Re: [PATCH V9 00/46] Live Update

[Steven Sistare]

and of course I immediately screwed up and forgot to delete series numbers from
the email titles.  I will resend.

- Steve

On 2/7/2023 1:44 PM, Steven Sistare wrote:
> To make forward progress on this series and reduce its size, I will be posting
> those of its patches that can be independently integrated and have some value
> on their own, to a reduced distribution of reviewers for each.  This is what
> I plan to break out:
> 
> migration: fix populate_vfio_info
> 
> memory: RAM_NAMED_FILE flag
> 
> memory: flat section iterator
> 
> oslib: qemu_clear_cloexec
> 
> migration: simplify blockers
> 
> migration: simplify notifiers
> 
> python/machine: QEMUMachine full_args
> 
> python/machine: QEMUMachine reopen_qmp_connection
> 
> qapi: strList_from_string
> qapi: QAPI_LIST_LENGTH
> qapi: strv_from_strList
> qapi: strList unit tests
> 
> - Steve
> 
> On 12/7/2022 10:48 AM, Steven Sistare wrote:
>> This series desperately needs review in its intersection with live migration.
>> The code in other areas has been reviewed and revised multiple times -- 
>> thank you!
>>
>> David, Juan, can you spare some time to review this?  I have done my best to 
>> order 
>> the patches logically (see the labelled groups in this email), and to 
>> provide 
>> complete and clear cover letter and commit messages. Can I do anything to 
>> facilitate,
>> like doing a code walk through via zoom?
>>
>> And of course, I welcome anyone's feedback.
>>
>> Here is the original posting.
>>
>> https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/1658851843-236870-1-git-send-email-steven.sistare@oracle.com/
>>
>> - Steve
>>
>> On 7/26/2022 12:09 PM, Steve Sistare wrote:
>>> This version of the live update patch series integrates live update into the
>>> live migration framework.  The new interfaces are:
>>>   * mode (migration parameter)
>>>   * cpr-exec-args (migration parameter)
>>>   * file (migration URI)
>>>   * migrate-mode-enable (command-line argument)
>>>   * only-cpr-capable (command-line argument)
>>>
>>> Provide the cpr-exec and cpr-reboot migration modes for live update.  These
>>> save and restore VM state, with minimal guest pause time, so that qemu may 
>>> be
>>> updated to a new version in between.  The caller sets the mode parameter
>>> before invoking the migrate or migrate-incoming commands.
>>>
>>> In cpr-reboot mode, the migrate command saves state to a file, allowing
>>> one to quit qemu, reboot to an updated kernel, start an updated version of
>>> qemu, and resume via the migrate-incoming command.  The caller must specify
>>> a migration URI that writes to and reads from a file.  Unlike normal mode,
>>> the use of certain local storage options does not block the migration, but
>>> the caller must not modify guest block devices between the quit and restart.
>>> The guest RAM memory-backend must be shared, and the @x-ignore-shared
>>> migration capability must be set, to avoid saving it to the file.  Guest RAM
>>> must be non-volatile across reboot, which can be achieved by backing it with
>>> a dax device, or /dev/shm PKRAM as proposed in
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1617140178-8773-1-git-send-email-anthony.yznaga@oracle.com
>>> but this is not enforced.  The restarted qemu arguments must match those 
>>> used
>>> to initially start qemu, plus the -incoming option.
>>>
>>> The reboot mode supports vfio devices if the caller first suspends the 
>>> guest,
>>> such as by issuing guest-suspend-ram to the qemu guest agent.  The guest
>>> drivers' suspend methods flush outstanding requests and re-initialize the
>>> devices, and thus there is no device state to save and restore.  After
>>> issuing migrate-incoming, the caller must issue a system_wakeup command to
>>> resume.
>>>
>>> In cpr-exec mode, the migrate command saves state to a file and directly
>>> exec's a new version of qemu on the same host, replacing the original 
>>> process
>>> while retaining its PID.  The caller must specify a migration URI that 
>>> writes
>>> to and reads from a file, and resumes execution via the migrate-incoming
>>> command.  Arguments for the new qemu process are taken from the 
>>> cpr-exec-args
>>> migration parameter, and must include the -incoming option.
>>>
>>> Guest RAM must be backed by a memory backend with share=on, but cannot be
>>> memory-backend-ram.  The memory is re-mmap'd in the updated process, so 
>>> guest
>>> ram is efficiently preserved in place, albeit with new virtual addresses.
