From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:49484) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1grRxQ-0006TD-GM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2019 13:30:01 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1grRxP-0008Bw-FA for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2019 13:30:00 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:53536) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1grRxN-00089i-Cl for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2019 13:29:58 -0500 Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2019 13:29:37 -0500 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Message-ID: <20190206132538-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <3497114cb20658d8b40837675dcac9c78c04a345.1549473586.git.yi.z.zhang@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3497114cb20658d8b40837675dcac9c78c04a345.1549473586.git.yi.z.zhang@linux.intel.com> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V12 5/5] docs: Added MAP_SYNC documentation List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "Zhang, Yi" Cc: xiaoguangrong.eric@gmail.com, stefanha@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com, pagupta@redhat.com, yu.c.zhang@linux.intel.com, richardw.yang@linux.intel.com, ehabkost@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, imammedo@redhat.com, dan.j.williams@intel.com On Thu, Feb 07, 2019 at 01:27:29AM +0800, Zhang, Yi wrote: > From: Zhang Yi > > Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi > --- > docs/nvdimm.txt | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++--- > qemu-options.hx | 4 ++++ > 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/docs/nvdimm.txt b/docs/nvdimm.txt > index 5f158a6..e2bf89f 100644 > --- a/docs/nvdimm.txt > +++ b/docs/nvdimm.txt > @@ -143,9 +143,28 @@ Guest Data Persistence > ---------------------- > > Though QEMU supports multiple types of vNVDIMM backends on Linux, > -currently the only one that can guarantee the guest write persistence > -is the device DAX on the real NVDIMM device (e.g., /dev/dax0.0), to > -which all guest access do not involve any host-side kernel cache. > +the only backend that can guarantee the guest write persistence is: > + > +A. DAX device (e.g., /dev/dax0.0, ) or > +B. DAX file(mounted with dax option) > + > +both are from the real NVDIMM device, all guest access do not > +involve any host-side kernel cache. I'm not sure - what do above 2 lines mean? That cache must not be used if persistence is desired? > + > +When using B (A file supporting direct mapping of persistent memory) > +as a backend, write persistence is guaranteed if the host kernel has > +support for the MAP_SYNC flag in the mmap system call (available > +since Linux 4.15 and on certain distro kernels) and additionally > +both 'pmem' and 'share' flags are set to 'on' on the backend. > + > +If these conditions are not satisfied i.e. if either 'pmem' or 'share' > +are not set, if the backend file does not support DAX or if MAP_SYNC > +is not supported by the host kernel, write persistence is not > +guaranteed after a system crash. For compatibility reasons, these > +conditions are silently ignored if not satisfied. Currently, no way > +is provided to test for them. > +For more details, please reference mmap(2) man page: > +http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/mmap.2.html. > > When using other types of backends, it's suggested to set 'unarmed' > option of '-device nvdimm' to 'on', which sets the unarmed flag of the > diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx > index 08f8516..0cd41f4 100644 > --- a/qemu-options.hx > +++ b/qemu-options.hx > @@ -4002,6 +4002,10 @@ using the SNIA NVM programming model (e.g. Intel NVDIMM). > If @option{pmem} is set to 'on', QEMU will take necessary operations to > guarantee the persistence of its own writes to @option{mem-path} > (e.g. in vNVDIMM label emulation and live migration). > +Also, we will map the backend-file with MAP_SYNC flag, which can ensure should be which ensures > +the file metadata is in sync to @option{mem-path} should be for @option{mem-path} > in case of host crash > +or a power failure. MAP_SYNC requires support from both the host kernel > +(since Linux kernel 4.15) and @option{mem-path} should be and the filesystem of @option{mem-path} > (only files supporting DAX). > > @item -object memory-backend-ram,id=@var{id},merge=@var{on|off},dump=@var{on|off},share=@var{on|off},prealloc=@var{on|off},size=@var{size},host-nodes=@var{host-nodes},policy=@var{default|preferred|bind|interleave} > > -- > 2.7.4