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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/4] virtio-balloon: make stats virtqueue length
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Stefan Hajnoczi |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/4] virtio-balloon: make stats virtqueue length 1 |
Date: |
Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:44:10 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.6.2 (2016-07-01) |
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 09:27:52PM +0300, Roman Kagan wrote:
> The protocol for virtio-balloon stats virtqueue doesn't allow more than
> one element in the virtqueue.
>
> So, instead of trying to compensate for guest misbehavior if it sends
> new data before the slot has been released by the host, just define the
> stats virtqueue length to 1 initially and rely on the generic virtio
> code to handle overflows.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roman Kagan <address@hidden>
> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <address@hidden>
> Cc: Ladi Prosek <address@hidden>
> ---
> hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c | 9 +--------
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
> index 5af429a..0baf4b3 100644
> --- a/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
> +++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
> @@ -262,13 +262,6 @@ static void virtio_balloon_receive_stats(VirtIODevice
> *vdev, VirtQueue *vq)
> goto out;
> }
>
> - if (s->stats_vq_elem != NULL) {
> - /* This should never happen if the driver follows the spec. */
> - virtqueue_push(vq, s->stats_vq_elem, 0);
> - virtio_notify(vdev, vq);
> - g_free(s->stats_vq_elem);
> - }
> -
> s->stats_vq_elem = elem;
>
> /* Initialize the stats to get rid of any stale values. This is only
> @@ -443,7 +436,7 @@ static void virtio_balloon_device_realize(DeviceState
> *dev, Error **errp)
>
> s->ivq = virtio_add_queue(vdev, 128, virtio_balloon_handle_output);
> s->dvq = virtio_add_queue(vdev, 128, virtio_balloon_handle_output);
> - s->svq = virtio_add_queue(vdev, 128, virtio_balloon_receive_stats);
> + s->svq = virtio_add_queue(vdev, 1, virtio_balloon_receive_stats);
This change breaks live migration compatibility. The device is not
allowed to change in existing machine types.
I think Ladi's fix for this bug is the way to go. It preserves
migration compatibility.
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/4] virtio-balloon: assorted fixes, Stefan Hajnoczi, 2016/08/19