[virtio-dev] [VIRTIO GPU PATCH 0/1] Add new feature flag VIRTIO_GPU_F_FREEZING

[Jiqian Chen <Jiqian.Chen@amd.com>]

Hi all,

I am working to implement virtgpu S3 function on Xen.

Currently on Xen, if we start a guest through Qemu with enabling virtgpu,
and then suspend and s3resume guest. We can find that the guest kernel
comes back, but the display doesn't. It just shown a black screen.

That is because when guest was during suspending, it called into Qemu and
Qemu destroyed all resources and reset renderer. This made the display
gone after guest resumed.

So, I add a mechanism that when guest is suspending, it will notify Qemu,
and then Qemu will not destroy resources. That can help guest's display
come back.

As discussed and suggested by Robert Beckett and Gerd Hoffmann on v1
qemu's mailing list. Due to that mechanism needs cooperation between
guest and host. What's more, as virtio drivers by design paravirt
drivers, it is reasonable for guest to accept some cooperation with host
to manage suspend/resume. So I request to add a new feature flag, so that
guest and host can negotiate whenever freezing is supported or not.

Attach the patches of Qemu and kernel:
        Qemu
                v1: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20230608025655.1674357-2-Jiqian.Chen@amd.com/
                v2: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20230630070016.841459-1-Jiqian.Chen@amd.com/T/#t
        Kernel
                v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230608063857.1677973-1-Jiqian.Chen@amd.com/
                v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230630073448.842767-1-Jiqian.Chen@amd.com/T/#t

Best regards,
Jiqian Chen.

Jiqian Chen (1):
  virtio-gpu: Add new feature flag VIRTIO_GPU_F_FREEZING

 device-types/gpu/description.tex | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

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2.34.1


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