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From: Aadeshveer Singh <aadeshveer07@gmail.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: peterx@redhat.com, farosas@suse.de, pbonzini@redhat.com,
	philmd@mailo.com, lvivier@redhat.com, ayoub@saferwall.com,
	Aadeshveer Singh <aadeshveer07@gmail.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 7/7] migration: add eager load thread and setup for fast snapshot load
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:49:40 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260630081940.611092-8-aadeshveer07@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260630081940.611092-1-aadeshveer07@gmail.com>

In fast snapshot load a thread is needed for actively loading in pages
along with the fault path so that the guest is not dependent on fault
thread indefinitely. Considering the difference from usual network
postcopy where major chunk of RAM is already loaded here entire RAM
needs to be loaded later. Existance of background pages which are not
really accessed by the guest might never be loaded and system will be
locked in migration for indefinite time. As there should be no
assumption about how guest accesses memory, the load times can be
indefinite.

Add postcopy_ram_eager_load_thread(), for the eager thread which
iterates over all non ignored blocks calling ram_block_load_eager()
on each. ram_block_load_eager then iterates to load in all pages using
postcopy_mapped_ram_load_page(), with a different channel, which takes
care of not loading in pages already loaded by fault thread. On
completion the thread schedules postcopy_incoming_complete_bh() to
destroy the incoming migration state.

Add postcopy_ram_eager_load_setup() to create the thread. Added joining
logic in postcopy_incoming_cleanup().

Add tracepoints for entry and exit to eager load thread.

When both mapped-ram and postcopy-ram are set, divert from
qemu_loadvm_state to run fast snapshot load

Initialize postcopy RAM state and register RAM Blocks with userfaultfd
via ram_postcopy_incoming_init() and postcopy_ram_incoming_setup() in
process_incoming_migration_co(). Fault thread needs to be launched
before VM to serve faults for some hardwares emulation that need to read
RAM (like vapic devices). Populate bitmaps and offset tables while
reading file in qemu_loadvm_state_main.

Add function qemu_loadvm_run_fast_snapshot_load() which starts the VM
using loadvm_postcopy_handle_run_bh() and launches eager load thread.

Skip scheduling process_incoming_migration_bh() in
process_incoming_migration_co(), for fast snapshot load as the state
cleanup is managed by eager load thread on completion.

Signed-off-by: Aadeshveer Singh <aadeshveer07@gmail.com>
---
 migration/migration.c    | 33 ++++++++++++++++--
 migration/migration.h    |  5 +++
 migration/postcopy-ram.c | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 migration/postcopy-ram.h |  2 ++
 migration/savevm.c       | 26 ++++++++++++++
 migration/savevm.h       |  2 ++
 migration/trace-events   |  2 ++
 7 files changed, 140 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 074d3f2c69..9295794713 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -730,6 +730,11 @@ static void process_incoming_migration_bh(void *opaque)
     migration_incoming_state_destroy();
 }
 
+static bool migration_incoming_has_postcopy_thread(MigrationIncomingState *mis)
+{
+    return mis->have_listen_thread || mis->have_eager_load_thread;
+}
+
 static void coroutine_fn
 process_incoming_migration_co(void *opaque)
 {
@@ -759,17 +764,41 @@ process_incoming_migration_co(void *opaque)
     migrate_set_state(&mis->state, MIGRATION_STATUS_SETUP,
                       MIGRATION_STATUS_ACTIVE);
 
+    if (migrate_postcopy_ram() && migrate_mapped_ram()) {
+        migrate_set_state(&mis->state, MIGRATION_STATUS_ACTIVE,
+                          MIGRATION_STATUS_POSTCOPY_DEVICE);
+
+        if (ram_postcopy_incoming_init(mis, &local_err)) {
+            goto fail;
+        }
+
+        postcopy_state_set(POSTCOPY_INCOMING_LISTENING);
+        if (postcopy_ram_incoming_setup(mis, &local_err)) {
+            goto fail;
+        }
+    }
+
     mis->loadvm_co = qemu_coroutine_self();
     ret = qemu_loadvm_state(mis->from_src_file, &local_err);
     mis->loadvm_co = NULL;
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    if (migrate_postcopy_ram() && migrate_mapped_ram()) {
+        if (qemu_loadvm_run_fast_snapshot_load(mis->from_src_file, mis,
+                                               &local_err)) {
+            goto fail;
+        }
+    }
 
     trace_vmstate_downtime_checkpoint("dst-precopy-loadvm-completed");
 
     trace_process_incoming_migration_co_end(ret);
-    if (mis->have_listen_thread) {
+    if (migration_incoming_has_postcopy_thread(mis)) {
         /*
          * Postcopy was started, cleanup should happen at the end of the
-         * postcopy listen thread.
+         * postcopy listen thread or eager load thread.
          */
         trace_process_incoming_migration_co_postcopy_end_main();
         goto out;
diff --git a/migration/migration.h b/migration/migration.h
index 841f49b215..540124bc27 100644
--- a/migration/migration.h
+++ b/migration/migration.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #define  MIGRATION_THREAD_DST_FAULT         "mig/dst/fault"
 #define  MIGRATION_THREAD_DST_LISTEN        "mig/dst/listen"
 #define  MIGRATION_THREAD_DST_PREEMPT       "mig/dst/preempt"
+#define  MIGRATION_THREAD_DST_SNAPSHOT_LOAD "mig/dst/snapshot_load"
 
 struct PostcopyBlocktimeContext;
 typedef struct ThreadPool ThreadPool;
@@ -120,6 +121,10 @@ struct MigrationIncomingState {
     bool           have_listen_thread;
     QemuThread     listen_thread;
 
