[Qemu-devel] Re: [STAGING]: Block migration segfaults

[Jan Kiszka]

Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:36:15 +0100
> Jan Kiszka <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> Luiz Capitulino wrote:
>>>  Hi there,
>>>
>>>  Got this while testing block migration in staging:
>>>
>>> """
>>> Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
>>> #0  0x0000000000410cf9 in monitor_vprintf (mon=0x0, fmt=0x5ae5e7 "Start 
>>> full migration for %s\n",
>>> ap=0x7fff1f830a40) at /home/lcapitulino/src/aliguori-queue/monitor.c:192
>>> 192         if (mon->mc && !mon->mc->print_enabled) {
>>> """
>>>
>>>  The problem here is that init_blk_migration() calls monitor_printf() with
>>> a NULL 'mon' and the backtrace shows that this is true for the entire call
>>> chain.
>> What is the backtrace? And how did you start the migration?
> 
>  Started the source VM with:
> 
> # qemu -hda disks/fedora-11-kratos-i386.img -enable-kvm -snapshot \
>        -balloon virtio -m 1G -S
> 
>  and the destination one with:
> 
> # qemu -hda disks/fedora-11-kratos-i386.img -enable-kvm -snapshot \
>        -balloon virtio -m 1G -S -incoming tcp:0:4444
> 
>  Migration command issued:
> 
> (QEMU) migrate -d -b tcp:0:4444
> 

Ah, forgot '-d'! Yes, that was precisely the use case for suppressing
monitor output I was talking about. This depends on the monitor services
catching NULL properly, so please push the corresponding patch.

> 
>  I have no idea if this correct and wondered if specifying the same image
> for the destination VM would be catastrophic. :)
> 
>  The backtrace follows and it's the source VM which segfaults:
> 
> """
> #0  0x0000000000410c11 in monitor_vprintf (mon=0x0, fmt=0x5ada87 "Start full 
> migration for %s\n", 
> #1  0x0000000000410d59 in monitor_printf (mon=0x0, fmt=0x5ada87 "Start full 
> migration for %s\n")
> #2  0x00000000004e584b in init_blk_migration (mon=0x0, f=0x2864130) at 
> block-migration.c:254
> #3  0x00000000004e5d8a in block_save_live (mon=0x0, f=0x2864130, stage=1, 
> opaque=0xbea960)
> #4  0x00000000004db61a in qemu_savevm_state_begin (mon=0x0, f=0x2864130, 
> blk_enable=1, shared=0)
> #5  0x00000000004d2448 in migrate_fd_connect (s=0x20bf470) at migration.c:279
> #6  0x00000000004d2849 in tcp_wait_for_connect (opaque=0x20bf470) at 
> migration-tcp.c:72
> #7  0x000000000040c3f8 in main_loop_wait (timeout=5000) at 
> /home/lcapitulino/src/aliguori-queue/vl.c:3875
> #8  0x000000000040ca17 in main_loop () at 
> /home/lcapitulino/src/aliguori-queue/vl.c:4095
> #9  0x00000000004104ce in main (argc=10, argv=0x7fff6f838bf8, 
> envp=0x7fff6f838c50)
> """
> 
> [...]
> 
>>>  A patch from me (4a29a in staging) changes a higher level monitor
>>> function to touch 'mon' before passing it down and here's the segfault.
>>>
>>>  Now, the point is: I could give the old behavior back but I think we're
>>> hiding a bug there. Why would you call monitor_printf() with a NULL 'mon'?
>> If there is no monitor associated with the current context, it can be
>> NULL. This is mostly the case during early startup.
> 
>  Why would one call monitor_printf() before monitor initialization?

Via shared code e.g.

> 
>> One may also use
>> this to suppress output (though I don't recall any real case ATM).
> 
>  I would prefer functions like monitor_disable()/monitor_enable()
> for this...

They have different meanings.

> 
>>>  Anyways, the following patch adds the old behavior back just in case
>>> you want to see it working...
>> Yes, better restore the check. Still, your call stack would be
>> interesting. Maybe there is actual another bug behind it.
> 
>  Ok, I'll send the fix because it's not that important right now,
> but I'm not convinced this is the right thing to do.

Thanks,
Jan

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