDK user still bind all the devices to igb_uio.
> >
> > This situation can be distinguished in DPDK eal initialization, because the
> resource mapping
> > is according to the driver loaded by each device(rte_pci_map_device).
> >
> > But in our scenario, this judgment is somewhat weak. Because we cannot get
> > the device driver info in vhost library. I also think it is unreasonable for vhost to
> > do this. Only trust that users will not use it like this. Thoughts for this scenario?
> 
> I don't see how igb_uio would make any difference at all. If you are
> using igb_uio, you *don't have DMA mapping at all* and will use raw
> physical addresses. Assuming your code supports this, that's all you're
> ever going to get. The point of VFIO is to have memory regions that are
> mapped for DMA *because real physical addresses are assumed to be not
> available*. When you're using igb_uio, you effectively do have DMA
> access to the entire memory, and thus can bypass IOMMU altogether
> (assuming you're using passthrough mode).

My concern is exactly here.
In igb_uio cases, although devices are not added to the default container in eal init,
but the "IOMMU programming" actually happens when the rte_vfio_container_dma_map() is called.
It is no harm but it is also unnecessary.

> 
> Bottom line: do VFIO DMA mapping unconditionally. If VFIO is active -
> great, the memory will be DMA mapped. If it's not active - no harm will
> ever be done by mapping the memory for DMA anyway.

Do VFIO DMA mapping unconditionally, do you mean the rte_eal_vfio_is_enabled() is unnecessary?
What if the platform does not have IOMMU?

Thanks very much.

