Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 5/8] migration/ram: ensure write persistence on loading zero pages to PMEM

[Pankaj Gupta]

> 
> On 02/07/18 05:17 -0500, Pankaj Gupta wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > When loading a zero page, check whether it will be loaded to
> > > persistent memory If yes, load it by libpmem function
> > > pmem_memset_nodrain().  Combined with a call to pmem_drain() at the
> > > end of RAM loading, we can guarantee all those zero pages are
> > > persistently loaded.
> > > 
> > > Depending on the host HW/SW configurations, pmem_drain() can be
> > > "sfence".  Therefore, we do not call pmem_drain() after each
> > > pmem_memset_nodrain(), or use pmem_memset_persist() (equally
> > > pmem_memset_nodrain() + pmem_drain()), in order to avoid unnecessary
> > > overhead.
> > 
> > Are you saying we don't need 'pmem_drain()'?
> 
> pmem_drain() is called only once after all ram blocks are loaded.

o.k

> 
> > 
> > I can see its called in patch 5 in ram_load? But
> > I also see empty definition. Anything I am missing here?
> 
> Functions defined in include/qemu/pmem.h are stubs and used only when
> QEMU is not compiled with libpmem. When QEMU is compiled with
> --enabled-libpmem, the one in libpmem is used.

p.k.

Thanks,
Pankaj

> 
> Haozhong
> 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Pankaj
> > 
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Haozhong Zhang <address@hidden>
> > > ---
> > >  include/qemu/pmem.h |  9 +++++++++
> > >  migration/ram.c     | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> > >  2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/include/qemu/pmem.h b/include/qemu/pmem.h
> > > index 9017596ff0..861d8ecc21 100644
> > > --- a/include/qemu/pmem.h
> > > +++ b/include/qemu/pmem.h
> > > @@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ pmem_memcpy_persist(void *pmemdest, const void *src,
> > > size_t len)
> > >      return memcpy(pmemdest, src, len);
> > >  }
> > >  
> > > +static inline void *pmem_memset_nodrain(void *pmemdest, int c, size_t
> > > len)
> > > +{
> > > +    return memset(pmemdest, c, len);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static inline void pmem_drain(void)
> > > +{
> > > +}
> > > +
> > >  #endif /* CONFIG_LIBPMEM */
> > >  
> > >  #endif /* !QEMU_PMEM_H */
> > > diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
> > > index cb1950f3eb..5a0e503818 100644
> > > --- a/migration/ram.c
> > > +++ b/migration/ram.c
> > > @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
> > >  #include "qemu/rcu_queue.h"
> > >  #include "migration/colo.h"
> > >  #include "migration/block.h"
> > > +#include "qemu/pmem.h"
> > >  
> > >  /***********************************************************/
> > >  /* ram save/restore */
> > > @@ -2467,6 +2468,20 @@ static inline void
> > > *host_from_ram_block_offset(RAMBlock *block,
> > >      return block->host + offset;
> > >  }
> > >  
> > > +static void ram_handle_compressed_common(void *host, uint8_t ch,
> > > uint64_t
> > > size,
> > > +                                         bool is_pmem)
> > > +{
> > > +    if (!ch && is_zero_range(host, size)) {
> > > +        return;
> > > +    }
> > > +
> > > +    if (!is_pmem) {
> > > +        memset(host, ch, size);
> > > +    } else {
> > > +        pmem_memset_nodrain(host, ch, size);
> > > +    }
> > > +}
> > > +
> > >  /**
> > >   * ram_handle_compressed: handle the zero page case
> > >   *
> > > @@ -2479,9 +2494,7 @@ static inline void
> > > *host_from_ram_block_offset(RAMBlock
> > > *block,
> > >   */
> > >  void ram_handle_compressed(void *host, uint8_t ch, uint64_t size)
> > >  {
> > > -    if (ch != 0 || !is_zero_range(host, size)) {
> > > -        memset(host, ch, size);
> > > -    }
> > > +    return ram_handle_compressed_common(host, ch, size, false);
> > >  }
> > >  
> > >  static void *do_data_decompress(void *opaque)
> > > @@ -2823,6 +2836,7 @@ static int ram_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int
> > > version_id)
> > >      bool postcopy_running = postcopy_is_running();
> > >      /* ADVISE is earlier, it shows the source has the postcopy
> > >      capability on
> > >      */
> > >      bool postcopy_advised = postcopy_is_advised();
> > > +    bool need_pmem_drain = false;
> > >  
> > >      seq_iter++;
> > >  
> > > @@ -2848,6 +2862,8 @@ static int ram_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int
> > > version_id)
> > >          ram_addr_t addr, total_ram_bytes;
> > >          void *host = NULL;
> > >          uint8_t ch;
> > > +        RAMBlock *block = NULL;
> > > +        bool is_pmem = false;
> > >  
> > >          addr = qemu_get_be64(f);
> > >          flags = addr & ~TARGET_PAGE_MASK;
> > > @@ -2864,7 +2880,7 @@ static int ram_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int
> > > version_id)
> > >  
> > >          if (flags & (RAM_SAVE_FLAG_ZERO | RAM_SAVE_FLAG_PAGE |
> > >                       RAM_SAVE_FLAG_COMPRESS_PAGE |
> > >                       RAM_SAVE_FLAG_XBZRLE)) {
> > > -            RAMBlock *block = ram_block_from_stream(f, flags);
> > > +            block = ram_block_from_stream(f, flags);
> > >  
> > >              host = host_from_ram_block_offset(block, addr);
> > >              if (!host) {
> > > @@ -2874,6 +2890,9 @@ static int ram_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int
> > > version_id)
> > >              }
> > >              ramblock_recv_bitmap_set(block, host);
> > >              trace_ram_load_loop(block->idstr, (uint64_t)addr, flags,
> > >              host);
> > > +
> > > +            is_pmem = ramblock_is_pmem(block);
> > > +            need_pmem_drain = need_pmem_drain || is_pmem;
> > >          }
> > >  
> > >          switch (flags & ~RAM_SAVE_FLAG_CONTINUE) {
> > > @@ -2927,7 +2946,7 @@ static int ram_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int
> > > version_id)
> > >  
> > >          case RAM_SAVE_FLAG_ZERO:
> > >              ch = qemu_get_byte(f);
> > > -            ram_handle_compressed(host, ch, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
> > > +            ram_handle_compressed_common(host, ch, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE,
> > > is_pmem);
> > >              break;
> > >  
> > >          case RAM_SAVE_FLAG_PAGE:
> > > @@ -2970,6 +2989,11 @@ static int ram_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int
> > > version_id)
> > >      }
> > >  
> > >      wait_for_decompress_done();
> > > +
> > > +    if (need_pmem_drain) {
> > > +        pmem_drain();
> > > +    }
> > > +
> > >      rcu_read_unlock();
> > >      trace_ram_load_complete(ret, seq_iter);
> > >      return ret;
> > > --
> > > 2.14.1
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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