[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] Shared memory uio_pci driver

[Cam Macdonell]

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 3:15 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:09:36AM -0600, Cam Macdonell wrote:
>> This patch adds a driver for my shared memory PCI device using the uio_pci
>> interface.  The driver has three memory regions.  The first memory region is 
>> for
>> device registers for sending interrupts. The second BAR is for receiving 
>> MSI-X
>> interrupts and the third memory region maps the shared memory.  The device 
>> only
>> exports the first and third memory regions to userspace.
>>
>> This driver supports MSI-X and regular pin interrupts.  Currently, the 
>> number of
>> MSI vectors is set to 4 which could be increased, but the driver will work 
>> with
>> fewer vectors.  If MSI is not available, then regular interrupts will be 
>> used.
>
> Some high level questions, sorry if they have been raised in the past:
> - Can this device use virtio framework?
>  This gives us some standards to work off, with feature negotiation,
>  ability to detect config changes, support for non-PCI
>  platforms, decent documentation that is easy to extend,
>  legal id range to use.
>  You would thus have your driver in uio/uio_virtio_shmem.c

There has been previous discussion of virtio, however while virtio is
good for exporting guest memory, it's not ideal for importing memory
into a guest.

>
> - Why are you using 32 bit long memory accesses for interrupts?
>  16 bit IO eould be enough and it's faster. This what virtio-pci does.
>
> - How was the driver tested?

I have some test programs in the git repo I linked to.  I've been
using some simple producer/consumer tests to test the interrupt
framework.

