+ Tiwei and Maxime
Thanks,
Yifeng
On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 2:32 PM Yifeng Sun <pkusunyif...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Right now on OVS, dpdkvhostuser can only run in polling mode (please
> correct me if I am wrong). We are trying to enable interrupt mode of
> dpdkvhostuser type port on OVS. We found that, with changes below, OVS
> can poll&block on exposed kickfd and vhostuser is working under
> interrupt mode without consuming 2 CPUs.
>
> My question is, is this the correct direction to do so, or is there a
> better way? Thanks!
>
> --- a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost.h
> @@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ struct vring_packed_desc_event {
> (1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_UFO) | \
> (1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ECN) | \
> (1ULL << VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC) | \
> - (1ULL << VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX) | \
> (1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU) | \
> (1ULL << VIRTIO_F_IN_ORDER) | \
> (1ULL << VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM) | \
>
> +int rte_vhost_get_kickfd(int vid, uint16_t queue_id)
> +{
> + struct virtio_net *dev;
> + struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
> +
> + dev = get_device(vid);
> + if (!dev)
> + return -1;
> +
> + if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & VIRTIO_DEV_BUILTIN_VIRTIO_NET))) {
> + // vhost net backend is disabled.
> + return -1;
> + }
> +
> + if (unlikely(!is_valid_virt_queue_idx(queue_id, 1, dev->nr_vring))) {
> + return -1;
> + }
> +
> + vq = dev->virtqueue[queue_id];
> + // XXX lock?
> + return vq->kickfd;
> +}
>
> Best,
> Yifeng Sun
