From: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
To: phind.uet@gmail.com, Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>,
Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@gmail.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] tests/migration: Factor out per-process launch and setup helpers
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:13:00 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o6ewltab.fsf@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260709130032.58667-2-phind.uet@gmail.com>
phind.uet@gmail.com writes:
> From: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@gmail.com>
>
Hi, sorry for the delay, this series conflicts with some ongoing work
I'm doing so I had to find time to double check.
> migrate_start() always spawned source and destination together, and
> migrate_start_set_capabilities() required both QTestState pointers at
> once. This coupling prevents launching a third QEMU instance or
> re-configuring an existing destination as a new source.
>
What about migrate_end? Don't you need to allow instances to be freed
individually as well?
> Split the logic into three public helpers:
>
> migrate_launch_source() / migrate_launch_dest()
> Spawn a single QEMU process and record its serial file path on
> the returned QTestState.
>
> migrate_setup_instance()
> Register the event callback and apply migration capabilities to
> one already-running process. Can be called again to re-wire the
> same process for a different role.
>
> migrate_start() is kept for backward compatibility and now delegates
> to these helpers internally.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@gmail.com>
> ---
> tests/qtest/migration/framework.c | 253 +++++++++++++++++-------------
> tests/qtest/migration/framework.h | 18 ++-
> 2 files changed, 165 insertions(+), 106 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tests/qtest/migration/framework.c b/tests/qtest/migration/framework.c
> index a830b96f41..305b8968ff 100644
> --- a/tests/qtest/migration/framework.c
> +++ b/tests/qtest/migration/framework.c
> @@ -208,9 +208,11 @@ static QList *migrate_start_get_qmp_capabilities(const MigrateStart *args)
> return capabilities;
> }
>
> -static void migrate_start_set_capabilities(QTestState *from, QTestState *to,
> - MigrateStart *args)
> +void migrate_setup_instance(QTestState *who, QTestMigrationState *state,
> + MigrateStart *args)
> {
> + qtest_qmp_set_event_callback(who, migrate_watch_for_events, state);
You could pass in a defer_connect boolean in here and exit at this
point, no need to set the callback operation in the caller as well.
> + *state = (QTestMigrationState) { .suspend_me = args->suspend_me };
> /*
> * MigrationCapability_lookup and MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_ constants
> * are from qapi-types-migration.h.
> @@ -220,25 +222,13 @@ static void migrate_start_set_capabilities(QTestState *from, QTestState *to,
> * Enable return path first, since other features depend on it.
> */
> if (args->caps[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_RETURN_PATH]) {
> - if (from) {
> - migrate_set_capability(from, "return-path", true);
> - }
> - if (to) {
> - migrate_set_capability(to, "return-path", true);
> - }
> + migrate_set_capability(who, "return-path", true);
> }
>
> for (uint8_t i = 0; i < MIGRATION_CAPABILITY__MAX; i++) {
> - if (!args->caps[i]) {
> - continue;
> - }
> - if (from) {
> - migrate_set_capability(from,
> - MigrationCapability_lookup.array[i], true);
> - }
> - if (to) {
> - migrate_set_capability(to,
> - MigrationCapability_lookup.array[i], true);
> + if (args->caps[i]) {
> + migrate_set_capability(who, MigrationCapability_lookup.array[i],
> + true);
> }
> }
>
> @@ -246,26 +236,17 @@ static void migrate_start_set_capabilities(QTestState *from, QTestState *to,
> * Always enable migration events. Libvirt always uses it, let's try
> * to mimic as closer as that.
> */
> - migrate_set_capability(from, "events", true);
> - if (!args->defer_target_connect && to) {
> - migrate_set_capability(to, "events", true);
> - }
> + migrate_set_capability(who, "events", true);
>
> - /*
> + /*
Please keep the open comment mark in the correct place.
> * Default number of channels should be fine for most
> * tests. Individual tests can override by calling
> * migrate_set_parameter() directly.
