On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 01:15:51PM +0200, Greg Kurz wrote: > On Wed, 5 May 2021 11:14:23 +0100 > Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 04:34:59PM +0200, Greg Kurz wrote: > > > This allows the virtio-blk-pci device to batch the setup of all its > > > host notifiers. This significantly improves boot time of VMs with a > > > high number of vCPUs, e.g. from 3m26.186s down to 0m58.023s for a > > > pseries machine with 384 vCPUs. > > > > > > Note that memory_region_transaction_commit() must be called before > > > virtio_bus_cleanup_host_notifier() because the latter might close > > > ioeventfds that the transaction still assumes to be around when it > > > commits. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <gr...@kaod.org> > > > --- > > > hw/block/dataplane/virtio-blk.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) > > > > > > diff --git a/hw/block/dataplane/virtio-blk.c > > > b/hw/block/dataplane/virtio-blk.c > > > index d7b5c95d26d9..cd81893d1d01 100644 > > > --- a/hw/block/dataplane/virtio-blk.c > > > +++ b/hw/block/dataplane/virtio-blk.c > > > @@ -198,19 +198,30 @@ int virtio_blk_data_plane_start(VirtIODevice *vdev) > > > goto fail_guest_notifiers; > > > } > > > > > > + memory_region_transaction_begin(); > > > > This call is optional and an optimization. It would be nice to have a > > comment here explaining that - otherwise people may wonder why this is > > necessary. > > > > Indeed. Same goes for patch 4 actually. > > Michael, > > Should I re-post an updated version of this series or can the > comments be added in a followup ?
An updated version is better. Stefan did not ack anyway. > > > + > > > /* Set up virtqueue notify */ > > > for (i = 0; i < nvqs; i++) { > > > r = virtio_bus_set_host_notifier(VIRTIO_BUS(qbus), i, true); > > > if (r != 0) { > > > + int j = i; > > > + > > > fprintf(stderr, "virtio-blk failed to set host notifier > > > (%d)\n", r); > > > while (i--) { > > > virtio_bus_set_host_notifier(VIRTIO_BUS(qbus), i, false); > > > + } > > > + > > > + memory_region_transaction_commit(); > > > + > > > + while (j--) { > > > virtio_bus_cleanup_host_notifier(VIRTIO_BUS(qbus), i); > > > } > > > goto fail_host_notifiers; > > > } > > > } > > > > > > + memory_region_transaction_commit(); > > > + > > > s->starting = false; > > > vblk->dataplane_started = true; > > > trace_virtio_blk_data_plane_start(s); > > > @@ -246,8 +257,15 @@ int virtio_blk_data_plane_start(VirtIODevice *vdev) > > > return 0; > > > > > > fail_aio_context: > > > + memory_region_transaction_begin(); > > > > Probably unnecessary since this is an error code path. We don't need to > > optimize it. > > > > Doesn't hurt though. > > True. I can drop this if I repost.