Re: [PATCH v9 14/14] docs/devel: Align VFIO migration docs to v2 protocol
On 08/02/2023 19:25, Cédric Le Goater wrote: External email: Use caution opening links or attachments On 2/6/23 13:31, Avihai Horon wrote: Now that VFIO migration protocol v2 has been implemented and v1 protocol has been removed, update the documentation according to v2 protocol. Signed-off-by: Avihai Horon Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater You will need a rebase for next version. The migration PR was merged since. Thanks for the heads up, will do. --- docs/devel/vfio-migration.rst | 68 --- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/devel/vfio-migration.rst b/docs/devel/vfio-migration.rst index 9ff6163c88..1d50c2fe5f 100644 --- a/docs/devel/vfio-migration.rst +++ b/docs/devel/vfio-migration.rst @@ -7,46 +7,39 @@ the guest is running on source host and restoring this saved state on the destination host. This document details how saving and restoring of VFIO devices is done in QEMU. -Migration of VFIO devices consists of two phases: the optional pre-copy phase, -and the stop-and-copy phase. The pre-copy phase is iterative and allows to -accommodate VFIO devices that have a large amount of data that needs to be -transferred. The iterative pre-copy phase of migration allows for the guest to -continue whilst the VFIO device state is transferred to the destination, this -helps to reduce the total downtime of the VM. VFIO devices can choose to skip -the pre-copy phase of migration by returning pending_bytes as zero during the -pre-copy phase. +Migration of VFIO devices currently consists of a single stop-and-copy phase. +During the stop-and-copy phase the guest is stopped and the entire VFIO device +data is transferred to the destination. + +The pre-copy phase of migration is currently not supported for VFIO devices. +Support for VFIO pre-copy will be added later on. A detailed description of the UAPI for VFIO device migration can be found in -the comment for the ``vfio_device_migration_info`` structure in the header -file linux-headers/linux/vfio.h. +the comment for the ``vfio_device_mig_state`` structure in the header file +linux-headers/linux/vfio.h. VFIO implements the device hooks for the iterative approach as follows: -* A ``save_setup`` function that sets up the migration region and sets _SAVING - flag in the VFIO device state. +* A ``save_setup`` function that sets up migration on the source. -* A ``load_setup`` function that sets up the migration region on the - destination and sets _RESUMING flag in the VFIO device state. +* A ``load_setup`` function that sets the VFIO device on the destination in + _RESUMING state. * A ``save_live_pending`` function that reads pending_bytes from the vendor driver, which indicates the amount of data that the vendor driver has yet to save for the VFIO device. -* A ``save_live_iterate`` function that reads the VFIO device's data from the - vendor driver through the migration region during iterative phase. - * A ``save_state`` function to save the device config space if it is present. -* A ``save_live_complete_precopy`` function that resets _RUNNING flag from the - VFIO device state and iteratively copies the remaining data for the VFIO - device until the vendor driver indicates that no data remains (pending bytes - is zero). +* A ``save_live_complete_precopy`` function that sets the VFIO device in + _STOP_COPY state and iteratively copies the data for the VFIO device until + the vendor driver indicates that no data remains. * A ``load_state`` function that loads the config section and the data - sections that are generated by the save functions above + sections that are generated by the save functions above. * ``cleanup`` functions for both save and load that perform any migration - related cleanup, including unmapping the migration region + related cleanup. The VFIO migration code uses a VM state change handler to change the VFIO @@ -71,13 +64,13 @@ tracking can identify dirtied pages, but any page pinned by the vendor driver can also be written by the device. There is currently no device or IOMMU support for dirty page tracking in hardware. -By default, dirty pages are tracked when the device is in pre-copy as well as -stop-and-copy phase. So, a page pinned by the vendor driver will be copied to -the destination in both phases. Copying dirty pages in pre-copy phase helps -QEMU to predict if it can achieve its downtime tolerances. If QEMU during -pre-copy phase keeps finding dirty pages continuously, then it understands -that even in stop-and-copy phase, it is likely to find dirty pages and can -predict the downtime accordingly. +By default, dirty pages are tracked during pre-copy as well as stop-and-copy +phase. So, a page pinned by the vendor driver will be copied to the destination +in both phases. Copying dirty pages in pre-copy phase helps QEMU to predict if +it can achieve
Re: [PATCH v9 14/14] docs/devel: Align VFIO migration docs to v2 protocol
