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Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] pci: ROM preallocation for incoming migration
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Michael S. Tsirkin |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] pci: ROM preallocation for incoming migration |
Date: |
Tue, 2 May 2023 05:48:56 -0400 |
On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 11:00:46PM +0300, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
> On 26.04.23 07:43, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 07:14:34PM +0300, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
> > wrote:
> > > On incoming migration we have the following sequence to load option
> > > ROM:
> > >
> > > 1. On device realize we do normal load ROM from the file
> > >
> > > 2. Than, on incoming migration we rewrite ROM from the incoming RAM
> > > block. If sizes mismatch we fail.
> >
> > let's mention an example error message:
> > Size mismatch: 0000:00:03.0/virtio-net-pci.rom: 0x40000 != 0x80000:
> > Invalid argument
> >
> >
> > >
> > > This is not ideal when we migrate to updated distribution: we have to
> > > keep old ROM files in new distribution and be careful around romfile
> > > property to load correct ROM file.
> >
> > > Which is loaded actually just to
> > > allocate the ROM with correct length.
> > > Note, that romsize property doesn't really help: if we try to specify
> > > it when default romfile is larger, it fails with something like:
> > >
> > > romfile "efi-virtio.rom" (160768 bytes) is too large for ROM size 65536
> >
> > Something I'd like to clarify is that the comment applies to uses where
> > users/distributions supply their own ROM file. And lots of
> > users/distributions seem to have already painted themselves into a
> > corner by supplying a mix of ROM files of unmatching sizes -
> > basically they don't understand the detail of live migration,
> > ROM size interaction with it and with memory layout, etc -
> > as a very small number of people does.
> > For example, ubuntu doubled ROM file size by padding their ROMs
> > with 0xffffffff at some point, breaking migration for all existing machine
> > types.
> >
> > just a web search for
> > Size mismatch: 0000:00:03.0/virtio-net-pci.rom: 0x40000 != 0x80000:
> > Invalid argument
> >
> > will turn up a bunch of confused distros and users.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Let's just ignore ROM file when romsize is specified and we are in
> > > incoming migration state. In other words, we need only to preallocate
> > > ROM of specified size, local ROM file is unrelated.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > This way:
> > >
> > > If romsize was specified on source, we just use same commandline as on
> > > source, and migration will work independently of local ROM files on
> > > target.
> > >
> > > If romsize was not specified on source (and we have mismatching local
> > > ROM file on target host), we have to specify romsize on target to match
> > > source romsize. romfile parameter may be kept same as on source or may
> > > be dropped, the file is not loaded anyway.
> > >
> > > As a bonus we avoid extra reading from ROM file on target.
> > >
> > > Note: when we don't have romsize parameter on source command line and
> > > need it for target, it may be calculated as aligned up to power of two
> > > size of ROM file on source (if we know, which file is it) or,
> > > alternatively it may be retrieved from source QEMU by QMP qom-get
> > > command, like
> > >
> > > { "execute": "qom-get",
> > > "arguments": {
> > > "path": "/machine/peripheral/CARD_ID/virtio-net-pci.rom[0]",
> > > "property": "size" } }
> > >
> > > Suggested-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@yandex-team.ru>
> > > ---
> > > hw/pci/pci.c | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
> > > 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/hw/pci/pci.c b/hw/pci/pci.c
> > > index a442f8fce1..e2cab622e4 100644
> > > --- a/hw/pci/pci.c
> > > +++ b/hw/pci/pci.c
> > > @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
> > > #include "migration/vmstate.h"
> > > #include "net/net.h"
> > > #include "sysemu/numa.h"
> > > +#include "sysemu/runstate.h"
> > > #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
> > > #include "hw/loader.h"
> > > #include "qemu/error-report.h"
> > > @@ -2293,10 +2294,16 @@ static void pci_add_option_rom(PCIDevice *pdev,
> > > bool is_default_rom,
> > > {
> > > int64_t size;
> > > g_autofree char *path = NULL;
> > > - void *ptr;
> > > char name[32];
> > > const VMStateDescription *vmsd;
> > > + /*
> > > + * In case of incoming migration ROM will come with migration
> > > stream, no
> > > + * reason to load the file. Neither we want to fail if local ROM
> > > file
> > > + * mismatches with specified romsize.
> > > + */
> > > + bool load_file = !runstate_check(RUN_STATE_INMIGRATE);
> > > +
> > > if (!pdev->romfile) {
> > > return;
> > > }
> >
> > CC pbonzini,dgilbert,quintela,armbru : guys, is poking at runstate_check
> > like
> > this the right way to figure out we are not going to use the
> > device locally before incoming migration will overwrite ROM contents?
