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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] io/channel-command: Delay the killing of the ch
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Dr. David Alan Gilbert |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] io/channel-command: Delay the killing of the child after closing the pipe |
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Tue, 13 Feb 2018 15:49:42 +0000 |
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* Daniel P. Berrangé (address@hidden) wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 03:41:45PM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> > * Daniel P. Berrangé (address@hidden) wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 03:25:30PM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> > > > * Daniel P. Berrangé (address@hidden) wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 03:09:12PM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > * Thomas Huth (address@hidden) wrote:
> > > > > > > We are currently facing some migration failure on s390x when
> > > > > > > running
> > > > > > > certain avocado tests, e.g. when running the test
> > > > > > > type_specific.io-github-autotest-qemu.migrate.with_reboot.exec.gzip_exec.
> > > > > > > This test is using 'migrate -d "exec:nc localhost 5200"' for the
> > > > > > > migration.
> > > > > > > The problem is detected at the receiving side, where the
> > > > > > > migration stream
> > > > > > > apparently ends too early. However, the cause for the problem is
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > sending side: After writing the migration stream into the pipe to
> > > > > > > netcat,
> > > > > > > the source QEMU calls qio_channel_command_close() which closes
> > > > > > > the pipe
> > > > > > > and immediately (!) kills the child process afterwards. So if the
> > > > > > > sending netcat did not read the final bytes from the pipe yet, or
> > > > > > > if it did not manage to send out all its buffers yet, it is killed
> > > > > > > before the whole migration stream is passed to the destination
> > > > > > > side.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks for tracking that down!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > To ease the situation at least a little bit, we should give the
> > > > > > > child
> > > > > > > process at least some few more time slices before we kill it with
> > > > > > > SIGTERM and then with SIGKILL. With this change, the avocado test
> > > > > > > now
> > > > > > > succeeds here in 10 out of 10 runs.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <address@hidden>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > io/channel-command.c | 6 +++---
> > > > > > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > diff --git a/io/channel-command.c b/io/channel-command.c
> > > > > > > index 319c5ed..f64db3e 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/io/channel-command.c
> > > > > > > +++ b/io/channel-command.c
> > > > > > > @@ -177,11 +177,11 @@ static int
> > > > > > > qio_channel_command_abort(QIOChannelCommand *ioc,
> > > > > > > return -1;
> > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > } else if (ret == 0) {
> > > > > > > - if (step == 0) {
> > > > > > > + if (step == 4) {
> > > > > > > kill(ioc->pid, SIGTERM);
> > > > > > > - } else if (step == 1) {
> > > > > > > + } else if (step == 8) {
> > > > > > > kill(ioc->pid, SIGKILL);
> > > > > > > - } else {
> > > > > > > + } else if (step >= 9) {
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hmm. This seems pretty arbitrary; if I understand correctly you're
> > > > > > saying it'll get a SIGTERM after 4 (arbitrary) * 10ms (arbitrary).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Who is to say that's enough for a scp or gzip or the like?
> > > > >
> > > > > We could conceivably implement the qio_channel_shutdown() operation
> > > > > for the QIOChannelCommand class. It would merely close the FD to the
> > > > > child process, but leave it running. That would give it time to read
> > > > > any data still in the pipe from QEMU IIUC.
> > > >
> > > > Yeh that's better; although when would we call shutdown or close on it?
> > >
> > > Doesn't QEMU alredy use shutdown() during the right part of migration,
> > > or is that only wrt post-copy ?
> >
> > We only use it for cancel and errors, not during the normal behaviour.
>
> So we could do with shutdown() for sake of post-copy anyway, but for
> normal behaviour maybe the right answer is for close() to just wait a
> real long time for the child app to exit ? If we close the pipes, and
> then wait 5 seconds or more before giving up ?
Yes, I'm happier with a much longer arbitrary value than a short
arbitrary value; but I do wonder if there's any real need to kill it.
Dave
> Regards,
> Daniel
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- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] io/channel-command: Delay the killing of the child after closing the pipe, Thomas Huth, 2018/02/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] io/channel-command: Delay the killing of the child after closing the pipe, Daniel P . Berrangé, 2018/02/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] io/channel-command: Delay the killing of the child after closing the pipe, Dr. David Alan Gilbert, 2018/02/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] io/channel-command: Delay the killing of the child after closing the pipe, Daniel P . Berrangé, 2018/02/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] io/channel-command: Delay the killing of the child after closing the pipe, Dr. David Alan Gilbert, 2018/02/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] io/channel-command: Delay the killing of the child after closing the pipe, Daniel P . Berrangé, 2018/02/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] io/channel-command: Delay the killing of the child after closing the pipe, Dr. David Alan Gilbert, 2018/02/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] io/channel-command: Delay the killing of the child after closing the pipe, Daniel P . Berrangé, 2018/02/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] io/channel-command: Delay the killing of the child after closing the pipe,
Dr. David Alan Gilbert <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] io/channel-command: Delay the killing of the child after closing the pipe, Daniel P . Berrangé, 2018/02/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] io/channel-command: Delay the killing of the child after closing the pipe, Dr. David Alan Gilbert, 2018/02/13