Re: [PATCH v3 14/17] vfio/migration: Reset device if setting recover state fails

[Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>]

On Thu, 17 Nov 2022 19:11:47 +0200
Avihai Horon <avihaih@nvidia.com> wrote:

> On 16/11/2022 20:36, Alex Williamson wrote:
> > External email: Use caution opening links or attachments
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 3 Nov 2022 18:16:17 +0200
> > Avihai Horon <avihaih@nvidia.com> wrote:
> >  
> >> If vfio_migration_set_state() fails to set the device in the requested
> >> state it tries to put it in a recover state. If setting the device in
> >> the recover state fails as well, hw_error is triggered and the VM is
> >> aborted.
> >>
> >> To improve user experience and avoid VM data loss, reset the device with
> >> VFIO_RESET_DEVICE instead of aborting the VM.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Avihai Horon <avihaih@nvidia.com>
> >> ---
> >>   hw/vfio/migration.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
> >>   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/hw/vfio/migration.c b/hw/vfio/migration.c
> >> index f8c3228314..e8068b9147 100644
> >> --- a/hw/vfio/migration.c
> >> +++ b/hw/vfio/migration.c
> >> @@ -92,8 +92,18 @@ static int vfio_migration_set_state(VFIODevice *vbasedev,
> >>
> >>           mig_state->device_state = recover_state;
> >>           if (ioctl(vbasedev->fd, VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE, feature)) {
> >> -            hw_error("%s: Failed setting device in recover state, err: %s",
> >> -                     vbasedev->name, strerror(errno));
> >> +            error_report(
> >> +                "%s: Failed setting device in recover state, err: %s. Resetting device",
> >> +                         vbasedev->name, strerror(errno));
> >> +
> >> +            if (ioctl(vbasedev->fd, VFIO_DEVICE_RESET)) {
> >> +                hw_error("%s: Failed resetting device, err: %s", vbasedev->name,
> >> +                         strerror(errno));
> >> +            }
> >> +
> >> +            migration->device_state = VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_RUNNING;
> >> +
> >> +            return -1;
> >>           }
> >>
> >>           migration->device_state = recover_state;  
> > This addresses one of my comments on 12/ and should probably be rolled
> > in there.  
> 
> Not sure to which comment you refer to. Could you elaborate?

Hmm, I guess I thought this was in the section immediately following
where I questioned going to recovery state.  I'm still not sure why
this is a separate patch from the initial implementation of the
function in 12/ though.  Thanks,
'
Alex