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vhost-user: add separate memslot counter for vhost-user

Message ID 20200908061141.90900-1-chenjiajun8@huawei.com
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chenjiajun Sept. 8, 2020, 6:11 a.m. UTC
Used_memslots is equal to dev->mem->nregions now, it is true for
vhost kernel, but not for vhost user, which uses the memory regions
that have file descriptor. In fact, not all of the memory regions
have file descriptor.
It is usefully in some scenarios, e.g. used_memslots is 8, and only
5 memory slots can be used by vhost user, it is failed to hot plug
a new memory RAM because vhost_has_free_slot just returned false,
but we can hot plug it safely in fact.

--
ChangeList:
v2:
-eliminating useless used_memslots_exceeded variable and used_memslots_is_exceeded() API

v1:
-vhost-user: add separate memslot counter for vhost-user

Signed-off-by: Jiajun Chen <chenjiajun8@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Jianjay Zhou <jianjay.zhou@huawei.com>
---
 hw/virtio/vhost-backend.c         | 14 ++++++++++++
 hw/virtio/vhost-user.c            | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 hw/virtio/vhost.c                 | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h |  5 +++++
 net/vhost-user.c                  |  7 ++++++
 5 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Comments

Michael S. Tsirkin Sept. 8, 2020, 8:37 a.m. UTC | #1
+	Cc: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>
+	Cc: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>

who worked on this in the past.