> */
> if (args->caps[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_MULTIFD]) {
> - migrate_set_parameter_int(from, "multifd-channels",
> + migrate_set_parameter_int(who, "multifd-channels",
> MULTIFD_TEST_CHANNELS);
> - if (to) {
> - migrate_set_parameter_int(to, "multifd-channels",
> - MULTIFD_TEST_CHANNELS);
> - }
> }
> -
> - return;
> }
>
> static char *test_shmem_path(void)
> @@ -308,12 +289,28 @@ static char *migrate_mem_type_get_opts(MemType type, const char *memory_size)
> return opts;
> }
>
> -int migrate_args(char **from, char **to, MigrateStart *args)
> +/*
> + * Build a QEMU command line for one migration participant.
> + *
> + * @serial_name : serial output file basename under tmpfs
> + * @is_target : set to true if the new qemu process is destination side
If we now have launch_source|dest, we shouldn't need to pass this flag in.
> + * @extra_opts : extra arguments
> + * @defer_events : when true and is_target is set, use the command-line
> + * event flag instead of the QMP capability (for deferred
> + * monitor connections)
Same here.
> + * @args : common process settings
> + *
> + * Returns 0 and sets *cmd_out on success. Returns -1 and calls
> + * g_test_skip() if the machine type is not available.
> + */
> +static int migrate_build_cmd(const char *serial_name,
> + bool is_target,
> + const char *extra_opts,
> + bool defer_events,
> + MigrateStart *args,
> + char **cmd_out)
> {
> - /* options for source and target */
> g_autofree gchar *arch_opts = NULL;
> - gchar *cmd_source = NULL;
> - gchar *cmd_target = NULL;
> const gchar *ignore_stderr;
> g_autofree char *mem_object = NULL;
> const char *kvm_opts = NULL;
> @@ -323,16 +320,10 @@ int migrate_args(char **from, char **to, MigrateStart *args)
> g_autofree char *machine = NULL;
> const char *bootpath = bootfile_get();
> g_autofree char *memory_backend = NULL;
> - const char *events;
>
> if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
> memory_size = "150M";
> -
> - if (g_str_equal(arch, "i386")) {
> - machine_alias = "pc";
> - } else {
> - machine_alias = "q35";
> - }
> + machine_alias = g_str_equal(arch, "i386") ? "pc" : "q35";
We usually wouldn't include changes of this kind among other
things. This could be an individual patch if you think it's worth it.
(I think we should just leave it alone)
> arch_opts = g_strdup_printf(
> "-drive if=none,id=d0,file=%s,format=raw "
> "-device ide-hd,drive=d0,secs=1,cyls=1,heads=1", bootpath);
> @@ -346,13 +337,13 @@ int migrate_args(char **from, char **to, MigrateStart *args)
> end_address = S390_TEST_MEM_END;
> } else if (strcmp(arch, "ppc64") == 0) {
> memory_size = "256M";
> - start_address = PPC_TEST_MEM_START;
> - end_address = PPC_TEST_MEM_END;
> machine_alias = "pseries";
> machine_opts = "vsmt=8";
> arch_opts = g_strdup_printf(
> "-nodefaults -machine " PSERIES_DEFAULT_CAPABILITIES " "
> "-bios %s", bootpath);
> + start_address = PPC_TEST_MEM_START;
> + end_address = PPC_TEST_MEM_END;
This moved for no reason...
> } else if (strcmp(arch, "aarch64") == 0) {
> memory_size = "150M";
> machine_alias = "virt";
> @@ -394,53 +385,103 @@ int migrate_args(char **from, char **to, MigrateStart *args)
> }
>
> if (!qtest_has_machine(machine_alias)) {
> - g_autofree char *msg = g_strdup_printf("machine %s not supported", machine_alias);
> + g_autofree char *msg = g_strdup_printf("machine %s not supported",
> + machine_alias);
Same here, this can stay as it is.
