vHost User

create interface virtio

create interface virtio <pci-address> [feature-mask <hex-mask>] [gso-enabled] [csum-enabled] [buffering [size <buffering-szie>]] [packed]

Declaration: virtio_pci_create_command src/vnet/devices/virtio/cli.c line 70

Implementation: virtio_pci_create_command_fn

create vhost-user

create vhost-user socket <socket-filename> [server] [feature-mask <hex>] [hwaddr <mac-addr>] [renumber <dev_instance>] [gso] [packed] [event-idx]

Create a vHost User interface. Once created, a new virtual interface will exist with the name VirtualEthernet0/0/x, where x is the next free index.

There are several parameters associated with a vHost interface:

socket <socket-filename> - Name of the linux socket used by hypervisor and VPP to manage the vHost interface. If in server mode, VPP will create the socket if it does not already exist. If in client mode, hypervisor will create the socket if it does not already exist. The VPP code is indifferent to the file location. However, if SELinux is enabled, then the socket needs to be created in /var/run/vpp/.
server - Optional flag to indicate that VPP should be the server for the linux socket. If not provided, VPP will be the client. In server mode, the VM can be reset without tearing down the vHost Interface. In client mode, VPP can be reset without bringing down the VM and tearing down the vHost Interface.
feature-mask <hex> - Optional virtio/vhost feature set negotiated at startup. This is intended for degugging only. It is recommended that this parameter not be used except by experienced users. By default, all supported features will be advertised. Otherwise, provide the set of features desired.
0x000008000 (15) - VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF
0x000020000 (17) - VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ
0x000200000 (21) - VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE
0x000400000 (22) - VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ
0x004000000 (26) - VHOST_F_LOG_ALL
0x008000000 (27) - VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT
0x010000000 (28) - VIRTIO_F_INDIRECT_DESC
0x040000000 (30) - VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES
0x100000000 (32) - VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1
hwaddr <mac-addr> - Optional ethernet address, can be in either X:X:X:X:X:X unix or X.X.X cisco format.
renumber <dev_instance> - Optional parameter which allows the instance in the name to be specified. If instance already exists, name will be used anyway and multiple instances will have the same name. Use with caution.

Example of how to create a vhost interface with VPP as the client and all features enabled:

create vhost-user socket /var/run/vpp/vhost1.sock

VirtualEthernet0/0/0

Example of how to create a vhost interface with VPP as the server and with just multiple queues enabled:

create vhost-user socket /var/run/vpp/vhost2.sock server feature-mask 0x40400000

VirtualEthernet0/0/1

Once the vHost interface is created, enable the interface using:

set interface state VirtualEthernet0/0/0 up

Declaration: vhost_user_connect_command src/vnet/devices/virtio/vhost_user.c line 2393

Implementation: vhost_user_connect_command_fn

delete interface virtio

delete interface virtio {<interface> | sw_if_index <sw_idx>}

Declaration: virtio_pci_delete_command src/vnet/devices/virtio/cli.c line 124

Implementation: virtio_pci_delete_command_fn

delete vhost-user

delete vhost-user {<interface> | sw_if_index <sw_idx>}

Delete a vHost User interface using the interface name or the software interface index. Use the show interface command to determine the software interface index. On deletion, the linux socket will not be deleted.

Example of how to delete a vhost interface by name:

delete vhost-user VirtualEthernet0/0/1

Example of how to delete a vhost interface by software interface index:

delete vhost-user sw_if_index 1

Declaration: vhost_user_delete_command src/vnet/devices/virtio/vhost_user.c line 2416

Implementation: vhost_user_delete_command_fn

set virtio pci

set virtio pci {<interface> | sw_if_index <sw_idx>} [gso-enabled | csum-offload-enabled | offloads-disabled]

Declaration: virtio_pci_enable_command src/vnet/devices/virtio/cli.c line 186

Implementation: virtio_pci_enable_command_fn

show vhost-user

show vhost-user [<interface> [<interface> [..]]] [[descriptors] [verbose]]

Display the attributes of a single vHost User interface (provide interface name), multiple vHost User interfaces (provide a list of interface names separated by spaces) or all Vhost User interfaces (omit an interface name to display all vHost interfaces).

Example of how to display a vhost interface:

show vhost-user VirtualEthernet0/0/0

Virtio vhost-user interfaces
Global:
  coalesce frames 32 time 1e-3
Interface: VirtualEthernet0/0/0 (ifindex 1)
virtio_net_hdr_sz 12
 features mask (0xffffffffffffffff):
 features (0x50408000):
   VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF (15)
   VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ (22)
   VIRTIO_F_INDIRECT_DESC (28)
   VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES (30)
  protocol features (0x3)
   VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MQ (0)
   VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_LOG_SHMFD (1)

 socket filename /var/run/vpp/vhost1.sock type client errno "Success"

rx placement:
   thread 1 on vring 1
   thread 1 on vring 5
   thread 2 on vring 3
   thread 2 on vring 7
 tx placement: spin-lock
   thread 0 on vring 0
   thread 1 on vring 2
   thread 2 on vring 0

