| Message ID | 5757e54b-902b-4338-8ac9-43857cd1906c@default |
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| State | Changes Requested, archived |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
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On Mon, 2013-01-21 at 17:17 +0000, Yuval Shaia wrote: > When starting a VM which has virtual interface attached to the same > bridge (i.e vif = [type=netfront,bridge=xenbr0'] in vm.cfg) which is > used for netconsole the > following message appears (after about 60 seconds) and VM creation > operation fails. > Error: Device 0 (vif) could not be connected. Hotplug scripts not > working. I'm not sure how this can relate netconsole since this happens before the guest even runs, doesn't it? > As i see it, netconsole driver requires ndo_poll_controller from the > device's controlling driver (function __netpoll_setup in > net/core/netpoll.c), a thing that is not supported currently in > xen_netback driver which is the driver that runs on dom0 and serve > VM's virtual interface. Which domain is using netconsole? Is it dom0 or domU? What parameters do you give it? I assume it is the domU but if that's the case I don't see why a netback rather than netfront patch would be required. Or is dom0 doing netconsole where the log receiver is a domU? Ian. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On 01/21/2013 07:28 PM, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Mon, 2013-01-21 at 17:17 +0000, Yuval Shaia wrote: > >> When starting a VM which has virtual interface attached to the same >> bridge (i.e vif = [type=netfront,bridge=xenbr0'] in vm.cfg) which is >> used for netconsole the >> following message appears (after about 60 seconds) and VM creation >> operation fails. >> Error: Device 0 (vif) could not be connected. Hotplug scripts not >> working. > I'm not sure how this can relate netconsole since this happens before > the guest even runs, doesn't it? Running the same scenario without netconsole runs smoothly. > >> As i see it, netconsole driver requires ndo_poll_controller from the >> device's controlling driver (function __netpoll_setup in >> net/core/netpoll.c), a thing that is not supported currently in >> xen_netback driver which is the driver that runs on dom0 and serve >> VM's virtual interface. > Which domain is using netconsole? Is it dom0 or domU? What parameters do > you give it? dom0. parameters: netconsole=1111@src-ip/xenbr0,2002@dst-ip/dst-mac > > I assume it is the domU but if that's the case I don't see why a netback > rather than netfront patch would be required. > > Or is dom0 doing netconsole where the log receiver is a domU? Log received at dom0 as output of xm cr vm.cfg command. netconsole is used on dom0 to monitor its log > > Ian. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Mon, 2013-01-21 at 18:00 +0000, yuval.shaia@oracle.com wrote: > On 01/21/2013 07:28 PM, Ian Campbell wrote: > > On Mon, 2013-01-21 at 17:17 +0000, Yuval Shaia wrote: > > > >> When starting a VM which has virtual interface attached to the same > >> bridge (i.e vif = [type=netfront,bridge=xenbr0'] in vm.cfg) which is > >> used for netconsole the > >> following message appears (after about 60 seconds) and VM creation > >> operation fails. > >> Error: Device 0 (vif) could not be connected. Hotplug scripts not > >> working. > > I'm not sure how this can relate netconsole since this happens before > > the guest even runs, doesn't it? > Running the same scenario without netconsole runs smoothly. But why? I can't make sense of your scenario and therefore cannot explain why this patch would make any difference. Perhaps your patch is just papering over some other issue? > >> As i see it, netconsole driver requires ndo_poll_controller from the > >> device's controlling driver (function __netpoll_setup in > >> net/core/netpoll.c), a thing that is not supported currently in > >> xen_netback driver which is the driver that runs on dom0 and serve > >> VM's virtual interface. > > Which domain is using netconsole? Is it dom0 or domU? What parameters do > > you give it? > dom0. > parameters: netconsole=1111@src-ip/xenbr0,2002@dst-ip/dst-mac You give these parameters to dom0 so that dom0's own logs are sent to some other host? Are dst-ip and dst-mac a domain on the same host or are they some offbox logging service? I can see why the *bridge* device might need an ndo_poll_controller hook in this setup but I can't see any reason why the netback device would need one. > > > > I assume it is the domU but if that's the case I don't see why a netback > > rather than netfront patch would be required. > > > > Or is dom0 doing netconsole where the log receiver is a domU? > Log received at dom0 as output of xm cr vm.cfg command. > netconsole is used on dom0 to monitor its log Are you now saying that logging goes from domU to dom0? Which is it? In this scenario there is really no reason I can see that netback would need an ndo_poll_controller hook -- that would be needed in the domU in the netfront driver. Please can you explain the exact code path which results in this new hook being called. BTW looking at the patch as it is any use of this hook should be wrapped in CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER. Ian. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Tuesday 22 January 2013 11:23:32 am Ian Campbell wrote: > On Mon, 2013-01-21 at 18:00 +0000, yuval.shaia@oracle.com wrote: > > On 01/21/2013 07:28 PM, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > On Mon, 2013-01-21 at 17:17 +0000, Yuval Shaia wrote: > > >> When starting a VM which has virtual interface attached to the same > > >> bridge (i.e vif = [type=netfront,bridge=xenbr0'] in vm.cfg) which is > > >> used for netconsole the > > >> following message appears (after about 60 seconds) and VM creation > > >> operation fails. > > >> Error: Device 0 (vif) could not be connected. Hotplug scripts > > >> not working. > > > > > > I'm not sure how this can relate netconsole since this happens before > > > the guest even runs, doesn't it? > > > > Running the same scenario without netconsole runs smoothly. > > But why? I can't make sense of your scenario and therefore cannot > explain why this patch would make any difference. Perhaps your patch is > just papering over some other issue? > > > >> As i see it, netconsole driver requires ndo_poll_controller from the > > >> device's controlling driver (function __netpoll_setup in > > >> net/core/netpoll.c), a thing that is not supported currently in > > >> xen_netback driver which is the driver that runs on dom0 and serve > > >> VM's virtual interface. > > > > > > Which domain is using netconsole? Is it dom0 or domU? What parameters > > > do you give it? > > > > dom0. > > parameters: netconsole=1111@src-ip/xenbr0,2002@dst-ip/dst-mac > > You give these parameters to dom0 so that dom0's own logs are sent to > some other host? > > Are dst-ip and dst-mac a domain on the same host or are they some offbox > logging service? Sorry, my mistake, i should have attach network setup at first. Anyway, here is my setup: ---------- ---------- | Host A |--bond0--->| | Host B | |--------| |--xenbr0 | | | VM A1 |--vif1.0-->| | | | ---------- | ---------- | | V V --------------------------------------------- | LAN | --------------------------------------------- I'm using netconsole to capture logs from Host-A and send them to Host-B. Host-A and Host-B are separate hosts (running XEN) which are connected to the same LAN. src-ip is Host-A address. dst-ip/mac is Host-B address. > > I can see why the *bridge* device might need an ndo_poll_controller hook > in this setup but I can't see any reason why the netback device would > need one. > Please note that without netback driver netconsole runs fine, i.e before trying to create VM which attached to the bridge. > > > I assume it is the domU but if that's the case I don't see why a > > > netback rather than netfront patch would be required. > > > > > > Or is dom0 doing netconsole where the log receiver is a domU? > > > > Log received at dom0 as output of xm cr vm.cfg command. > > netconsole is used on dom0 to monitor its log > > Are you now saying that logging goes from domU to dom0? Which is it? netback comes to play as soon as i'm attaching virtual interface to a bridge and since this bridge is under netconsole monitoring the function is triggered. Up to that point there is no issue getting logs in Host-B so i assume the problem is not with the bridge driver. > > In this scenario there is really no reason I can see that netback would > need an ndo_poll_controller hook -- that would be needed in the domU in > the netfront driver. > > Please can you explain the exact code path which results in this new > hook being called. > init_netconsole() in netconsole.c -> alloc_param_target() -> netpoll_setup() in netpoll.c -> __netpoll_setup() which check if ndo_poll_controller() operation is supported. > BTW looking at the patch as it is any use of this hook should be wrapped > in CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER. > > Ian. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Tue, 2013-01-29 at 08:54 +0000, Yuval Shaia wrote: > > Please can you explain the exact code path which results in this new > > hook being called. > > > init_netconsole() in netconsole.c -> alloc_param_target() -> netpoll_setup() > in netpoll.c -> __netpoll_setup() which check if ndo_poll_controller() > operation is supported. Are you sure this is being called for the VIF interface? In your configuration I'd expect it to be called on the bridge not the vif, or at least for calling on the VIF to not impact whether netpool was enabled for the bridge or not. I think the underlying issue which you are seeing is that br_netpoll_setup() requires that all members of the bridge support netpoll before allowing netpoll to be enabled on the bridge itself. This seems like an odd restriction in the bridge driver since in principal only the port over which the netpoll traffic will be going will need netpoll, but perhaps the bridge can't tell which port that is or is going to be? I think it is worth discussing this with the bridge maintainers (who I have CC'd, threads starts at http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=135878868112700&w=2) Hopefully the bridge isn't flooding/broadcasting netpoll to all ports, at least in the case where DST IP and MAC have been specified. That would be rather inefficient, especially when most ports go to virtual machines. So before I ack this patch I'd like to hear back from the bridge maintainers about whether the current behaviour in the bridge is intended and whether it could be fixed in some better way than adding netpoll to netback. AFAICT the only reason to actually support netpoll in netback would be if you wanted host logs to go to a listener running in a domain on the same host, which sounds like a mad idea to me! If someone actually has a real need for that use case and can test that it works I'd be happy to reconsider this patch on that basis (assuming the necessary #ifdefs are added as mentioned before). > > BTW looking at the patch