>
> RUN_STATE_INMIGRATE is set in the only one place in qemu_init() when we parse
> cmdline option -incoming. VM is not running for sure. And starting the VM
> comes with changing the state. So it's OK.
>
> The possible problem, if we add netcard on target which we didn't have on
> source. I now checked, this works.. But that doesn't seem correct to add
> device that was not present on source - how would it work - it's not
> guaranteed anyway.
You can add it on source too while migration is in progress, no?
> >
> > > @@ -2329,32 +2336,35 @@ static void pci_add_option_rom(PCIDevice *pdev,
> > > bool is_default_rom,
> > > return;
> > > }
> > > - path = qemu_find_file(QEMU_FILE_TYPE_BIOS, pdev->romfile);
> > > - if (path == NULL) {
> > > - path = g_strdup(pdev->romfile);
> > > - }
> > > + if (load_file || pdev->romsize == -1) {
> > > + path = qemu_find_file(QEMU_FILE_TYPE_BIOS, pdev->romfile);
> > > + if (path == NULL) {
> > > + path = g_strdup(pdev->romfile);
> > > + }
> > > - size = get_image_size(path);
> > > - if (size < 0) {
> > > - error_setg(errp, "failed to find romfile \"%s\"", pdev->romfile);
> > > - return;
> > > - } else if (size == 0) {
> > > - error_setg(errp, "romfile \"%s\" is empty", pdev->romfile);
> > > - return;
> > > - } else if (size > 2 * GiB) {
> > > - error_setg(errp, "romfile \"%s\" too large (size cannot exceed 2
> > > GiB)",
> > > - pdev->romfile);
> > > - return;
> > > - }
> > > - if (pdev->romsize != -1) {
> > > - if (size > pdev->romsize) {
> > > - error_setg(errp, "romfile \"%s\" (%u bytes) "
> > > - "is too large for ROM size %u",
> > > - pdev->romfile, (uint32_t)size, pdev->romsize);
> > > + size = get_image_size(path);
> > > + if (size < 0) {
> > > + error_setg(errp, "failed to find romfile \"%s\"",
> > > pdev->romfile);
> > > + return;
> > > + } else if (size == 0) {
> > > + error_setg(errp, "romfile \"%s\" is empty", pdev->romfile);
> > > + return;
> > > + } else if (size > 2 * GiB) {
> > > + error_setg(errp,
> > > + "romfile \"%s\" too large (size cannot exceed 2
> > > GiB)",
> > > + pdev->romfile);
> > > return;
> > > }
> > > - } else {
> > > - pdev->romsize = pow2ceil(size);
> > > + if (pdev->romsize != -1) {
> > > + if (size > pdev->romsize) {
> > > + error_setg(errp, "romfile \"%s\" (%u bytes) "
> > > + "is too large for ROM size %u",
> > > + pdev->romfile, (uint32_t)size, pdev->romsize);
> > > + return;
> > > + }
> > > + } else {
> > > + pdev->romsize = pow2ceil(size);
> > > + }
> > > }
> > > vmsd = qdev_get_vmsd(DEVICE(pdev));
> > > @@ -2365,15 +2375,18 @@ static void pci_add_option_rom(PCIDevice *pdev,
> > > bool is_default_rom,
> > > memory_region_init_rom(&pdev->rom, OBJECT(pdev), name,
> > > pdev->romsize,
> > > &error_fatal);
> > > - ptr = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(&pdev->rom);
> > > - if (load_image_size(path, ptr, size) < 0) {
> > > - error_setg(errp, "failed to load romfile \"%s\"", pdev->romfile);
> > > - return;
> > > - }
> > > + if (load_file) {
> > > + void *ptr = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(&pdev->rom);
> > > - if (is_default_rom) {
> > > - /* Only the default rom images will be patched (if needed). */
> > > - pci_patch_ids(pdev, ptr, size);
> > > + if (load_image_size(path, ptr, size) < 0) {
> > > + error_setg(errp, "failed to load romfile \"%s\"",
> > > pdev->romfile);
> > > + return;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + if (is_default_rom) {
> > > + /* Only the default rom images will be patched (if needed).
> > > */
> > > + pci_patch_ids(pdev, ptr, size);
> > > + }
> > > }
> >
> > it kind of feels weird to ignore
>
> What do you mean we should not ignore?
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Vladimir
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Michael S. Tsirkin <=