From: Alexander Ivanov <alexander.ivanov@virtuozzo.com>
To: andrey.zhadchenko@virtuozzo.com
Cc: andrey.drobyshev@virtuozzo.com, svt-core@virtuozzo.com
Subject: [PATCH hci-8.1 v3 0/4] vhost-blk: switch from VHOST_SET_NWORKERS to the mainstream worker ioctls
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:33:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261028123333.3145676-1-alexander.ivanov@virtuozzo.com> (raw)
The kernel drops our VHOST_SET_NWORKERS ioctl in favour of the
mainstream VHOST_NEW_WORKER/VHOST_ATTACH_VRING_WORKER, which vhost-blk
now supports.
Patch 1 wraps VHOST_SET_FORK_FROM_OWNER in a vhost backend op. Patch 2
refuses num-queues above VHOST_BLK_MAX_QUEUES at realize. Patch 3 makes
vhost-blk create its num-threads workers with the mainstream ioctls,
keeping the same worker layout, and fall back to a single thread on a
kernel without them. Patch 4 drops VHOST_SET_NWORKERS from
linux-headers.
v3:
- new patch 1: call VHOST_SET_FORK_FROM_OWNER, VHOST_NEW_WORKER and
VHOST_ATTACH_VRING_WORKER through vhost_ops instead of raw ioctls
- new patch 2: refuse num-queues above VHOST_BLK_MAX_QUEUES at realize
instead of clamping num-threads in patch 3
- patch 3: create each worker right before attaching its first vq
v2:
- patch 1: clamp num-threads to VHOST_BLK_MAX_QUEUES
- patch 1: note in the commit message that our kernel, unlike
mainline, defaults to kthreads
https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-107537
Alexander Ivanov (4):
vhost-backend: add vhost_set_fork_from_owner op
vhost-blk: reject num-queues above VHOST_BLK_MAX_QUEUES
vhost-blk: create kernel threads with the mainstream worker ioctls
linux-headers: drop VHOST_SET_NWORKERS
hw/block/vhost-blk.c | 105 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
hw/virtio/vhost-backend.c | 7 ++
include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h | 3 +
linux-headers/linux/vhost.h | 9 ---
4 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
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2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-10-28 12:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-28 12:33 Alexander Ivanov [this message]
2026-10-28 12:33 ` [PATCH hci-8.1 v3 1/4] vhost-backend: add vhost_set_fork_from_owner op Alexander Ivanov
2026-10-28 12:36 ` no-reply
2026-10-28 15:30 ` Andrey Drobyshev
2026-10-28 12:33 ` [PATCH hci-8.1 v3 2/4] vhost-blk: reject num-queues above VHOST_BLK_MAX_QUEUES Alexander Ivanov
2026-10-28 12:35 ` no-reply
2026-10-28 15:31 ` Andrey Drobyshev
2026-10-28 12:33 ` [PATCH hci-8.1 v3 3/4] vhost-blk: create kernel threads with the mainstream worker ioctls Alexander Ivanov
2026-10-28 12:38 ` no-reply
2026-10-28 15:31 ` Andrey Drobyshev
2026-10-28 12:33 ` [PATCH hci-8.1 v3 4/4] linux-headers: drop VHOST_SET_NWORKERS Alexander Ivanov
2026-10-28 12:36 ` no-reply
2026-10-28 15:31 ` Andrey Drobyshev
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