From: Lukas Straub <lukasstraub2@web.de>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>, Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>,
Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Zhang Chen <zhangckid@gmail.com>,
Hailiang Zhang <zhanghailiang@xfusion.com>,
Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>,
Li Zhijian <lizhijian@fujitsu.com>,
"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org>,
Lukas Straub <lukasstraub2@web.de>
Subject: [PATCH v9 17/19] qemu-colo.rst: Simplify the block replication setup
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:29:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260218-colo_unit_test_multifd-v9-17-d8dbdb0ca6f6@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260218-colo_unit_test_multifd-v9-0-d8dbdb0ca6f6@web.de>
On the primary side we don't actually need the replication
block driver, since it only passes trough all IO.
So simplify the setup and also use 'blockdev-add' instead of
'human-monitor-command'.
This is how my clients use colo in production.
Signed-off-by: Lukas Straub <lukasstraub2@web.de>
---
docs/system/qemu-colo.rst | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/system/qemu-colo.rst b/docs/system/qemu-colo.rst
index 75abbd80298df79223cb8e70064a5dc83d70f4eb..f7d3b6439cf3401a58c412634239d1a43999a10e 100644
--- a/docs/system/qemu-colo.rst
+++ b/docs/system/qemu-colo.rst
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ Note:
**4.** On Primary VM's QEMU monitor, issue command::
{"execute":"qmp_capabilities"}
- {"execute": "human-monitor-command", "arguments": {"command-line": "drive_add -n buddy driver=replication,mode=primary,file.driver=nbd,file.host=127.0.0.2,file.port=9999,file.export=parent0,node-name=replication0"}}
- {"execute": "x-blockdev-change", "arguments":{"parent": "colo-disk0", "node": "replication0" } }
+ {"execute": "blockdev-add", "arguments": {"driver": "nbd", "node-name": "nbd0", "server": {"type": "inet", "host": "127.0.0.2", "port": "9999"}, "export": "parent0", "detect-zeroes": "on"} }
+ {"execute": "x-blockdev-change", "arguments":{"parent": "colo-disk0", "node": "nbd0" } }
{"execute": "migrate-set-capabilities", "arguments": {"capabilities": [ {"capability": "x-colo", "state": true } ] } }
{"execute": "migrate", "arguments": {"uri": "tcp:127.0.0.2:9998" } }
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ Primary Failover
The Secondary died, resume on the Primary::
{"execute": "x-blockdev-change", "arguments":{ "parent": "colo-disk0", "child": "children.1"} }
- {"execute": "human-monitor-command", "arguments":{ "command-line": "drive_del replication0" } }
+ {"execute": "blockdev-del", "arguments": {"node-name": "nbd0"} }
{"execute": "object-del", "arguments":{ "id": "comp0" } }
{"execute": "object-del", "arguments":{ "id": "iothread1" } }
{"execute": "object-del", "arguments":{ "id": "m0" } }
@@ -309,8 +309,8 @@ Wait until disk is synced, then::
{"execute": "stop"}
{"execute": "block-job-cancel", "arguments":{ "device": "resync"} }
- {"execute": "human-monitor-command", "arguments":{ "command-line": "drive_add -n buddy driver=replication,mode=primary,file.driver=nbd,file.host=127.0.0.2,file.port=9999,file.export=parent0,node-name=replication0"}}
- {"execute": "x-blockdev-change", "arguments":{ "parent": "colo-disk0", "node": "replication0" } }
+ {"execute": "blockdev-add", "arguments": {"driver": "nbd", "node-name": "nbd0", "server": {"type": "inet", "host": "127.0.0.2", "port": "9999"}, "export": "parent0", "detect-zeroes": "on"} }
+ {"execute": "x-blockdev-change", "arguments":{ "parent": "colo-disk0", "node": "nbd0" } }