Regards,
Xuan

> 
> --
> Thanks,
> Anatoly
  
Burakov, Anatoly July 7, 2021, 2:33 p.m. UTC | #9
On 07-Jul-21 1:54 PM, Ding, Xuan wrote:
> Hi Anatoly,
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 7, 2021 8:18 PM
>> To: Ding, Xuan <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Maxime Coquelin
>> <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>;
>> Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
>> <david.marchand@redhat.com>
>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
>> <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; Van
>> Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong <yong.liu@intel.com>;
>> Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async vhost
>>
>> On 07-Jul-21 7:25 AM, Ding, Xuan wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 5:32 PM
>>>> To: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Ding, Xuan
>>>> <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; Thomas
>>>> Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
>>>> <david.marchand@redhat.com>
>>>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
>>>> <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>;
>> Van
>>>> Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong
>> <yong.liu@intel.com>;
>>>> Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async vhost
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/6/21 11:16 AM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
>>>>> On 06-Jul-21 9:31 AM, Ding, Xuan wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Maxime,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 5, 2021 8:46 PM
>>>>>>> To: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Ding, Xuan
>>>>>>> <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; Thomas
>>>>>>> Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
>>>>>>> <david.marchand@redhat.com>
>>>>>>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
>>>>>>> <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce
>> <bruce.richardson@intel.com>;
>>>>>>> Van Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong
>>>>>>> <yong.liu@intel.com>; Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async
>>>>>>> vhost
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 7/5/21 2:16 PM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 05-Jul-21 9:40 AM, Xuan Ding wrote:
>>>>>>>>> The use of IOMMU has many advantages, such as isolation and address
>>>>>>>>> translation. This patch extends the capbility of DMA engine to use
>>>>>>>>> IOMMU if the DMA device is bound to vfio.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When set memory table, the guest memory will be mapped
>>>>>>>>> into the default container of DPDK.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Xuan Ding <xuan.ding@intel.com>
>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>      doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst |  9 ++++++
>>>>>>>>>      lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h               |  1 +
>>>>>>>>>      lib/vhost/socket.c                  |  9 ++++++
>>>>>>>>>      lib/vhost/vhost.h                   |  1 +
>>>>>>>>>      lib/vhost/vhost_user.c              | 46
>>>>>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>>>>>>>      5 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>>>>>>>>> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>>>>>>>>> index 05c42c9b11..c3beda23d9 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
>>>>>>>>> @@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ The following is an overview of some key
>> Vhost
>>>>>>>>> API functions:
>>>>>>>>>            It is disabled by default.
>>>>>>>>>      +  - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO``
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +    In asynchronous data path, vhost liarary is not aware of which
>>>>>>>>> driver
>>>>>>>>> +    (igb_uio/vfio) the DMA device is bound to. Application should
>>>>>>>>> pass
>>>>>>>>> +    this flag to tell vhost library whether IOMMU should be
>>>>>>>>> programmed
>>>>>>>>> +    for guest memory.
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +    It is disabled by default.
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>        - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS``
>>>>>>>>>            Since v16.04, the vhost library forwards checksum and gso
>>>>>>>>> requests for
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
>>>>>>>>> index 8d875e9322..a766ea7b6b 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
>>>>>>>>> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern "C" {
>>>>>>>>>      #define RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT    (1ULL << 6)
>>>>>>>>>      #define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY    (1ULL << 7)
>>>>>>>>>      #define RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS    (1ULL <<
>> 8)
>>>>>>>>> +#define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO    (1ULL << 9)
>>>>>>>>>        /* Features. */
>>>>>>>>>      #ifndef VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/socket.c b/lib/vhost/socket.c
>>>>>>>>> index 5d0d728d52..77c722c86b 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/socket.c
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/socket.c
>>>>>>>>> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct vhost_user_socket {
>>>>>>>>>          bool extbuf;
>>>>>>>>>          bool linearbuf;
>>>>>>>>>          bool async_copy;
>>>>>>>>> +    bool async_use_vfio;
>>>>>>>>>          bool net_compliant_ol_flags;
>>>>>>>>>            /*
>>>>>>>>> @@ -243,6 +244,13 @@ vhost_user_add_connection(int fd, struct
>>>>>>>>> vhost_user_socket *vsocket)
>>>>>>>>>                  dev->async_copy = 1;
>>>>>>>>>          }
>>>>>>>>>      +    if (vsocket->async_use_vfio) {
>>>>>>>>> +        dev = get_device(vid);
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +        if (dev)
>>>>>>>>> +            dev->async_use_vfio = 1;
>>>>>>>>> +    }
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>          VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "new device, handle is %d\n", vid);
>>>>>>>>>            if (vsocket->notify_ops->new_connection) {
>>>>>>>>> @@ -879,6 +887,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path,
>>>>>>>>> uint64_t flags)
>>>>>>>>>          vsocket->extbuf = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_EXTBUF_SUPPORT;
>>>>>>>>>          vsocket->linearbuf = flags &
>>>> RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT;
>>>>>>>>>          vsocket->async_copy = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY;
>>>>>>>>> +    vsocket->async_use_vfio = flags &
>>>>>>> RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO;
>>>>>>>>>          vsocket->net_compliant_ol_flags = flags &
>>>>>>>>> RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS;
>>>>>>>>>            if (vsocket->async_copy &&
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.h b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
>>>>>>>>> index 8078ddff79..fb775ce4ed 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost.h
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
>>>>>>>>> @@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ struct virtio_net {
>>>>>>>>>          int16_t            broadcast_rarp;
>>>>>>>>>          uint32_t        nr_vring;
>>>>>>>>>          int            async_copy;
>>>>>>>>> +    int            async_use_vfio;
>>>>>>>>>          int            extbuf;
>>>>>>>>>          int            linearbuf;
>>>>>>>>>          struct vhost_virtqueue    *virtqueue[VHOST_MAX_QUEUE_PAIRS *
>>>>>>>>> 2];
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
>>>>>>>>> index 8f0eba6412..f3703f2e72 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
>>>>>>>>> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
>>>>>>>>>      #include <rte_common.h>
>>>>>>>>>      #include <rte_malloc.h>
>>>>>>>>>      #include <rte_log.h>
>>>>>>>>> +#include <rte_vfio.h>
>>>>>>>>>        #include "iotlb.h"
>>>>>>>>>      #include "vhost.h"
>>>>>>>>> @@ -141,6 +142,36 @@ get_blk_size(int fd)
>>>>>>>>>          return ret == -1 ? (uint64_t)-1 : (uint64_t)stat.st_blksize;
>>>>>>>>>      }
>>>>>>>>>      +static int
>>>>>>>>> +async_dma_map(struct rte_vhost_mem_region *region, bool do_map)
>>>>>>>>> +{
>>>>>>>>> +    int ret = 0;
>>>>>>>>> +    uint64_t host_iova;
>>>>>>>>> +    host_iova = rte_mem_virt2iova((void
>>>>>>>>> *)(uintptr_t)region->host_user_addr);
>>>>>>>>> +    if (do_map) {
>>>>>>>>> +        /* Add mapped region into the default container of DPDK. */
>>>>>>>>> +        ret =
>>>>>>> rte_vfio_container_dma_map(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
>>>>>>>>> +                         region->host_user_addr,
>>>>>>>>> +                         host_iova,
>>>>>>>>> +                         region->size);
>>>>>>>>> +        if (ret) {
>>>>>>>>> +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine map failed\n");
>>>>>>>>> +            return ret;
>>>>>>>>> +        }
>>>>>>>>> +    } else {
>>>>>>>>> +        /* Remove mapped region from the default container of
>>>>>>>>> DPDK. */
>>>>>>>>> +        ret =
>>>>>>>>> rte_vfio_container_dma_unmap(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
>>>>>>>>> +                           region->host_user_addr,
>>>>>>>>> +                           host_iova,
>>>>>>>>> +                           region->size);
>>>>>>>>> +        if (ret) {
>>>>>>>>> +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine unmap failed\n");
>>>>>>>>> +            return ret;
>>>>>>>>> +        }
>>>>>>>>> +    }
>>>>>>>>> +    return ret;
>>>>>>>>> +}
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We've been discussing this off list with Xuan, and unfortunately
>>>>>>>> this is
>>>>>>>> a blocker for now.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Currently, the x86 IOMMU does not support partial unmap - the
>> segments
>>>>>>>> have to be unmapped exactly the same addr/len as they were mapped.
>> We
>>>>>>>> also concatenate adjacent mappings to prevent filling up the DMA
>>>>>>>> mapping
>>>>>>>> entry table with superfluous entries.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This means that, when two unrelated mappings are contiguous in
>> memory
>>>>>>>> (e.g. if you map regions 1 and 2 independently, but they happen to be
>>>>>>>> sitting right next to each other in virtual memory), we cannot later
>>>>>>>> unmap one of them because, even though these are two separate
>>>>>>> mappings
>>>>>>>> as far as kernel VFIO infrastructure is concerned, the mapping gets
>>>>>>>> compacted and looks like one single mapping to VFIO, so DPDK API will
>>>>>>>> not let us unmap region 1 without also unmapping region 2.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The proper fix for this problem would be to always map memory
>>>>>>>> page-by-page regardless of where it comes from (we already do that for
>>>>>>>> internal memory, but not for external). However, the reason this works
>>>>>>>> for internal memory is because when mapping internal memory
>> segments,
>>>>>>>> *we know the page size*. For external memory segments, there is no
>> such
>>>>>>>> guarantee, so we cannot deduce page size for a given memory segment,
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> thus can't map things page-by-page.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So, the proper fix for it would be to add page size to the VFIO DMA
>>>>>>>> API.
>>>>>>>> Unfortunately, it probably has to wait until 21.11 because it is an API
>>>>>>>> change.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The slightly hacky fix for this would be to forego user mem map
>>>>>>>> concatenation and trust that user is not going to do anything stupid,
>>>>>>>> and will not spam the VFIO DMA API without reason. I would rather
>>>>>>>> not go
>>>>>>>> down this road, but this could be an option in this case.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks Anatoly for the detailed description of the issue.
>>>>>>> It may be possible to either create a versioned symbol for this API
>>>>>>> change, or maybe even to have a temporary internal API.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But I think this series in its current form is not acceptable, so
>>>>>>> waiting for v21.11 would be the best option (we may want to send the
>>>>>>> deprecation notice in this release though).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In this series, I don't like the user application has to pass a flag to
>>>>>>> state whether the DMA engine uses VFIO or not. AFAICT, this new revision
>>>>>>> does not implement what was discussed in the previous one, i.e.
>>>>>>> supporting both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for your comments. Here I hope to explain some questions:
>>>>>> 1. Whether both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA are supported now?
>>>>>> A: Both IOVA_AS_PA and IOVA_AS_VA are supported now. In this version,
>> the
>>>>>> virtual address is replaced with iova address of mapped region, and
>>>>>> the iova
>>>>>> address is selected to program the IOMMU instead of virtual address only.
>>>>
>>>> Good!
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. Why a flag is chosen to be passed by application?
>>>>>> A: Yes, as we discussed before, the rte_eal_iova_mode() API can be
>>>>>> used to
>>>>>> get the IOVA mode, so as to determine whether IOMMU should be
>>>> programmed.
>>>>>> However, in the implementation process, I found a problem. That is how to
>>>>>> distinguish the VFIO PA and IGB_UIO PA. Because for VFIO cases, we
>> should
>>>>>> always program the IOMMU. While in IGB_UIO cases, it depends on
>> IOMMU
>>>>>> capability of platform.
>>>>>
>>>>> How does one program IOMMU with igb_uio? I was under impression that
>>>>> igb_uio (and uio_pci_generic for that matter) does not provide such
>>>>> facilities.
>>>>
>>>> +1
>>>
>>> Maybe some misunderstanding in this sentence here.
>>> In our design, if rte_eal_vfio_is_enabled("vfio") is true, iommu will be
>> programmed.
>>> True means vfio module is modprobed.
>>>
>>> But there is an exception here, that is, even if vfio module is modprobed,
>>> DPDK user still bind all the devices to igb_uio.
>>>
>>> This situation can be distinguished in DPDK eal initialization, because the
>> resource mapping
>>> is according to the driver loaded by each device(rte_pci_map_device).
>>>
>>> But in our scenario, this judgment is somewhat weak. Because we cannot get
>>> the device driver info in vhost library. I also think it is unreasonable for vhost to
>>> do this. Only trust that users will not use it like this. Thoughts for this scenario?
>>
>> I don't see how igb_uio would make any difference at all. If you are
>> using igb_uio, you *don't have DMA mapping at all* and will use raw
>> physical addresses. Assuming your code supports this, that's all you're
>> ever going to get. The point of VFIO is to have memory regions that are
>> mapped for DMA *because real physical addresses are assumed to be not
>> available*. When you're using igb_uio, you effectively do have DMA
>> access to the entire memory, and thus can bypass IOMMU altogether
>> (assuming you're using passthrough mode).
> 
> My concern is exactly here.
> In igb_uio cases, although devices are not added to the default container in eal init,
> but the "IOMMU programming" actually happens when the rte_vfio_container_dma_map() is called.
> It is no harm but it is also unnecessary.

