Re: [PATCH v13 1/8] save/load cpu runstate

From: Hu Tao
Date: Mon Mar 04 2013 - 21:33:09 EST


On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 10:30:48AM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Il 28/02/2013 13:13, Hu Tao ha scritto:
> > This patch enables preservation of cpu runstate during save/load vm.
> > So when a vm is restored from snapshot, the cpu runstate is restored,
> > too.
>
> I don't think this feature is worth breaking backwards migration
> compatibility. It is usually handled at a higher-level (management,
> like libvirt).

If guest panic happens during migration, runstate will still be running
on destination host without this patch. But, it does be a problem to break
backwards migration compatibility.

>
> Please make this a separate patch.

Sure.

>
> Paolo
>
> > See following example:
> >
> > # save two vms: one is running, the other is paused
> > (qemu) info status
> > VM status: running
> > (qemu) savevm running
> > (qemu) stop
> > (qemu) info status
> > VM status: paused
> > (qemu) savevm paused
> >
> > # restore the one running
> > (qemu) info status
> > VM status: paused
> > (qemu) loadvm running
> > (qemu) info status
> > VM status: running
> >
> > # restore the one paused
> > (qemu) loadvm paused
> > (qemu) info status
> > VM status: paused
> > (qemu) cont
> > (qemu)info status
> > VM status: running
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Hu Tao <hutao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/sysemu/sysemu.h | 2 ++
> > migration.c | 6 +-----
> > monitor.c | 5 ++---
> > savevm.c | 1 +
> > vl.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 5 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
> > index b19ec95..f121213 100644
> > --- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
> > +++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
> > @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ extern uint8_t qemu_uuid[];
> > int qemu_uuid_parse(const char *str, uint8_t *uuid);
> > #define UUID_FMT "%02hhx%02hhx%02hhx%02hhx-%02hhx%02hhx-%02hhx%02hhx-%02hhx%02hhx-%02hhx%02hhx%02hhx%02hhx%02hhx%02hhx"
> >
> > +void save_run_state(void);
> > +void load_run_state(void);
> > bool runstate_check(RunState state);
> > void runstate_set(RunState new_state);
> > int runstate_is_running(void);
> > diff --git a/migration.c b/migration.c
> > index 11725ae..c29830e 100644
> > --- a/migration.c
> > +++ b/migration.c
> > @@ -107,11 +107,7 @@ static void process_incoming_migration_co(void *opaque)
> > /* Make sure all file formats flush their mutable metadata */
> > bdrv_invalidate_cache_all();
> >
> > - if (autostart) {
> > - vm_start();
> > - } else {
> > - runstate_set(RUN_STATE_PAUSED);
> > - }
> > + load_run_state();
> > }
> >
> > void process_incoming_migration(QEMUFile *f)
> > diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
> > index 32a6e74..bf974b4 100644
> > --- a/monitor.c
> > +++ b/monitor.c
> > @@ -2059,13 +2059,12 @@ void qmp_closefd(const char *fdname, Error **errp)
> >
> > static void do_loadvm(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
> > {
> > - int saved_vm_running = runstate_is_running();
> > const char *name = qdict_get_str(qdict, "name");
> >
> > vm_stop(RUN_STATE_RESTORE_VM);
> >
> > - if (load_vmstate(name) == 0 && saved_vm_running) {
> > - vm_start();
> > + if (load_vmstate(name) == 0) {
> > + load_run_state();
> > }
> > }
> >
> > diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
> > index a8a53ef..aa631eb 100644
> > --- a/savevm.c
> > +++ b/savevm.c
> > @@ -2143,6 +2143,7 @@ void do_savevm(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
> > }
> >
> > saved_vm_running = runstate_is_running();
> > + save_run_state();
> > vm_stop(RUN_STATE_SAVE_VM);
> >
> > memset(sn, 0, sizeof(*sn));
> > diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
> > index febd2ea..7991f2e 100644
> > --- a/vl.c
> > +++ b/vl.c
> > @@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ static int default_driver_check(QemuOpts *opts, void *opaque)
> > /* QEMU state */
> >
> > static RunState current_run_state = RUN_STATE_PRELAUNCH;
> > +static RunState saved_run_state = RUN_STATE_RUNNING;
> >
> > typedef struct {
> > RunState from;
> > @@ -546,6 +547,7 @@ static const RunStateTransition runstate_transitions_def[] = {
> > { RUN_STATE_PAUSED, RUN_STATE_FINISH_MIGRATE },
> >
> > { RUN_STATE_POSTMIGRATE, RUN_STATE_RUNNING },
> > + { RUN_STATE_POSTMIGRATE, RUN_STATE_PAUSED },
> > { RUN_STATE_POSTMIGRATE, RUN_STATE_FINISH_MIGRATE },
> >
> > { RUN_STATE_PRELAUNCH, RUN_STATE_RUNNING },
> > @@ -556,6 +558,7 @@ static const RunStateTransition runstate_transitions_def[] = {
> > { RUN_STATE_FINISH_MIGRATE, RUN_STATE_POSTMIGRATE },
> >
> > { RUN_STATE_RESTORE_VM, RUN_STATE_RUNNING },
> > + { RUN_STATE_RESTORE_VM, RUN_STATE_PAUSED },
> >
> > { RUN_STATE_RUNNING, RUN_STATE_DEBUG },
> > { RUN_STATE_RUNNING, RUN_STATE_INTERNAL_ERROR },
> > @@ -585,11 +588,39 @@ static const RunStateTransition runstate_transitions_def[] = {
> >
> > static bool runstate_valid_transitions[RUN_STATE_MAX][RUN_STATE_MAX];
> >
> > +void save_run_state(void)
> > +{
> > + saved_run_state = current_run_state;
> > +}
> > +
> > +void load_run_state(void)
> > +{
> > + if (saved_run_state == RUN_STATE_RUNNING) {
> > + vm_start();
> > + } else if (!runstate_check(saved_run_state)) {
> > + runstate_set(saved_run_state);
> > + } else {
> > + ; /* leave unchanged */
> > + }
> > +}
> > +
> > bool runstate_check(RunState state)
> > {
> > return current_run_state == state;
> > }
> >
> > +static void runstate_save(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
> > +{
> > + qemu_put_byte(f, saved_run_state);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int runstate_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
> > +{
> > + saved_run_state = qemu_get_byte(f);
> > +
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > static void runstate_init(void)
> > {
> > const RunStateTransition *p;
> > @@ -599,6 +630,9 @@ static void runstate_init(void)
> > for (p = &runstate_transitions_def[0]; p->from != RUN_STATE_MAX; p++) {
> > runstate_valid_transitions[p->from][p->to] = true;
> > }
> > +
> > + register_savevm(NULL, "runstate", 0, 1,
> > + runstate_save, runstate_load, NULL);
> > }
> >
> > /* This function will abort() on invalid state transitions */
> >
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