On Tue, Mar 06, 2018 at 10:36:52AM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> * Peter Xu (peterx@redhat.com) wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 01:16:18PM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git) wrote:
> > > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com>
> > >
> > > Cause the vhost-user client to be woken up whenever:
> > > a) We place a page in postcopy mode
> > > b) We get a fault and the page has already been received
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
> > > ---
> > > migration/postcopy-ram.c | 14 ++++++++++----
> > > migration/trace-events | 1 +
> > > 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/migration/postcopy-ram.c b/migration/postcopy-ram.c
> > > index 879711968c..13561703b5 100644
> > > --- a/migration/postcopy-ram.c
> > > +++ b/migration/postcopy-ram.c
> > > @@ -566,7 +566,11 @@ int postcopy_request_shared_page(struct PostCopyFD *pcfd, RAMBlock *rb,
> > >
> > > trace_postcopy_request_shared_page(pcfd->idstr, qemu_ram_get_idstr(rb),
> > > rb_offset);
> > > - /* TODO: Check bitmap to see if we already have the page */
> > > + if (ramblock_recv_bitmap_test_byte_offset(rb, aligned_rbo)) {
> > > + trace_postcopy_request_shared_page_present(pcfd->idstr,
> > > + qemu_ram_get_idstr(rb), rb_offset);
> > > + return postcopy_wake_shared(pcfd, client_addr, rb);
> > > + }
> > > if (rb != mis->last_rb) {
> > > mis->last_rb = rb;
> > > migrate_send_rp_req_pages(mis, qemu_ram_get_idstr(rb),
> > > @@ -863,7 +867,8 @@ int postcopy_place_page(MigrationIncomingState *mis, void *host, void *from,
> > > }
> > >
> > > trace_postcopy_place_page(host);
> > > - return 0;
> > > + return postcopy_notify_shared_wake(rb,
> > > + qemu_ram_block_host_offset(rb, host));
> > > }
> > >
> > > /*
> > > @@ -887,6 +892,9 @@ int postcopy_place_page_zero(MigrationIncomingState *mis, void *host,
> > >
> > > return -e;
> > > }
> > > + return postcopy_notify_shared_wake(rb,
> > > + qemu_ram_block_host_offset(rb,
> > > + host));
> > > } else {
> > > /* The kernel can't use UFFDIO_ZEROPAGE for hugepages */
> > > if (!mis->postcopy_tmp_zero_page) {
> > > @@ -906,8 +914,6 @@ int postcopy_place_page_zero(MigrationIncomingState *mis, void *host,
> > > return postcopy_place_page(mis, host, mis->postcopy_tmp_zero_page,
> > > rb);
> > > }
> > > -
> > > - return 0;
> > > }
> >
> > Could there be race? E.g.:
> >
> > ram_load_thread page_fault_thread
> > ----------------- -------------------
> >
> > if (recv_bitmap_set())
> > wake()
> > copy_page()
> > recv_bitmap_set()
> > wake()
> > request_page()
> >
> > Then the last requested page may never be serviced?
>
> The postcopy finishes when the last page is received, and thus when that
> also performs the wake() (from the load thread); so that's not a
> problem.
> You can get the case where a page that qemu has already received, still
> needs to be woken for the shared users (which is why we have the wake in
> the fault_thread).
> When the postcopy finishes, the client is sent a POSTCOPY_END, at which
> point it closes it's userfaultfd and it should wake everything remaining
> up; so any late requests shouldn't be a problem (the END is sent
> before the fault-thread quits).
Yeah now I think the race is invalid - the wake() in ram_load_thread
will wake up the paused thread in this case. I misunderstood.
Thanks,
--
Peter Xu