On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 02:11:41PM +0800, Jiajun Chen wrote:
> Used_memslots is equal to dev->mem->nregions now, it is true for
> vhost kernel, but not for vhost user, which uses the memory regions
> that have file descriptor. In fact, not all of the memory regions
> have file descriptor.
> It is usefully in some scenarios, e.g. used_memslots is 8, and only
> 5 memory slots can be used by vhost user, it is failed to hot plug
> a new memory RAM because vhost_has_free_slot just returned false,
> but we can hot plug it safely in fact.
> 
> --
> ChangeList:
> v2:
> -eliminating useless used_memslots_exceeded variable and used_memslots_is_exceeded() API
> 
> v1:
> -vhost-user: add separate memslot counter for vhost-user
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiajun Chen <chenjiajun8@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jianjay Zhou <jianjay.zhou@huawei.com>
> ---
>  hw/virtio/vhost-backend.c         | 14 ++++++++++++
>  hw/virtio/vhost-user.c            | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  hw/virtio/vhost.c                 | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h |  5 +++++
>  net/vhost-user.c                  |  7 ++++++
>  5 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.c
> index 782b1d67d9..35eec7e166 100644
> --- a/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.c
> +++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.c
> @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
>  #include <linux/vhost.h>
>  #include <sys/ioctl.h>
>  
> +static unsigned int vhost_kernel_used_memslots;
> +
>  static int vhost_kernel_call(struct vhost_dev *dev, unsigned long int request,
>                               void *arg)
>  {
> @@ -238,6 +240,16 @@ static void vhost_kernel_set_iotlb_callback(struct vhost_dev *dev,
>          qemu_set_fd_handler((uintptr_t)dev->opaque, NULL, NULL, NULL);
>  }
>  
> +static void vhost_kernel_set_used_memslots(struct vhost_dev *dev)
> +{
> +    vhost_kernel_used_memslots = dev->mem->nregions;
> +}
> +
> +static unsigned int vhost_kernel_get_used_memslots(void)
> +{
> +    return vhost_kernel_used_memslots;
> +}
> +
>  static const VhostOps kernel_ops = {
>          .backend_type = VHOST_BACKEND_TYPE_KERNEL,
>          .vhost_backend_init = vhost_kernel_init,
> @@ -269,6 +281,8 @@ static const VhostOps kernel_ops = {
>  #endif /* CONFIG_VHOST_VSOCK */
>          .vhost_set_iotlb_callback = vhost_kernel_set_iotlb_callback,
>          .vhost_send_device_iotlb_msg = vhost_kernel_send_device_iotlb_msg,
> +        .vhost_set_used_memslots = vhost_kernel_set_used_memslots,
> +        .vhost_get_used_memslots = vhost_kernel_get_used_memslots,
>  };
>  #endif
>  
> diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
> index 31231218dc..ec46a745fa 100644
> --- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
> +++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
> @@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ static VhostUserMsg m __attribute__ ((unused));
>  
>  /* The version of the protocol we support */
>  #define VHOST_USER_VERSION    (0x1)
> +static unsigned int vhost_user_used_memslots;
>  
>  struct vhost_user {
>      struct vhost_dev *dev;
> @@ -2354,6 +2355,31 @@ void vhost_user_cleanup(VhostUserState *user)
>      user->chr = NULL;
>  }
>  
> +static void vhost_user_set_used_memslots(struct vhost_dev *dev)
> +{
> +    unsigned int counter = 0;
> +    int i;
> +
> +    for (i = 0; i < dev->mem->nregions; ++i) {
> +        struct vhost_memory_region *reg = dev->mem->regions + i;
> +        ram_addr_t offset;
> +        MemoryRegion *mr;
> +        int fd;
> +
> +        assert((uintptr_t)reg->userspace_addr == reg->userspace_addr);
> +        mr = vhost_user_get_mr_data(reg->userspace_addr, &offset, &fd);
> +        if (mr && fd > 0) {
> +            counter++;
> +        }
> +    }
> +    vhost_user_used_memslots = counter;
> +}
> +
> +static unsigned int vhost_user_get_used_memslots(void)
> +{
> +    return vhost_user_used_memslots;
> +}
> +
>  const VhostOps user_ops = {
>          .backend_type = VHOST_BACKEND_TYPE_USER,
>          .vhost_backend_init = vhost_user_backend_init,
> @@ -2387,4 +2413,6 @@ const VhostOps user_ops = {
>          .vhost_backend_mem_section_filter = vhost_user_mem_section_filter,
>          .vhost_get_inflight_fd = vhost_user_get_inflight_fd,
>          .vhost_set_inflight_fd = vhost_user_set_inflight_fd,
> +        .vhost_set_used_memslots = vhost_user_set_used_memslots,
> +        .vhost_get_used_memslots = vhost_user_get_used_memslots,
>  };
> diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
> index 1a1384e7a6..b8d617d24c 100644
> --- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
> +++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
> @@ -45,20 +45,20 @@
>  static struct vhost_log *vhost_log;
>  static struct vhost_log *vhost_log_shm;
>  
> -static unsigned int used_memslots;
>  static QLIST_HEAD(, vhost_dev) vhost_devices =
>      QLIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vhost_devices);
>  
>  bool vhost_has_free_slot(void)
>  {
> -    unsigned int slots_limit = ~0U;
>      struct vhost_dev *hdev;
>  
>      QLIST_FOREACH(hdev, &vhost_devices, entry) {
> -        unsigned int r = hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_backend_memslots_limit(hdev);
> -        slots_limit = MIN(slots_limit, r);
