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This patch enables virtio_net to switch over to a VF datapath when STANDBY
feature is enabled and a VF netdev is present with the same MAC address.
It allows live migration of a VM with a direct attached VF without the need
to setup a bond/team between a VF and virtio net device in the guest.

It uses the API that is exported by the net_failover driver to create and
and destroy a master failover netdev. When STANDBY feature is enabled, an
additional netdev(failover netdev) is created that acts as a master device
and tracks the state of the 2 lower netdevs. The original virtio_net netdev
is marked as 'standby' netdev and a passthru device with the same MAC is
registered as 'primary' netdev.

The hypervisor needs to unplug the VF device from the guest on the source
host and reset the MAC filter of the VF to initiate failover of datapath
to virtio before starting the migration. After the migration is completed,
the destination hypervisor sets the MAC filter on the VF and plugs it back
to the guest to switch over to VF datapath.

This patch is based on the discussion initiated by Jesse on this thread.
https://marc.info/?l=linux-virtualization&m=151189725224231&w=2

Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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90 changes: 90 additions & 0 deletions Documentation/networking/net_failover.rst
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Expand Up @@ -24,3 +24,93 @@ This can be used by paravirtual drivers to enable an alternate low latency
datapath. It also enables hypervisor controlled live migration of a VM with
direct attached VF by failing over to the paravirtual datapath when the VF
is unplugged.

virtio-net accelerated datapath: STANDBY mode
=============================================

net_failover enables hypervisor controlled accelerated datapath to virtio-net
enabled VMs in a transparent manner with no/minimal guest userspace chanages.

To support this, the hypervisor needs to enable VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY
feature on the virtio-net interface and assign the same MAC address to both
virtio-net and VF interfaces.

Here is an example XML snippet that shows such configuration.

<interface type='network'>
<mac address='52:54:00:00:12:53'/>
<source network='enp66s0f0_br'/>
<target dev='tap01'/>
<model type='virtio'/>
<driver name='vhost' queues='4'/>
<link state='down'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x0a' function='0x0'/>
</interface>
<interface type='hostdev' managed='yes'>
<mac address='52:54:00:00:12:53'/>
<source>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x42' slot='0x02' function='0x5'/>
</source>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x0b' function='0x0'/>
</interface>

Booting a VM with the above configuration will result in the following 3
netdevs created in the VM.

4: ens10: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 52:54:00:00:12:53 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.12.53/24 brd 192.168.12.255 scope global dynamic ens10
valid_lft 42482sec preferred_lft 42482sec
inet6 fe80::97d8:db2:8c10:b6d6/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
5: ens10nsby: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel master ens10 state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 52:54:00:00:12:53 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
7: ens11: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq master ens10 state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 52:54:00:00:12:53 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

ens10 is the 'failover' master netdev, ens10nsby and ens11 are the slave
'standby' and 'primary' netdevs respectively.

Live Migration of a VM with SR-IOV VF & virtio-net in STANDBY mode
==================================================================

net_failover also enables hypervisor controlled live migration to be supported
with VMs that have direct attached SR-IOV VF devices by automatic failover to
the paravirtual datapath when the VF is unplugged.

Here is a sample script that shows the steps to initiate live migration on
the source hypervisor.

# cat vf_xml
<interface type='hostdev' managed='yes'>
<mac address='52:54:00:00:12:53'/>
<source>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x42' slot='0x02' function='0x5'/>
</source>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x0b' function='0x0'/>
</interface>

# Source Hypervisor
#!/bin/bash

DOMAIN=fedora27-tap01
PF=enp66s0f0
VF_NUM=5
TAP_IF=tap01
VF_XML=

MAC=52:54:00:00:12:53
ZERO_MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00

virsh domif-setlink $DOMAIN $TAP_IF up
bridge fdb del $MAC dev $PF master
virsh detach-device $DOMAIN $VF_XML
ip link set $PF vf $VF_NUM mac $ZERO_MAC

virsh migrate --live $DOMAIN qemu+ssh://$REMOTE_HOST/system

# Destination Hypervisor
#!/bin/bash

virsh attach-device $DOMAIN $VF_XML
virsh domif-setlink $DOMAIN $TAP_IF down
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions drivers/net/Kconfig
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Expand Up @@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ config VETH
config VIRTIO_NET
tristate "Virtio network driver"
depends on VIRTIO
select NET_FAILOVER
---help---
This is the virtual network driver for virtio. It can be used with
QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M.
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38 changes: 37 additions & 1 deletion drivers/net/virtio_net.c
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Expand Up @@ -30,8 +30,11 @@
#include <linux/cpu.h>
#include <linux/average.h>
#include <linux/filter.h>
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>
#include <net/route.h>
#include <net/xdp.h>
#include <net/net_failover.h>

static int napi_weight = NAPI_POLL_WEIGHT;
module_param(napi_weight, int, 0444);
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u32 speed;

unsigned long guest_offloads;

/* failover when STANDBY feature enabled */
struct failover *failover;
};

struct padded_vnet_hdr {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1554,6 +1560,9 @@ static int virtnet_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
struct sockaddr *addr;
struct scatterlist sg;

if (virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;

addr = kmemdup(p, sizeof(*addr), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!addr)
return -ENOMEM;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2337,6 +2346,22 @@ static int virtnet_xdp(struct net_device *dev, struct netdev_bpf *xdp)
}
}

static int virtnet_get_phys_port_name(struct net_device *dev, char *buf,
size_t len)
{
struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
int ret;

if (!virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;

ret = snprintf(buf, len, "sby");
if (ret >= len)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;

return 0;
}

static const struct net_device_ops virtnet_netdev = {
.ndo_open = virtnet_open,
.ndo_stop = virtnet_close,
Expand All @@ -2354,6 +2379,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops virtnet_netdev = {
.ndo_xdp_xmit = virtnet_xdp_xmit,
.ndo_xdp_flush = virtnet_xdp_flush,
.ndo_features_check = passthru_features_check,
.ndo_get_phys_port_name = virtnet_get_phys_port_name,
};

static void virtnet_config_changed_work(struct work_struct *work)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2907,10 +2933,16 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)

virtnet_init_settings(dev);

if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY)) {
vi->failover = net_failover_create(vi->dev);
if (IS_ERR(vi->failover))
goto free_vqs;
}

err = register_netdev(dev);
if (err) {
pr_debug("virtio_net: registering device failed\n");
goto free_vqs;
goto free_failover;
}

virtio_device_ready(vdev);
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vi->vdev->config->reset(vdev);

unregister_netdev(dev);
free_failover:
net_failover_destroy(vi->failover);
free_vqs:
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&vi->refill);
free_receive_page_frags(vi);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2981,6 +3015,8 @@ static void virtnet_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)

unregister_netdev(vi->dev);

net_failover_destroy(vi->failover);

remove_vq_common(vi);

free_netdev(vi->dev);
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