On 2/6/23 13:31, Avihai Horon wrote: Now that VFIO migration protocol v2 has been implemented and v1 protocol has been removed, update the documentation according to v2 protocol. Signed-off-by: Avihai Horon Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater You will need a rebase for next version. The migration PR was merged since. Thanks, C. --- docs/devel/vfio-migration.rst | 68 --- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/devel/vfio-migration.rst b/docs/devel/vfio-migration.rst index 9ff6163c88..1d50c2fe5f 100644 --- a/docs/devel/vfio-migration.rst +++ b/docs/devel/vfio-migration.rst @@ -7,46 +7,39 @@ the guest is running on source host and restoring this saved state on the destination host. This document details how saving and restoring of VFIO devices is done in QEMU. -Migration of VFIO devices consists of two phases: the optional pre-copy phase, -and the stop-and-copy phase. The pre-copy phase is iterative and allows to -accommodate VFIO devices that have a large amount of data that needs to be -transferred. The iterative pre-copy phase of migration allows for the guest to -continue whilst the VFIO device state is transferred to the destination, this -helps to reduce the total downtime of the VM. VFIO devices can choose to skip -the pre-copy phase of migration by returning pending_bytes as zero during the -pre-copy phase. +Migration of VFIO devices currently consists of a single stop-and-copy phase. +During the stop-and-copy phase the guest is stopped and the entire VFIO device +data is transferred to the destination. + +The pre-copy phase of migration is currently not supported for VFIO devices. +Support for VFIO pre-copy will be added later on. A detailed description of the UAPI for VFIO device migration can be found in -the comment for the ``vfio_device_migration_info`` structure in the header -file linux-headers/linux/vfio.h. +the comment for the ``vfio_device_mig_state`` structure in the header file +linux-headers/linux/vfio.h. VFIO implements the device hooks for the iterative approach as follows: -* A ``save_setup`` function that sets up the migration region and sets _SAVING - flag in the VFIO device state. +* A ``save_setup`` function that sets up migration on the source. -* A ``load_setup`` function that sets up the migration region on the - destination and sets _RESUMING flag in the VFIO device state. +* A ``load_setup`` function that sets the VFIO device on the destination in + _RESUMING state. * A ``save_live_pending`` function that reads pending_bytes from the vendor driver, which indicates the amount of data that the vendor driver has yet to save for the VFIO device. -* A ``save_live_iterate`` function that reads the VFIO device's data from the - vendor driver through the migration region during iterative phase. - * A ``save_state`` function to save the device config space if it is present. -* A ``save_live_complete_precopy`` function that resets _RUNNING flag from the - VFIO device state and iteratively copies the remaining data for the VFIO - device until the vendor driver indicates that no data remains (pending bytes - is zero). +* A ``save_live_complete_precopy`` function that sets the VFIO device in + _STOP_COPY state and iteratively copies the data for the VFIO device until + the vendor driver indicates that no data remains. * A ``load_state`` function that loads the config section and the data - sections that are generated by the save functions above + sections that are generated by the save functions above. * ``cleanup`` functions for both save and load that perform any migration - related cleanup, including unmapping the migration region + related cleanup. The VFIO migration code uses a VM state change handler to change the VFIO @@ -71,13 +64,13 @@ tracking can identify dirtied pages, but any page pinned by the vendor driver can also be written by the device. There is currently no device or IOMMU support for dirty page tracking in hardware. -By default, dirty pages are tracked when the device is in pre-copy as well as -stop-and-copy phase. So, a page pinned by the vendor driver will be copied to -the destination in both phases. Copying dirty pages in pre-copy phase helps -QEMU to predict if it can achieve its downtime tolerances. If QEMU during -pre-copy phase keeps finding dirty pages continuously, then it understands -that even in stop-and-copy phase, it is likely to find dirty pages and can -predict the downtime accordingly. +By default, dirty pages are tracked during pre-copy as well as stop-and-copy +phase. So, a page pinned by the vendor driver will be copied to the destination +in both phases. Copying dirty pages in pre-copy phase helps QEMU to predict if +it can achieve its downtime tolerances. If QEMU during pre-copy phase keeps +finding dirty pages continuously, then it understands that even in stop-and-copy +phase, it
Re: [PATCH v9 14/14] docs/devel: Align VFIO migration docs to v2 protocol
On 08/02/2023 1:49, Alex Williamson wrote: External email: Use caution opening links or attachments On Mon, 6 Feb 2023 14:31:37 +0200 Avihai Horon wrote: Now that VFIO migration protocol v2 has been implemented and v1 protocol has been removed, update the documentation according to v2 protocol. Signed-off-by: Avihai Horon Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater --- docs/devel/vfio-migration.rst | 68 --- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) A note about the single device limitation should be added here. Ah, right, I forgot about that. I will add a note. Thanks.
