From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1D866CCD199 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:21:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1v9TWH-0007rl-Lj; Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:20:13 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1v9TWF-0007rZ-Ni for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:20:11 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.129.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1v9TW2-0006wS-Oi for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:20:11 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1760642391; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=UFc2KgP18YjHwgqSU67qbw72YLG8AzLgPubV0IJLTos=; b=RoJh0GTU7V7oYD34aMlXavBULDbQiTE4BnhIrzpAgAmnMf37+BTvQy33drf1QcLiwJguUZ dmYxvn1wEltTc2l79Lp69fLkH2Gd0d0+AVyVeakSY3ONxE7xkIZZLHdDeHpe9X6Qyqy0Y/ DwyHhhdSmaCw2WeHGg1CO5kHiCihwx8= Received: from mx-prod-mc-08.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (ec2-35-165-154-97.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [35.165.154.97]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-171-uZ-dvCAeOSiPZpFD_3NFjw-1; Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:19:48 -0400 X-MC-Unique: uZ-dvCAeOSiPZpFD_3NFjw-1 X-Mimecast-MFC-AGG-ID: uZ-dvCAeOSiPZpFD_3NFjw_1760642387 Received: from mx-prod-int-03.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (mx-prod-int-03.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com [10.30.177.12]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx-prod-mc-08.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 01B041800D80; Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:19:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from redhat.com (unknown [10.42.28.46]) by mx-prod-int-03.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C300A19560AD; Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:19:40 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:19:37 +0100 From: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= To: Peter Xu , Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy , mst@redhat.com, jasowang@redhat.com, farosas@suse.de, sw@weilnetz.de, eblake@redhat.com, armbru@redhat.com, thuth@redhat.com, philmd@linaro.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, michael.roth@amd.com, steven.sistare@oracle.com, leiyang@redhat.com, davydov-max@yandex-team.ru, yc-core@yandex-team.ru, raphael.s.norwitz@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 16/19] qapi: introduce backend-transfer migration parameter Message-ID: References: <20251015132136.1083972-1-vsementsov@yandex-team.ru> <20251015132136.1083972-17-vsementsov@yandex-team.ru> <3b9f1da4-6264-45d4-ade1-a6273cc6fa1e@yandex-team.ru> <8c575b3a-7d1f-446d-8f6d-4b2e4b851731@yandex-team.ru> <29aa1d66-9fa7-4e44-b0e3-2ca26e77accf@yandex-team.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.14 (2025-02-20) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.0 on 10.30.177.12 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=berrange@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 07:51:42PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 02:40:58PM -0400, Peter Xu wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 12:23:35PM +0300, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: > > > On 16.10.25 11:32, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 12:02:45AM +0300, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: > > > > > 1. Remote migration: we can't reuse backends (files, sockets, host devices), as > > > > > we are moving to another host. So, we don't enable "backend-transfer". We don't > > > > > transfer the backend, we have to initialize new backend on another host. > > > > > > > > > > 2. Local migration to update QEMU, with minimal freeze-time and minimal > > > > > extra actions: use "backend-transfer", exactly to keep the backends > > > > > (vhost-user-server, TAP device in kernel, in-kernel vfio device state, etc) > > > > > as is. > > > > > > > > > > 3. Local migration, but we want to reconfigure some backend, or switch > > > > > to another backend. We disable "backend-transfer" for one device. > > > > > > > > This implies that you're changing 'backend-transfer' against the > > > > device at time of each migration. > > > > > > > > This takes us back to the situation we've had historically where the > > > > behaviour of migration depends on global properties the mgmt app has > > > > set prior to the 'migrate' command being run. We've just tried to get > > > > away from that model by passing everything as parameters to the > > > > migrate command, so I'm loathe to see us invent a new way to have > > > > global state properties changing migration behaviour. > > > > > > > > This 'backend-transfer' device property is not really a device property, > > > > it is an indirect parameter to the 'migrate' command. > > > > I was not seeing it like that. > > > > I was treating per-device parameter to be a flag showing whether the device > > is capable of passing over FDs, which is more like a device attribute. Whether a backend is technically capable of transfer shouldn't require a user specified property - there should be an internal API to query whether the current backend configuration is transferrable or not, based on the code implementation. Allowing a mgmt app to specify this can only lead to mistakes, because they don't know the internal constraints of the implementation. The mgmt app should only be concerned with whether they want to transfer a backend or not which is a time-of-use decision rather than launch time decision. With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|