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Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 14/18] xen: add implementations of xen-block
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Paul Durrant |
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Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 14/18] xen: add implementations of xen-block connect and disconnect functions... |
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Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:07:04 +0000 |
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthony PERARD [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: 07 December 2018 18:21
> To: Paul Durrant <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden; address@hidden; xen-
> address@hidden; Stefano Stabellini <address@hidden>;
> Kevin Wolf <address@hidden>; Max Reitz <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 14/18] xen: add implementations of xen-block
> connect and disconnect functions...
>
> On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 03:08:40PM +0000, Paul Durrant wrote:
> > ...and wire in the dataplane.
> >
> > This patch adds the remaining code to make the xen-block XenDevice
> > functional. The parameters that a block frontend expects to find are
> > populated in the backend xenstore area, and the 'ring-ref' and
> > 'event-channel' values specified in the frontend xenstore area are
> > mapped/bound and used to set up the dataplane.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <address@hidden>
>
> With this patch, we should be able to have QEMU instantiate a new
> backend for a guest, right ? (via command line or QMP)
>
> I've tried, and that doesn't work, the xenstore path for the frontend is
> wrong. In the qemu trace, I have:
> xs_node_create /local/domain/0/backend/xen-disk/23/268572709
> Which is probably fine, even if not described in xenstore-paths.markdown.
> xs_node_create /local/domain/23/device/xen-disk/268572709
> Which is not, instead of "xen-disk", we should have "vbd".
>
> I know that this is fixed in "xen: automatically create
> XenBlockDevice-s", but at least the "vbd" type couldn't be added in this
> patch, or maybe a previous one.
>
>
> Another issue seems to be error handling. I've done a very simple test,
> I've added '-device xen-disk,vdev=d536p37,id=mydisk' to the command
> line (which is obvious wrong), and QEMU abort with:
> qemu-system-i386: hw/block/xen-block.c:174: xen_block_realize:
> Assertion `conf->blk' failed.
> But I've pointed out the error in the code below.
>
>
> And just for fun, adding then removing a xen-disk via QMP. Adding works
> fine (once I've fixed the frontend name). I've run the following with
> ./scripts/qmp/qmp-shell:
> blockdev-add driver=file filename=/root/vm/disk/testing-disk.qcow2 node-
> name=emptyfile
> blockdev-add driver=qcow2 node-name=emptyqcow2 file=emptyfile
> device_add driver=xen-disk vdev=xvdn id=fromqmp drive=emptyqcow2
>
> But, then, remove doesn't work, running "device_del id=fromqmp" doesn't
> do anything. I guess we can try to fix that later if you don't find
> what's missing.
The missing piece is a hotplug controller 'unplug' or 'unplug_request' method
implementation. I think the 'right' thing to do is implement 'unplug_request'
and mimic the behaviour of libxl... i.e. set 'online' to 0 and 'state' to
closing (i.e. 5) under transaction lock. This means that any connected frontend
should go through a clean disconnect and then the device will get removed.
To that end I'm going to need to add transaction support to my helper functions
(in patch #4) and then add in the unplug_request implementation in this patch.
Paul
- Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 03/18] xen: introduce 'xen-block', 'xen-disk' and 'xen-cdrom', (continued)
- [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 01/18] xen: re-name XenDevice to XenLegacyDevice..., Paul Durrant, 2018/12/06
- [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 15/18] xen: add a mechanism to automatically create XenDevice-s..., Paul Durrant, 2018/12/06
- [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 17/18] MAINTAINERS: add myself as a Xen maintainer, Paul Durrant, 2018/12/06
- [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 18/18] xen: remove the legacy 'xen_disk' backend, Paul Durrant, 2018/12/06
- [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 14/18] xen: add implementations of xen-block connect and disconnect functions..., Paul Durrant, 2018/12/06
- [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 13/18] xen: purge 'blk' and 'ioreq' from function names in dataplane/xen-block.c, Paul Durrant, 2018/12/06
- [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 12/18] xen: remove 'ioreq' struct/varable/field names from dataplane/xen-block.c, Paul Durrant, 2018/12/06
- [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 16/18] xen: automatically create XenBlockDevice-s, Paul Durrant, 2018/12/06
- [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 10/18] xen: add header and build dataplane/xen-block.c, Paul Durrant, 2018/12/06
- [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 11/18] xen: remove 'XenBlkDev' and 'blkdev' names from dataplane/xen-block, Paul Durrant, 2018/12/06