>
>> ---
>>  drivers/uio/Kconfig       |    8 ++
>>  drivers/uio/Makefile      |    1 +
>>  drivers/uio/uio_ivshmem.c |  235 
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 244 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/uio/uio_ivshmem.c
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/uio/Kconfig b/drivers/uio/Kconfig
>> index 1da73ec..b92cded 100644
>> --- a/drivers/uio/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/uio/Kconfig
>> @@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ config UIO_SERCOS3
>>
>>         If you compile this as a module, it will be called uio_sercos3.
>>
>> +config UIO_IVSHMEM
>> +     tristate "KVM shared memory PCI driver"
>> +     default n
>> +     help
>> +       Userspace I/O interface for the KVM shared memory device.  This
>> +       driver will make available two memory regions, the first is
>> +       registers and the second is a region for sharing between VMs.
>> +
>>  config UIO_PCI_GENERIC
>>       tristate "Generic driver for PCI 2.3 and PCI Express cards"
>>       depends on PCI
>> diff --git a/drivers/uio/Makefile b/drivers/uio/Makefile
>> index 18fd818..25c1ca5 100644
>> --- a/drivers/uio/Makefile
>> +++ b/drivers/uio/Makefile
>> @@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_UIO_AEC) += uio_aec.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_UIO_SERCOS3)    += uio_sercos3.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_UIO_PCI_GENERIC)        += uio_pci_generic.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_UIO_NETX)       += uio_netx.o
>> +obj-$(CONFIG_UIO_IVSHMEM) += uio_ivshmem.o
>> diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio_ivshmem.c b/drivers/uio/uio_ivshmem.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..607435b
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/uio/uio_ivshmem.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
>> +/*
>> + * UIO IVShmem Driver
>> + *
>> + * (C) 2009 Cam Macdonell
>> + * based on Hilscher CIF card driver (C) 2007 Hans J. Koch <address@hidden>
>> + *
>> + * Licensed under GPL version 2 only.
>> + *
>> + */
>> +
>> +#include <linux/device.h>
>> +#include <linux/module.h>
>> +#include <linux/pci.h>
>> +#include <linux/uio_driver.h>
>> +
>> +#include <asm/io.h>
>> +
>> +#define IntrStatus 0x04
>> +#define IntrMask 0x00
>> +
>> +struct ivshmem_info {
>> +    struct uio_info *uio;
>> +    struct pci_dev *dev;
>> +    char (*msix_names)[256];
>> +    struct msix_entry *msix_entries;
>> +    int nvectors;
>> +};
>> +
>> +static irqreturn_t ivshmem_handler(int irq, struct uio_info *dev_info)
>> +{
>> +
>> +    void __iomem *plx_intscr = dev_info->mem[0].internal_addr
>> +                    + IntrStatus;
>> +    u32 val;
>> +
>> +    val = readl(plx_intscr);
>> +    if (val == 0)
>> +        return IRQ_NONE;
>> +
>> +    printk(KERN_INFO "Regular interrupt (val = %d)\n", val);
>> +    return IRQ_HANDLED;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static irqreturn_t ivshmem_msix_handler(int irq, void *opaque)
>> +{
>> +
>> +    struct uio_info * dev_info = (struct uio_info *) opaque;
>> +
>> +    /* we have to do this explicitly when using MSI-X */
>> +    uio_event_notify(dev_info);
>> +    printk(KERN_INFO "MSI-X interrupt (%d)\n", irq);
>> +    return IRQ_HANDLED;
>> +
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int request_msix_vectors(struct ivshmem_info *ivs_info, int nvectors)
>> +{
>> +    int i, err;
>> +    const char *name = "ivshmem";
>> +
>> +    printk(KERN_INFO "devname is %s\n", name);
>> +    ivs_info->nvectors = nvectors;
>> +
>> +
>> +    ivs_info->msix_entries = kmalloc(nvectors * sizeof 
>> *ivs_info->msix_entries,
>> +            GFP_KERNEL);
>> +    ivs_info->msix_names = kmalloc(nvectors * sizeof *ivs_info->msix_names,
>> +            GFP_KERNEL);
>> +
>> +    for (i = 0; i < nvectors; ++i)
>> +        ivs_info->msix_entries[i].entry = i;
>> +
>> +    err = pci_enable_msix(ivs_info->dev, ivs_info->msix_entries,
>> +                    ivs_info->nvectors);
>> +    if (err > 0) {
>> +        ivs_info->nvectors = err; /* msi-x positive error code
>> +                                     returns the number available*/
>> +        err = pci_enable_msix(ivs_info->dev, ivs_info->msix_entries,
>> +                    ivs_info->nvectors);
>> +        if (err > 0) {
>> +            printk(KERN_INFO "no MSI (%d). Back to INTx.\n", err);
>> +            return -ENOSPC;
>> +        }
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    printk(KERN_INFO "err is %d\n", err);
>> +    if (err) return err;
>> +
>> +    for (i = 0; i < ivs_info->nvectors; i++) {
>> +
>> +        snprintf(ivs_info->msix_names[i], sizeof *ivs_info->msix_names,
>> +            "%s-config", name);
>> +
>> +        ivs_info->msix_entries[i].entry = i;
>> +        err = request_irq(ivs_info->msix_entries[i].vector,
>> +            ivshmem_msix_handler, 0,
>> +            ivs_info->msix_names[i], ivs_info->uio);
>> +
>> +        if (err) {
>> +            return -ENOSPC;
>> +        }
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int __devinit ivshmem_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev,
>> +                    const struct pci_device_id *id)
>> +{
>> +    struct uio_info *info;
>> +    struct ivshmem_info * ivshmem_info;
>> +    int nvectors = 4;
>> +
>> +    info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct uio_info), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +    if (!info)
>> +        return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> +    ivshmem_info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ivshmem_info), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +    if (!ivshmem_info) {
>> +        kfree(info);
>> +        return -ENOMEM;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    if (pci_enable_device(dev))
>> +        goto out_free;
>> +
>> +    if (pci_request_regions(dev, "ivshmem"))
>> +        goto out_disable;
>> +
>> +    info->mem[0].addr = pci_resource_start(dev, 0);
>> +    if (!info->mem[0].addr)
>> +        goto out_release;
>> +
>> +    info->mem[0].size = pci_resource_len(dev, 0);
>> +    info->mem[0].internal_addr = pci_ioremap_bar(dev, 0);
>> +    if (!info->mem[0].internal_addr) {
>> +        printk(KERN_INFO "got a null");
>> +        goto out_release;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    info->mem[0].memtype = UIO_MEM_PHYS;
>> +
>> +    info->mem[1].addr = pci_resource_start(dev, 2);
>> +    if (!info->mem[1].addr)
>> +        goto out_unmap;
>> +    info->mem[1].internal_addr = pci_ioremap_bar(dev, 2);
>> +    if (!info->mem[1].internal_addr)
>> +        goto out_unmap;
>> +
>> +    info->mem[1].size = pci_resource_len(dev, 2);
>> +    info->mem[1].memtype = UIO_MEM_PHYS;
>> +
>> +    ivshmem_info->uio = info;
>> +    ivshmem_info->dev = dev;
>> +
>> +    if (request_msix_vectors(ivshmem_info, nvectors) != 0) {
>> +        printk(KERN_INFO "regular IRQs\n");
>> +        info->irq = dev->irq;
>> +        info->irq_flags = IRQF_SHARED;
>> +        info->handler = ivshmem_handler;
>> +        writel(0xffffffff, info->mem[0].internal_addr + IntrMask);
>> +    } else {
>> +        printk(KERN_INFO "MSI-X enabled\n");
>> +        info->irq = -1;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    info->name = "ivshmem";
>> +    info->version = "0.0.1";
>> +
>> +    if (uio_register_device(&dev->dev, info))
>> +        goto out_unmap2;
>> +
>> +    pci_set_drvdata(dev, info);
>> +
>> +
>> +    return 0;
>> +out_unmap2:
>> +    iounmap(info->mem[2].internal_addr);
>> +out_unmap:
>> +    iounmap(info->mem[0].internal_addr);
>> +out_release:
>> +    pci_release_regions(dev);
>> +out_disable:
>> +    pci_disable_device(dev);
>> +out_free:
>> +    kfree (info);
>> +    return -ENODEV;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void ivshmem_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *dev)
>> +{
>> +    struct uio_info *info = pci_get_drvdata(dev);
>> +
>> +    uio_unregister_device(info);
>> +    pci_release_regions(dev);
>> +    pci_disable_device(dev);
>> +    pci_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
>> +    iounmap(info->mem[0].internal_addr);
>> +
>> +    kfree (info);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static struct pci_device_id ivshmem_pci_ids[] __devinitdata = {
>> +    {
>> +        .vendor =    0x1af4,
>> +        .device =    0x1110,
>> +        .subvendor =    PCI_ANY_ID,
>> +        .subdevice =    PCI_ANY_ID,
>> +    },
>> +    { 0, }
>> +};
>> +
>> +static struct pci_driver ivshmem_pci_driver = {
>> +    .name = "uio_ivshmem",
>> +    .id_table = ivshmem_pci_ids,
>> +    .probe = ivshmem_pci_probe,
>> +    .remove = ivshmem_pci_remove,
>> +};
>> +
>> +static int __init ivshmem_init_module(void)
>> +{
>> +    return pci_register_driver(&ivshmem_pci_driver);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void __exit ivshmem_exit_module(void)
>> +{
>> +    pci_unregister_driver(&ivshmem_pci_driver);
>> +}
>> +
>> +module_init(ivshmem_init_module);
>> +module_exit(ivshmem_exit_module);
>> +
>> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, ivshmem_pci_ids);
>> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
>> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Cam Macdonell");
>> --
>> 1.6.6.1
>>
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