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 3/4] vhost-blk: create kernel threads with the mainstream worker ioctls
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:33:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261028123333.3145676-4-alexander.ivanov@virtuozzo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261028123333.3145676-1-alexander.ivanov@virtuozzo.com>
num-threads was passed to our own VHOST_SET_NWORKERS kernel ioctl. The
kernel drops it with the revert of "drivers/vhost: add ioctl to
increase the number of workers" in favour of the mainstream worker
ioctls, which vhost-blk now supports. Create num-threads - 1 workers
with VHOST_NEW_WORKER and attach them to the virtqueues round-robin
with VHOST_ATTACH_VRING_WORKER, the layout VHOST_SET_NWORKERS produced.
Our kernel, unlike mainline, defaults to kthread mode, where
VHOST_NEW_WORKER fails with -EFAULT rather than -ENOTTY. So switch the
device to vhost_task mode with VHOST_SET_FORK_FROM_OWNER before
VHOST_SET_OWNER. With num-threads=1 nothing changes: no worker ioctls,
kthread mode.
Released vz10 kernels have VHOST_SET_FORK_FROM_OWNER, but their
vhost-blk does not handle the worker ioctls and fails VHOST_NEW_WORKER
with -ENOTTY. On such a kernel, or one without
VHOST_SET_FORK_FROM_OWNER, warn and run a single thread rather than
fail to start vhost-blk.
https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-107537
Signed-off-by: Alexander Ivanov <alexander.ivanov@virtuozzo.com>
---
hw/block/vhost-blk.c | 100 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 86 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/hw/block/vhost-blk.c b/hw/block/vhost-blk.c
index 8a015d54fa7..cc05eb057df 100644
--- a/hw/block/vhost-blk.c
+++ b/hw/block/vhost-blk.c
@@ -33,9 +33,60 @@
#include "migration/cpr.h"
#include "system/runstate.h"
+/*
+ * Spread the virtqueues round-robin over nworkers kernel threads. Thread 0 is
+ * the default worker VHOST_SET_OWNER created; vq 0 and every nworkers-th vq
+ * after it stay on it.
+ */
+static int vhost_blk_set_workers(struct vhost_dev *hdev, int nworkers)
+{
+ uint32_t ids[VHOST_BLK_MAX_QUEUES];
+ int i, ret;
+
+ assert(nworkers <= ARRAY_SIZE(ids));
+
+ for (i = 1; i < hdev->nvqs; i++) {
+ int w = i % nworkers;
+ struct vhost_vring_worker vq_worker = { .index = i };
+
+ if (w == 0) {
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ /* vq i < nworkers is the first user of thread i: create it here */
+ if (i < nworkers) {
+ struct vhost_worker_state worker = { };
+
+ ret = hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_new_worker(hdev, &worker);
+ if (ret == -ENOTTY) {
+ /* vhost-blk predating worker ioctls, fails on vq 1 only */
+ warn_report_once("vhost-blk: kernel does not support worker "
+ "ioctls, using a single kernel thread");
+ return 0;
+ } else if (ret < 0) {
+ error_report("vhost-blk: unable to create kernel thread: %s",
+ strerror(-ret));
+ return ret;
+ }
+ ids[w] = worker.worker_id;
+ }
+
+ vq_worker.worker_id = ids[w];
+ ret = hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_attach_vring_worker(hdev, &vq_worker);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ error_report("vhost-blk: unable to attach kernel thread to "
+ "queue %d: %s", i, strerror(-ret));
+ return ret;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int vhost_blk_start(VirtIODevice *vdev)
{
VHostBlk *s = VHOST_BLK(vdev);
+ struct vhost_dev *hdev = &s->dev;
struct vhost_vring_file backend;
int ret, i, nworkers;
BusState *qbus = BUS(qdev_get_parent_bus(DEVICE(vdev)));
@@ -51,15 +102,36 @@ static int vhost_blk_start(VirtIODevice *vdev)
return 0;
}
+ nworkers = MIN(s->conf.num_threads, hdev->nvqs);
+ if (nworkers > 1) {
+ /*
+ * VHOST_NEW_WORKER needs vhost_task mode; our kernel defaults to
+ * kthreads and VHOST_RESET_OWNER brings that default back, so ask
+ * on every start. Must precede VHOST_SET_OWNER.
