Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v8 4/8] ACPI: Add Virtual Machine Generation ID support

[Laszlo Ersek]

CC Dave

On 02/17/17 11:43, Igor Mammedov wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:15:36 -0800
> address@hidden wrote:
> 
>> From: Ben Warren <address@hidden>
>>
>> This implements the VM Generation ID feature by passing a 128-bit
>> GUID to the guest via a fw_cfg blob.
>> Any time the GUID changes, an ACPI notify event is sent to the guest
>>
>> The user interface is a simple device with one parameter:
>>  - guid (string, must be "auto" or in UUID format
>>    xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx)
> I've given it some testing with WS2012R2 and v4 patches for Seabios,
> 
> Windows is able to read initial GUID allocation and writeback
> seems to work somehow:
> 
> (qemu) info vm-generation-id 
> c109c09b-0e8b-42d5-9b33-8409c9dcd16c
> 
> vmgenid client in Windows reads it as 2 following 64bit integers:
> 42d50e8bc109c09b:6cd1dcc90984339b
> 
> However update path/restore from snapshot doesn't
> here is as I've tested it:
> 
> qemu-system-x86_64 -device vmgenid,id=testvgid,guid=auto -monitor stdio
> (qemu) info vm-generation-id 
> c109c09b-0e8b-42d5-9b33-8409c9dcd16c
> (qemu) stop
> (qemu) migrate "exec:gzip -c > STATEFILE.gz" 
> (qemu) quit
> 
> qemu-system-x86_64 -device vmgenid,id=testvgid,guid=auto -monitor stdio
> -incoming "exec: gzip -c -d STATEFILE.gz"
> (qemu) info vm-generation-id 
> 28b587fa-991b-4267-80d7-9cf28b746fe9
> 
> guest
>  1. doesn't get GPE notification that it must receive
>  2. vmgenid client in Windows reads the same value
>       42d50e8bc109c09b:6cd1dcc90984339b

Hmmm, I wonder if we need something like this, in vmgenid_post_load():

commit 90c647db8d59e47c9000affc0d81754eb346e939
Author: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <address@hidden>
Date:   Fri Apr 15 12:41:30 2016 +0100

    Fix pflash migration

with the idea being that in a single device's post_load callback, we
shouldn't perform machine-wide actions (post_load is likely for fixing
up the device itself). If machine-wide actions are necessary, we should
temporarily register a "vm change state handler", and do the thing once
that handler is called (when the machine has been loaded fully and is
about to continue execution).

Can you please try the attached patch on top? (Build tested only.)

Thanks!
Laszlo

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