With commit 82137e6c8c ("migration: enforce multifd and postcopy preempt to be set before incoming"), and if postcopy preempt / multifd is enabled, one cannot setup any capability because these checks would always fail.
(qemu) migrate_set_capability xbzrle off Error: Postcopy preempt must be set before incoming starts To fix it, check existing cap and only raise an error if the specific cap changed. Fixes: 82137e6c8c ("migration: enforce multifd and postcopy preempt to be set before incoming") Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <d...@treblig.org> Reviewed-by: Juraj Marcin <jmar...@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <pet...@redhat.com> --- migration/options.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/migration/options.c b/migration/options.c index 3fcd577cd7..162c72cda4 100644 --- a/migration/options.c +++ b/migration/options.c @@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ bool migrate_caps_check(bool *old_caps, bool *new_caps, Error **errp) return false; } - if (migrate_incoming_started()) { + if (!migrate_postcopy_preempt() && migrate_incoming_started()) { error_setg(errp, "Postcopy preempt must be set before incoming starts"); return false; @@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ bool migrate_caps_check(bool *old_caps, bool *new_caps, Error **errp) } if (new_caps[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_MULTIFD]) { - if (migrate_incoming_started()) { + if (!migrate_multifd() && migrate_incoming_started()) { error_setg(errp, "Multifd must be set before incoming starts"); return false; } -- 2.49.0