Re: [PATCH v9 14/14] docs/devel: Align VFIO migration docs to v2 protocol
On Mon, 6 Feb 2023 14:31:37 +0200 Avihai Horon wrote: > Now that VFIO migration protocol v2 has been implemented and v1 protocol > has been removed, update the documentation according to v2 protocol. > > Signed-off-by: Avihai Horon > Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater > --- > docs/devel/vfio-migration.rst | 68 --- > 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) A note about the single device limitation should be added here. Thanks, Alex
[PATCH v9 14/14] docs/devel: Align VFIO migration docs to v2 protocol
Now that VFIO migration protocol v2 has been implemented and v1 protocol has been removed, update the documentation according to v2 protocol. Signed-off-by: Avihai Horon Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater --- docs/devel/vfio-migration.rst | 68 --- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/devel/vfio-migration.rst b/docs/devel/vfio-migration.rst index 9ff6163c88..1d50c2fe5f 100644 --- a/docs/devel/vfio-migration.rst +++ b/docs/devel/vfio-migration.rst @@ -7,46 +7,39 @@ the guest is running on source host and restoring this saved state on the destination host. This document details how saving and restoring of VFIO devices is done in QEMU. -Migration of VFIO devices consists of two phases: the optional pre-copy phase, -and the stop-and-copy phase. The pre-copy phase is iterative and allows to -accommodate VFIO devices that have a large amount of data that needs to be -transferred. The iterative pre-copy phase of migration allows for the guest to -continue whilst the VFIO device state is transferred to the destination, this -helps to reduce the total downtime of the VM. VFIO devices can choose to skip -the pre-copy phase of migration by returning pending_bytes as zero during the -pre-copy phase. +Migration of VFIO devices currently consists of a single stop-and-copy phase. +During the stop-and-copy phase the guest is stopped and the entire VFIO device +data is transferred to the destination. + +The pre-copy phase of migration is currently not supported for VFIO devices. +Support for VFIO pre-copy will be added later on. A detailed description of the UAPI for VFIO device migration can be found in -the comment for the ``vfio_device_migration_info`` structure in the header -file linux-headers/linux/vfio.h. +the comment for the ``vfio_device_mig_state`` structure in the header file +linux-headers/linux/vfio.h. VFIO implements the device hooks for the iterative approach as follows: -* A ``save_setup`` function that sets up the migration region and sets _SAVING - flag in the VFIO device state. +* A ``save_setup`` function that sets up migration on the source. -* A ``load_setup`` function that sets up the migration region on the - destination and sets _RESUMING flag in the VFIO device state. +* A ``load_setup`` function that sets the VFIO device on the destination in + _RESUMING state. * A ``save_live_pending`` function that reads pending_bytes from the vendor driver, which indicates the amount of data that the vendor driver has yet to save for the VFIO device. -* A ``save_live_iterate`` function that reads the VFIO device's data from the - vendor driver through the migration region during iterative phase. - * A ``save_state`` function to save the device config space if it is present. -* A ``save_live_complete_precopy`` function that resets _RUNNING flag from the - VFIO device state and iteratively copies the remaining data for the VFIO - device until the vendor driver indicates that no data remains (pending bytes - is zero). +* A ``save_live_complete_precopy`` function that sets the VFIO device in + _STOP_COPY state and iteratively copies the data for the VFIO device until + the vendor driver indicates that no data remains. * A ``load_state`` function that loads the config section and the data - sections that are generated by the save functions above + sections that are generated by the save functions above. * ``cleanup`` functions for both save and load that perform any migration - related cleanup, including unmapping the migration region + related cleanup. The VFIO migration code uses a VM state change handler to change the VFIO @@ -71,13 +64,13 @@ tracking can identify dirtied pages, but any page pinned by the vendor driver can also be written by the device. There is currently no device or IOMMU support for dirty page tracking in hardware. -By default, dirty pages are tracked when the device is in pre-copy as well as -stop-and-copy phase. So, a page pinned by the vendor driver will be copied to -the destination in both phases. Copying dirty pages in pre-copy phase helps -QEMU to predict if it can achieve its downtime tolerances. If QEMU during -pre-copy phase keeps finding dirty pages continuously, then it understands -that even in stop-and-copy phase, it is likely to find dirty pages and can -predict the downtime accordingly. +By default, dirty pages are tracked during pre-copy as well as stop-and-copy +phase. So, a page pinned by the vendor driver will be copied to the destination +in both phases. Copying dirty pages in pre-copy phase helps QEMU to predict if +it can achieve its downtime tolerances. If QEMU during pre-copy phase keeps +finding dirty pages continuously, then it understands that even in stop-and-copy +phase, it is likely to find dirty pages and can predict the downtime +accordingly. QEMU also provides a per device opt-out option ``pre-copy-dirty-page-tracking`` which disables
