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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] migration: move global_state.optional ou
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Peter Xu |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] migration: move global_state.optional out |
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Mon, 12 Jun 2017 16:18:52 +0800 |
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Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) |
On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 10:40:10AM -0300, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 11:48:59AM +0800, Peter Xu wrote:
> > Put it into MigrationState then we can use the properties to specify
> > whether to enable storing global state.
> >
> > Removing global_state_set_optional() since now we can use HW_COMPAT_2_3
> > for x86/power in general, and the register_compat_prop() for xen_init().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <address@hidden>
> > ---
> > hw/i386/pc_piix.c | 1 -
> > hw/ppc/spapr.c | 1 -
> > hw/xen/xen-common.c | 8 +++++++-
> > include/hw/compat.h | 4 ++++
> > include/migration/migration.h | 7 ++++++-
> > migration/migration.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
> > 6 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
> > index 2234bd0..c83cec5 100644
> > --- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
> > +++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
> > @@ -317,7 +317,6 @@ static void pc_compat_2_3(MachineState *machine)
> > if (kvm_enabled()) {
> > pcms->smm = ON_OFF_AUTO_OFF;
> > }
> > - global_state_set_optional();
> > savevm_skip_configuration();
> > }
> >
> > diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
> > index ab3aab1..3e78bb9 100644
> > --- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
> > +++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
> > @@ -3593,7 +3593,6 @@ static void
> > spapr_machine_2_3_instance_options(MachineState *machine)
> > {
> > spapr_machine_2_4_instance_options(machine);
> > savevm_skip_section_footers();
> > - global_state_set_optional();
> > savevm_skip_configuration();
> > }
>
> This is a good thing: makes the migration behavior of the
> machine-types introspectable in compat_props.
>
> I suggest moving this part (and all the rest except the new
> register_compat_prop() call below) to a separate patch, because
> it is an improvement on its own.
Sure.
>
> >
> > diff --git a/hw/xen/xen-common.c b/hw/xen/xen-common.c
> > index 0bed577..8240d50 100644
> > --- a/hw/xen/xen-common.c
> > +++ b/hw/xen/xen-common.c
> > @@ -138,7 +138,13 @@ static int xen_init(MachineState *ms)
> > }
> > qemu_add_vm_change_state_handler(xen_change_state_handler, NULL);
> >
> > - global_state_set_optional();
> > + /*
> > + * TODO: make sure global MigrationState has not yet been created
> > + * (otherwise the compat trick won't work). For now we are in
> > + * configure_accelerator() so we are mostly good. Better to
> > + * confirm that in the future.
> > + */
>
> So, this makes accelerator initialization very sensitive to
> ordering.
>
> > + register_compat_prop("migration", "store-global-state", "off");
>
> It's already hard to track down machine-type stuff that is
> initialized at machine->init() time but it's not introspectable,
> let's not do the same mistake with accelerators.
>
> Can't this be solved by a AcceleratorClass::global_props field,
> so we are sure there's a single place in the code where globals
> are registered? (Currently, they are all registered by the few
> lines around the machine_register_compat_props() call in main()).
>
> I think I see other use cases for a new
> AcceleratorClass::global_props field. e.g.: replacing
> kvm_default_props and tcg_default_props in target/i386/cpu.c.
Hmm, this sounds nice. Then we can also get rid of the TODO above.
Thanks for your suggestion and review! I'll see whether I can writeup
something as RFC for this.
--
Peter Xu
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/6] migration: let MigrationState be a qdev, (continued)
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] migration: move global_state.optional out, Peter Xu, 2017/06/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] migration: move global_state.optional out, Juan Quintela, 2017/06/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] migration: move global_state.optional out, Eduardo Habkost, 2017/06/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] migration: move global_state.optional out, Juan Quintela, 2017/06/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] migration: move global_state.optional out,
Peter Xu <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] migration: move global_state.optional out, Peter Xu, 2017/06/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] migration: move global_state.optional out, Eduardo Habkost, 2017/06/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] migration: move global_state.optional out, Peter Xu, 2017/06/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] migration: move global_state.optional out, Peter Xu, 2017/06/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] migration: move global_state.optional out, Eduardo Habkost, 2017/06/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] migration: move global_state.optional out, Peter Xu, 2017/06/19
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 4/6] migration: move only_migratable to MigrationState, Peter Xu, 2017/06/08
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 6/6] migration: move skip_section_footers, Peter Xu, 2017/06/08