>>> In addition, the '-migrate-mode-enable cpr-exec' option is required.  This
>>> causes secondary guest ram blocks (those not specified on the command line)
>>> to be allocated by mmap'ing a memfd.  The memfds are kept open across exec,
>>> their values are saved in special cpr state which is retrieved after exec,
>>> and they are re-mmap'd.  Since guest RAM is not copied, and storage blocks
>>> are not migrated, the caller must disable all capabilities related to page
>>> and block copy.  The implementation ignores all related parameters.
>>>
>>> The exec mode supports vfio devices by preserving the vfio container, group,
>>> device, and event descriptors across the qemu re-exec, and by updating DMA
>>> mapping virtual addresses using VFIO_DMA_UNMAP_FLAG_VADDR and
>>> VFIO_DMA_MAP_FLAG_VADDR as defined in
>>>   
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/1611939252-7240-1-git-send-email-steven.sistare@oracle.com
>>> and integrated in Linux kernel 5.12.
>>>
>>> Here is an example of updating qemu from v7.0.50 to v7.0.51 using exec mode.
>>> The software update is performed while the guest is running to minimize
>>> downtime.
>>>
>>> window 1                                        | window 2
>>>                                                 |
>>> # qemu-system-$arch ...                         |
>>>   -migrate-mode-enable cpr-exec                 |
>>> QEMU 7.0.50 monitor - type 'help' ...           |
>>> (qemu) info status                              |
>>> VM status: running                              |
>>>                                                 | # yum update qemu
>>> (qemu) migrate_set_parameter mode cpr-exec      |
>>> (qemu) migrate_set_parameter cpr-exec-args      |
>>>   qemu-system-$arch ... -incoming defer         |
>>> (qemu) migrate -d file:/tmp/qemu.sav            |
>>> QEMU 7.0.51 monitor - type 'help' ...           |
>>> (qemu) info status                              |
>>> VM status: paused (inmigrate)                   |
>>> (qemu) migrate_incoming file:/tmp/qemu.sav      |
>>> (qemu) info status                              |
>>> VM status: running                              |
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is an example of updating the host kernel using reboot mode.
>>>
>>> window 1                                        | window 2
>>>                                                 |
>>> # qemu-system-$arch ... mem-path=/dev/dax0.0    |
>>>   -migrate-mode-enable cpr-reboot               |
>>> QEMU 7.0.50 monitor - type 'help' ...           |
>>> (qemu) info status                              |
>>> VM status: running                              |
>>>                                                 | # yum update kernel-uek
>>> (qemu) migrate_set_parameter mode cpr-reboot    |
>>> (qemu) migrate -d file:/tmp/qemu.sav            |
>>> (qemu) quit                                     |
>>>                                                 |
>>> # systemctl kexec                               |
>>> kexec_core: Starting new kernel                 |
>>> ...                                             |
>>>                                                 |
>>> # qemu-system-$arch mem-path=/dev/dax0.0 ...    |
>>>   -incoming defer                               |
>>> QEMU 7.0.51 monitor - type 'help' ...           |
>>> (qemu) info status                              |
>>> VM status: paused (inmigrate)                   |
>>> (qemu) migrate_incoming file:/tmp/qemu.sav      |
>>> (qemu) info status                              |
>>> VM status: running                              |
>>>
>>> Changes from V8 to V9:
>>>   vfio:
>>>     - free all cpr state during unwind in vfio_connect_container
>>>     - change cpr_resave_fd to return void, and avoid new unwind cases
>>>     - delete incorrect .unmigratable=1 in vmstate handlers
>>>     - add route batching in vfio_claim_vectors
>>>     - simplified vfio intx cpr code
>>>     - fix commit message for 'recover from unmap-all-vaddr failure'
>>>     - verify suspended runstate for cpr-reboot mode
>>>   Other:
>>>     - delete cpr-save, cpr-exec, cpr-load
>>>     - delete ram block vmstate handlers that were added in V8
>>>     - rename cpr-enable option to migrate-mode-enable
