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| author | Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> | 2025-03-07 07:39:21 +0800 |
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| committer | Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> | 2025-03-07 07:39:21 +0800 |
| commit | 2400fad572906127e9d453b92f90806d66583dc7 (patch) | |
| tree | c2fe81ac6cbce922a1b4e4e27c17cdbac82723f0 /docs/devel | |
| parent | e17f08b5fbaeb71daee175f835b1b00d841391b6 (diff) | |
| parent | 59a67e70950bcc2002d3a8d22a17743e0f70da96 (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'pull-vfio-20250306' of https://github.com/legoater/qemu into staging
vfio queue: * Added property documentation * Added Minor fixes * Implemented basic PCI PM capability backing * Promoted new IGD maintainer * Deprecated vfio-plaform * Extended VFIO migration with multifd support # -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- # # iQIyBAABCAAdFiEEoPZlSPBIlev+awtgUaNDx8/77KEFAmfJrZoACgkQUaNDx8/7 # 7KFE2A/0Dmief9u/dDJIKGIDa+iawcf4hu8iX4v5pB0DlGniT3rgK8WMGnhDpPxq # Q4wsKfo+JJ2q6msInrT7Ckqyydu9nQztI3vwmfMuWxLhTMyH28K96ptwPqIZBjOx # rPTEXfnVX4W3tpn1+48S+vefWVa/gkBkIvv7RpK18rMBXv1kDeyOvc/d2dbAt7ft # zJc4f8gH3jfQzGwmnYVZU1yPrZN7p6zhYR/AD3RQOY97swgZIEyYxXhOuTPiCuEC # zC+2AMKi9nmnCG6x/mnk7l2yJXSlv7lJdqcjYZhJ9EOIYfiUGTREYIgQbARcafE/ # 4KSg2QR35BoUd4YrmEWxXJCRf3XnyWXDY36dDKVhC0OHng1F/U44HuL4QxwoTIay # s1SP/DHcvDiPAewVTvdgt7Iwfn9xGhcQO2pkrxBoNLB5JYwW+R6mG7WXeDv1o3GT # QosTu1fXZezQqFd4v6+q5iRNS2KtBZLTspwAmVdywEFUs+ZLBRlC+bodYlinZw6B # Yl/z0LfAEh4J55QmX2espbp8MH1+mALuW2H2tgSGSrTBX1nwxZFI5veFzPepgF2S # eTx69BMjiNMwzIjq1T7e9NpDCceiW0fXDu7IK1MzYhqg1nM9lX9AidhFTeiF2DB2 # EPb3ljy/8fyxcPKa1T9X47hQaSjbMwofaO8Snoh0q0jokY246Q== # =hIBw # -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- # gpg: Signature made Thu 06 Mar 2025 22:13:46 HKT # gpg: using RSA key A0F66548F04895EBFE6B0B6051A343C7CFFBECA1 # gpg: Good signature from "Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>" [full] # gpg: aka "Cédric Le Goater <clg@kaod.org>" [full] # Primary key fingerprint: A0F6 6548 F048 95EB FE6B 0B60 51A3 43C7 CFFB ECA1 * tag 'pull-vfio-20250306' of https://github.com/legoater/qemu: (42 commits) hw/core/machine: Add compat for x-migration-multifd-transfer VFIO property vfio/migration: Make x-migration-multifd-transfer VFIO property mutable vfio/migration: Add x-migration-multifd-transfer VFIO property vfio/migration: Multifd device state transfer support - send side vfio/migration: Multifd device state transfer support - config loading support migration/qemu-file: Define g_autoptr() cleanup function for QEMUFile vfio/migration: Multifd device state transfer support - load thread vfio/migration: Multifd device state transfer support - received buffers queuing vfio/migration: Setup and cleanup multifd transfer in these general methods vfio/migration: Multifd setup/cleanup functions and associated VFIOMultifd vfio/migration: Multifd device state transfer - add support checking function vfio/migration: Multifd device state transfer support - basic types vfio/migration: Move migration channel flags to vfio-common.h header file vfio/migration: Add vfio_add_bytes_transferred() vfio/migration: Convert bytes_transferred counter to atomic vfio/migration: Add load_device_config_state_start trace event migration: Add save_live_complete_precopy_thread handler migration/multifd: Add multifd_device_state_supported() migration/multifd: Make MultiFDSendData a struct migration/multifd: Device state transfer support - send side ... Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/devel')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/devel/migration/vfio.rst | 45 |
