Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] python/machine.py: refactor shutdown

[Eduardo Habkost]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 05:21:18PM +0200, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> On 6/9/20 11:55 PM, John Snow wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 6/9/20 9:08 AM, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> >> Hi John,
> >>
> >> On 6/4/20 9:52 PM, John Snow wrote:
> >>> v3:
> >>>  - Split _post_shutdown refactor into own patch (now 1/3)
> >>>  - Re-add sigkill warning squelch (now 3/3)
> >>>
> >>> NOTE: I re-added the squelch in its own patch for review purposes, but
> >>> for the purposes of avoiding temporary breakage, a maintainer may wish
> >>> to squash patches 2 and 3 if they are accepted.
> >>>
> >>> v2: Philippe took patches 1, 3 and 4.
> >>>
> >>> This is a re-write of what was:
> >>> [PATCH RFC 03/32] python//machine.py: remove bare except
> >>> [PATCH 2/4] python/machine.py: remove bare except
> >>>
> >>> It's a bit heavier handed, but it should address some of kwolf's
> >>> feedback from the RFC version.
> >>>
> >>> Applies straight to origin/master, ought to pass pylint and flake8:
> >>>
> >>>> cd ~/src/qemu/python/qemu
> >>>> pylint *.py
> >>>> flake8 *.py
> >>>
> >>> John Snow (3):
> >>>   python/machine.py: consolidate _post_shutdown()
> >>>   python/machine.py: refactor shutdown
> >>>   python/machine.py: re-add sigkill warning suppression
> >>>
> >>>  python/qemu/machine.py | 100 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> >>>  1 file changed, 71 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>
> >> I'm now seeing this error:
> >>
> >> 21:31:58 DEBUG| / # reboot
> >> 21:32:01 DEBUG| / # reboot: Restarting system
> >> 21:32:01 DEBUG| >>> {'execute': 'quit'}
> >> 21:32:01 WARNI| qemu received signal 9; command:
> >> "mips-softmmu/qemu-system-mips -display none -vga none -chardev
> >> socket,id=mon,path=/tmp/tmp679upvrk/qemu-10292-monitor.sock -mon
> >> chardev=mon,mode=control -machine malta -chardev
> >> socket,id=console,path=/tmp/tmp679upvrk/qemu-10292-console.sock,server,nowait
> >> -serial chardev:console -kernel
> >> /tmp/avocado_b3aaagr9/avocado_job_5bj0xe1h/12-tests_acceptance_boot_linux_console.py_BootLinuxConsole.test_mips_malta_cpio/boot/vmlinux-4.5.0-2-4kc-malta
> >> -initrd
> >> /tmp/avocado_b3aaagr9/avocado_job_5bj0xe1h/12-tests_acceptance_boot_linux_console.py_BootLinuxConsole.test_mips_malta_cpiorootfs.cpio
> >> -append printk.time=0 console=ttyS0 console=tty rdinit=/sbin/init
> >> noreboot -no-reboot"
> >> 21:32:01 ERROR|
> >> 21:32:01 ERROR| Reproduced traceback from:
> >> /home/travis/build/philmd/qemu/build/tests/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/avocado/core/test.py:886
> >> 21:32:01 ERROR| Traceback (most recent call last):
> >> 21:32:01 ERROR|   File
> >> "/home/travis/build/philmd/qemu/build/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py",
> >> line 195, in tearDown
> >> 21:32:01 ERROR|     vm.shutdown()
> >> 21:32:01 ERROR|   File
> >> "/home/travis/build/philmd/qemu/python/qemu/machine.py", line 449, in
> >> shutdown
> >> 21:32:01 ERROR|     self._do_shutdown(has_quit)
> >> 21:32:01 ERROR|   File
> >> "/home/travis/build/philmd/qemu/python/qemu/machine.py", line 426, in
> >> _do_shutdown
> >> 21:32:01 ERROR|     self._soft_shutdown(has_quit, timeout)
> >> 21:32:01 ERROR|   File
> >> "/home/travis/build/philmd/qemu/python/qemu/machine.py", line 413, in
> >> _soft_shutdown
> >> 21:32:01 ERROR|     self._qmp.cmd('quit')
> >> 21:32:01 ERROR|   File
> >> "/home/travis/build/philmd/qemu/python/qemu/qmp.py", line 271, in cmd
> >> 21:32:01 ERROR|     return self.cmd_obj(qmp_cmd)
> >> 21:32:01 ERROR|   File
> >> "/home/travis/build/philmd/qemu/python/qemu/qmp.py", line 249, in cmd_obj
> >> 21:32:01 ERROR|     
> >> self.__sock.sendall(json.dumps(qmp_cmd).encode('utf-8'))