Yes, it is unnecessary, but it's also not actively harmful, which means 
you can still do it without any regard as to whether you do or don't 
have IOMMU :)

Think of a hybrid VFIO/igb_uio setup - some NICs will have VFIO, some 
will have igb_uio. The igb_uio-bound NICs will not care if you have 
mapped anything for DMA because they don't go through IOMMU, things will 
"just work". The VFIO-bound NICs will get the memory mapped, because 
they are the ones who actually need the DMA mapping.

So, what you get is, if you do VFIO DMA mapping unconditionally, 1) NICs 
with igb_uio won't care about this, and 2) NICs with VFIO will benefit. 
You're not "mapping" the NICs, you're mapping the memory you're 
accessing with those NICs. You need it to be accessible to both, but 
since you have no way of knowing whether 1) any of the current HW needs 
VFIO, and 2) any of *future hotplugged* HW needs VFIO, the easiest way 
to solve this problem is just to map things regardless, and live with 
the "unnecessary" but harmless mapping in the worst case.

> 
>>
>> Bottom line: do VFIO DMA mapping unconditionally. If VFIO is active -
>> great, the memory will be DMA mapped. If it's not active - no harm will
>> ever be done by mapping the memory for DMA anyway.
> 
> Do VFIO DMA mapping unconditionally, do you mean the rte_eal_vfio_is_enabled() is unnecessary?
> What if the platform does not have IOMMU?
> 
> Thanks very much.
> 

If the platform has no IOMMU, the API call will just not do anything 
useful, so no harm done.

> Regards,
> Xuan
> 
>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>> Anatoly
  