> +        if (hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_get_used_memslots() >=
> +            hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_backend_memslots_limit(hdev)) {
> +            return false;
> +        }
>      }
> -    return slots_limit > used_memslots;
> +    return true;
>  }
>  
>  static void vhost_dev_sync_region(struct vhost_dev *dev,
> @@ -502,7 +502,6 @@ static void vhost_commit(MemoryListener *listener)
>                         dev->n_mem_sections * sizeof dev->mem->regions[0];
>      dev->mem = g_realloc(dev->mem, regions_size);
>      dev->mem->nregions = dev->n_mem_sections;
> -    used_memslots = dev->mem->nregions;
>      for (i = 0; i < dev->n_mem_sections; i++) {
>          struct vhost_memory_region *cur_vmr = dev->mem->regions + i;
>          struct MemoryRegionSection *mrs = dev->mem_sections + i;
> @@ -678,6 +677,7 @@ static void vhost_region_add_section(struct vhost_dev *dev,
>          dev->tmp_sections[dev->n_tmp_sections - 1].fv = NULL;
>          memory_region_ref(section->mr);
>      }
> +    dev->vhost_ops->vhost_set_used_memslots(dev);
>  }
>  
>  /* Used for both add and nop callbacks */
> @@ -693,6 +693,17 @@ static void vhost_region_addnop(MemoryListener *listener,
>      vhost_region_add_section(dev, section);
>  }
>  
> +static void vhost_region_del(MemoryListener *listener,
> +                             MemoryRegionSection *section)
> +{
> +    struct vhost_dev *dev = container_of(listener, struct vhost_dev,
> +                                         memory_listener);
> +    if (!vhost_section(dev, section)) {
> +        return;
> +    }
> +    dev->vhost_ops->vhost_set_used_memslots(dev);
> +}
> +
>  static void vhost_iommu_unmap_notify(IOMMUNotifier *n, IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb)
>  {
>      struct vhost_iommu *iommu = container_of(n, struct vhost_iommu, n);
> @@ -1300,6 +1311,7 @@ int vhost_dev_init(struct vhost_dev *hdev, void *opaque,
>      hdev->memory_listener = (MemoryListener) {
>          .begin = vhost_begin,
>          .commit = vhost_commit,
> +        .region_del = vhost_region_del,
>          .region_add = vhost_region_addnop,
>          .region_nop = vhost_region_addnop,
>          .log_start = vhost_log_start,
> @@ -1346,9 +1358,16 @@ int vhost_dev_init(struct vhost_dev *hdev, void *opaque,
>      memory_listener_register(&hdev->memory_listener, &address_space_memory);
>      QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&vhost_devices, hdev, entry);
>  
> -    if (used_memslots > hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_backend_memslots_limit(hdev)) {
> -        error_report("vhost backend memory slots limit is less"
> -                " than current number of present memory slots");
> +    /*
> +     * If we started a VM without any vhost device,
> +     * for the first time vhost device hot-plug
> +     * (vhost_get_used_memslots is always 0),
> +     * so it needs to double check here
> +     */
> +    if (hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_get_used_memslots() >
> +        hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_backend_memslots_limit(hdev)) {
> +        error_report("vhost backend memory slots limit is less than"
> +                     " current number of present memory slots");
>          r = -1;
>          if (busyloop_timeout) {
>              goto fail_busyloop;
> diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h
> index 8825bd278f..ed43a93692 100644
> --- a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h
> +++ b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h
> @@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ typedef int (*vhost_get_device_id_op)(struct vhost_dev *dev, uint32_t *dev_id);
>  
>  typedef bool (*vhost_force_iommu_op)(struct vhost_dev *dev);
>  
> +typedef void (*vhost_set_used_memslots_op)(struct vhost_dev *dev);
> +typedef unsigned int (*vhost_get_used_memslots_op)(void);
> +
>  typedef struct VhostOps {
>      VhostBackendType backend_type;
>      vhost_backend_init vhost_backend_init;
> @@ -168,6 +171,8 @@ typedef struct VhostOps {
>      vhost_vq_get_addr_op  vhost_vq_get_addr;
>      vhost_get_device_id_op vhost_get_device_id;
>      vhost_force_iommu_op vhost_force_iommu;
> +    vhost_set_used_memslots_op vhost_set_used_memslots;
> +    vhost_get_used_memslots_op vhost_get_used_memslots;
>  } VhostOps;
>  
>  extern const VhostOps user_ops;
> diff --git a/net/vhost-user.c b/net/vhost-user.c
> index 17532daaf3..7e93955537 100644
> --- a/net/vhost-user.c
> +++ b/net/vhost-user.c
> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
>  #include "qemu/error-report.h"
>  #include "qemu/option.h"
>  #include "trace.h"
> +#include "include/hw/virtio/vhost.h"
>  
>  typedef struct NetVhostUserState {
>      NetClientState nc;
> @@ -347,6 +348,12 @@ static int net_vhost_user_init(NetClientState *peer, const char *device,
>          qemu_chr_fe_set_handlers(&s->chr, NULL, NULL,
>                                   net_vhost_user_event, NULL, nc0->name, NULL,
>                                   true);
> +
> +        if (!vhost_has_free_slot()) {
> +            error_report("used memslots exceeded the backend limit, quit "
> +                         "loop");
> +            goto err;
> +        }
>      } while (!s->started);
>  
>      assert(s->vhost_net);
> -- 
> 2.19.1
Raphael Norwitz Sept. 15, 2020, 1:27 a.m. UTC | #2
A few more comments mixed in below.