>>>     - add file URI for migration
>>>     - add mode and cpr-exec-args migration parameters
>>>     - add per-mode migration blockers
>>>     - add mode checks in migration notifiers
>>>     - fix suspended runstate during migration
>>>     - replace RAM_ANON flag with RAM_NAMED_FILE
>>>     - support memory-backend-epc
>>>
>>> Steve Sistare (44):
>>>   migration: fix populate_vfio_info                  ---  reboot mode  ---
>>>   memory: RAM_NAMED_FILE flag
>>>   migration: file URI
>>>   migration: mode parameter
>>>   migration: migrate-enable-mode option
>>>   migration: simplify blockers
>>>   migration: per-mode blockers
>>>   cpr: relax some blockers
>>>   cpr: reboot mode
>>>
>>>   qdev-properties: strList                           ---  exec mode ---
>>>   qapi: strList_from_string
>>>   qapi: QAPI_LIST_LENGTH
>>>   qapi: strv_from_strList
>>>   qapi: strList unit tests
>>>   migration: cpr-exec-args parameter
>>>   migration: simplify notifiers
>>>   migration: check mode in notifiers
>>>   memory: flat section iterator
>>>   oslib: qemu_clear_cloexec
>>>   vl: helper to request re-exec
>>>   cpr: preserve extra state
>>>   cpr: exec mode
>>>   cpr: add exec-mode blockers
>>>   cpr: ram block blockers
>>>   cpr: only-cpr-capable
>>>   cpr: Mismatched GPAs fix
>>>   hostmem-memfd: cpr support
>>>   hostmem-epc: cpr support
>>>
>>>   pci: export msix_is_pending                       --- vfio for exec ---
>>>   vfio-pci: refactor for cpr
>>>   vfio-pci: cpr part 1 (fd and dma)
>>>   vfio-pci: cpr part 2 (msi)
>>>   vfio-pci: cpr part 3 (intx)
>>>   vfio-pci: recover from unmap-all-vaddr failure
>>>
>>>   chardev: cpr framework                            --- misc for exec ---
>>>   chardev: cpr for simple devices
>>>   chardev: cpr for pty
>>>   python/machine: QEMUMachine full_args
>>>   python/machine: QEMUMachine reopen_qmp_connection
>>>   tests/avocado: add cpr regression test
>>>
>>>   vl: start on wakeup request                       --- vfio for reboot ---
>>>   migration: fix suspended runstate
>>>   migration: notifier error reporting
>>>   vfio: allow cpr-reboot migration if suspended
>>>
>>> Mark Kanda, Steve Sistare (2):
>>>   vhost: reset vhost devices for cpr
>>>   chardev: cpr for sockets
>>>
>>>  MAINTAINERS                         |  14 ++
>>>  accel/xen/xen-all.c                 |   3 +
>>>  backends/hostmem-epc.c              |  18 +-
>>>  backends/hostmem-file.c             |   1 +
>>>  backends/hostmem-memfd.c            |  22 ++-
>>>  backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c         |  11 +-
>>>  block/parallels.c                   |   7 +-
>>>  block/qcow.c                        |   7 +-
>>>  block/vdi.c                         |   7 +-
>>>  block/vhdx.c                        |   7 +-
>>>  block/vmdk.c                        |   7 +-
>>>  block/vpc.c                         |   7 +-
>>>  block/vvfat.c                       |   7 +-
>>>  chardev/char-mux.c                  |   1 +
>>>  chardev/char-null.c                 |   1 +
>>>  chardev/char-pty.c                  |  16 +-
>>>  chardev/char-serial.c               |   1 +
>>>  chardev/char-socket.c               |  48 +++++
>>>  chardev/char-stdio.c                |  31 +++
>>>  chardev/char.c                      |  49 ++++-
>>>  dump/dump.c                         |   4 +-
>>>  gdbstub.c                           |   1 +
>>>  hmp-commands.hx                     |   2 +-
>>>  hw/9pfs/9p.c                        |  11 +-
>>>  hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c    |  12 ++
>>>  hw/core/qdev-properties.c           |  44 +++++
>>>  hw/display/virtio-gpu-base.c        |   8 +-
>>>  hw/intc/arm_gic_kvm.c               |   3 +-
>>>  hw/intc/arm_gicv3_its_kvm.c         |   3 +-
>>>  hw/intc/arm_gicv3_kvm.c             |   3 +-
>>>  hw/misc/ivshmem.c                   |   8 +-
>>>  hw/net/virtio-net.c                 |  10 +-
>>>  hw/pci/msix.c                       |   2 +-
>>>  hw/pci/pci.c                        |  12 ++
>>>  hw/ppc/pef.c                        |   2 +-
>>>  hw/ppc/spapr.c                      |   2 +-
>>>  hw/ppc/spapr_events.c               |   2 +-
>>>  hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c                 |   2 +-
