> Hello Srujana, Jerin,
>
> On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 12:04 PM Srujana Challa <scha...@marvell.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > This patch modifies the code to convert descriptor buffer IOVA
> > addresses to virtual addresses during the processing of shadow control
> > queue when IOVA mode is PA. This change enables Virtio-user to operate
> > with IOVA as the descriptor buffer address.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Srujana Challa <scha...@marvell.com>
>
> This patch triggers a segfault in testpmd when using virtio-user
> (server) + vhost-user (client).
> This was caught in OVS unit tests running in GHA virtual machines.
> In such an env with no iommu, IOVA is forced to PA.
>
> This can be reproduced with two testpmd in an env without iommu like a vm,
> or alternatively forcing --iova-mode=pa in the cmdline:
>
> $ rm -f vhost-user; gdb ./build/app/dpdk-testpmd -ex 'run -l 0-2 --in-memory
> --socket-mem=512 --single-file-segments --no-pci --file-prefix virtio
> --vdev=net_virtio_user,path=vhost-user,queues=2,server=1 -- -i'
> ...
> EAL: Selected IOVA mode 'PA'
> ...
> vhost_user_start_server(): (vhost-user) waiting for client connection...
>
> $ ./build/app/dpdk-testpmd -l 0,3-4 --in-memory --socket-mem=512 --single-
> file-segments --no-pci --file-prefix vhost-user --vdev
> net_vhost,iface=vhost-user,client=1 -- -i ...
> EAL: Selected IOVA mode 'PA'
> ...
> VHOST_CONFIG: (vhost-user) virtio is now ready for processing.
>
>
> On the virtio-user side:
>
> Thread 1 "dpdk-testpmd" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> 0x0000000002f956ab in virtio_user_handle_ctrl_msg_split
> (dev=0x11a01a8d00, vring=0x11a01a8aa0, idx_hdr=0) at
> ../drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.c:942
> 942 if (hdr->class == VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MQ &&
> (gdb) bt
> #0 0x0000000002f956ab in virtio_user_handle_ctrl_msg_split
> (dev=0x11a01a8d00, vring=0x11a01a8aa0, idx_hdr=0) at
> ../drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.c:942
> #1 0x0000000002f95d06 in virtio_user_handle_cq_split
> (dev=0x11a01a8d00, queue_idx=4) at
> ../drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.c:1087
> #2 0x0000000002f95dba in virtio_user_handle_cq (dev=0x11a01a8d00,
> queue_idx=4) at
> ../drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.c:1104
> #3 0x0000000002f79af7 in virtio_user_notify_queue (hw=0x11a01a8d00,
> vq=0x11a0181e00) at ../drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user_ethdev.c:278
> #4 0x0000000002f45408 in virtqueue_notify (vq=0x11a0181e00) at
> ../drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h:525
> #5 0x0000000002f45bf0 in virtio_control_queue_notify (vq=0x11a0181e00,
> cookie=0x0) at
> ../drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c:227
> #6 0x0000000002f404a5 in virtio_send_command_split
> (cvq=0x11a0181e60, ctrl=0x7fffffffc850, dlen=0x7fffffffc84c, pkt_num=1) at
> ../drivers/net/virtio/virtio_cvq.c:158
> #7 0x0000000002f407a7 in virtio_send_command (cvq=0x11a0181e60,
> ctrl=0x7fffffffc850, dlen=0x7fffffffc84c, pkt_num=1) at
> ../drivers/net/virtio/virtio_cvq.c:224
> #8 0x0000000002f45af7 in virtio_set_multiple_queues_auto
> (dev=0x4624b80 <rte_eth_devices>, nb_queues=1) at
> ../drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c:192
> #9 0x0000000002f45b99 in virtio_set_multiple_queues (dev=0x4624b80
> <rte_eth_devices>, nb_queues=1) at
> ../drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c:210
> #10 0x0000000002f4ad2d in virtio_dev_start (dev=0x4624b80
> <rte_eth_devices>) at ../drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c:2385
> #11 0x0000000000aa4336 in rte_eth_dev_start (port_id=0) at
> ../lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c:1752
> #12 0x00000000005984f7 in eth_dev_start_mp (port_id=0) at
> ../app/test-pmd/testpmd.c:642
> #13 0x000000000059ddb7 in start_port (pid=65535) at
> ../app/test-pmd/testpmd.c:3269
> #14 0x00000000005a0eea in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffdfe0) at
> ../app/test-pmd/testpmd.c:4644
> (gdb) l
> 937 /* locate desc for status */
> 938 idx_status = i;
> 939 n_descs++;
> 940
> 941 hdr = virtio_user_iova2virt(vring->desc[idx_hdr].addr);
> 942 if (hdr->class == VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MQ &&
> 943 hdr->cmd == VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MQ_VQ_PAIRS_SET) {
> 944 uint16_t queues, *addr;
> 945
> 946 addr = virtio_user_iova2virt(vring->desc[idx_data].addr);
> (gdb) p hdr
> $1 = (struct virtio_net_ctrl_hdr *) 0x0
>
>
> We need someone from Marvell to fix this issue.
> The next option is to revert the whole series (which was discussed and agreed
> before Maxime went off, in the event this series would trigger any issue).
Sure, we are looking into the issue.
Thanks.
>
> --
> David Marchand