Once these are addressed I'd support this change from the vhost-user
side. We should get opinions from other maintainers though,
particularly for the kernel backend and vhost-user-net changes.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 2:11 AM Jiajun Chen <chenjiajun8@huawei.com> wrote:
>
> Used_memslots is equal to dev->mem->nregions now, it is true for
> vhost kernel, but not for vhost user, which uses the memory regions
> that have file descriptor. In fact, not all of the memory regions
> have file descriptor.
> It is usefully in some scenarios, e.g. used_memslots is 8, and only
> 5 memory slots can be used by vhost user, it is failed to hot plug
> a new memory RAM because vhost_has_free_slot just returned false,
> but we can hot plug it safely in fact.
>
> --
> ChangeList:
> v2:
> -eliminating useless used_memslots_exceeded variable and used_memslots_is_exceeded() API
>
> v1:
> -vhost-user: add separate memslot counter for vhost-user
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiajun Chen <chenjiajun8@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jianjay Zhou <jianjay.zhou@huawei.com>
> ---
>  hw/virtio/vhost-backend.c         | 14 ++++++++++++
>  hw/virtio/vhost-user.c            | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  hw/virtio/vhost.c                 | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h |  5 +++++
>  net/vhost-user.c                  |  7 ++++++
>  5 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
> index 31231218dc..ec46a745fa 100644
> --- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
> +++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
> @@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ static VhostUserMsg m __attribute__ ((unused));
>
>  /* The version of the protocol we support */
>  #define VHOST_USER_VERSION    (0x1)
> +static unsigned int vhost_user_used_memslots;