as it is any use of this hook should be wrapped > > in CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER. > > > > Ian. > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Tue, 2013-01-29 at 10:29 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Tue, 2013-01-29 at 08:54 +0000, Yuval Shaia wrote: > > > Please can you explain the exact code path which results in this new > > > hook being called. > > > > > init_netconsole() in netconsole.c -> alloc_param_target() -> netpoll_setup() > > in netpoll.c -> __netpoll_setup() which check if ndo_poll_controller() > > operation is supported. > > Are you sure this is being called for the VIF interface? In your > configuration I'd expect it to be called on the bridge not the vif, or > at least for calling on the VIF to not impact whether netpool was > enabled for the bridge or not. > > I think the underlying issue which you are seeing is that > br_netpoll_setup() requires that all members of the bridge support > netpoll before allowing netpoll to be enabled on the bridge itself. > > This seems like an odd restriction in the bridge driver since in > principal only the port over which the netpoll traffic will be going > will need netpoll, but perhaps the bridge can't tell which port that is > or is going to be? I think it is worth discussing this with the bridge > maintainers (who I have CC'd, threads starts at > http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=135878868112700&w=2) > > Hopefully the bridge isn't flooding/broadcasting netpoll to all ports, > at least in the case where DST IP and MAC have been specified. That > would be rather inefficient, especially when most ports go to virtual > machines. > > So before I ack this patch I'd like to hear back from the bridge > maintainers about whether the current behaviour in the bridge is > intended and whether it could be fixed in some better way than adding > netpoll to netback. Ian, Can you suggest how to continue from here? as i don't see any comment on that issue up to now. Yuval > > AFAICT the only reason to actually support netpoll in netback would be > if you wanted host logs to go to a listener running in a domain on the > same host, which sounds like a mad idea to me! If someone actually has a > real need for that use case and can test that it works I'd be happy to > reconsider this patch on that basis (assuming the necessary #ifdefs are > added as mentioned before). > > > > BTW looking at the patch as it is any use of this hook should be wrapped > > > in CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER. > > > > > > Ian. > > > > > > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Mon, 2013-04-29 at 11:42 +0100, Yuval Shaia wrote: > Can you suggest how to continue from here? as i don't see any comment on > that issue up to now. Please can you resend the patch with an extended changelog based on the discussions in this thread and CC the bridge folks as well. Ian. > Yuval > > > > AFAICT the only reason to actually support netpoll in netback would be > > if you wanted host logs to go to a listener running in a domain on the > > same host, which sounds like a mad idea to me! If someone actually has a > > real need for that use case and can test that it works I'd be happy to > > reconsider this patch on that basis (assuming the necessary #ifdefs are > > added as mentioned before). > > > > > > BTW looking at the patch as it is any use of this hook should be wrapped > > > > in CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER. > > > > > > > > Ian. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c index 601ae2a..10751f5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c @@ -179,6 +179,13 @@ static u32 xenvif_fix_features(struct net_device *dev, u32 features) return features; } +static void xenvif_poll_controller(struct net_device *dev) +{ + disable_irq(dev->irq); + xenvif_interrupt(dev->irq, dev); + enable_irq(dev->irq); +} + static const struct xenvif_stat { char name[ETH_GSTRING_LEN]; u16 offset; @@ -237,6 +244,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops xenvif_netdev_ops = { .ndo_stop = xenvif_close, .ndo_change_mtu = xenvif_change_mtu, .ndo_fix_features = xenvif_fix_features, + .ndo_poll_controller = xenvif_poll_controller, }; struct xenvif *xenvif_alloc(struct device *parent, domid_t domid,
When starting a VM which has virtual interface attached to the same bridge (i.e vif = [type=netfront,bridge=xenbr0'] in vm.cfg) which is used for netconsole the following message appears (after about 60 seconds) and VM creation operation fails. Error: Device 0 (vif) could not be connected. Hotplug scripts not working. Note: When trying to do the opposite, i.e. first create VM and then run netconsole we got the error #524 - vif2.0 doesn't support polling, aborting. As i see it, netconsole driver requires ndo_poll_controller from the device's controlling driver (function __netpoll_setup in net/core/netpoll.c), a thing that is not supported currently in xen_netback driver which is the driver that runs on dom0 and serve VM's virtual interface. The following patch (to latest kernel) fix this bug by adding implementation to ndo_poll_controller. 0001-Add-support-for-netconsole-driver-used-on-bridge-dev.patch 0 2001 From: Yuval <yuval.shaia@oracle.com> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 10:08:45 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add support for netconsole driver used on bridge device with VIF attached Signed-off-by: Yuval <yuval.shaia@oracle.com> --- drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)