+ */
+ ret = hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_set_fork_from_owner(hdev,
+ VHOST_FORK_OWNER_TASK);
+ if (ret == -ENOTTY) {
+ warn_report_once("vhost-blk: kernel does not support vhost tasks, "
+ "using a single kernel thread");
+ nworkers = 1;
+ } else if (ret < 0) {
+ error_report("vhost-blk: unable to set vhost task mode: %s",
+ strerror(-ret));
+ return ret;
+ }
+ }
+
if (ioctl(s->vhostfd, VHOST_SET_OWNER, NULL)) {
error_report("vhost-blk: unable to set owner");
return -ENOSYS;
}
- nworkers = s->conf.num_threads;
- if (nworkers != 1 && ioctl(s->vhostfd, VHOST_SET_NWORKERS, &nworkers)) {
- error_report("vhost-blk: unable to set number of kernel threads");
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (nworkers > 1) {
+ ret = vhost_blk_set_workers(hdev, nworkers);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ return ret;
+ }
}
if (s->conf.serial) {
@@ -70,22 +142,22 @@ static int vhost_blk_start(VirtIODevice *vdev)
}
}
- ret = k->set_guest_notifiers(qbus->parent, s->dev.nvqs, true);
+ ret = k->set_guest_notifiers(qbus->parent, hdev->nvqs, true);
if (ret < 0) {
error_report("vhost-blk: unable to bind guest notifiers");
return ret;
}
- ret = vhost_dev_enable_notifiers(&s->dev, vdev);
+ ret = vhost_dev_enable_notifiers(hdev, vdev);
if (ret < 0) {
error_report("vhost-blk: unable to enable dev notifiers: %s",
strerror(errno));
goto err_set;
}
- s->dev.acked_features = vdev->guest_features & s->dev.features;
+ hdev->acked_features = vdev->guest_features & hdev->features;
- ret = vhost_dev_start(&s->dev, vdev, false);
+ ret = vhost_dev_start(hdev, vdev, false);
if (ret < 0) {
error_report("vhost-blk: unable to start vhost dev");
goto err_disable;
@@ -100,11 +172,11 @@ static int vhost_blk_start(VirtIODevice *vdev)
goto err_stop;
}
- for (i = 0; i < s->dev.nvqs; i++) {
- vhost_virtqueue_mask(&s->dev, vdev, i, false);
+ for (i = 0; i < hdev->nvqs; i++) {
+ vhost_virtqueue_mask(hdev, vdev, i, false);
}
- for (i = 0; i < s->dev.nvqs; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < hdev->nvqs; i++) {
event_notifier_set(virtio_queue_get_host_notifier(virtio_get_queue(vdev, i)));
}
@@ -113,11 +185,11 @@ static int vhost_blk_start(VirtIODevice *vdev)
return 0;
err_stop:
- vhost_dev_stop(&s->dev, vdev, false);
+ vhost_dev_stop(hdev, vdev, false);
err_disable:
- vhost_dev_disable_notifiers(&s->dev, vdev);
+ vhost_dev_disable_notifiers(hdev, vdev);
err_set:
- ret = k->set_guest_notifiers(qbus->parent, s->dev.nvqs, false);
+ ret = k->set_guest_notifiers(qbus->parent, hdev->nvqs, false);
if (ret < 0) {
error_report("vhost-blk: unable to unbind guest notifiers");
}
--
2.53.0
next prev parent 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 [PATCH hci-8.1 v3 0/4] vhost-blk: switch from VHOST_SET_NWORKERS to " Alexander Ivanov
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 ` Alexander Ivanov [this message]
2026-10-28 12:38 ` [PATCH hci-8.1 v3 3/4] vhost-blk: create kernel threads with the mainstream worker ioctls 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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