> g_test_skip(msg);
> return -1;
> }
>
> machine = resolve_machine_version(machine_alias, QEMU_ENV_SRC,
> QEMU_ENV_DST);
> -
> g_test_message("Using machine type: %s", machine);
>
> - cmd_source = g_strdup_printf("-accel kvm%s -accel tcg "
> - "-machine %s,%s "
> - "-name source,debug-threads=on "
> - "%s "
> - "-serial file:%s/src_serial "
> - "%s %s %s",
> - kvm_opts ? kvm_opts : "",
> - machine, machine_opts,
> - memory_backend, tmpfs,
> - arch_opts ? arch_opts : "",
> - args->opts_source ? args->opts_source : "",
> - ignore_stderr);
> + if (is_target) {
> + /*
> + * If the monitor connection is deferred, enable events on the command
> + * line so none are missed. This is for testing only, do not set
> + * migration options like this in general.
> + */
> + const char *events = defer_events ? "-global migration.x-events=on"
> + : "";
> + *cmd_out = g_strdup_printf(
> + "-accel kvm%s -accel tcg "
> + "-machine %s,%s "
> + "-name target,debug-threads=on "
> + "%s "
> + "-serial file:%s/%s "
> + "-incoming defer "
> + "%s %s %s %s",
> + kvm_opts ? kvm_opts : "",
> + machine, machine_opts,
> + memory_backend, tmpfs, serial_name,
> + events,
> + arch_opts ? arch_opts : "",
> + extra_opts ? extra_opts : "",
> + ignore_stderr);
> + } else {
> + *cmd_out = g_strdup_printf(
> + "-accel kvm%s -accel tcg "
> + "-machine %s,%s "
> + "-name source,debug-threads=on "
> + "%s "
> + "-serial file:%s/%s "
> + "%s %s %s",
> + kvm_opts ? kvm_opts : "",
> + machine, machine_opts,
> + memory_backend, tmpfs, serial_name,
> + arch_opts ? arch_opts : "",
> + extra_opts ? extra_opts : "",
> + ignore_stderr);
> + }
Let's move all the instance-specific information into the upper levels,
this conditional can go away, all information comes in via extra_opts:
*cmd_out = g_strdup_printf(
"-accel kvm%s -accel tcg "
"-machine %s,%s "
"%s "
"-serial file:%s/%s "
"%s %s %s",
kvm_opts ? kvm_opts : "",
machine, machine_opts,
memory_backend, tmpfs, serial_name,
arch_opts ? arch_opts : "",
extra_opts ? extra_opts : "",
ignore_stderr);
>
> - /*
> - * If the monitor connection is deferred, enable events on the command line
> - * so none are missed. This is for testing only, do not set migration
> - * options like this in general.
> - */
> - events = args->defer_target_connect ? "-global migration.x-events=on" : "";
> -
> - cmd_target = g_strdup_printf("-accel kvm%s -accel tcg "
> - "-machine %s,%s "
> - "-name target,debug-threads=on "
> - "%s "
> - "-serial file:%s/dest_serial "
> - "-incoming defer "
> - "%s %s %s %s",
> - kvm_opts ? kvm_opts : "",
> - machine, machine_opts,
> - memory_backend, tmpfs,
> - events,
> - arch_opts ? arch_opts : "",
> - args->opts_target ? args->opts_target : "",
> - ignore_stderr);
> -
> - *from = cmd_source;
> - *to = cmd_target;
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Launch a QEMU process as a migration source.
> + * Returns the QTestState on success, or NULL otherwise
> + */
> +QTestState *migrate_launch_source(const char *serial_name, MigrateStart *args)
If this is "launch_source" we already know the serial name is
"src_serial", no need to pass in.
The launch_* functions could return bool and receive the **qts as first
argument.