Memory regions (total 2)
region fd guest_phys_addr memory_size userspace_addr mmap_offset mmap_addr
====== == =============== =========== ============== =========== ==========
  0    60  0x00000000     0x000a0000  0xaac00000     0x00000000  0x2b400000
  1    61  0x000c0000     0x3ff40000  0xaacc0000     0x000c0000  0xabcc0000

 Virtqueue 0 (TX)
  qsz 256 last_avail_idx 0 last_used_idx 0
  avail.flags 1 avail.idx 128 used.flags 1 used.idx 0
  kickfd 62 callfd 64 errfd -1

 Virtqueue 1 (RX)
  qsz 256 last_avail_idx 0 last_used_idx 0
  avail.flags 1 avail.idx 0 used.flags 1 used.idx 0
  kickfd 65 callfd 66 errfd -1

 Virtqueue 2 (TX)
  qsz 256 last_avail_idx 0 last_used_idx 0
  avail.flags 1 avail.idx 128 used.flags 1 used.idx 0
  kickfd 63 callfd 70 errfd -1

 Virtqueue 3 (RX)
  qsz 256 last_avail_idx 0 last_used_idx 0
  avail.flags 1 avail.idx 0 used.flags 1 used.idx 0
  kickfd 72 callfd 74 errfd -1

 Virtqueue 4 (TX disabled)
  qsz 256 last_avail_idx 0 last_used_idx 0
  avail.flags 1 avail.idx 0 used.flags 1 used.idx 0
  kickfd 76 callfd 78 errfd -1

 Virtqueue 5 (RX disabled)
  qsz 256 last_avail_idx 0 last_used_idx 0
  avail.flags 1 avail.idx 0 used.flags 1 used.idx 0
  kickfd 80 callfd 82 errfd -1

 Virtqueue 6 (TX disabled)
  qsz 256 last_avail_idx 0 last_used_idx 0
 avail.flags 1 avail.idx 0 used.flags 1 used.idx 0
  kickfd 84 callfd 86 errfd -1

 Virtqueue 7 (RX disabled)
  qsz 256 last_avail_idx 0 last_used_idx 0
  avail.flags 1 avail.idx 0 used.flags 1 used.idx 0
  kickfd 88 callfd 90 errfd -1

The optional descriptors parameter will display the same output as the previous example but will include the descriptor table for each queue. The output is truncated below:

show vhost-user VirtualEthernet0/0/0 descriptors

Virtio vhost-user interfaces
Global:
  coalesce frames 32 time 1e-3
Interface: VirtualEthernet0/0/0 (ifindex 1)
virtio_net_hdr_sz 12
 features mask (0xffffffffffffffff):
 features (0x50408000):
   VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF (15)
   VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ (22)
:
 Virtqueue 0 (TX)
  qsz 256 last_avail_idx 0 last_used_idx 0
  avail.flags 1 avail.idx 128 used.flags 1 used.idx 0
  kickfd 62 callfd 64 errfd -1

  descriptor table:
   id          addr         len  flags  next      user_addr
  ===== ================== ===== ====== ===== ==================
  0     0x0000000010b6e974 2060  0x0002 1     0x00002aabbc76e974
  1     0x0000000010b6e034 2060  0x0002 2     0x00002aabbc76e034
  2     0x0000000010b6d6f4 2060  0x0002 3     0x00002aabbc76d6f4
  3     0x0000000010b6cdb4 2060  0x0002 4     0x00002aabbc76cdb4
  4     0x0000000010b6c474 2060  0x0002 5     0x00002aabbc76c474
  5     0x0000000010b6bb34 2060  0x0002 6     0x00002aabbc76bb34
  6     0x0000000010b6b1f4 2060  0x0002 7     0x00002aabbc76b1f4
  7     0x0000000010b6a8b4 2060  0x0002 8     0x00002aabbc76a8b4
  8     0x0000000010b69f74 2060  0x0002 9     0x00002aabbc769f74
  9     0x0000000010b69634 2060  0x0002 10    0x00002aabbc769634
  10    0x0000000010b68cf4 2060  0x0002 11    0x00002aabbc768cf4
:
  249   0x0000000000000000 0     0x0000 250   0x00002aab2b400000
  250   0x0000000000000000 0     0x0000 251   0x00002aab2b400000
  251   0x0000000000000000 0     0x0000 252   0x00002aab2b400000
  252   0x0000000000000000 0     0x0000 253   0x00002aab2b400000
  253   0x0000000000000000 0     0x0000 254   0x00002aab2b400000
  254   0x0000000000000000 0     0x0000 255   0x00002aab2b400000
  255   0x0000000000000000 0     0x0000 32768 0x00002aab2b400000

 Virtqueue 1 (RX)
  qsz 256 last_avail_idx 0 last_used_idx 0
:

Declaration: show_vhost_user_command src/vnet/devices/virtio/vhost_user.c line 2557

Implementation: show_vhost_user_command_fn

show virtio pci

show virtio pci [<interface>] [descriptors | desc] [debug-device]

Declaration: show_virtio_pci_command src/vnet/devices/virtio/cli.c line 252

Implementation: show_virtio_pci_fn