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author | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2008-07-29 14:58:38 (GMT) |
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committer | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2008-07-28 23:58:39 (GMT) |
commit | 8c79873da0d2bedf4ad6b868c54e426bb0a2fe38 (patch) | |
tree | 270efee346b70ae6615dd4796363479c94eca6d9 /Documentation/lguest | |
parent | 0f0c4fab8284f3b886b2e1e0e317e3bb8de176b3 (diff) | |
download | linux-8c79873da0d2bedf4ad6b868c54e426bb0a2fe38.tar.xz |
lguest: turn Waker into a thread, not a process
lguest uses a Waker process to break it out of the kernel (ie.
actually running the guest) when file descriptor needs attention.
Changing this from a process to a thread somewhat simplifies things:
it can directly access the fd_set of things to watch. More
importantly, it means that the Waker can see Guest memory correctly,
so /dev/vring file descriptors will work as anticipated (the
alternative is to actually mmap MAP_SHARED, but you can't do that with
/dev/zero).
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/lguest')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/lguest/lguest.c | 120 |
1 files changed, 57 insertions, 63 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c index f9bba2d..b88b0ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c +++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c @@ -76,8 +76,12 @@ static bool verbose; do { if (verbose) printf(args); } while(0) /*:*/ -/* The pipe to send commands to the waker process */ -static int waker_fd; +/* File descriptors for the Waker. */ +struct { + int pipe[2]; + int lguest_fd; +} waker_fds; + /* The pointer to the start of guest memory. */ static void *guest_base; /* The maximum guest physical address allowed, and maximum possible. */ @@ -579,69 +583,64 @@ static void add_device_fd(int fd) * watch, but handing a file descriptor mask through to the kernel is fairly * icky. * - * Instead, we fork off a process which watches the file descriptors and writes + * Instead, we clone off a thread which watches the file descriptors and writes * the LHREQ_BREAK command to the /dev/lguest file descriptor to tell the Host * stop running the Guest. This causes the Launcher to return from the * /dev/lguest read with -EAGAIN, where it will write to /dev/lguest to reset * the LHREQ_BREAK and wake us up again. * * This, of course, is merely a different *kind* of icky. + * + * Given my well-known antipathy to threads, I'd prefer to use processes. But + * it's easier to share Guest memory with threads, and trivial to share the + * devices.infds as the Launcher changes it. */ -static void wake_parent(int pipefd, int lguest_fd) +static int waker(void *unused) { - /* Add the pipe from the Launcher to the fdset in the device_list, so - * we watch it, too. */ - add_device_fd(pipefd); + /* Close the write end of the pipe: only the Launcher has it open. */ + close(waker_fds.pipe[1]); for (;;) { fd_set rfds = devices.infds; unsigned long args[] = { LHREQ_BREAK, 1 }; + unsigned int maxfd = devices.max_infd; + + /* We also listen to the pipe from the Launcher. */ + FD_SET(waker_fds.pipe[0], &rfds); + if (waker_fds.pipe[0] > maxfd) + maxfd = waker_fds.pipe[0]; /* Wait until input is ready from one of the devices. */ - select(devices.max_infd+1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, NULL); - /* Is it a message from the Launcher? */ - if (FD_ISSET(pipefd, &rfds)) { - int fd; - /* If read() returns 0, it means the Launcher has - * exited. We silently follow. */ - if (read(pipefd, &fd, sizeof(fd)) == 0) - exit(0); - /* Otherwise it's telling us to change what file - * descriptors we're to listen to. Positive means - * listen to a new one, negative means stop - * listening. */ - if (fd >= 0) - FD_SET(fd, &devices.infds); - else - FD_CLR(-fd - 1, &devices.infds); - } else /* Send LHREQ_BREAK command. */ - pwrite(lguest_fd, args, sizeof(args), cpu_id); + select(maxfd+1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, NULL); + + /* Message