Re: [PATCH v4 00/25] migration: Improve error reporting

[Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Mar 06, 2024 at 02:34:15PM +0100, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
> * [1-4] already queued in migration-next.
>   
>   migration: Report error when shutdown fails
>   migration: Remove SaveStateHandler and LoadStateHandler typedefs
>   migration: Add documentation for SaveVMHandlers
>   migration: Do not call PRECOPY_NOTIFY_SETUP notifiers in case of error
>   
> * [5-9] are prequisite changes in other components related to the
>   migration save_setup() handler. They make sure a failure is not
>   returned without setting an error.
>   
>   s390/stattrib: Add Error** argument to set_migrationmode() handler
>   vfio: Always report an error in vfio_save_setup()
>   migration: Always report an error in block_save_setup()
>   migration: Always report an error in ram_save_setup()
>   migration: Add Error** argument to vmstate_save()
> 
> * [10-15] are the core changes in migration and memory components to
>   propagate an error reported in a save_setup() handler.
> 
>   migration: Add Error** argument to qemu_savevm_state_setup()
>   migration: Add Error** argument to .save_setup() handler
>   migration: Add Error** argument to .load_setup() handler

Further queued 5-12 in migration-staging (until here), thanks.

>   memory: Add Error** argument to .log_global_start() handler
>   memory: Add Error** argument to the global_dirty_log routines
>   migration: Modify ram_init_bitmaps() to report dirty tracking errors
> 
> * [16-19] contains the VFIO changes we are interested in. Can go
>   through vfio-next.
> 
>   vfio: Add Error** argument to .set_dirty_page_tracking() handler
>   vfio: Add Error** argument to vfio_devices_dma_logging_start()
>   vfio: Add Error** argument to vfio_devices_dma_logging_stop()
>   vfio: Use new Error** argument in vfio_save_setup()
> 
> * [20-25] are followups for better error handling in VFIO. Good to
>   have but not necessary for the issue described in the intro. Can go
>   through vfio-next.
> 
>   vfio: Add Error** argument to .vfio_save_config() handler
>   vfio: Reverse test on vfio_get_dirty_bitmap()
>   memory: Add Error** argument to memory_get_xlat_addr()
>   vfio: Add Error** argument to .get_dirty_bitmap() handler
>   vfio: Also trace event failures in vfio_save_complete_precopy()
>   vfio: Extend vfio_set_migration_error() with Error* argument
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> C.
> 
> Changes in v4:
> 
>  - Fixed frenchism futur to future
>  - Fixed typo in set_migrationmode() handler
>  - Added error_free() in hmp_migrationmode()
>  - Fixed state name printed out in error returned by vfio_save_setup()
>  - Fixed test on error returned by qemu_file_get_error()
>  - Added an error when bdrv_nb_sectors() returns a negative value 
>  - Dropped log_global_stop() and log_global_sync() changes
>  - Dropped MEMORY_LISTENER_CALL_LOG_GLOBAL
>  - Modified memory_global_dirty_log_start() to loop on the list of
>    listeners and handle errors directly.
>  - Introduced memory_global_dirty_log_rollback() to revert operations
>    previously done
> 
> Changes in v3:
> 
>  - New changes to make sure an error is always set in case of failure.
>    This is the reason behing the 5/6 extra patches. (Markus)
>  - Documentation fixup (Peter + Avihai)
>  - Set migration state to MIGRATION_STATUS_FAILED always
>  - Fixed error handling in bg_migration_thread() (Peter)
>  - Fixed return value of vfio_listener_log_global_start/stop(). 
>    Went unnoticed because value is not tested. (Peter)
>  - Add ERRP_GUARD() when error_prepend is used 
>  - Use error_setg_errno() when possible
>     
> Changes in v2:
> 
> - Removed v1 patches addressing the return-path thread termination as
>   they are now superseded by :  
>   https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20240226203122.22894-1-farosas@suse.de/
> - Documentation updates of handlers
> - Removed call to PRECOPY_NOTIFY_SETUP notifiers in case of errors
> - Modified routines taking an Error** argument to return a bool when
>   possible and made adjustments in callers.
> - new MEMORY_LISTENER_CALL_LOG_GLOBAL macro for .log_global*()
>   handlers
> - Handled SETUP state when migration terminates
> - Modified memory_get_xlat_addr() to take an Error** argument
> - Various refinements on error handling
> 
> Cédric Le Goater (25):
>   migration: Report error when shutdown fails
>   migration: Remove SaveStateHandler and LoadStateHandler typedefs
>   migration: Add documentation for SaveVMHandlers
>   migration: Do not call PRECOPY_NOTIFY_SETUP notifiers in case of error
>   s390/stattrib: Add Error** argument to set_migrationmode() handler
>   vfio: Always report an error in vfio_save_setup()
>   migration: Always report an error in block_save_setup()
>   migration: Always report an error in ram_save_setup()
>   migration: Add Error** argument to vmstate_save()
>   migration: Add Error** argument to qemu_savevm_state_setup()
>   migration: Add Error** argument to .save_setup() handler
>   migration: Add Error** argument to .load_setup() handler
>   memory: Add Error** argument to .log_global_start() handler
>   memory: Add Error** argument to the global_dirty_log routines
>   migration: Modify ram_init_bitmaps() to report dirty tracking errors
>   vfio: Add Error** argument to .set_dirty_page_tracking() handler
>   vfio: Add Error** argument to vfio_devices_dma_logging_start()
>   vfio: Add Error** argument to vfio_devices_dma_logging_stop()
>   vfio: Use new Error** argument in vfio_save_setup()
>   vfio: Add Error** argument to .vfio_save_config() handler
>   vfio: Reverse test on vfio_get_dirty_bitmap()
>   memory: Add Error** argument to memory_get_xlat_addr()
>   vfio: Add Error** argument to .get_dirty_bitmap() handler
>   vfio: Also trace event failures in vfio_save_complete_precopy()
>   vfio: Extend vfio_set_migration_error() with Error* argument
> 
>  include/exec/memory.h                 |  25 ++-
>  include/hw/s390x/storage-attributes.h |   2 +-
>  include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h         |  29 ++-
>  include/hw/vfio/vfio-container-base.h |  35 +++-
>  include/migration/register.h          | 273 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  include/qemu/typedefs.h               |   2 -
>  migration/savevm.h                    |   2 +-
>  hw/i386/xen/xen-hvm.c                 |   5 +-
>  hw/ppc/spapr.c                        |   2 +-
>  hw/s390x/s390-stattrib-kvm.c          |  12 +-
>  hw/s390x/s390-stattrib.c              |  15 +-
>  hw/vfio/common.c                      | 161 +++++++++------
>  hw/vfio/container-base.c              |   9 +-
>  hw/vfio/container.c                   |  19 +-
>  hw/vfio/migration.c                   |  99 ++++++----
>  hw/vfio/pci.c                         |   5 +-
>  hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c                |   5 +-
>  hw/virtio/vhost.c                     |   3 +-
>  migration/block-dirty-bitmap.c        |   4 +-
>  migration/block.c                     |  19 +-
>  migration/dirtyrate.c                 |  13 +-
>  migration/migration.c                 |  27 ++-
>  migration/qemu-file.c                 |   5 +-
>  migration/ram.c                       |  46 ++++-
>  migration/savevm.c                    |  59 +++---
>  system/memory.c                       |  56 +++++-
>  26 files changed, 713 insertions(+), 219 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.44.0
> 
> 

-- 
Peter Xu