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From: Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>,
	Cedric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>, Yi Liu <yi.l.liu@intel.com>,
	Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com>,
	Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@intel.com>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
	Marcel Apfelbaum <marcel.apfelbaum@gmail.com>,
	Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>, Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>,
	Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>
Subject: [PATCH V5 38/38] vfio: doc changes for cpr
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:39:51 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1749569991-25171-39-git-send-email-steven.sistare@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1749569991-25171-1-git-send-email-steven.sistare@oracle.com>

Update documentation to say that cpr-transfer supports vfio and iommufd.

Signed-off-by: Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>
---
 docs/devel/migration/CPR.rst | 5 ++---
 qapi/migration.json          | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/devel/migration/CPR.rst b/docs/devel/migration/CPR.rst
index 7897873..0a0fd4f 100644
--- a/docs/devel/migration/CPR.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/migration/CPR.rst
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@ cpr-transfer mode
 This mode allows the user to transfer a guest to a new QEMU instance
 on the same host with minimal guest pause time, by preserving guest
 RAM in place, albeit with new virtual addresses in new QEMU.  Devices
-and their pinned memory pages will also be preserved in a future QEMU
-release.
+and their pinned memory pages are also preserved for VFIO and IOMMUFD.
 
 The user starts new QEMU on the same host as old QEMU, with command-
 line arguments to create the same machine, plus the ``-incoming``
@@ -322,6 +321,6 @@ Futures
 
 cpr-transfer mode is based on a capability to transfer open file
 descriptors from old to new QEMU.  In the future, descriptors for
-vfio, iommufd, vhost, and char devices could be transferred,
+vhost, and char devices could be transferred,
 preserving those devices and their kernel state without interruption,
 even if they do not explicitly support live migration.
diff --git a/qapi/migration.json b/qapi/migration.json
index 4963f6c..e8a7d3b 100644
--- a/qapi/migration.json
+++ b/qapi/migration.json
@@ -620,8 +620,10 @@
 #
 # @cpr-transfer: This mode allows the user to transfer a guest to a
 #     new QEMU instance on the same host with minimal guest pause
-#     time by preserving guest RAM in place.  Devices and their pinned
-#     pages will also be preserved in a future QEMU release.
+#     time by preserving guest RAM in place.
+#
+#     Devices and their pinned pages are also preserved for VFIO and
+#     IOMMUFD. (since 10.1)
 #
 #     The user starts new QEMU on the same host as old QEMU, with
 #     command-line arguments to create the same machine, plus the
-- 
1.8.3.1