+    /* Thread to load pages eagerly in fast snapshot load case */
+    bool have_eager_load_thread;
+    QemuThread eager_load_thread;
+
     /* For the kernel to send us notifications */
     int       userfault_fd;
     /* To notify the fault_thread to wake, e.g., when need to quit */
diff --git a/migration/postcopy-ram.c b/migration/postcopy-ram.c
index be9edac572..c31abd4339 100644
--- a/migration/postcopy-ram.c
+++ b/migration/postcopy-ram.c
@@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@ bool postcopy_is_paused(MigrationStatus status)
         status == MIGRATION_STATUS_POSTCOPY_RECOVER_SETUP;
 }
 
-static void postcopy_listen_thread_bh(void *opaque)
+static void postcopy_incoming_complete_bh(void *opaque)
 {
     MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
     MigrationIncomingState *mis = migration_incoming_get_current();
@@ -2267,7 +2267,7 @@ out:
     rcu_unregister_thread();
     postcopy_state_set(POSTCOPY_INCOMING_END);
 
-    migration_bh_schedule(postcopy_listen_thread_bh, NULL);
+    migration_bh_schedule(postcopy_incoming_complete_bh, NULL);
 
     object_unref(OBJECT(migr));
 
@@ -2311,9 +2311,79 @@ int postcopy_incoming_cleanup(MigrationIncomingState *mis)
         mis->have_listen_thread = false;
     }
 
+    if (mis->have_eager_load_thread) {
+        qemu_thread_join(&mis->eager_load_thread);
+        mis->have_eager_load_thread = false;
+    }
+
     if (migrate_postcopy_ram()) {
         rc = postcopy_ram_incoming_cleanup(mis);
     }
 
     return rc;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Called by postcopy_ram_eager_load_thread over all blocks to load in all the
+ * pending pages of given ram block
+ */
+static int ram_block_load_eager(RAMBlock *rb, void *opaque)
+{
+    MigrationIncomingState *mis = migration_incoming_get_current();
+    MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
+    Error *errp = NULL;
+    void *host = qemu_ram_get_host_addr(rb);
+    void *target;
+
+    for (ram_addr_t page_loc = 0; page_loc < rb->used_length;
+         page_loc += qemu_ram_pagesize(rb)) {
+        target = (uint8_t *)host + page_loc;
+        if (!postcopy_mapped_ram_load_page(mis, rb, page_loc, (uint64_t)target,
+                                           RAM_CHANNEL_PRECOPY, &errp)) {
+            migrate_error_propagate(s, errp);
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Used by fast snapshot load to eagerly load in all pages of RAM and schedule
+ * cleanup after entire RAM is loaded
+ */
+static void *postcopy_ram_eager_load_thread(void *opaque)
+{
+    MigrationIncomingState *mis = opaque;
+
+    trace_postcopy_ram_eager_load_thread_entry();
+    rcu_register_thread();
+    qemu_event_set(&mis->thread_sync_event);
+
+    if (foreach_not_ignored_block(ram_block_load_eager, NULL)) {
+        migrate_set_state(&mis->state, MIGRATION_STATUS_POSTCOPY_ACTIVE,
+                          MIGRATION_STATUS_FAILED);
+        goto out;
+    }
+    migrate_set_state(&mis->state, MIGRATION_STATUS_POSTCOPY_ACTIVE,
+                      MIGRATION_STATUS_COMPLETED);
+
+out:
+    postcopy_state_set(POSTCOPY_INCOMING_END);
+    migration_bh_schedule(postcopy_incoming_complete_bh, mis);
+
+    rcu_unregister_thread();
+    trace_postcopy_ram_eager_load_thread_exit();
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create thread for eager loading in fast snapshot load case
+ */
+int postcopy_ram_eager_load_setup(MigrationIncomingState *mis)
+{
+    postcopy_thread_create(
+        mis, &mis->eager_load_thread, MIGRATION_THREAD_DST_SNAPSHOT_LOAD,
+        postcopy_ram_eager_load_thread, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
+    mis->have_eager_load_thread = true;
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/migration/postcopy-ram.h b/migration/postcopy-ram.h
index 98d918713f..6d1a296795 100644
--- a/migration/postcopy-ram.h
+++ b/migration/postcopy-ram.h
@@ -202,4 +202,6 @@ void mark_postcopy_blocktime_begin(uintptr_t addr, uint32_t ptid,
 int postcopy_incoming_setup(MigrationIncomingState *mis, Error **errp);
 int postcopy_incoming_cleanup(MigrationIncomingState *mis);
 
