Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 2/2] vhost user: Add RARP injection for legacy guest

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 10:12:17AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> 
> 
> On 06/18/2015 11:16 PM, Thibaut Collet wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 06/16/2015 03:24 PM, Thibaut Collet wrote:
> >>> If my understanding is correct, on a resume operation, we have the
> >>> following callback trace:
> >>> 1. virtio_pci_restore function that calls all restore call back of
> >>> virtio devices
> >>> 2. virtnet_restore that calls try_fill_recv function for each virtual queues
> >>> 3. try_fill_recv function kicks the virtual queue (through
> >>> virtqueue_kick function)
> >> Yes, but this happens only after pm resume not migration. Migration is
> >> totally transparent to guest.
> >>
> > Hi Jason,
> >
> > After a deeper look in the migration code of QEMU a resume event is
> > always sent when the live migration is finished.
> > On a live migration we have the following callback trace:
> > 1. The VM on the new host is set to the state RUN_STATE_INMIGRATE, the
> > autostart boolean to 1  and calls the qemu_start_incoming_migration
> > function (see function main of vl.c)
> > .....
> > 2. call of process_incoming_migration function in
> > migration/migration.c file whatever the way to do the live migration
> > (tcp:, fd:, unix:, exec: ...)
> > 3. call of process_incoming_migration_co function in migration/migration.c
> > 4. call of vm_start function in vl.c (otherwise the migrated VM stay
> > in the pause state, the autostart boolean is set to 1 by the main
> > function in vl.c)
> > 5. call of vm_start function that sets the VM is the RUN_STATE_RUNNING state.
> > 6. call of qapi_event_send_resume function that ends a resume event to the VM
> 
> AFAIK, this function sends resume event to qemu monitor not VM.
> 
> >
> > So when a live migration is ended:
> > 1. a resume event is sent to the guest
> > 2. On the reception of this resume event the virtual queue are kicked
> > by the guest
> > 3. Backend vhost user catches this kick and can emit a RARP to guest
> > that does not support GUEST_ANNOUNCE
> >
> > This solution, as solution based on detection of DRIVER_OK status
> > suggested by Michael, allows backend to send the RARP to legacy guest
> > without involving QEMU and add ioctl to vhost-user.
> 
> A question here is did vhost-user code pass status to the backend? If
> not, how can userspace backend detect DRIVER_OK?

Sorry, I must have been unclear.
vhost core calls VHOST_NET_SET_BACKEND on DRIVER_OK.
Unfortunately vhost user currently translates it to VHOST_USER_NONE.

As a work around, I think kicking ioeventfds once you get
VHOST_NET_SET_BACKEND will work.



> >
> > Vhost user backend is free to implement one of this two solutions.
> >
> > The single drawback of these two solutions is useless RARP sending in
> > some case (reboot, ...). These messages are harmless and probably not
> > blocking for a "light" patch to support live migration with vhost
> > user.
> >
> > If you agree
> >
> > 1. The first patch must be updated by:
> >       - removing the warning trace
> >       - setting the error trace inside a static bool flag to only
> > print this once
> >       - removing the vhost_net_inject_rarp function (no more useful)
> > 2. The second patch can be removed. Management of legacy guest for
> > rarp sending can be done by modifications in backend without any
> > change in QEMU.
> >
> > Best regards.
> >
> > Thibaut.
> >