docs/nvdimm.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
At the end of live migration, QEMU uses msync() to flush the data to
the backend storage. When the backend file is a character device dax,
the pages explicitly avoid the page cache. It will return failure from msync().
The following warning is output.
"warning: qemu_ram_msync: failed to sync memory range“
So we add 'pmem=on' to avoid calling msync(), use the QEMU command line:
-object memory-backend-file,id=mem1,pmem=on,mem-path=/dev/dax0.0,size=4G
Signed-off-by: Jingqi Liu <jingqi.liu@intel.com>
---
docs/nvdimm.txt | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/nvdimm.txt b/docs/nvdimm.txt
index c2c6e441b3..31048aff5e 100644
--- a/docs/nvdimm.txt
+++ b/docs/nvdimm.txt
@@ -243,6 +243,13 @@ use the QEMU command line:
-object memory-backend-file,id=nv_mem,mem-path=/XXX/yyy,size=4G,pmem=on
+At the end of live migration, QEMU uses msync() to flush the data to the
+backend storage. When the backend file is a character device dax, the pages
+explicitly avoid the page cache. It will return failure from msync().
+So we add 'pmem=on' to avoid calling msync(), use the QEMU command line:
+
+ -object memory-backend-file,id=mem1,pmem=on,mem-path=/dev/dax0.0,size=4G
+
References
----------
--
2.17.1
Ping for comments. On 7/15/2020 10:54 AM, Liu, Jingqi wrote: > At the end of live migration, QEMU uses msync() to flush the data to > the backend storage. When the backend file is a character device dax, > the pages explicitly avoid the page cache. It will return failure from msync(). > The following warning is output. > > "warning: qemu_ram_msync: failed to sync memory range“ > > So we add 'pmem=on' to avoid calling msync(), use the QEMU command line: > > -object memory-backend-file,id=mem1,pmem=on,mem-path=/dev/dax0.0,size=4G > > Signed-off-by: Jingqi Liu <jingqi.liu@intel.com> > --- > docs/nvdimm.txt | 7 +++++++ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/docs/nvdimm.txt b/docs/nvdimm.txt > index c2c6e441b3..31048aff5e 100644 > --- a/docs/nvdimm.txt > +++ b/docs/nvdimm.txt > @@ -243,6 +243,13 @@ use the QEMU command line: > > -object memory-backend-file,id=nv_mem,mem-path=/XXX/yyy,size=4G,pmem=on > > +At the end of live migration, QEMU uses msync() to flush the data to the > +backend storage. When the backend file is a character device dax, the pages > +explicitly avoid the page cache. It will return failure from msync(). > +So we add 'pmem=on' to avoid calling msync(), use the QEMU command line: > + > + -object memory-backend-file,id=mem1,pmem=on,mem-path=/dev/dax0.0,size=4G > + > References > ---------- >
Hi Paolo, Any comments for this patch ? Thanks, Jingqi On 7/15/2020 10:54 AM, Liu, Jingqi wrote: > At the end of live migration, QEMU uses msync() to flush the data to > the backend storage. When the backend file is a character device dax, > the pages explicitly avoid the page cache. It will return failure from msync(). > The following warning is output. > > "warning: qemu_ram_msync: failed to sync memory range“ > > So we add 'pmem=on' to avoid calling msync(), use the QEMU command line: > > -object memory-backend-file,id=mem1,pmem=on,mem-path=/dev/dax0.0,size=4G > > Signed-off-by: Jingqi Liu <jingqi.liu@intel.com> > --- > docs/nvdimm.txt | 7 +++++++ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/docs/nvdimm.txt b/docs/nvdimm.txt > index c2c6e441b3..31048aff5e 100644 > --- a/docs/nvdimm.txt > +++ b/docs/nvdimm.txt > @@ -243,6 +243,13 @@ use the QEMU command line: > > -object memory-backend-file,id=nv_mem,mem-path=/XXX/yyy,size=4G,pmem=on > > +At the end of live migration, QEMU uses msync() to flush the data to the > +backend storage. When the backend file is a character device dax, the pages > +explicitly avoid the page cache. It will return failure from msync(). > +So we add 'pmem=on' to avoid calling msync(), use the QEMU command line: > + > + -object memory-backend-file,id=mem1,pmem=on,mem-path=/dev/dax0.0,size=4G > + > References > ---------- >
On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 10:54:29AM +0800, Jingqi Liu wrote: > At the end of live migration, QEMU uses msync() to flush the data to > the backend storage. When the backend file is a character device dax, > the pages explicitly avoid the page cache. It will return failure from msync(). > The following warning is output. > > "warning: qemu_ram_msync: failed to sync memory range“ > > So we add 'pmem=on' to avoid calling msync(), use the QEMU command line: > > -object memory-backend-file,id=mem1,pmem=on,mem-path=/dev/dax0.0,size=4G > > Signed-off-by: Jingqi Liu <jingqi.liu@intel.com> > --- > docs/nvdimm.txt | 7 +++++++ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
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