+int postcopy_ram_eager_load_setup(MigrationIncomingState *mis);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index 23adaf9dd9..5857fb8ac2 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -2959,6 +2959,32 @@ static bool postcopy_pause_incoming(MigrationIncomingState *mis)
     return true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Starts the VM and launches the eager thread for fast snapshot load
+ */
+int qemu_loadvm_run_fast_snapshot_load(QEMUFile *f, MigrationIncomingState *mis,
+                                       Error **errp)
+{
+    ERRP_GUARD();
+    int ret = 0;
+
+    postcopy_state_set(POSTCOPY_INCOMING_RUNNING);
+
+    migration_bh_schedule(loadvm_postcopy_handle_run_bh, mis);
+
+    migrate_set_state(&mis->state, MIGRATION_STATUS_POSTCOPY_DEVICE,
+                      MIGRATION_STATUS_POSTCOPY_ACTIVE);
+
+    ret = postcopy_ram_eager_load_setup(mis);
+    if (ret) {
+        error_prepend(errp,
+                      "Failed to setup eager load for fast snapshot load: ");
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
 int qemu_loadvm_state_main(QEMUFile *f, MigrationIncomingState *mis,
                            Error **errp)
 {
diff --git a/migration/savevm.h b/migration/savevm.h
index 96fdf96d4e..f17d7057e1 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.h
+++ b/migration/savevm.h
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ void qemu_savevm_send_postcopy_ram_discard(QEMUFile *f, const char *name,
 int qemu_save_device_state(QEMUFile *f, Error **errp);
 int qemu_loadvm_state(QEMUFile *f, Error **errp);
 void qemu_loadvm_state_cleanup(MigrationIncomingState *mis);
+int qemu_loadvm_run_fast_snapshot_load(QEMUFile *f, MigrationIncomingState *mis,
+                                       Error **errp);
 int qemu_loadvm_state_main(QEMUFile *f, MigrationIncomingState *mis,
                            Error **errp);
 int qemu_load_device_state(QEMUFile *f, Error **errp);
diff --git a/migration/trace-events b/migration/trace-events
index de99d976ab..38f11e1e9f 100644
--- a/migration/trace-events
+++ b/migration/trace-events
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ postcopy_blocktime_tid_cpu_map(int cpu, uint32_t tid) "cpu: %d, tid: %u"
 postcopy_blocktime_begin(uint64_t addr, uint64_t time, int cpu, bool exists) "addr: 0x%" PRIx64 ", time: %" PRIu64 ", cpu: %d, exist: %d"
 postcopy_blocktime_end(uint64_t addr, uint64_t time, int affected_cpu, int affected_non_cpus) "addr: 0x%" PRIx64 ", time: %" PRIu64 ", affected_cpus: %d, affected_non_cpus: %d"
 postcopy_blocktime_end_one(int cpu, uint8_t left_faults) "cpu: %d, left_faults: %" PRIu8
+postcopy_ram_eager_load_thread_entry(void) ""
+postcopy_ram_eager_load_thread_exit(void) ""
 
 # exec.c
 migration_exec_outgoing(const char *cmd) "cmd=%s"
-- 
2.54.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-30  8:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-30  8:19 [RFC PATCH v2 0/7] migration: fast snapshot load Aadeshveer Singh
2026-06-30  8:19 ` [RFC PATCH v2 1/7] migration/tests: remove capability conflict test postcopy-ram+mapped-ram Aadeshveer Singh
2026-07-06 19:02   ` Peter Xu
2026-06-30  8:19 ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/7] migration: Propagate error in postcopy setup functions Aadeshveer Singh
2026-07-06 19:13   ` Peter Xu
2026-06-30  8:19 ` [RFC PATCH v2 3/7] migration: Use file_bmap for RAMBlock during incoming file load Aadeshveer Singh
2026-07-06 19:29   ` Peter Xu
2026-06-30  8:19 ` [RFC PATCH v2 4/7] migration: Make qemu_get_buffer_at() thread-safe Aadeshveer Singh
2026-07-06 19:34   ` Peter Xu
2026-06-30  8:19 ` [RFC PATCH v2 5/7] migration: add RAMBlock field and helper for fast snapshot load Aadeshveer Singh
2026-07-06 20:03   ` Peter Xu
2026-06-30  8:19 ` [RFC PATCH v2 6/7] migration: add support for fault thread to load pages from disk Aadeshveer Singh
2026-07-06 20:35   ` Peter Xu
2026-06-30  8:19 ` Aadeshveer Singh [this message]
2026-07-06 21:07   ` [RFC PATCH v2 7/7] migration: add eager load thread and setup for fast snapshot load Peter Xu
2026-07-06 19:16 ` [RFC PATCH v2 0/7] migration: " Peter Xu

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