On Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:52:37 +0100
Maxime Coquelin <address@hidden> wrote:
This patch fixes a cross-version migration regression introduced
by commit d1b4259f ("virtio-bus: Plug devices after features are
negotiated").
The problem is encountered when host's vhost backend does not support
VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1, and migration is initiated from a v2.7 or prior
machine with virtio-pci modern capabilities enabled to a v2.8 machine.
Wait, machine versions or qemu versions?
In this case, modern capabilities get exposed to the guest by the source,
whereas the target will detect version 1 is not supported so will only
expose legacy capabilities.
The problem is fixed by introducing a new "x-modern-broken" property,
which is set in v2.7 and prior compatibility modes. Doing this, v2.7
machine keeps its broken behaviour (enabling modern while version is
not supported), and newer machines will behave correctly.
Reported-by: Michael Roth <address@hidden>
Suggested-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <address@hidden>
Cc: Cornelia Huck <address@hidden>
Cc: Marcel Apfelbaum <address@hidden>
Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin <address@hidden>
---
I'm not sure about the property name, let me know if you have better ideas.
I didn't tested migration yet, but I wanted to share the patch while I test it.
I tested booting v2.8 and v2.7 machines with !VERSION_1 and get expected result:
- v2.8: Virtio-pci probe succeed
- v2.7: Virtio-pci probe fails
Thanks,
Maxime
hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c | 4 +++-
hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h | 1 +
include/hw/compat.h | 4 ++++
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
index 521ba0b..93f6b54 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
@@ -1580,7 +1580,8 @@ static void virtio_pci_device_plugged(DeviceState *d,
Error **errp)
* Virtio capabilities present without
* VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1 confuses guests
*/
- if (!virtio_has_feature(vdev->host_features, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1)) {
+ if (!proxy->modern_broken &&
What you are de facto doing here is ignoring the features supported by
the backend. Call this ->ignore_backend_features or so?
+ !virtio_has_feature(vdev->host_features, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1)) {
virtio_pci_disable_modern(proxy);
if (!legacy) {
@@ -1852,6 +1853,7 @@ static Property virtio_pci_properties[] = {
VIRTIO_PCI_FLAG_DISABLE_PCIE_BIT, false),
DEFINE_PROP_BIT("page-per-vq", VirtIOPCIProxy, flags,
VIRTIO_PCI_FLAG_PAGE_PER_VQ_BIT, false),
+ DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-modern-broken", VirtIOPCIProxy, modern_broken, false),
What about "x-ignore-backend-features"?