[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 39/40] ivshmem: Require master to have ID zero

[Markus Armbruster]

Migration with ivshmem needs to be carefully orchestrated to work.
Exactly one peer (the "master") migrates to the destination, all other
peers need to unplug (and disconnect), migrate, plug back (and
reconnect).  This is sort of documented in qemu-doc.

If peers connect on the destination before migration completes, the
shared memory can get messed up.  This isn't documented anywhere.  Fix
that in qemu-doc.

To avoid messing up register IVPosition on migration, the server must
assign the same ID on source and destination.  ivshmem-spec.txt leaves
ID assignment unspecified, however.

Amend ivshmem-spec.txt to require the first client to receive ID zero.
The example ivshmem-server complies: it always assigns the first
unused ID.

For a bit of additional safety, enforce ID zero for the master.  This
does nothing when we're not using a server, because the ID is zero for
all peers then.

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <address@hidden>
---
 docs/specs/ivshmem-spec.txt | 2 ++
 hw/misc/ivshmem.c           | 6 ++++++
 qemu-doc.texi               | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/specs/ivshmem-spec.txt b/docs/specs/ivshmem-spec.txt
index f3912c0..a1f5499 100644
--- a/docs/specs/ivshmem-spec.txt
+++ b/docs/specs/ivshmem-spec.txt
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ For each new client that connects to the server, the server
 - sends interrupt setup messages to the new client (these contain file
   descriptors for receiving interrupts).
 
+The first client to connect to the server receives ID zero.
+
 When a client disconnects from the server, the server sends disconnect
 notifications to the other clients.
 
diff --git a/hw/misc/ivshmem.c b/hw/misc/ivshmem.c
index 90930f2..18f6802 100644
--- a/hw/misc/ivshmem.c
+++ b/hw/misc/ivshmem.c
@@ -874,6 +874,12 @@ static void ivshmem_common_realize(PCIDevice *dev, Error 
**errp)
             return;
         }
 
+        if (s->master == ON_OFF_AUTO_ON && s->vm_id != 0) {
+            error_setg(errp,
+                       "master must connect to the server before any peers");
+            return;
+        }
+
         qemu_chr_add_handlers(s->server_chr, ivshmem_can_receive,
                               ivshmem_read, NULL, s);
 
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index 0dd01c7..79141d3 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -1295,12 +1295,17 @@ When using the server, the guest will be assigned a VM 
ID (>=0) that allows gues
 using the same server to communicate via interrupts.  Guests can read their
 VM ID from a device register (see ivshmem-spec.txt).
 
address@hidden Migration with ivshmem
+
 With device property @option{master=on}, the guest will copy the shared
 memory on migration to the destination host.  With @option{master=off},
 the guest will not be able to migrate with the device attached.  In the
 latter case, the device should be detached and then reattached after
 migration using the PCI hotplug support.
 
+At most one of the devices sharing the same memory can be master.  The
+master must complete migration before you plug back the other devices.
+
 @subsubsection ivshmem and hugepages
 
 Instead of specifying the <shm size> using POSIX shm, you may specify
-- 
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