Bruce Richardson July 7, 2021, 3 p.m. UTC | #10
On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 03:33:44PM +0100, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> On 07-Jul-21 1:54 PM, Ding, Xuan wrote:
> > Hi Anatoly,
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 7, 2021 8:18 PM
> > > To: Ding, Xuan <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Maxime Coquelin
> > > <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>;
> > > Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
> > > <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> > > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
> > > <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; Van
> > > Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong <yong.liu@intel.com>;
> > > Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async vhost
> > > 
> > > On 07-Jul-21 7:25 AM, Ding, Xuan wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 5:32 PM
> > > > > To: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Ding, Xuan
> > > > > <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; Thomas
> > > > > Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
> > > > > <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> > > > > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
> > > > > <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>;
> > > Van
> > > > > Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong
> > > <yong.liu@intel.com>;
> > > > > Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
> > > > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async vhost
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On 7/6/21 11:16 AM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> > > > > > On 06-Jul-21 9:31 AM, Ding, Xuan wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi Maxime,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > > From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
> > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, July 5, 2021 8:46 PM
> > > > > > > > To: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Ding, Xuan
> > > > > > > > <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; Thomas
> > > > > > > > Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
> > > > > > > > <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> > > > > > > > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
> > > > > > > > <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce
> > > <bruce.richardson@intel.com>;
> > > > > > > > Van Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong
> > > > > > > > <yong.liu@intel.com>; Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
> > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async
> > > > > > > > vhost
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > On 7/5/21 2:16 PM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On 05-Jul-21 9:40 AM, Xuan Ding wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > The use of IOMMU has many advantages, such as isolation and address
> > > > > > > > > > translation. This patch extends the capbility of DMA engine to use
> > > > > > > > > > IOMMU if the DMA device is bound to vfio.
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > When set memory table, the guest memory will be mapped
> > > > > > > > > > into the default container of DPDK.
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Xuan Ding <xuan.ding@intel.com>
> > > > > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > > > >      doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst |  9 ++++++
> > > > > > > > > >      lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h               |  1 +
> > > > > > > > > >      lib/vhost/socket.c                  |  9 ++++++
> > > > > > > > > >      lib/vhost/vhost.h                   |  1 +
> > > > > > > > > >      lib/vhost/vhost_user.c              | 46
> > > > > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > > > > > > > > >      5 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> > > > > > > > > > b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> > > > > > > > > > index 05c42c9b11..c3beda23d9 100644
> > > > > > > > > > --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> > > > > > > > > > +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> > > > > > > > > > @@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ The following is an overview of some key
> > > Vhost
> > > > > > > > > > API functions:
> > > > > > > > > >            It is disabled by default.
> > > > > > > > > >      +  - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO``
> > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > > +    In asynchronous data path, vhost liarary is not aware of which
> > > > > > > > > > driver
> > > > > > > > > > +    (igb_uio/vfio) the DMA device is bound to. Application should
> > > > > > > > > > pass
> > > > > > > > > > +    this flag to tell vhost library whether IOMMU should be
> > > > > > > > > > programmed
> > > > > > > > > > +    for guest memory.
> > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > > +    It is disabled by default.
> > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > >        - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS``
> > > > > > > > > >            Since v16.04, the vhost library forwards checksum and gso
> > > > > > > > > > requests for
> > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
> > > > > > > > > > index 8d875e9322..a766ea7b6b 100644
> > > > > > > > > > --- a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
> > > > > > > > > > +++ b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
> > > > > > > > > > @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern "C" {
> > > > > > > > > >      #define RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT    (1ULL << 6)
> > > > > > > > > >      #define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY    (1ULL << 7)
> > > > > > > > > >      #define RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS    (1ULL <<
> > > 8)
> > > > > > > > > > +#define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO    (1ULL << 9)
> > > > > > > > > >        /* Features. */
> > > > > > > > > >      #ifndef VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE
> > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/lib/vhost/socket.c b/lib/vhost/socket.c
> > > > > > > > > > index 5d0d728d52..77c722c86b 100644
> > > > > > > > > > --- a/lib/vhost/socket.c
> > > > > > > > > > +++ b/lib/vhost/socket.c
> > > > > > > > > > @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct vhost_user_socket {
> > > > > > > > > >          bool extbuf;
> > > > > > > > > >          bool linearbuf;
> > > > > > > > > >          bool async_copy;
> > > > > > > > > > +    bool async_use_vfio;
> > > > > > > > > >          bool net_compliant_ol_flags;
> > > > > > > > > >            /*
> > > > > > > > > > @@ -243,6 +244,13 @@ vhost_user_add_connection(int fd, struct
> > > > > > > > > > vhost_user_socket *vsocket)
> > > > > > > > > >                  dev->async_copy = 1;
> > > > > > > > > >          }
> > > > > > > > > >      +    if (vsocket->async_use_vfio) {
> > > > > > > > > > +        dev = get_device(vid);
> > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > > +        if (dev)
> > > > > > > > > > +            dev->async_use_vfio = 1;
> > > > > > > > > > +    }
> > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > >          VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "new device, handle is %d\n", vid);
> > > > > > > > > >            if (vsocket->notify_ops->new_connection) {
> > > > > > > > > > @@ -879,6 +887,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path,
> > > > > > > > > > uint64_t flags)
> > > > > > > > > >          vsocket->extbuf = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_EXTBUF_SUPPORT;
> > > > > > > > > >          vsocket->linearbuf = flags &
> > > > > RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT;
> > > > > > > > > >          vsocket->async_copy = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY;
> > > > > > > > > > +    vsocket->async_use_vfio = flags &
> > > > > > > > RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO;
> > > > > > > > > >          vsocket->net_compliant_ol_flags = flags &
> > > > > > > > > > RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS;
> > > > > > > > > >            if (vsocket->async_copy &&
> > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.h b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
> > > > > > > > > > index 8078ddff79..fb775ce4ed 100644
> > > > > > > > > > --- a/lib/vhost/vhost.h
> > > > > > > > > > +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
> > > > > > > > > > @@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ struct virtio_net {
> > > > > > > > > >          int16_t            broadcast_rarp;
> > > > > > > > > >          uint32_t        nr_vring;
> > > > > > > > > >          int            async_copy;
> > > > > > > > > > +    int            async_use_vfio;
> > > > > > > > > >          int            extbuf;
> > > > > > > > > >          int            linearbuf;
> > > > > > > > > >          struct vhost_virtqueue    *virtqueue[VHOST_MAX_QUEUE_PAIRS *
> > > > > > > > > > 2];
> > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
> > > > > > > > > > index 8f0eba6412..f3703f2e72 100644
> > > > > > > > > > --- a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
> > > > > > > > > > +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
> > > > > > > > > > @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
> > > > > > > > > >      #include <rte_common.h>
> > > > > > > > > >      #include <rte_malloc.h>
> > > > > > > > > >      #include <rte_log.h>
> > > > > > > > > > +#include <rte_vfio.h>
> > > > > > > > > >        #include "iotlb.h"
> > > > > > > > > >      #include "vhost.h"
> > > > > > > > > > @@ -141,6 +142,36 @@ get_blk_size(int fd)
> > > > > > > > > >          return ret == -1 ? (uint64_t)-1 : (uint64_t)stat.st_blksize;
> > > > > > > > > >      }
> > > > > > > > > >      +static int
> > > > > > > > > > +async_dma_map(struct rte_vhost_mem_region *region, bool do_map)
> > > > > > > > > > +{
> > > > > > > > > > +    int ret = 0;
> > > > > > > > > > +    uint64_t host_iova;
> > > > > > > > > > +    host_iova = rte_mem_virt2iova((void
> > > > > > > > > > *)(uintptr_t)region->host_user_addr);
> > > > > > > > > > +    if (do_map) {
> > > > > > > > > > +        /* Add mapped region into the default container of DPDK. */
> > > > > > > > > > +        ret =
> > > > > > > > rte_vfio_container_dma_map(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
> > > > > > > > > > +                         region->host_user_addr,
> > > > > > > > > > +                         host_iova,
> > > > > > > > > > +                         region->size);
> > > > > > > > > > +        if (ret) {
> > > > > > > > > > +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine map failed\n");
> > > > > > > > > > +            return ret;
> > > > > > > > > > +        }
> > > > > > > > > > +    } else {
> > > > > > > > > > +        /* Remove mapped region from the default container of
> > > > > > > > > > DPDK. */
> > > > > > > > > > +        ret =
> > > > > > > > > > rte_vfio_container_dma_unmap(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
> > > > > > > > > > +                           region->host_user_addr,
> > > > > > > > > > +                           host_iova,
> > > > > > > > > > +                           region->size);
> > > > > > > > > > +        if (ret) {
> > > > > > > > > > +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine unmap failed\n");
> > > > > > > > > > +            return ret;
> > > > > > > > > > +        }
> > > > > > > > > > +    }
> > > > > > > > > > +    return ret;
> > > > > > > > > > +}
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > We've been discussing this off list with Xuan, and unfortunately
> > > > > > > > > this is
> > > > > > > > > a blocker for now.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Currently, the x86 IOMMU does not support partial unmap - the
> > > segments
> > > > > > > > > have to be unmapped exactly the same addr/len as they were mapped.
> > > We
> > > > > > > > > also concatenate adjacent mappings to prevent filling up the DMA
> > > > > > > > > mapping
> > > > > > > > > entry table with superfluous entries.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > This means that, when two unrelated mappings are contiguous in
> > > memory
> > > > > > > > > (e.g. if you map regions 1 and 2 independently, but they happen to be
> > > > > > > > > sitting right next to each other in virtual memory), we cannot later
> > > > > > > > > unmap one of them because, even though these are two separate
> > > > > > > > mappings
> > > > > > > > > as far as kernel VFIO infrastructure is concerned, the mapping gets
> > > > > > > > > compacted and looks like one single mapping to VFIO, so DPDK API will
> > > > > > > > > not let us unmap region 1 without also unmapping region 2.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > The proper fix for this problem would be to always map memory
> > > > > > > > > page-by-page regardless of where it comes from (we already do that for
> > > > > > > > > internal memory, but not for external). However, the reason this works
> > > > > > > > > for internal memory is because when mapping internal memory
> > > segments,
> > > > > > > > > *we know the page size*. For external memory segments, there is no
> > > such
> > > > > > > > > guarantee, so we cannot deduce page size for a given memory segment,
> > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > thus can't map things page-by-page.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > So, the proper fix for it would be to add page size to the VFIO DMA
> > > > > > > > > API.
> > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, it probably has to wait until 21.11 because it is an API
> > > > > > > > > change.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > The slightly hacky fix for this would be to forego user mem map
> > > > > > > > > concatenation and trust that user is not going to do anything stupid,
> > > > > > > > > and will not spam the VFIO DMA API without reason. I would rather
> > > > > > > > > not go
> > > > > > > > > down this road, but this could be an option in this case.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Thoughts?
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Thanks Anatoly for the detailed description of the issue.
> > > > > > > > It may be possible to either create a versioned symbol for this API
> > > > > > > > change, or maybe even to have a temporary internal API.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > But I think this series in its current form is not acceptable, so
> > > > > > > > waiting for v21.11 would be the best option (we may want to send the
> > > > > > > > deprecation notice in this release though).
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > In this series, I don't like the user application has to pass a flag to
> > > > > > > > state whether the DMA engine uses VFIO or not. AFAICT, this new revision
> > > > > > > > does not implement what was discussed in the previous one, i.e.
> > > > > > > > supporting both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Thanks for your comments. Here I hope to explain some questions:
> > > > > > > 1. Whether both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA are supported now?
> > > > > > > A: Both IOVA_AS_PA and IOVA_AS_VA are supported now. In this version,
> > > the
> > > > > > > virtual address is replaced with iova address of mapped region, and
> > > > > > > the iova
> > > > > > > address is selected to program the IOMMU instead of virtual address only.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Good!
> > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 2. Why a flag is chosen to be passed by application?
> > > > > > > A: Yes, as we discussed before, the rte_eal_iova_mode() API can be
> > > > > > > used to
> > > > > > > get the IOVA mode, so as to determine whether IOMMU should be
> > > > > programmed.
> > > > > > > However, in the implementation process, I found a problem. That is how to
> > > > > > > distinguish the VFIO PA and IGB_UIO PA. Because for VFIO cases, we
> > > should
> > > > > > > always program the IOMMU. While in IGB_UIO cases, it depends on
> > > IOMMU
> > > > > > > capability of platform.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > How does one program IOMMU with igb_uio? I was under impression that
> > > > > > igb_uio (and uio_pci_generic for that matter) does not provide such
> > > > > > facilities.
> > > > > 
> > > > > +1
> > > > 
> > > > Maybe some misunderstanding in this sentence here.
> > > > In our design, if rte_eal_vfio_is_enabled("vfio") is true, iommu will be
> > > programmed.
> > > > True means vfio module is modprobed.
> > > > 
> > > > But there is an exception here, that is, even if vfio module is modprobed,
> > > > DPDK user still bind all the devices to igb_uio.
> > > > 
> > > > This situation can be distinguished in DPDK eal initialization, because the
> > > resource mapping
> > > > is according to the driver loaded by each device(rte_pci_map_device).
> > > > 
> > > > But in our scenario, this judgment is somewhat weak. Because we cannot get
> > > > the device driver info in vhost library. I also think it is unreasonable for vhost to
> > > > do this. Only trust that users will not use it like this. Thoughts for this scenario?
> > > 
> > > I don't see how igb_uio would make any difference at all. If you are
> > > using igb_uio, you *don't have DMA mapping at all* and will use raw
> > > physical addresses. Assuming your code supports this, that's all you're
> > > ever going to get. The point of VFIO is to have memory regions that are
> > > mapped for DMA *because real physical addresses are assumed to be not
> > > available*. When you're using igb_uio, you effectively do have DMA
> > > access to the entire memory, and thus can bypass IOMMU altogether
> > > (assuming you're using passthrough mode).
> > 
> > My concern is exactly here.
> > In igb_uio cases, although devices are not added to the default container in eal init,
> > but the "IOMMU programming" actually happens when the rte_vfio_container_dma_map() is called.
> > It is no harm but it is also unnecessary.
> 
> Yes, it is unnecessary, but it's also not actively harmful, which means you
> can still do it without any regard as to whether you do or don't have IOMMU
> :)
> 
> Think of a hybrid VFIO/igb_uio setup - some NICs will have VFIO, some will
> have igb_uio. The igb_uio-bound NICs will not care if you have mapped
> anything for DMA because they don't go through IOMMU, things will "just
> work". The VFIO-bound NICs will get the memory mapped, because they are the
> ones who actually need the DMA mapping.
> 
Do we even support a hybrid setup. I would have thought that was just
asking for problems and should be considered an unsupported configuration?
  
Ding, Xuan July 7, 2021, 3:09 p.m. UTC | #11
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 7, 2021 10:34 PM
> To: Ding, Xuan <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Maxime Coquelin
> <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>;
> Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
> <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
> <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>;
> Van Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong
> <yong.liu@intel.com>; Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async vhost
> 
> On 07-Jul-21 1:54 PM, Ding, Xuan wrote:
> > Hi Anatoly,
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 7, 2021 8:18 PM
> >> To: Ding, Xuan <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Maxime Coquelin
> >> <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>;
> >> Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
> >> <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> >> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
> >> <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce
> <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; Van
> >> Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong
> <yong.liu@intel.com>;
> >> Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async
> vhost
> >>
> >> On 07-Jul-21 7:25 AM, Ding, Xuan wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 5:32 PM
> >>>> To: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Ding, Xuan
> >>>> <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; Thomas
> >>>> Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
> >>>> <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> >>>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
> >>>> <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce
> <bruce.richardson@intel.com>;
> >> Van
> >>>> Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong
> >> <yong.liu@intel.com>;
> >>>> Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
> >>>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for async
> vhost
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 7/6/21 11:16 AM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> >>>>> On 06-Jul-21 9:31 AM, Ding, Xuan wrote:
> >>>>>> Hi Maxime,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>>> From: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
> >>>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 5, 2021 8:46 PM
> >>>>>>> To: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Ding, Xuan
> >>>>>>> <xuan.ding@intel.com>; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>;
> Thomas
> >>>>>>> Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; David Marchand
> >>>>>>> <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> >>>>>>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil
> >>>>>>> <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce
> >> <bruce.richardson@intel.com>;
> >>>>>>> Van Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren@intel.com>; Liu, Yong
> >>>>>>> <yong.liu@intel.com>; Ma, WenwuX <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
> >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] vhost: enable IOMMU for
> async
> >>>>>>> vhost
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 7/5/21 2:16 PM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> >>>>>>>> On 05-Jul-21 9:40 AM, Xuan Ding wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> The use of IOMMU has many advantages, such as isolation and
> address
> >>>>>>>>> translation. This patch extends the capbility of DMA engine to use
> >>>>>>>>> IOMMU if the DMA device is bound to vfio.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> When set memory table, the guest memory will be mapped
> >>>>>>>>> into the default container of DPDK.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Xuan Ding <xuan.ding@intel.com>
> >>>>>>>>> ---
> >>>>>>>>>      doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst |  9 ++++++
> >>>>>>>>>      lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h               |  1 +
> >>>>>>>>>      lib/vhost/socket.c                  |  9 ++++++
> >>>>>>>>>      lib/vhost/vhost.h                   |  1 +
> >>>>>>>>>      lib/vhost/vhost_user.c              | 46
> >>>>>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >>>>>>>>>      5 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> >>>>>>>>> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> >>>>>>>>> index 05c42c9b11..c3beda23d9 100644
> >>>>>>>>> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> >>>>>>>>> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> >>>>>>>>> @@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ The following is an overview of some
> key
> >> Vhost
> >>>>>>>>> API functions:
> >>>>>>>>>            It is disabled by default.
> >>>>>>>>>      +  - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO``
> >>>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>>> +    In asynchronous data path, vhost liarary is not aware of which
> >>>>>>>>> driver
> >>>>>>>>> +    (igb_uio/vfio) the DMA device is bound to. Application should
> >>>>>>>>> pass
> >>>>>>>>> +    this flag to tell vhost library whether IOMMU should be
> >>>>>>>>> programmed
> >>>>>>>>> +    for guest memory.
> >>>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>>> +    It is disabled by default.
> >>>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>>>        - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS``
> >>>>>>>>>            Since v16.04, the vhost library forwards checksum and gso
> >>>>>>>>> requests for
> >>>>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
> >>>>>>>>> index 8d875e9322..a766ea7b6b 100644
> >>>>>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
> >>>>>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
> >>>>>>>>> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern "C" {
> >>>>>>>>>      #define RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT    (1ULL << 6)
> >>>>>>>>>      #define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY    (1ULL << 7)
> >>>>>>>>>      #define RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS
> (1ULL <<
> >> 8)
> >>>>>>>>> +#define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO    (1ULL << 9)
> >>>>>>>>>        /* Features. */
> >>>>>>>>>      #ifndef VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE
> >>>>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/socket.c b/lib/vhost/socket.c
> >>>>>>>>> index 5d0d728d52..77c722c86b 100644
> >>>>>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/socket.c
> >>>>>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/socket.c
> >>>>>>>>> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct vhost_user_socket {
> >>>>>>>>>          bool extbuf;
> >>>>>>>>>          bool linearbuf;
> >>>>>>>>>          bool async_copy;
> >>>>>>>>> +    bool async_use_vfio;
> >>>>>>>>>          bool net_compliant_ol_flags;
> >>>>>>>>>            /*
> >>>>>>>>> @@ -243,6 +244,13 @@ vhost_user_add_connection(int fd,
> struct
> >>>>>>>>> vhost_user_socket *vsocket)
> >>>>>>>>>                  dev->async_copy = 1;
> >>>>>>>>>          }
> >>>>>>>>>      +    if (vsocket->async_use_vfio) {
> >>>>>>>>> +        dev = get_device(vid);
> >>>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>>> +        if (dev)
> >>>>>>>>> +            dev->async_use_vfio = 1;
> >>>>>>>>> +    }
> >>>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>>>          VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "new device, handle is %d\n",
> vid);
> >>>>>>>>>            if (vsocket->notify_ops->new_connection) {
> >>>>>>>>> @@ -879,6 +887,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_register(const char
> *path,
> >>>>>>>>> uint64_t flags)
> >>>>>>>>>          vsocket->extbuf = flags &
> RTE_VHOST_USER_EXTBUF_SUPPORT;
> >>>>>>>>>          vsocket->linearbuf = flags &
> >>>> RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT;
> >>>>>>>>>          vsocket->async_copy = flags &
> RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY;
> >>>>>>>>> +    vsocket->async_use_vfio = flags &
> >>>>>>> RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO;
> >>>>>>>>>          vsocket->net_compliant_ol_flags = flags &
> >>>>>>>>> RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS;
> >>>>>>>>>            if (vsocket->async_copy &&
> >>>>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.h b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
> >>>>>>>>> index 8078ddff79..fb775ce4ed 100644
> >>>>>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost.h
> >>>>>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
> >>>>>>>>> @@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ struct virtio_net {
> >>>>>>>>>          int16_t            broadcast_rarp;
> >>>>>>>>>          uint32_t        nr_vring;
> >>>>>>>>>          int            async_copy;
> >>>>>>>>> +    int            async_use_vfio;
> >>>>>>>>>          int            extbuf;
> >>>>>>>>>          int            linearbuf;
> >>>>>>>>>          struct vhost_virtqueue
> *virtqueue[VHOST_MAX_QUEUE_PAIRS *
> >>>>>>>>> 2];
> >>>>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
> >>>>>>>>> index 8f0eba6412..f3703f2e72 100644
> >>>>>>>>> --- a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
> >>>>>>>>> +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
> >>>>>>>>> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
> >>>>>>>>>      #include <rte_common.h>
> >>>>>>>>>      #include <rte_malloc.h>
> >>>>>>>>>      #include <rte_log.h>
> >>>>>>>>> +#include <rte_vfio.h>
> >>>>>>>>>        #include "iotlb.h"
> >>>>>>>>>      #include "vhost.h"
> >>>>>>>>> @@ -141,6 +142,36 @@ get_blk_size(int fd)
> >>>>>>>>>          return ret == -1 ? (uint64_t)-1 : (uint64_t)stat.st_blksize;
> >>>>>>>>>      }
> >>>>>>>>>      +static int
> >>>>>>>>> +async_dma_map(struct rte_vhost_mem_region *region, bool
> do_map)
> >>>>>>>>> +{
> >>>>>>>>> +    int ret = 0;
> >>>>>>>>> +    uint64_t host_iova;
> >>>>>>>>> +    host_iova = rte_mem_virt2iova((void
> >>>>>>>>> *)(uintptr_t)region->host_user_addr);
> >>>>>>>>> +    if (do_map) {
> >>>>>>>>> +        /* Add mapped region into the default container of DPDK.
> */
> >>>>>>>>> +        ret =
> >>>>>>> rte_vfio_container_dma_map(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
> >>>>>>>>> +                         region->host_user_addr,
> >>>>>>>>> +                         host_iova,
> >>>>>>>>> +                         region->size);
> >>>>>>>>> +        if (ret) {
> >>>>>>>>> +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine map failed\n");
> >>>>>>>>> +            return ret;
> >>>>>>>>> +        }
> >>>>>>>>> +    } else {
> >>>>>>>>> +        /* Remove mapped region from the default container of
> >>>>>>>>> DPDK. */
> >>>>>>>>> +        ret =
> >>>>>>>>>
> rte_vfio_container_dma_unmap(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
> >>>>>>>>> +                           region->host_user_addr,
> >>>>>>>>> +                           host_iova,
> >>>>>>>>> +                           region->size);
> >>>>>>>>> +        if (ret) {
> >>>>>>>>> +            VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine unmap
> failed\n");
> >>>>>>>>> +            return ret;
> >>>>>>>>> +        }
> >>>>>>>>> +    }
> >>>>>>>>> +    return ret;
> >>>>>>>>> +}
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> We've been discussing this off list with Xuan, and unfortunately
> >>>>>>>> this is
> >>>>>>>> a blocker for now.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Currently, the x86 IOMMU does not support partial unmap - the
> >> segments
> >>>>>>>> have to be unmapped exactly the same addr/len as they were
> mapped.
> >> We
> >>>>>>>> also concatenate adjacent mappings to prevent filling up the DMA
> >>>>>>>> mapping
> >>>>>>>> entry table with superfluous entries.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> This means that, when two unrelated mappings are contiguous in
> >> memory
> >>>>>>>> (e.g. if you map regions 1 and 2 independently, but they happen to
> be
> >>>>>>>> sitting right next to each other in virtual memory), we cannot later
> >>>>>>>> unmap one of them because, even though these are two separate
> >>>>>>> mappings
> >>>>>>>> as far as kernel VFIO infrastructure is concerned, the mapping gets
> >>>>>>>> compacted and looks like one single mapping to VFIO, so DPDK API
> will
> >>>>>>>> not let us unmap region 1 without also unmapping region 2.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> The proper fix for this problem would be to always map memory
> >>>>>>>> page-by-page regardless of where it comes from (we already do
> that for
> >>>>>>>> internal memory, but not for external). However, the reason this
> works
> >>>>>>>> for internal memory is because when mapping internal memory
> >> segments,
> >>>>>>>> *we know the page size*. For external memory segments, there is
> no
> >> such
> >>>>>>>> guarantee, so we cannot deduce page size for a given memory
> segment,
> >>>>>>> and
> >>>>>>>> thus can't map things page-by-page.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> So, the proper fix for it would be to add page size to the VFIO DMA
> >>>>>>>> API.
> >>>>>>>> Unfortunately, it probably has to wait until 21.11 because it is an
> API
> >>>>>>>> change.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> The slightly hacky fix for this would be to forego user mem map
> >>>>>>>> concatenation and trust that user is not going to do anything
> stupid,
> >>>>>>>> and will not spam the VFIO DMA API without reason. I would
> rather
> >>>>>>>> not go
> >>>>>>>> down this road, but this could be an option in this case.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Thoughts?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks Anatoly for the detailed description of the issue.
> >>>>>>> It may be possible to either create a versioned symbol for this API
> >>>>>>> change, or maybe even to have a temporary internal API.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> But I think this series in its current form is not acceptable, so
> >>>>>>> waiting for v21.11 would be the best option (we may want to send
> the
> >>>>>>> deprecation notice in this release though).
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> In this series, I don't like the user application has to pass a flag to
> >>>>>>> state whether the DMA engine uses VFIO or not. AFAICT, this new
> revision
> >>>>>>> does not implement what was discussed in the previous one, i.e.
> >>>>>>> supporting both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks for your comments. Here I hope to explain some questions:
> >>>>>> 1. Whether both IOVA_AS_VA and IOVA_AS_PA are supported now?
> >>>>>> A: Both IOVA_AS_PA and IOVA_AS_VA are supported now. In this
> version,
> >> the
> >>>>>> virtual address is replaced with iova address of mapped region, and
> >>>>>> the iova
> >>>>>> address is selected to program the IOMMU instead of virtual address
> only.
> >>>>
> >>>> Good!
> >>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 2. Why a flag is chosen to be passed by application?
> >>>>>> A: Yes, as we discussed before, the rte_eal_iova_mode() API can be
> >>>>>> used to
> >>>>>> get the IOVA mode, so as to determine whether IOMMU should be
> >>>> programmed.
> >>>>>> However, in the implementation process, I found a problem. That is
> how to
> >>>>>> distinguish the VFIO PA and IGB_UIO PA. Because for VFIO cases, we
> >> should
> >>>>>> always program the IOMMU. While in IGB_UIO cases, it depends on
> >> IOMMU
> >>>>>> capability of platform.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> How does one program IOMMU with igb_uio? I was under impression
> that
> >>>>> igb_uio (and uio_pci_generic for that matter) does not provide such
> >>>>> facilities.
> >>>>
> >>>> +1
> >>>
> >>> Maybe some misunderstanding in this sentence here.
> >>> In our design, if rte_eal_vfio_is_enabled("vfio") is true, iommu will be
> >> programmed.
> >>> True means vfio module is modprobed.
> >>>
> >>> But there is an exception here, that is, even if vfio module is modprobed,
> >>> DPDK user still bind all the devices to igb_uio.
> >>>
> >>> This situation can be distinguished in DPDK eal initialization, because the
> >> resource mapping
> >>> is according to the driver loaded by each device(rte_pci_map_device).
> >>>
> >>> But in our scenario, this judgment is somewhat weak. Because we cannot
> get
> >>> the device driver info in vhost library. I also think it is unreasonable for
> vhost to
> >>> do this. Only trust that users will not use it like this. Thoughts for this
> scenario?
> >>
> >> I don't see how igb_uio would make any difference at all. If you are
> >> using igb_uio, you *don't have DMA mapping at all* and will use raw
> >> physical addresses. Assuming your code supports this, that's all you're
> >> ever going to get. The point of VFIO is to have memory regions that are
> >> mapped for DMA *because real physical addresses are assumed to be not
> >> available*. When you're using igb_uio, you effectively do have DMA
> >> access to the entire memory, and thus can bypass IOMMU altogether
> >> (assuming you're using passthrough mode).
> >
> > My concern is exactly here.
> > In igb_uio cases, although devices are not added to the default container in
> eal init,
> > but the "IOMMU programming" actually happens when the
> rte_vfio_container_dma_map() is called.
> > It is no harm but it is also unnecessary.
> 
> Yes, it is unnecessary, but it's also not actively harmful, which means
> you can still do it without any regard as to whether you do or don't
> have IOMMU :)
> 
> Think of a hybrid VFIO/igb_uio setup - some NICs will have VFIO, some
> will have igb_uio. The igb_uio-bound NICs will not care if you have
> mapped anything for DMA because they don't go through IOMMU, things
> will
> "just work". The VFIO-bound NICs will get the memory mapped, because
> they are the ones who actually need the DMA mapping.
> 
> So, what you get is, if you do VFIO DMA mapping unconditionally, 1) NICs
> with igb_uio won't care about this, and 2) NICs with VFIO will benefit.
> You're not "mapping" the NICs, you're mapping the memory you're
> accessing with those NICs. You need it to be accessible to both, but
> since you have no way of knowing whether 1) any of the current HW needs
> VFIO, and 2) any of *future hotplugged* HW needs VFIO, the easiest way
> to solve this problem is just to map things regardless, and live with
> the "unnecessary" but harmless mapping in the worst case.

