From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51563) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bGK08-0004PC-Sg for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2016 01:50:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bGK04-000520-QM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2016 01:49:59 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:57586) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bGK04-00051r-J5 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2016 01:49:56 -0400 Received: from int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2351DC0624CE for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2016 05:49:56 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 08:49:52 +0300 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Message-ID: <20160624084901-mutt-send-email-mst@redhat.com> References: <1466536447-30146-1-git-send-email-dgilbert@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1466536447-30146-1-git-send-email-dgilbert@redhat.com> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/13] virtio migration: Flip outer layer to vmstate List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)" Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, amit.shah@redhat.com, quintela@redhat.com, kraxel@redhat.com On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 08:13:54PM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git) wrote: > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" > > Hi, > This series converts the outer most layer of virtio to > use VMState macros; this is the easy bit, but I'm hoping that > having done that, the next trick is to nibble away at the virtio_save/load > functions and all of the zillions of device/bus helpers. > > I think the first two patches are the most controversial; > they remove migration support for old version of virtio-net and virtio-serial; > (for virtio-net versions prior to 0.11 and for virtio-serial prior to 0.13). > I'm working on the basis that migration has bit rotted enough so > that the streams aren't migration compatible for that long back > on upstream - but if anyone knows otherwise please shout. I'm ok with removing 0.11 migration compat code. But doesn't the serial change break 0.12 as well? > The reason for doing those is that the virtio structure makes > it a bit tricky to pass the outer device version number down > through VMState to the device specific code (I can do it > as a hack if necessary using a dummy is_needed function); > and with -net and -serial compatibility sorted I think > every other device just supports a single version. > > My main reason for doing this is to get rid of the > calls to register_savevm ('going to disappear as soon..' since 2010) > > It's lightly tested using the magic line: > ./x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -nographic -machine pc-i440fx-2.6,accel=kvm -cpu qemu64 -m 2048M -drive file=/home/vmimages/f20.img,if=none,id=drivea -device virtio-scsi,id=scsi -device scsi-hd,drive=drivea -device virtio-rng -device virtio-serial -chardev file,id=test,path=/tmp/testfile -device virtconsole,chardev=test,name=foo -virtfs local,path=/home,security_model=passthrough,mount_tag=host_share -device virtio-gpu -drive file=/home/vmimages/jeos-19-64.qcow2,id=jeos,if=none -device virtio-blk,drive=jeos -device virtio-balloon > > Thoughts? > > Dave > > Dr. David Alan Gilbert (13): > virtio-net: Remove old migration version support > virtio-serial: Remove old migration version support > virtio: Migration helper function and macro > virtio-scsi: Wrap in vmstate > virtio-blk: Wrap in vmstate > virtio-rng: Wrap in vmstate > virtio-balloon: Wrap in vmstate > virtio-net: Wrap in vmstate > virtio-serial: Wrap in vmstate > 9pfs: Wrap in vmstate > virtio-input: Wrap in vmstate > virtio-gpu: Wrap in vmstate > virtio: Update migration docs > > docs/virtio-migration.txt | 6 ++- > hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-device.c | 14 +++--- > hw/block/virtio-blk.c | 16 +++---- > hw/char/virtio-serial-bus.c | 62 +++++++++------------------ > hw/display/virtio-gpu.c | 17 +++----- > hw/input/virtio-input.c | 26 +++-------- > hw/net/virtio-net.c | 102 +++++++++++++++++--------------------------- > hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c | 21 +++------ > hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c | 19 +++------ > hw/virtio/virtio-rng.c | 20 +++------ > hw/virtio/virtio.c | 6 +++ > include/hw/virtio/virtio.h | 20 +++++++++ > 12 files changed, 130 insertions(+), 199 deletions(-) > > -- > 2.7.4