  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-06-10 16:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 101+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-06-10 15:39 [PATCH V5 00/38] Live update: vfio and iommufd Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 01/38] migration: cpr helpers Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 02/38] migration: lower handler priority Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 03/38] vfio/container: register container for cpr Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 04/38] vfio/container: preserve descriptors Steve Sistare
2025-06-23  9:07   ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-07-01 14:25     ` Steven Sistare
2025-07-02 14:23       ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 05/38] vfio/container: discard old DMA vaddr Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 06/38] vfio/container: restore " Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 07/38] vfio/container: mdev cpr blocker Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 08/38] vfio/container: recover from unmap-all-vaddr failure Steve Sistare
2025-08-13 12:54   ` Cédric Le Goater
2025-08-13 14:18     ` Steven Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 09/38] pci: export msix_is_pending Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 10/38] pci: skip reset during cpr Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 11/38] vfio-pci: " Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 12/38] vfio/pci: vfio_pci_vector_init Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 13/38] vfio/pci: vfio_notifier_init Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 14/38] vfio/pci: pass vector to virq functions Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 15/38] vfio/pci: vfio_notifier_init cpr parameters Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 16/38] vfio/pci: vfio_notifier_cleanup Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 17/38] vfio/pci: export MSI functions Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 18/38] vfio-pci: preserve MSI Steve Sistare
2025-07-01 16:12   ` Steven Sistare
2025-07-02  7:17     ` Cédric Le Goater
2025-07-02 12:03       ` Steven Sistare
2025-07-02 15:35   ` Cédric Le Goater
2025-07-02 16:40     ` Steven Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 19/38] vfio-pci: preserve INTx Steve Sistare
2025-07-02 15:23   ` Cédric Le Goater
2025-07-02 17:54     ` Steven Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 20/38] migration: close kvm after cpr Steve Sistare
2025-07-01 15:25   ` Steven Sistare
2025-07-02 16:02     ` Peter Xu
2025-07-02 19:41       ` Steven Sistare
2025-07-03 19:45         ` Peter Xu
2025-07-03 21:21           ` Cédric Le Goater
2025-07-03 21:58             ` Peter Xu
2025-07-07 13:13               ` Steven Sistare
2025-07-01 17:49   ` Fabiano Rosas
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 21/38] migration: cpr_get_fd_param helper Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 22/38] backends/iommufd: iommufd_backend_map_file_dma Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 23/38] backends/iommufd: change process ioctl Steve Sistare
2025-06-11 12:38   ` Cédric Le Goater
2025-06-23  8:20   ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 24/38] physmem: qemu_ram_get_fd_offset Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 25/38] vfio/iommufd: use IOMMU_IOAS_MAP_FILE Steve Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 26/38] vfio/iommufd: invariant device name Steve Sistare
2025-06-23  8:25   ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 27/38] vfio/iommufd: add vfio_device_free_name Steve Sistare
2025-06-11 12:38   ` Cédric Le Goater
2025-06-23  8:27   ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-06-23 13:50   ` Eric Farman
2025-07-01 14:26     ` Steven Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 28/38] vfio/iommufd: device name blocker Steve Sistare
2025-06-23 10:29   ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 29/38] vfio/iommufd: register container for cpr Steve Sistare
2025-07-01 14:25   ` Steven Sistare
2025-07-02 14:17   ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-07-02 14:52     ` Steven Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 30/38] migration: vfio cpr state hook Steve Sistare
2025-06-24 11:24   ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-07-01 14:26     ` Steven Sistare
2025-07-02 13:39       ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-07-02 15:07         ` Steven Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 31/38] vfio/iommufd: cpr state Steve Sistare
2025-06-23 10:45   ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-07-01 14:26     ` Steven Sistare
2025-07-02 13:44       ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 32/38] vfio/iommufd: preserve descriptors Steve Sistare
2025-06-25 11:40   ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-07-01 14:26     ` Steven Sistare
2025-07-02 14:08       ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 33/38] vfio/iommufd: reconstruct device Steve Sistare
2025-06-25 11:40   ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-07-01 14:26     ` Steven Sistare
2025-07-02 14:14       ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 34/38] vfio/iommufd: reconstruct hwpt Steve Sistare
2025-06-25 11:40   ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 35/38] vfio/iommufd: change process Steve Sistare
2025-06-25 11:40   ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-07-01 14:26     ` Steven Sistare
2025-07-02 13:46       ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-07-02 20:57         ` Steven Sistare
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 36/38] iommufd: preserve DMA mappings Steve Sistare
2025-06-25 11:40   ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-06-10 15:39 ` [PATCH V5 37/38] vfio/container: delete old cpr register Steve Sistare
2025-06-25 11:40   ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-06-10 15:39 ` Steve Sistare [this message]
2025-07-02 14:03   ` [PATCH V5 38/38] vfio: doc changes for cpr Steven Sistare
2025-07-02 14:49   ` Cédric Le Goater
2025-07-02 17:52   ` Fabiano Rosas
2025-06-10 17:18 ` [PATCH V5 00/38] Live update: vfio and iommufd Cédric Le Goater
2025-06-10 17:39   ` Cédric Le Goater
2025-06-11 14:25     ` Cédric Le Goater
2025-06-11 14:39       ` Steven Sistare
2025-06-12  7:23         ` Cédric Le Goater
2025-06-19 12:03           ` Cédric Le Goater
2025-06-20  5:46             ` Duan, Zhenzhong
2025-06-11 14:49       ` Peter Xu

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