> +{
> + g_autofree char *cmd = NULL;
> + g_autoptr(QList) capabilities = migrate_start_get_qmp_capabilities(args);
> +
> + if (migrate_build_cmd(serial_name, false, args->opts_source,
> + false, args, &cmd)) {
Here's what I'm thinking to remove the instance-specific information
from migrate_build_cmd:
static bool migrate_launch_instance(QTestState **qts, MigrateStart *args,
QTestMigrationState *state, const char *env,
bool defer_connect, char *cmd)
{
g_autoptr(QList) capabilities = migrate_start_get_qmp_capabilities(args);
*qts = qtest_init_ext(env, cmd, capabilities, !defer_connect);
if (*qts) {
migrate_setup_instance(*qts, state, args, defer_connect);
}
return !!*qts;
}
static bool migrate_build_dest(MigrateStart *args, char **cmd)
{
g_autofree char *opts = NULL;
int r;
if (args->only_source) {
return true;
}
/*
* If the monitor connection is deferred, enable events on the command
* line so none are missed. This is for testing only, do not set
* migration options like this in general.
*/
opts = g_strdup_printf(
"-name target,debug-threads=on "
"-incoming defer "
"%s %s",
args->defer_target_connect ? "-global migration.x-events=on" : "",
args->opts_target ?: "");
r = migrate_build_cmd("dest_serial", opts, args, cmd);
return r == 0;
}
static bool migrate_launch_dest(QTestState **qts, MigrateStart *args)
{
g_autofree char *cmd = NULL;
if (!migrate_build_dest(args, &cmd)){
return false;
}
if (cmd && !migrate_launch_instance(qts, args, &dst_state, QEMU_ENV_DST,
args->defer_target_connect, cmd)) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
migrate_args -> migrate_build_dest
migrate_start -> migrate_launch_dest -> migrate_build_dest
And similarly for the source.
What do you think?
> + return NULL;
> + }
> + return qtest_init_ext(QEMU_ENV_SRC, cmd, capabilities, true);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Launch a QEMU process as a migration destination.
> + * Returns the QTestState on success, or NULL otherwise
> + */
> +QTestState *migrate_launch_dest(const char *serial_name, MigrateStart *args)
> +{
> + g_autofree char *cmd = NULL;
> + g_autoptr(QList) capabilities = migrate_start_get_qmp_capabilities(args);
> +
> + if (migrate_build_cmd(serial_name, true, args->opts_target,
> + args->defer_target_connect, args, &cmd)) {
> + return NULL;
> + }
> + return qtest_init_ext(QEMU_ENV_DST, cmd, capabilities,
> + !args->defer_target_connect);
> +}
> +
> +int migrate_args(char **from, char **to, MigrateStart *args)
> +{
> + if (migrate_build_cmd("src_serial", false, args->opts_source,
> + false, args, from)) {
> + return -1;
> + }
> + if (migrate_build_cmd("dest_serial", true, args->opts_target,
> + args->defer_target_connect, args, to)) {
> + g_free(*from);
> + *from = NULL;
> + return -1;
> + }
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -482,43 +523,45 @@ static void migrate_mem_type_cleanup(MemType type)
>
> int migrate_start(QTestState **from, QTestState **to, MigrateStart *args)
> {
> - g_autofree gchar *cmd_source = NULL;
> - g_autofree gchar *cmd_target = NULL;
> - g_autoptr(QList) capabilities = migrate_start_get_qmp_capabilities(args);
> -
> if (!migrate_mem_type_prepare(args->mem_type)) {
> return -1;
> }
>
> - dst_state = (QTestMigrationState) { };
> - src_state = (QTestMigrationState) { };
> + src_state = (QTestMigrationState){};
> + dst_state = (QTestMigrationState){};
> bootfile_create(qtest_get_arch(), tmpfs, args->suspend_me);
> - src_state.suspend_me = args->suspend_me;
> -
> - if (migrate_args(&cmd_source, &cmd_target, args)) {
> - return -1;
> - }
>
> if (!args->only_target) {
The only_* checks can go into the _launch_source level, keeps this
function cleaner.
