hw/rdma: Utilize ibv_reg_mr_iova for memory registration

The virtual address that is provided by the guest in post_send and
post_recv operations is related to the guest address space. This address
space is unknown to the HCA resides on host so extra step in these
operations is needed to adjust the address to host virtual address.

This step, which is done in data-path affects performances.

An enhanced verion of MR registration introduced here
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11044467/ can be used so that the
guest virtual address space for this MR is known to the HCA in host.

This will save the data-path adjustment.

Signed-off-by: Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Marcel Apfelbaum <marcel.apfelbaum@gmail.com>
Message-Id: <20190818132107.18181-3-yuval.shaia@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcel Apfelbaum <marcel.apfelbaum@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/hw/rdma/rdma_backend.c b/hw/rdma/rdma_backend.c
index c39051068d..c346407cd3 100644
--- a/hw/rdma/rdma_backend.c
+++ b/hw/rdma/rdma_backend.c
@@ -391,7 +391,11 @@ static int build_host_sge_array(RdmaDeviceResources *rdma_dev_res,
             return VENDOR_ERR_INVLKEY | ssge[ssge_idx].lkey;
         }
 
+#ifdef LEGACY_RDMA_REG_MR
         dsge->addr = (uintptr_t)mr->virt + ssge[ssge_idx].addr - mr->start;
+#else
+        dsge->addr = ssge[ssge_idx].addr;
+#endif
         dsge->length = ssge[ssge_idx].length;
         dsge->lkey = rdma_backend_mr_lkey(&mr->backend_mr);
 
@@ -735,10 +739,19 @@ void rdma_backend_destroy_pd(RdmaBackendPD *pd)
     }
 }
 
+#ifdef LEGACY_RDMA_REG_MR
 int rdma_backend_create_mr(RdmaBackendMR *mr, RdmaBackendPD *pd, void *addr,
                            size_t length, int access)
+#else
+int rdma_backend_create_mr(RdmaBackendMR *mr, RdmaBackendPD *pd, void *addr,
+                           size_t length, uint64_t guest_start, int access)
+#endif
 {
+#ifdef LEGACY_RDMA_REG_MR
     mr->ibmr = ibv_reg_mr(pd->ibpd, addr, length, access);
+#else
+    mr->ibmr = ibv_reg_mr_iova(pd->ibpd, addr, length, guest_start, access);
+#endif
     if (!mr->ibmr) {
         rdma_error_report("ibv_reg_mr fail, errno=%d", errno);
         return -EIO;