From: Jonah Palmer via qemu development <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: eduardo@habkost.net, marcel.apfelbaum@gmail.com,
philmd@linaro.org, wangyanan55@huawei.com, zhao1.liu@intel.com,
mst@redhat.com, sgarzare@redhat.com, jasowang@redhat.com,
leiyang@redhat.com, si-wei.liu@oracle.com, eperezma@redhat.com,
boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com, armbru@redhat.com,
jonah.palmer@oracle.com
Subject: [RFC v2 02/14] virtio, virtio-net: add initial early VMSD for setup-phase migration
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:20:03 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260320142015.3856652-3-jonah.palmer@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260320142015.3856652-1-jonah.palmer@oracle.com>
Adds a separate VMStateDescription for virtio-net that uses the
.early_setup feature. With this feature, we can migrate a virtio-net
device's state earlier, before the stop-and-copy phase.
Future patches will utilize this to move control plane operations out of
the stop-and-copy phase to reduce the downtime latency caused by
migrating a virtio-net device.
A VirtIODevMigration migration data structure is also introduced here
for VirtIODevices to help track the current state of a migration.
The early_load member is used to signal that a VirtIODevice is being
loaded early and to not throw an error regarding vring indices.
Inconsistent indices shouldn't be an issue for a device so long as the
final indices are eventually loaded before the device starts.
Signed-off-by: Jonah Palmer <jonah.palmer@oracle.com>
---
hw/net/virtio-net.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
hw/virtio/virtio.c | 14 +++++++++-
include/hw/virtio/virtio.h | 9 +++++++
3 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/hw/net/virtio-net.c b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
index 12b3456ca2..ddd6ed6e62 100644
--- a/hw/net/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
@@ -3864,6 +3864,37 @@ static bool failover_hide_primary_device(DeviceListener *listener,
return qatomic_read(&n->failover_primary_hidden);
}
+static int virtio_net_early_pre_load(void *opaque)
+{
+ VirtIONet *n = opaque;
+ VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(n);
+
+ vdev->migration->early_load = true;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int virtio_net_early_post_load(void *opaque, int version_id)
+{
+ VirtIONet *n = opaque;
+ VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(n);
+
+ vdev->migration->early_load = false;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_net_early = {
+ .name = "virtio-net-early",
+ .minimum_version_id = VIRTIO_NET_VM_VERSION,
+ .version_id = VIRTIO_NET_VM_VERSION,
+ .early_setup = true,
+ .pre_load = virtio_net_early_pre_load,
+ .post_load = virtio_net_early_post_load,
+ .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
+ VMSTATE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
+ VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
+ },
+};
+
static void virtio_net_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
{
VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(dev);
@@ -4046,6 +4077,21 @@ static void virtio_net_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
n->rss_data.specified_hash_types.on_bits |
n->rss_data.specified_hash_types.auto_bits;
}
+
+ if (n->early_mig) {
+ if (nc->peer && nc->peer->info->type == NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_VHOST_USER) {
+ /*
+ * vhost-user backend is not currently supported for the early
+ * migration path.
+ */
+ n->early_mig = false;
+ } else {
+ vdev->migration = g_new0(VirtIODevMigration, 1);
+ vdev->migration->early_load = false;
+
+ vmstate_register_any(VMSTATE_IF(n), &vmstate_virtio_net_early, n);
+ }
+ }
}
static void virtio_net_device_unrealize(DeviceState *dev)
@@ -4090,6 +4136,13 @@ static void virtio_net_device_unrealize(DeviceState *dev)
g_free(n->rss_data.indirections_table);
net_rx_pkt_uninit(n->rx_pkt);
virtio_cleanup(vdev);
+
+ if (n->early_mig) {
+ g_free(vdev->migration);
+ vdev->migration = NULL;
+
+ vmstate_unregister(VMSTATE_IF(n), &vmstate_virtio_net_early, n);
+ }
}
static void virtio_net_reset(VirtIODevice *vdev)
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 8fcf6cfd0b..48de4a430b 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -3323,6 +3323,7 @@ virtio_load(VirtIODevice *vdev, QEMUFile *f, int version_id)
int32_t config_len;
uint32_t num;
uint32_t features;
+ bool inconsistent_indices;
BusState *qbus = qdev_get_parent_bus(DEVICE(vdev));
VirtioBusClass *k = VIRTIO_BUS_GET_CLASS(qbus);
VirtioDeviceClass *vdc = VIRTIO_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(vdev);
@@ -3460,6 +3461,14 @@ virtio_load(VirtIODevice *vdev, QEMUFile *f, int version_id)
if (vdev->vq[i].vring.desc) {
uint16_t nheads;
+ /*
+ * Ring indices will be inconsistent for a VMStateDescription
+ * performing an early load. This shouldn't be an issue as the
+ * final indices will get sent later once the source has been
+ * stopped.
+ */
+ inconsistent_indices = vdev->migration && vdev->migration->early_load;
+
/*
* VIRTIO-1 devices migrate desc, used, and avail ring addresses so
* only the region cache needs to be set up. Legacy devices need
@@ -3481,12 +3490,15 @@ virtio_load(VirtIODevice *vdev, QEMUFile *f, int version_id)
nheads = vring_avail_idx(&vdev->vq[i]) - vdev->vq[i].last_avail_idx;
/* Check it isn't doing strange things with descriptor numbers. */
- if (nheads > vdev->vq[i].vring.num) {
+ if (!inconsistent_indices && nheads > vdev->vq[i].vring.num) {
virtio_error(vdev, "VQ %d size 0x%x Guest index 0x%x "
"inconsistent with Host index 0x%x: delta 0x%x",
i, vdev->vq[i].vring.num,
vring_avail_idx(&vdev->vq[i]),
vdev->vq[i].last_avail_idx, nheads);
+ inconsistent_indices = true;
+ }
+ if (inconsistent_indices) {
vdev->vq[i].used_idx = 0;
vdev->vq[i].shadow_avail_idx = 0;
vdev->vq[i].inuse = 0;
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
index 6344bd7b68..4c886eb48b 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
@@ -99,6 +99,14 @@ enum virtio_device_endian {
VIRTIO_DEVICE_ENDIAN_BIG,
};
+/**
+ * struct VirtIODevMigration - Common VirtIODevice migration structure
+ * @early_load: Flag to indicate an early virtio_load for the device.
+ */
+typedef struct VirtIODevMigration {
+ bool early_load;
+} VirtIODevMigration;
+
/**
* struct VirtIODevice - common VirtIO structure
* @name: name of the device
@@ -168,6 +176,7 @@ struct VirtIODevice
*/
EventNotifier config_notifier;
bool device_iotlb_enabled;
+ VirtIODevMigration *migration;
};
struct VirtioDeviceClass {
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-20 14:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-20 14:20 [RFC v2 00/14] virtio-net: early VMStateDescription live migration support Jonah Palmer
2026-03-20 14:20 ` [RFC v2 01/14] machine,virtio-net: add early-mig property Jonah Palmer
2026-03-23 10:25 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2026-03-24 14:07 ` Jonah Palmer
2026-03-26 8:02 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2026-03-20 14:20 ` Jonah Palmer via qemu development [this message]
2026-03-24 9:27 ` [RFC v2 02/14] virtio,virtio-net: add initial early VMSD for setup-phase migration Eugenio Perez Martin
2026-03-24 14:28 ` Jonah Palmer
2026-03-24 14:38 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2026-03-24 17:16 ` Jonah Palmer
2026-03-20 14:20 ` [RFC v2 03/14] virtio,virtio-net: virtio-delta VMSD - VQ state Jonah Palmer
2026-03-20 14:20 ` [RFC v2 04/14] virtio-net: detect VirtIODevice status mid-migration change Jonah Palmer
2026-03-24 10:45 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2026-03-24 15:01 ` Jonah Palmer
2026-03-26 10:08 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2026-03-20 14:20 ` [RFC v2 05/14] virtio-net: detect VirtIODevice config buffer " Jonah Palmer
2026-03-24 10:48 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2026-03-24 15:25 ` Jonah Palmer
2026-03-20 14:20 ` [RFC v2 06/14] virtio-net: detect VirtIONet MAC addr " Jonah Palmer
2026-03-20 14:20 ` [RFC v2 07/14] virtio-net: detect VirtIONet MAC table mid-migration changes Jonah Palmer
2026-03-20 14:20 ` [RFC v2 08/14] virtio-net: detect VirtIONet status mid-migration change Jonah Palmer
2026-03-24 11:26 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2026-03-24 16:23 ` Jonah Palmer
2026-03-26 10:20 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2026-03-20 14:20 ` [RFC v2 09/14] virtio-net: detect VirtIONet Rx filter mid-migration changes Jonah Palmer
2026-03-20 14:20 ` [RFC v2 10/14] virtio-net: detect VirtIONet VLAN filter table changes Jonah Palmer
2026-03-20 14:20 ` [RFC v2 11/14] virtio-net: detect VirtIONet guest offload & MQ mid-migration changes Jonah Palmer
2026-03-20 14:20 ` [RFC v2 12/14] virtio-net: detect RSS state " Jonah Palmer
2026-03-20 14:20 ` [RFC v2 13/14] virtio-net: detect pending Tx work for VQs " Jonah Palmer
2026-03-24 11:35 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2026-03-24 16:47 ` Jonah Palmer
2026-03-26 10:30 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2026-03-20 14:20 ` [RFC v2 14/14] virtio-net, vhost-net: early migration support for vhost-net Jonah Palmer via qemu development
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