> - *from = qtest_init_ext(QEMU_ENV_SRC, cmd_source, capabilities, true);
> - qtest_qmp_set_event_callback(*from,
> - migrate_watch_for_events,
> - &src_state);
> + *from = migrate_launch_source("src_serial", args);
> + if (!*from) {
> + return -1;
> + }
> + migrate_setup_instance(*from, &src_state, args);
> }
>
> if (!args->only_source) {
> - *to = qtest_init_ext(QEMU_ENV_DST, cmd_target, capabilities,
> - !args->defer_target_connect);
> - qtest_qmp_set_event_callback(*to,
> - migrate_watch_for_events,
> - &dst_state);
> + *to = migrate_launch_dest("dest_serial", args);
> + if (!*to) {
> + if (!args->only_target) {
> + qtest_quit(*from);
> + }
> + return -1;
> + }
> + if (!args->defer_target_connect) {
This check would move into migrate_setup_instance.
> + migrate_setup_instance(*to, &dst_state, args);
> + } else {
> + /*
> + * The monitor is not connected yet; only register the event
> + * callback so no events are missed.
> + * The caller must call migrate_setup_instance() after
> + * qtest_connect() if it wants to setup any capability
> + */
> + qtest_qmp_set_event_callback(*to, migrate_watch_for_events,
> + &dst_state);
> + }
> }
>
> migrate_mem_type_cleanup(args->mem_type);
> - migrate_start_set_capabilities(*from,
> - args->only_source ? NULL : *to,
> - args);
> -
> return 0;
> }
>
> diff --git a/tests/qtest/migration/framework.h b/tests/qtest/migration/framework.h
> index 941cbd7102..f054ef8f4d 100644
> --- a/tests/qtest/migration/framework.h
> +++ b/tests/qtest/migration/framework.h
> @@ -225,10 +225,27 @@ typedef struct {
> bool live;
> } MigrateCommon;
>
> +typedef struct QTestMigrationState QTestMigrationState;
> +
> void wait_for_serial(const char *side);
> void migrate_prepare_for_dirty_mem(QTestState *from);
> void migrate_wait_for_dirty_mem(QTestState *from, QTestState *to);
>
> +/*
> + * Start a QEMU process which has serial set to @serial_name
> + */
> +QTestState *migrate_launch_source(const char *serial_name, MigrateStart *args);
> +/*
> + * Start a QEMU process which has serial set to @serial_name
> + */
> +QTestState *migrate_launch_dest(const char *serial_name, MigrateStart *args);
> +/*
> + * Registers the event callback and sets migration capabilities on an
> + * already-running process
> + */
> +void migrate_setup_instance(QTestState *who, QTestMigrationState *state,
> + MigrateStart *args);
These don't need to be exported, keep them static.
> +
> int migrate_args(char **from, char **to, MigrateStart *args);
> int migrate_start(QTestState **from, QTestState **to, MigrateStart *args);
> void migrate_end(QTestState *from, QTestState *to, bool test_dest);
> @@ -240,7 +257,6 @@ int test_precopy_common(MigrateCommon *args);
> void test_precopy_unix_common(MigrateCommon *args);
> void test_file_common(MigrateCommon *args, bool stop_src);
>
> -typedef struct QTestMigrationState QTestMigrationState;
> QTestMigrationState *get_src(void);
> QTestMigrationState *get_dst(void);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-20 15:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-09 13:00 [PATCH 0/3] Support chain migration in test phind.uet
2026-07-09 13:00 ` [PATCH 1/3] tests/migration: Factor out per-process launch and setup helpers phind.uet
2026-08-20 15:13 ` Fabiano Rosas [this message]
2026-07-09 13:00 ` [PATCH 2/3] tests/migration: Retrieve serial path from QTestState phind.uet
2026-07-09 13:00 ` [PATCH 3/3] tests/migration: Add chain (A to B to C) precopy migration tests phind.uet
2026-08-20 15:22 ` [PATCH 0/3] Support chain migration in test Fabiano Rosas
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