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-rw-r--r--hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c14
-rw-r--r--hw/virtio/virtio.c7
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
index 02790e3237..36524a5728 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
@@ -1597,8 +1597,18 @@ static void virtio_pci_device_plugged(DeviceState *d, Error **errp)
 
     if (legacy) {
         if (!virtio_legacy_allowed(vdev)) {
-            error_setg(errp, "device is modern-only, use disable-legacy=on");
-            return;
+            /*
+             * To avoid migration issues, we allow legacy mode when legacy
+             * check is disabled in the old machine types (< 5.1).
+             */
+            if (virtio_legacy_check_disabled(vdev)) {
+                warn_report("device is modern-only, but for backward "
+                            "compatibility legacy is allowed");
+            } else {
+                error_setg(errp,
+                           "device is modern-only, use disable-legacy=on");
+                return;
+            }
         }
         if (virtio_host_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM)) {
             error_setg(errp, "VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM was supported by"
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 3a3d012d9f..a2edb4f386 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -3304,6 +3304,11 @@ bool virtio_legacy_allowed(VirtIODevice *vdev)
     }
 }
 
+bool virtio_legacy_check_disabled(VirtIODevice *vdev)
+{
+    return vdev->disable_legacy_check;
+}
+
 hwaddr virtio_queue_get_desc_addr(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n)
 {
     return vdev->vq[n].vring.desc;
@@ -3713,6 +3718,8 @@ static Property virtio_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_VIRTIO_COMMON_FEATURES(VirtIODevice, host_features),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("use-started", VirtIODevice, use_started, true),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("use-disabled-flag", VirtIODevice, use_disabled_flag, true),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-disable-legacy-check", VirtIODevice,
+                     disable_legacy_check, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };