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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] vhost-user: sync backend features
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Michael S. Tsirkin |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] vhost-user: sync backend features |
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Wed, 29 Jul 2015 21:15:37 +0300 |
On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 09:11:18PM +0300, Marcel Apfelbaum wrote:
> On 07/29/2015 09:05 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 08:43:47PM +0300, Marcel Apfelbaum wrote:
> >>On 07/29/2015 08:20 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >>>On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 08:11:58PM +0300, Marcel Apfelbaum wrote:
> >>>>Complete vhost-user negotiation by syncing the features
> >>>>supported by the backend.
> >>>>
> >>>>Signed-off-by: Marcel Apfelbaum <address@hidden>
> >>>>---
> >>>> To be used on top of:
> >>>> [PATCH 0/4] vhost-user: protocol updates
> >>>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-07/msg03842.html
> >>>>
> >>>> Currently the vhost-user supported features are not evaluated.
> >>>> The way I see it, and please correct me, the best way to do
> >>>> this is to:
> >>>> 1. get the backend features on vhost init
> >>>> 2. Instead of simply copying them during features ack,
> >>>> check that that all backend features are supported by current QEMU
> >>>> 3. All other code should remain the same.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Marcel
> >>>>
> >>>> hw/net/vhost_net.c | 3 ++-
> >>>> hw/virtio/vhost-user.c | 4 ++--
> >>>> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >>>>
> >>>>diff --git a/hw/net/vhost_net.c b/hw/net/vhost_net.c
> >>>>index c864237..1ea5866 100644
> >>>>--- a/hw/net/vhost_net.c
> >>>>+++ b/hw/net/vhost_net.c
> >>>>@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ uint64_t vhost_net_get_features(struct vhost_net
> >>>>*net, uint64_t features)
> >>>>
> >>>> void vhost_net_ack_features(struct vhost_net *net, uint64_t features)
> >>>> {
> >>>>- net->dev.acked_features = net->dev.backend_features;
> >>>>+ vhost_ack_features(&net->dev, vhost_net_get_feature_bits(net),
> >>>>+ net->dev.backend_features);
> >>>> vhost_ack_features(&net->dev, vhost_net_get_feature_bits(net),
> >>>> features);
> >>>
> >>>So you ack it twice?
> >>Not really, first call to vhost_ack_features acks the
> >>net->dev.backend_features,
> >>the second one acks the guest features.
> >>
> >>The first call replaces the previous assignment that assumes that all
> >>backend features are
> >>supported by QEMU.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Marcel
> >
> >I think it's cleaner to whitelist backend features QEMU supports.
> >I thought we did this, will look again.
> I thought to do it the same as you started in vhost-init:
>
> if (__virtio_has_feature(msg.u64, VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES)) {
> dev->backend_features |= 1ULL << VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES;
>
> However, we should check all possible flags, no? We have about 16 now.
> And we'll need to manually add to white-list every new feature, seems error
> prone.
But more secure :)
> Anyway, I am open to suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
> Marcel
Can you describe the problem you are solving?
Maybe write a unit test patch that'll make unit test fail?
>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>>diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
> >>>>index c4428a1..077457b 100644
> >>>>--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
> >>>>+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
> >>>>@@ -358,9 +358,9 @@ static int vhost_user_init(struct vhost_dev *dev,
> >>>>void *opaque)
> >>>> return err;
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>>- if (__virtio_has_feature(msg.u64, VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES)) {
> >>>>- dev->backend_features |= 1ULL << VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES;
> >>>>+ dev->backend_features = msg.u64;
> >>>>
> >>>>+ if (__virtio_has_feature(msg.u64, VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES)) {
> >>>> msg.request = VHOST_USER_GET_PROTOCOL_FEATURES;
> >>>> msg.flags = VHOST_USER_VERSION;
> >>>> msg.size = 0;
> >>>>--
> >>>>2.1.0