> >> 21:32:01 ERROR| BrokenPipeError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
> >> 21:32:01 ERROR|
> >> 21:32:01 DEBUG| DATA (filename=output.expected) => NOT FOUND (data
> >> sources: variant, test, file)
> >> 21:32:01 DEBUG| DATA (filename=stdout.expected) => NOT FOUND (data
> >> sources: variant, test, file)
> >> 21:32:01 DEBUG| DATA (filename=stderr.expected) => NOT FOUND (data
> >> sources: variant, test, file)
> >> 21:32:01 DEBUG| Not logging /var/log/syslog (lack of permissions)
> >> 21:32:01 ERROR| ERROR
> >> 12-tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py:BootLinuxConsole.test_mips_malta_cpio
> >> -> TestSetupFail: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
> >> 21:32:01 INFO |
> >>
> >> https://travis-ci.org/github/philmd/qemu/jobs/696142277#L5329
> >>
> > 
> > Gotcha.
> > 
> > The problem here is that `test_mips_malta_cpio` in boot_linux_console.py
> > does this:
> > 
> >         self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel_path,
> >                          '-initrd', initrd_path,
> >                          '-append', kernel_command_line,
> >                          '-no-reboot')
> > 
> > and then:
> > 
> > exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'reboot',
> >                          'reboot: Restarting system')
> > 
> > and (in avocado_qemu/) __init__.py does this:
> > 
> >     def tearDown(self):
> >         for vm in self._vms.values():
> >             vm.shutdown()
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > What's happening here is that we are instructing QEMU to *close* when
> > the guest reboots instead of allowing it to reboot. Then, we are issuing
> > a reboot command to the guest, which will effectively terminate QEMU as
> > well. Finally, we are trying to send a shutdown command to QEMU, but
> > QEMU has already gone.
> > 
> > Now, in the shutdown code, we do make an attempt to catch this:
> > 
> > def is_running(self):
> >     """Returns true if the VM is running."""
> >     return self._popen is not None and self._popen.poll() is None
> > 
> > But, well, race conditions.
> > 
> > When we make it here:
> > 
> >         if self._qmp is not None:
> >             if not has_quit:
> >                 self._qmp.cmd('quit')
> >             self._qmp.close()
> > 
> > We believe we are running and we believe we have an open QMP socket.
> > Attempting to engage the socket by sending 'quit' causes the error.
> > 
> > It's a tight window: if quit happens earlier, we send the command
> > successfully and everything's OK. If quit happens later, we realize QEMU
> > isn't running and proceed to cleanup.
> 
> Nice debugging :)
> 
> > 
> > Ultimately:
> > 
> > - Avocado should not try to shut down QEMU twice, but
> > - machine.py shouldn't enable the race condition either.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > for my part, how about this:
> > 
> > diff --git a/python/qemu/machine.py b/python/qemu/machine.py
> > index 99bcb499878..813f8e477db 100644
> > --- a/python/qemu/machine.py
> > +++ b/python/qemu/machine.py
> > @@ -385,7 +385,14 @@ def _soft_shutdown(self, has_quit: bool = False,
> > timeout: int = 3) -> None:
> > 
> >          if self._qmp is not None:
> >              if not has_quit:
> > -                self._qmp.cmd('quit')
> > +                try:
> > +                    self._qmp.cmd('quit')
> > +                except (BrokenPipeError, ConnectionResetError):
> > +                    # QMP went away just before or just after sending
> > 'quit'
> > +                    if not self.is_running():
> > +                        # "Mission Accomplished"
> > +                        pass
> > +                    raise
> 
> Looks OK to me, Cleber/Eduardo can you Ack?

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>


> 
> >              self._qmp.close()
> > 
> >          self._popen.wait(timeout=timeout)
> > 
> 

-- 
Eduardo