I worry that using a global static value may introduce a lot of edge
cases which may be difficult to account for. Can we store this state
per vhost_user dev, either in the VhostUserState or struct vhost_user?

>
>  struct vhost_user {
>      struct vhost_dev *dev;
> @@ -2354,6 +2355,31 @@ void vhost_user_cleanup(VhostUserState *user)
>      user->chr = NULL;
>  }
>
> +static void vhost_user_set_used_memslots(struct vhost_dev *dev)
> +{
> +    unsigned int counter = 0;
> +    int i;
> +
> +    for (i = 0; i < dev->mem->nregions; ++i) {
> +        struct vhost_memory_region *reg = dev->mem->regions + i;
> +        ram_addr_t offset;
> +        MemoryRegion *mr;
> +        int fd;
> +
> +        assert((uintptr_t)reg->userspace_addr == reg->userspace_addr);

This assert is redundant - vhost_user_get_mr_data already checks this.

> +        mr = vhost_user_get_mr_data(reg->userspace_addr, &offset, &fd);
> +        if (mr && fd > 0) {
> +            counter++;
> +        }
> +    }
> +    vhost_user_used_memslots = counter;
> +}
> +
> +static unsigned int vhost_user_get_used_memslots(void)
> +{
> +    return vhost_user_used_memslots;
> +}
> +
>  const VhostOps user_ops = {
>          .backend_type = VHOST_BACKEND_TYPE_USER,
>          .vhost_backend_init = vhost_user_backend_init,
> @@ -2387,4 +2413,6 @@ const VhostOps user_ops = {
>          .vhost_backend_mem_section_filter = vhost_user_mem_section_filter,
>          .vhost_get_inflight_fd = vhost_user_get_inflight_fd,
>          .vhost_set_inflight_fd = vhost_user_set_inflight_fd,
> +        .vhost_set_used_memslots = vhost_user_set_used_memslots,
> +        .vhost_get_used_memslots = vhost_user_get_used_memslots,
>  };
> diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
> index 1a1384e7a6..b8d617d24c 100644
> --- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
> +++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
> @@ -45,20 +45,20 @@
>  static struct vhost_log *vhost_log;
>  static struct vhost_log *vhost_log_shm;
>
> -static unsigned int used_memslots;
>  static QLIST_HEAD(, vhost_dev) vhost_devices =
>      QLIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vhost_devices);
>
>  bool vhost_has_free_slot(void)
>  {
> -    unsigned int slots_limit = ~0U;
>      struct vhost_dev *hdev;
>
>      QLIST_FOREACH(hdev, &vhost_devices, entry) {
> -        unsigned int r = hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_backend_memslots_limit(hdev);
> -        slots_limit = MIN(slots_limit, r);
> +        if (hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_get_used_memslots() >=
> +            hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_backend_memslots_limit(hdev)) {
> +            return false;
> +        }
>      }
> -    return slots_limit > used_memslots;
> +    return true;
>  }
>
>  static void vhost_dev_sync_region(struct vhost_dev *dev,
> @@ -502,7 +502,6 @@ static void vhost_commit(MemoryListener *listener)
>                         dev->n_mem_sections * sizeof dev->mem->regions[0];
>      dev->mem = g_realloc(dev->mem, regions_size);
>      dev->mem->nregions = dev->n_mem_sections;
> -    used_memslots = dev->mem->nregions;
>      for (i = 0; i < dev->n_mem_sections; i++) {
>          struct vhost_memory_region *cur_vmr = dev->mem->regions + i;
>          struct MemoryRegionSection *mrs = dev->mem_sections + i;
> @@ -678,6 +677,7 @@ static void vhost_region_add_section(struct vhost_dev *dev,
>          dev->tmp_sections[dev->n_tmp_sections - 1].fv = NULL;
>          memory_region_ref(section->mr);
>      }
> +    dev->vhost_ops->vhost_set_used_memslots(dev);
>  }
>
>  /* Used for both add and nop callbacks */
> @@ -693,6 +693,17 @@ static void vhost_region_addnop(MemoryListener *listener,
>      vhost_region_add_section(dev, section);
>  }
>
> +static void vhost_region_del(MemoryListener *listener,
> +                             MemoryRegionSection *section)
> +{
> +    struct vhost_dev *dev = container_of(listener, struct vhost_dev,
> +                                         memory_listener);
> +    if (!vhost_section(dev, section)) {
> +        return;
> +    }
> +    dev->vhost_ops->vhost_set_used_memslots(dev);
> +}
> +
>  static void vhost_iommu_unmap_notify(IOMMUNotifier *n, IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb)
>  {
>      struct vhost_iommu *iommu = container_of(n, struct vhost_iommu, n);
> @@ -1300,6 +1311,7 @@ int vhost_dev_init(struct vhost_dev *hdev, void *opaque,
>      hdev->memory_listener = (MemoryListener) {
>          .begin = vhost_begin,
>          .commit = vhost_commit,
> +        .region_del = vhost_region_del,
>          .region_add = vhost_region_addnop,
>          .region_nop = vhost_region_addnop,
>          .log_start = vhost_log_start,
> @@ -1346,9 +1358,16 @@ int vhost_dev_init(struct vhost_dev *hdev, void *opaque,
>      memory_listener_register(&hdev->memory_listener, &address_space_memory);
>      QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&vhost_devices, hdev, entry);
>
> -    if (used_memslots > hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_backend_memslots_limit(hdev)) {
> -        error_report("vhost backend memory slots limit is less"
> -                " than current number of present memory slots");
> +    /*
> +     * If we started a VM without any vhost device,
> +     * for the first time vhost device hot-plug
> +     * (vhost_get_used_memslots is always 0),
> +     * so it needs to double check here

NIT - There should be a period at the end of the sentence in this comment.


> +     */
> +    if (hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_get_used_memslots() >
> +        hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_backend_memslots_limit(hdev)) {
> +        error_report("vhost backend memory slots limit is less than"
> +                     " current number of present memory slots");
>          r = -1;
>          if (busyloop_timeout) {
>              goto fail_busyloop;
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.c
index 782b1d67d9..35eec7e166 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ 
 #include <linux/vhost.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
+static unsigned int vhost_kernel_used_memslots;
+
 static int vhost_kernel_call(struct vhost_dev *dev, unsigned long int request,
                              void *arg)
 {
@@ -238,6 +240,16 @@  static void vhost_kernel_set_iotlb_callback(struct vhost_dev *dev,
         qemu_set_fd_handler((uintptr_t)dev->opaque, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
+static void vhost_kernel_set_used_memslots(struct vhost_dev *dev)
+{
+    vhost_kernel_used_memslots = dev->mem->nregions;
+}
+
+static unsigned int vhost_kernel_get_used_memslots(void)
+{
+    return vhost_kernel_used_memslots;
+}
+
 static const VhostOps kernel_ops = {
         .backend_type = VHOST_BACKEND_TYPE_KERNEL,
         .vhost_backend_init = vhost_kernel_init,
@@ -269,6 +281,8 @@  static const VhostOps kernel_ops = {
 #endif /* CONFIG_VHOST_VSOCK */
         .vhost_set_iotlb_callback = vhost_kernel_set_iotlb_callback,
         .vhost_send_device_iotlb_msg = vhost_kernel_send_device_iotlb_msg,
+        .vhost_set_used_memslots = vhost_kernel_set_used_memslots,
+        .vhost_get_used_memslots = vhost_kernel_get_used_memslots,
 };
 #endif
 