>>>  hw/remote/proxy.c                   |   7 +-
>>>  hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c          |   9 +-
>>>  hw/scsi/vhost-scsi.c                |   9 +-
>>>  hw/vfio/common.c                    | 235 +++++++++++++++++++----
>>>  hw/vfio/cpr.c                       | 177 ++++++++++++++++++
>>>  hw/vfio/meson.build                 |   1 +
>>>  hw/vfio/migration.c                 |  23 +--
>>>  hw/vfio/pci.c                       | 336 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>>>  hw/vfio/trace-events                |   1 +
>>>  hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c              |   6 +-
>>>  hw/virtio/vhost.c                   |  32 +++-
>>>  include/chardev/char-socket.h       |   1 +
>>>  include/chardev/char.h              |   5 +
>>>  include/exec/memory.h               |  48 +++++
>>>  include/exec/ram_addr.h             |   1 +
>>>  include/exec/ramblock.h             |   1 +
>>>  include/hw/pci/msix.h               |   1 +
>>>  include/hw/qdev-properties-system.h |   4 +
>>>  include/hw/qdev-properties.h        |   3 +
>>>  include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h       |  12 ++
>>>  include/hw/virtio/vhost.h           |   1 +
>>>  include/migration/blocker.h         |  69 ++++++-
>>>  include/migration/cpr-state.h       |  30 +++
>>>  include/migration/cpr.h             |  20 ++
>>>  include/migration/misc.h            |  13 +-
>>>  include/migration/vmstate.h         |   2 +
>>>  include/qapi/util.h                 |  28 +++
>>>  include/qemu/osdep.h                |   9 +
>>>  include/sysemu/runstate.h           |   2 +
>>>  migration/cpr-state.c               | 362 
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  migration/cpr.c                     |  85 +++++++++
>>>  migration/file.c                    |  62 ++++++
>>>  migration/file.h                    |  14 ++
>>>  migration/meson.build               |   3 +
>>>  migration/migration.c               | 268 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>>  migration/ram.c                     |  24 ++-
>>>  migration/target.c                  |   1 +
>>>  migration/trace-events              |  12 ++
>>>  monitor/hmp-cmds.c                  |  59 +++---
>>>  monitor/hmp.c                       |   3 +
>>>  monitor/qmp.c                       |   4 +
>>>  python/qemu/machine/machine.py      |  14 ++
>>>  qapi/char.json                      |   7 +-
>>>  qapi/migration.json                 |  68 ++++++-
>>>  qapi/qapi-util.c                    |  37 ++++
>>>  qemu-options.hx                     |  50 ++++-
>>>  replay/replay.c                     |   4 +
>>>  softmmu/memory.c                    |  31 ++-
>>>  softmmu/physmem.c                   | 100 +++++++++-
>>>  softmmu/runstate.c                  |  42 ++++-
>>>  softmmu/vl.c                        |  10 +
>>>  stubs/cpr-state.c                   |  26 +++
>>>  stubs/meson.build                   |   2 +
>>>  stubs/migr-blocker.c                |   9 +-
>>>  stubs/migration.c                   |  33 ++++
>>>  target/i386/kvm/kvm.c               |   8 +-
>>>  target/i386/nvmm/nvmm-all.c         |   4 +-
>>>  target/i386/sev.c                   |   2 +-
>>>  target/i386/whpx/whpx-all.c         |   3 +-
>>>  tests/avocado/cpr.py                | 176 ++++++++++++++++++
>>>  tests/unit/meson.build              |   1 +
>>>  tests/unit/test-strlist.c           |  81 ++++++++
>>>  trace-events                        |   1 +
>>>  ui/spice-core.c                     |   5 +-
>>>  ui/vdagent.c                        |   5 +-
>>>  util/oslib-posix.c                  |   9 +
>>>  util/oslib-win32.c                  |   4 +
>>>  105 files changed, 2781 insertions(+), 330 deletions(-)
>>>  create mode 100644 hw/vfio/cpr.c
>>>  create mode 100644 include/migration/cpr-state.h
>>>  create mode 100644 include/migration/cpr.h
>>>  create mode 100644 migration/cpr-state.c
>>>  create mode 100644 migration/cpr.c
>>>  create mode 100644 migration/file.c
>>>  create mode 100644 migration/file.h
>>>  create mode 100644 stubs/cpr-state.c
>>>  create mode 100644 stubs/migration.c
>>>  create mode 100644 tests/avocado/cpr.py
>>>  create mode 100644 tests/unit/test-strlist.c
>>>