{"execute": "object-add", "arguments":{ "qom-type": "filter-mirror", "id": "m0", "netdev": "hn0", "queue": "tx", "outdev": "mirror0" } }
{"execute": "object-add", "arguments":{ "qom-type": "filter-redirector", "id": "redire0", "netdev": "hn0", "queue": "rx", "indev": "compare_out" } }
@@ -341,8 +341,8 @@ Wait until disk is synced, then::
{"execute": "stop"}
{"execute": "block-job-cancel", "arguments":{ "device": "resync" } }
- {"execute": "human-monitor-command", "arguments":{ "command-line": "drive_add -n buddy driver=replication,mode=primary,file.driver=nbd,file.host=127.0.0.1,file.port=9999,file.export=parent0,node-name=replication0"}}
- {"execute": "x-blockdev-change", "arguments":{ "parent": "colo-disk0", "node": "replication0" } }
+ {"execute": "blockdev-add", "arguments": {"driver": "nbd", "node-name": "nbd0", "server": {"type": "inet", "host": "127.0.0.1", "port": "9999"}, "export": "parent0", "detect-zeroes": "on"} }
+ {"execute": "x-blockdev-change", "arguments":{ "parent": "colo-disk0", "node": "nbd0" } }
{"execute": "object-add", "arguments":{ "qom-type": "filter-mirror", "id": "m0", "insert": "before", "position": "id=rew0", "netdev": "hn0", "queue": "tx", "outdev": "mirror0" } }
{"execute": "object-add", "arguments":{ "qom-type": "filter-redirector", "id": "redire0", "insert": "before", "position": "id=rew0", "netdev": "hn0", "queue": "rx", "indev": "compare_out" } }
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-18 21:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-18 21:29 [PATCH v9 00/19] migration: Add COLO multifd support and COLO migration unit test Lukas Straub
2026-02-18 21:29 ` [PATCH v9 01/19] MAINTAINERS: Add myself as maintainer for COLO migration framework Lukas Straub
2026-02-18 21:29 ` [PATCH v9 02/19] MAINTAINERS: Remove Hailiang Zhang from " Lukas Straub
2026-02-18 21:29 ` [PATCH v9 03/19] colo: Setup ram cache in normal migration path Lukas Straub
2026-02-18 21:29 ` [PATCH v9 04/19] colo: Replace migration_incoming_colo_enabled() with migrate_colo() Lukas Straub
2026-02-18 21:29 ` [PATCH v9 05/19] colo: Remove ENABLE_COLO savevm command and mark it as deprecated Lukas Straub
2026-02-18 21:29 ` [PATCH v9 06/19] ram: Remove colo special-casing Lukas Straub
2026-02-18 21:29 ` [PATCH v9 07/19] multifd: Move ram state receive into multifd_ram_state_recv() Lukas Straub
2026-02-18 21:29 ` [PATCH v9 08/19] multifd: Add COLO support Lukas Straub
2026-02-18 21:29 ` [PATCH v9 09/19] Call colo_release_ram_cache() after multifd threads terminate Lukas Straub
2026-02-18 21:29 ` [PATCH v9 10/19] colo: Fix crash during device vmstate load Lukas Straub
2026-02-18 21:29 ` [PATCH v9 11/19] colo: Hold the BQL while sending ram state Lukas Straub
2026-02-18 21:29 ` [PATCH v9 12/19] colo: Do not hold the BQL while receiving " Lukas Straub
2026-02-18 21:29 ` [PATCH v9 13/19] migration-test: Add COLO migration unit test Lukas Straub
2026-02-18 21:29 ` [PATCH v9 14/19] Convert colo main documentation to restructuredText Lukas Straub
2026-02-18 21:29 ` [PATCH v9 15/19] qemu-colo.rst: Miscellaneous changes Lukas Straub
2026-02-18 21:29 ` [PATCH v9 16/19] qemu-colo.rst: Add my copyright Lukas Straub
2026-02-18 21:29 ` Lukas Straub [this message]
2026-02-18 21:29 ` [PATCH v9 18/19] multifd: Fix hang if send thread errors during sync Lukas Straub
2026-02-19 21:23 ` Peter Xu
2026-02-18 21:29 ` [PATCH v9 19/19] colo: Fix a rare crash during shutdown Lukas Straub
2026-02-19 21:33 ` Peter Xu
2026-02-26 10:43 ` Lukas Straub
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