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
index 31231218dc..ec46a745fa 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@  static VhostUserMsg m __attribute__ ((unused));
 
 /* The version of the protocol we support */
 #define VHOST_USER_VERSION    (0x1)
+static unsigned int vhost_user_used_memslots;
 
 struct vhost_user {
     struct vhost_dev *dev;
@@ -2354,6 +2355,31 @@  void vhost_user_cleanup(VhostUserState *user)
     user->chr = NULL;
 }
 
+static void vhost_user_set_used_memslots(struct vhost_dev *dev)
+{
+    unsigned int counter = 0;
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < dev->mem->nregions; ++i) {
+        struct vhost_memory_region *reg = dev->mem->regions + i;
+        ram_addr_t offset;
+        MemoryRegion *mr;
+        int fd;
+
+        assert((uintptr_t)reg->userspace_addr == reg->userspace_addr);
+        mr = vhost_user_get_mr_data(reg->userspace_addr, &offset, &fd);
+        if (mr && fd > 0) {
+            counter++;
+        }
+    }
+    vhost_user_used_memslots = counter;
+}
+
+static unsigned int vhost_user_get_used_memslots(void)
+{
+    return vhost_user_used_memslots;
+}
+
 const VhostOps user_ops = {
         .backend_type = VHOST_BACKEND_TYPE_USER,
         .vhost_backend_init = vhost_user_backend_init,
@@ -2387,4 +2413,6 @@  const VhostOps user_ops = {
         .vhost_backend_mem_section_filter = vhost_user_mem_section_filter,
         .vhost_get_inflight_fd = vhost_user_get_inflight_fd,
         .vhost_set_inflight_fd = vhost_user_set_inflight_fd,
+        .vhost_set_used_memslots = vhost_user_set_used_memslots,
+        .vhost_get_used_memslots = vhost_user_get_used_memslots,
 };
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
index 1a1384e7a6..b8d617d24c 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
@@ -45,20 +45,20 @@ 
 static struct vhost_log *vhost_log;
 static struct vhost_log *vhost_log_shm;
 
-static unsigned int used_memslots;
 static QLIST_HEAD(, vhost_dev) vhost_devices =
     QLIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vhost_devices);
 
 bool vhost_has_free_slot(void)
 {
-    unsigned int slots_limit = ~0U;
     struct vhost_dev *hdev;
 
     QLIST_FOREACH(hdev, &vhost_devices, entry) {
-        unsigned int r = hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_backend_memslots_limit(hdev);
-        slots_limit = MIN(slots_limit, r);
+        if (hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_get_used_memslots() >=
+            hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_backend_memslots_limit(hdev)) {
+            return false;
+        }
     }
-    return slots_limit > used_memslots;
+    return true;
 }
 
 static void vhost_dev_sync_region(struct vhost_dev *dev,
@@ -502,7 +502,6 @@  static void vhost_commit(MemoryListener *listener)
                        dev->n_mem_sections * sizeof dev->mem->regions[0];
     dev->mem = g_realloc(dev->mem, regions_size);
     dev->mem->nregions = dev->n_mem_sections;
-    used_memslots = dev->mem->nregions;
     for (i = 0; i < dev->n_mem_sections; i++) {
         struct vhost_memory_region *cur_vmr = dev->mem->regions + i;
         struct MemoryRegionSection *mrs = dev->mem_sections + i;
@@ -678,6 +677,7 @@  static void vhost_region_add_section(struct vhost_dev *dev,
         dev->tmp_sections[dev->n_tmp_sections - 1].fv = NULL;
         memory_region_ref(section->mr);
     }
+    dev->vhost_ops->vhost_set_used_memslots(dev);
 }
 
