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author | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2015-10-22 12:41:44 +0100 |
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committer | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2015-10-22 12:41:44 +0100 |
commit | ca3e40e233e87f7b29442311736a82da01c0df7b (patch) | |
tree | dba688d01dceded9b998e5d5cfb8cb9264354604 /docs/specs/vhost-user.txt | |
parent | c1bd8997438f1b556acfeab1d52245ff7cc680c0 (diff) | |
parent | 3c23402d4032f69af44a87fdb8019ad3229a4f31 (diff) |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/mst/tags/for_upstream' into staging
vhost, pc, virtio features, fixes, cleanups
New features:
VT-d support for devices behind a bridge
vhost-user migration support
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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* remotes/mst/tags/for_upstream: (37 commits)
hw/isa/lpc_ich9: inject the SMI on the VCPU that is writing to APM_CNT
i386: keep cpu_model field in MachineState uptodate
vhost: set the correct queue index in case of migration with multiqueue
piix: fix resource leak reported by Coverity
seccomp: add memfd_create to whitelist
vhost-user-test: check ownership during migration
vhost-user-test: add live-migration test
vhost-user-test: learn to tweak various qemu arguments
vhost-user-test: wrap server in TestServer struct
vhost-user-test: remove useless static check
vhost-user-test: move wait_for_fds() out
vhost: add migration block if memfd failed
vhost-user: use an enum helper for features mask
vhost user: add rarp sending after live migration for legacy guest
vhost user: add support of live migration
net: add trace_vhost_user_event
vhost-user: document migration log
vhost: use a function for each call
vhost-user: add a migration blocker
vhost-user: send log shm fd along with log_base
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Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/specs/vhost-user.txt')
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1 files changed, 61 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/specs/vhost-user.txt b/docs/specs/vhost-user.txt index 4eadad1d6b..e0d71e27e6 100644 --- a/docs/specs/vhost-user.txt +++ b/docs/specs/vhost-user.txt @@ -115,11 +115,13 @@ the ones that do: * VHOST_GET_FEATURES * VHOST_GET_PROTOCOL_FEATURES * VHOST_GET_VRING_BASE + * VHOST_SET_LOG_BASE (if VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_LOG_SHMFD) There are several messages that the master sends with file descriptors passed in the ancillary data: * VHOST_SET_MEM_TABLE + * VHOST_SET_LOG_BASE (if VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_LOG_SHMFD) * VHOST_SET_LOG_FD * VHOST_SET_VRING_KICK * VHOST_SET_VRING_CALL @@ -140,8 +142,7 @@ Multiple queue support Multiple queue is treated as a protocol extension, hence the slave has to implement protocol features first. The multiple queues feature is supported -only when the protocol feature VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MQ (bit 0) is set: -#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MQ 0 +only when the protocol feature VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MQ (bit 0) is set. The max number of queues the slave supports can be queried with message VHOST_USER_GET_PROTOCOL_FEATURES. Master should stop when the number of @@ -152,6 +153,49 @@ queue in the sent message to identify a specified queue. One queue pair is enabled initially. More queues are enabled dynamically, by sending message VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_ENABLE. +Migration +--------- + +During live migration, the master may need to track the modifications +the slave makes to the memory mapped regions. The client should mark +the dirty pages in a log. Once it complies to this logging, it may +declare the VHOST_F_LOG_ALL vhost feature. + +All the modifications to memory pointed by vring "descriptor" should +be marked. Modifications to "used" vring should be marked if +VHOST_VRING_F_LOG is part of ring's features. + +Dirty pages are of size: +#define VHOST_LOG_PAGE 0x1000 + +The log memory fd is provided in the ancillary data of +VHOST_USER_SET_LOG_BASE message when the slave has +VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_LOG_SHMFD protocol feature. + +The size of the log may be computed by using all the known guest +addresses. The log covers from address 0 to the maximum of guest +regions. In pseudo-code, to mark page at "addr" as dirty: + +page = addr / VHOST_LOG_PAGE +log[page / 8] |= 1 << page % 8 + +Use atomic operations, as the log may be concurrently manipulated. + +VHOST_USER_SET_LOG_FD is an optional message with an eventfd in +ancillary data, it may be used to inform the master that the log has +been modified. + +Once the source has finished migration, VHOST_USER_RESET_OWNER message +will be sent by the source. No further update must be done before the +destination takes over with new regions & rings. + +Protocol features +----------------- + +#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MQ 0 +#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_LOG_SHMFD 1 +#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_RARP 2 + Message types ------------- @@ -236,6 +280,7 @@ Message types Id: 6 Equivalent ioctl: VHOST_SET_LOG_BASE Master payload: u64 + Slave payload: N/A Sets the logging base address. @@ -337,3 +382,17 @@ Message types Master payload: vring state description Signal slave to enable or disable corresponding vring. + + * VHOST_USER_SEND_RARP + + Id: 19 + Equivalent ioctl: N/A + Master payload: u64 + + Ask vhost user backend to broadcast a fake RARP to notify the migration + is terminated for guest that does not support GUEST_ANNOUNCE. + Only legal if feature bit VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES is present in + VHOST_USER_GET_FEATURES and protocol feature bit VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_RARP + is present in VHOST_USER_GET_PROTOCOL_FEATURES. + The first 6 bytes of the payload contain the mac address of the guest to + allow the vhost user backend to construct and broadcast the fake RARP. |