from Launcher? */ + if (FD_ISSET(waker_fds.pipe[0], &rfds)) { + char c; + /* If this fails, then assume Launcher has exited. + * Don't do anything on exit: we're just a thread! */ + if (read(waker_fds.pipe[0], &c, 1) != 1) + _exit(0); + continue; + } + + /* Send LHREQ_BREAK command to snap the Launcher out of it. */ + pwrite(waker_fds.lguest_fd, args, sizeof(args), cpu_id); } + return 0; } /* This routine just sets up a pipe to the Waker process. */ -static int setup_waker(int lguest_fd) -{ - int pipefd[2], child; - - /* We create a pipe to talk to the Waker, and also so it knows when the - * Launcher dies (and closes pipe). */ - pipe(pipefd); - child = fork(); - if (child == -1) - err(1, "forking"); - - if (child == 0) { - /* We are the Waker: close the "writing" end of our copy of the - * pipe and start waiting for input. */ - close(pipefd[1]); - wake_parent(pipefd[0], lguest_fd); - } - /* Close the reading end of our copy of the pipe. */ - close(pipefd[0]); +static void setup_waker(int lguest_fd) +{ + /* This pipe is closed when Launcher dies, telling Waker. */ + if (pipe(waker_fds.pipe) != 0) + err(1, "Creating pipe for Waker"); - /* Here is the fd used to talk to the waker. */ - return pipefd[1]; + /* Waker also needs to know the lguest fd */ + waker_fds.lguest_fd = lguest_fd; + + if (clone(waker, malloc(4096) + 4096, CLONE_VM | SIGCHLD, NULL) == -1) + err(1, "Creating Waker"); } /* @@ -863,8 +862,8 @@ static bool handle_console_input(int fd, struct device *dev) unsigned long args[] = { LHREQ_BREAK, 0 }; /* Close the fd so Waker will know it has to * exit. */ - close(waker_fd); - /* Just in case waker is blocked in BREAK, send + close(waker_fds.pipe[1]); + /* Just in case Waker is blocked in BREAK, send * unbreak now. */ write(fd, args, sizeof(args)); exit(2); @@ -996,8 +995,8 @@ static bool handle_tun_input(int fd, struct device *dev) static void enable_fd(int fd, struct virtqueue *vq, bool timeout) { add_device_fd(vq->dev->fd); - /* Tell waker to listen to it again */ - write(waker_fd, &vq->dev->fd, sizeof(vq->dev->fd)); + /* Snap the Waker out of its select loop. */ + write(waker_fds.pipe[1], "", 1); } static void net_enable_fd(int fd, struct virtqueue *vq, bool timeout) @@ -1134,7 +1133,6 @@ static void handle_input(int fd) * descriptors and a method of handling them. */ for (i = devices.dev; i; i = i->next) { if (i->handle_input && FD_ISSET(i->fd, &fds)) { - int dev_fd; if (i->handle_input(fd, i)) continue; @@ -1144,11 +1142,6 @@ static void handle_input(int fd) * buffers to deliver into. Console also uses * it when it discovers that stdin is closed. */ FD_CLR(i->fd, &devices.infds); - /* Tell waker to ignore it too, by sending a - * negative fd number (-1, since 0 is a valid - * FD number). */ - dev_fd = -i->fd - 1; - write(waker_fd, &dev_fd, sizeof(dev_fd)); } } @@ -1880,11 +1873,12 @@ static void __attribute__((noreturn)) restart_guest(void) { unsigned int i; - /* Closing pipes causes the Waker thread and io_threads to die, and - * closing /dev/lguest cleans up the Guest. Since we don't track all - * open fds, we simply close everything beyond stderr. */ + /* Since we don't track all open fds, we simply close everything beyond + * stderr. */ for (i = 3; i < FD_SETSIZE; i++) close(i); + + /* The exec automatically gets rid of the I/O and Waker threads. */ execv(main_args[0], main_args); err(1, "Could not exec %s", main_args[0]); } @@ -2085,10 +2079,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) * /dev/lguest file descriptor. */ lguest_fd = tell_kernel(pgdir, start); - /* We fork off a child process, which wakes the Launcher whenever one - * of the input file descriptors needs attention. We call this the - * Waker, and we'll cover it in a moment. */ - waker_fd = setup_waker(lguest_fd); + /* We clone off a thread, which wakes the Launcher whenever one of the + * input file descriptors needs attention. We call this the Waker, and + * we'll cover it in a moment. */ + setup_waker(lguest_fd); /* Finally, run the Guest. This doesn't return. */ run_guest(lguest_fd); |