 /* Used for both add and nop callbacks */
@@ -693,6 +693,17 @@  static void vhost_region_addnop(MemoryListener *listener,
     vhost_region_add_section(dev, section);
 }
 
+static void vhost_region_del(MemoryListener *listener,
+                             MemoryRegionSection *section)
+{
+    struct vhost_dev *dev = container_of(listener, struct vhost_dev,
+                                         memory_listener);
+    if (!vhost_section(dev, section)) {
+        return;
+    }
+    dev->vhost_ops->vhost_set_used_memslots(dev);
+}
+
 static void vhost_iommu_unmap_notify(IOMMUNotifier *n, IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb)
 {
     struct vhost_iommu *iommu = container_of(n, struct vhost_iommu, n);
@@ -1300,6 +1311,7 @@  int vhost_dev_init(struct vhost_dev *hdev, void *opaque,
     hdev->memory_listener = (MemoryListener) {
         .begin = vhost_begin,
         .commit = vhost_commit,
+        .region_del = vhost_region_del,
         .region_add = vhost_region_addnop,
         .region_nop = vhost_region_addnop,
         .log_start = vhost_log_start,
@@ -1346,9 +1358,16 @@  int vhost_dev_init(struct vhost_dev *hdev, void *opaque,
     memory_listener_register(&hdev->memory_listener, &address_space_memory);
     QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&vhost_devices, hdev, entry);
 
-    if (used_memslots > hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_backend_memslots_limit(hdev)) {
-        error_report("vhost backend memory slots limit is less"
-                " than current number of present memory slots");
+    /*
+     * If we started a VM without any vhost device,
+     * for the first time vhost device hot-plug
+     * (vhost_get_used_memslots is always 0),
+     * so it needs to double check here
+     */
+    if (hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_get_used_memslots() >
+        hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_backend_memslots_limit(hdev)) {
+        error_report("vhost backend memory slots limit is less than"
+                     " current number of present memory slots");
         r = -1;
         if (busyloop_timeout) {
             goto fail_busyloop;
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h
index 8825bd278f..ed43a93692 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@  typedef int (*vhost_get_device_id_op)(struct vhost_dev *dev, uint32_t *dev_id);
 
 typedef bool (*vhost_force_iommu_op)(struct vhost_dev *dev);
 
+typedef void (*vhost_set_used_memslots_op)(struct vhost_dev *dev);
+typedef unsigned int (*vhost_get_used_memslots_op)(void);
+
 typedef struct VhostOps {
     VhostBackendType backend_type;
     vhost_backend_init vhost_backend_init;
@@ -168,6 +171,8 @@  typedef struct VhostOps {
     vhost_vq_get_addr_op  vhost_vq_get_addr;
     vhost_get_device_id_op vhost_get_device_id;
     vhost_force_iommu_op vhost_force_iommu;
+    vhost_set_used_memslots_op vhost_set_used_memslots;
+    vhost_get_used_memslots_op vhost_get_used_memslots;
 } VhostOps;
 
 extern const VhostOps user_ops;
diff --git a/net/vhost-user.c b/net/vhost-user.c
index 17532daaf3..7e93955537 100644
--- a/net/vhost-user.c
+++ b/net/vhost-user.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ 
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qemu/option.h"
 #include "trace.h"
+#include "include/hw/virtio/vhost.h"
 
 typedef struct NetVhostUserState {
     NetClientState nc;
@@ -347,6 +348,12 @@  static int net_vhost_user_init(NetClientState *peer, const char *device,
         qemu_chr_fe_set_handlers(&s->chr, NULL, NULL,
                                  net_vhost_user_event, NULL, nc0->name, NULL,
                                  true);
+
+        if (!vhost_has_free_slot()) {
+            error_report("used memslots exceeded the backend limit, quit "
+                         "loop");
+            goto err;
+        }
     } while (!s->started);
 
     assert(s->vhost_net);