Get your point! It's just such a worst case bothers me.
I have been thinking about how to avoid the igb_uio case programming IOMMU. But I cannot realize this just through a judgement.

Since it is harmless in this case, not to mention, a platform without IOMMU won’t do anything useful. I think it works to program IOMMU unconditionally.

> 
> >
> >>
> >> Bottom line: do VFIO DMA mapping unconditionally. If VFIO is active -
> >> great, the memory will be DMA mapped. If it's not active - no harm will
> >> ever be done by mapping the memory for DMA anyway.
> >
> > Do VFIO DMA mapping unconditionally, do you mean the
> rte_eal_vfio_is_enabled() is unnecessary?
> > What if the platform does not have IOMMU?
> >
> > Thanks very much.
> >
> 
> If the platform has no IOMMU, the API call will just not do anything
> useful, so no harm done.

So the only thing remained is the API change for page-by-page mapping
in next release.

Thanks,
Xuan

> 
> > Regards,
> > Xuan
> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> Thanks,
> >> Anatoly
> 
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> Anatoly
  

Patch

diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
index 05c42c9b11..c3beda23d9 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@  The following is an overview of some key Vhost API functions:
 
     It is disabled by default.
 
+  - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO``
+
+    In asynchronous data path, vhost liarary is not aware of which driver
+    (igb_uio/vfio) the DMA device is bound to. Application should pass
+    this flag to tell vhost library whether IOMMU should be programmed
+    for guest memory.
+
+    It is disabled by default.
+
   - ``RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS``
 
     Since v16.04, the vhost library forwards checksum and gso requests for
diff --git a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
index 8d875e9322..a766ea7b6b 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
+++ b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@  extern "C" {
 #define RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT	(1ULL << 6)
 #define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY	(1ULL << 7)
 #define RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS	(1ULL << 8)
+#define RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO	(1ULL << 9)
 
 /* Features. */
 #ifndef VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE
diff --git a/lib/vhost/socket.c b/lib/vhost/socket.c
index 5d0d728d52..77c722c86b 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/socket.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/socket.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@  struct vhost_user_socket {
 	bool extbuf;
 	bool linearbuf;
 	bool async_copy;
+	bool async_use_vfio;
 	bool net_compliant_ol_flags;
 
 	/*
@@ -243,6 +244,13 @@  vhost_user_add_connection(int fd, struct vhost_user_socket *vsocket)
 			dev->async_copy = 1;
 	}
 
+	if (vsocket->async_use_vfio) {
+		dev = get_device(vid);
+
+		if (dev)
+			dev->async_use_vfio = 1;
+	}
+
 	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "new device, handle is %d\n", vid);
 
 	if (vsocket->notify_ops->new_connection) {
@@ -879,6 +887,7 @@  rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path, uint64_t flags)
 	vsocket->extbuf = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_EXTBUF_SUPPORT;
 	vsocket->linearbuf = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_LINEARBUF_SUPPORT;
 	vsocket->async_copy = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY;
+	vsocket->async_use_vfio = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_USE_VFIO;
 	vsocket->net_compliant_ol_flags = flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_NET_COMPLIANT_OL_FLAGS;
 
 	if (vsocket->async_copy &&
diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.h b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
index 8078ddff79..fb775ce4ed 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vhost.h
+++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@  struct virtio_net {
 	int16_t			broadcast_rarp;
 	uint32_t		nr_vring;
 	int			async_copy;
+	int			async_use_vfio;
 	int			extbuf;
 	int			linearbuf;
 	struct vhost_virtqueue	*virtqueue[VHOST_MAX_QUEUE_PAIRS * 2];
diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
index 8f0eba6412..f3703f2e72 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ 
 #include <rte_common.h>
 #include <rte_malloc.h>
 #include <rte_log.h>
+#include <rte_vfio.h>
 
 #include "iotlb.h"
 #include "vhost.h"
@@ -141,6 +142,36 @@  get_blk_size(int fd)
 	return ret == -1 ? (uint64_t)-1 : (uint64_t)stat.st_blksize;
 }
 
+static int
+async_dma_map(struct rte_vhost_mem_region *region, bool do_map)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	uint64_t host_iova;
+	host_iova = rte_mem_virt2iova((void *)(uintptr_t)region->host_user_addr);
+	if (do_map) {
+		/* Add mapped region into the default container of DPDK. */
+		ret = rte_vfio_container_dma_map(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
+						 region->host_user_addr,
+						 host_iova,
+						 region->size);
+		if (ret) {
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine map failed\n");
+			return ret;
+		}
+	} else {
+		/* Remove mapped region from the default container of DPDK. */
+		ret = rte_vfio_container_dma_unmap(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD,
+						   region->host_user_addr,
+						   host_iova,
+						   region->size);
+		if (ret) {
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA engine unmap failed\n");
+			return ret;
+		}
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static void
 free_mem_region(struct virtio_net *dev)
 {
@@ -153,6 +184,9 @@  free_mem_region(struct virtio_net *dev)
 	for (i = 0; i < dev->mem->nregions; i++) {
 		reg = &dev->mem->regions[i];
 		if (reg->host_user_addr) {
+			if (dev->async_copy && dev->async_use_vfio)
+				async_dma_map(reg, false);
+
 			munmap(reg->mmap_addr, reg->mmap_size);
 			close(reg->fd);
 		}
@@ -1105,6 +1139,7 @@  vhost_user_mmap_region(struct virtio_net *dev,
 	uint64_t mmap_size;
 	uint64_t alignment;
 	int populate;
+	int ret;
 
 	/* Check for memory_size + mmap_offset overflow */
 	if (mmap_offset >= -region->size) {
@@ -1158,13 +1193,22 @@  vhost_user_mmap_region(struct virtio_net *dev,
 	region->mmap_size = mmap_size;
 	region->host_user_addr = (uint64_t)(uintptr_t)mmap_addr + mmap_offset;
 
-	if (dev->async_copy)
+	if (dev->async_copy) {
 		if (add_guest_pages(dev, region, alignment) < 0) {
 			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
 					"adding guest pages to region failed.\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
 
+		if (dev->async_use_vfio) {
+			ret = async_dma_map(region, true);
+			if (ret) {
+				VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "Configure IOMMU for DMA engine failed\n");
+				return -1;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO,
 			"guest memory region size: 0x%" PRIx64 "\n"
 			"\t guest physical addr: 0x%" PRIx64 "\n"