1 files changed, 43 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/devel/migration/vfio.rst b/docs/devel/migration/vfio.rst index c49482eab6..673e354754 100644 --- a/docs/devel/migration/vfio.rst +++ b/docs/devel/migration/vfio.rst @@ -67,15 +67,35 @@ VFIO implements the device hooks for the iterative approach as follows: * A ``switchover_ack_needed`` function that checks if the VFIO device uses "switchover-ack" migration capability when this capability is enabled. -* A ``save_state`` function to save the device config space if it is present. +* A ``switchover_start`` function that in the multifd mode starts a thread that + reassembles the multifd received data and loads it in-order into the device. + In the non-multifd mode this function is a NOP. + +* A ``save_state`` function to save the device config space if it is present + in the non-multifd mode. + In the multifd mode it just emits either a dummy EOS marker. * 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. + In the multifd mode it just emits a dummy EOS marker. + +* A ``save_live_complete_precopy_thread`` function that in the multifd mode + provides thread handler performing multifd device state transfer. + It sets the VFIO device to _STOP_COPY state, iteratively reads the data + from the VFIO device and queues it for multifd transmission until the vendor + driver indicates that no data remains. + After that, it saves the device config space and queues it for multifd + transfer too. + In the non-multifd mode this thread is a NOP. * A ``load_state`` function that loads the config section and the data sections that are generated by the save functions above. +* A ``load_state_buffer`` function that loads the device state and the device + config that arrived via multifd channels. + It's used only in the multifd mode. + * ``cleanup`` functions for both save and load that perform any migration related cleanup. @@ -176,8 +196,11 @@ Live migration save path Then the VFIO device is put in _STOP_COPY state (FINISH_MIGRATE, _ACTIVE, _STOP_COPY) .save_live_complete_precopy() is called for each active device - For the VFIO device, iterate in .save_live_complete_precopy() until + For the VFIO device: in the non-multifd mode iterate in + .save_live_complete_precopy() until pending data is 0 + In the multifd mode this iteration is done in + .save_live_complete_precopy_thread() instead. | (POSTMIGRATE, _COMPLETED, _STOP_COPY) Migraton thread schedules cleanup bottom half and exits @@ -194,6 +217,9 @@ Live migration resume path (RESTORE_VM, _ACTIVE, _STOP) | For each device, .load_state() is called for that device section data + transmitted via the main migration channel. + For data transmitted via multifd channels .load_state_buffer() is called + instead. (RESTORE_VM, _ACTIVE, _RESUMING) | At the end, .load_cleanup() is called for each device and vCPUs are started @@ -206,3 +232,18 @@ Postcopy ======== Postcopy migration is currently not supported for VFIO devices. + +Multifd +======= + +Starting from QEMU version 10.0 there's a possibility to transfer VFIO device +_STOP_COPY state via multifd channels. This helps reduce downtime - especially +with multiple VFIO devices or with devices having a large migration state. +As an additional benefit, setting the VFIO device to _STOP_COPY state and +saving its config space is also parallelized (run in a separate thread) in +such migration mode. + +The multifd VFIO device state transfer is controlled by +"x-migration-multifd-transfer" VFIO device property. This property defaults to +AUTO, which means that VFIO device state transfer via multifd channels is +attempted in configurations that otherwise support it. |