Re: [Qemu-devel] [QEMU PATCH v4 0/10]: target/i386: kvm: Add support for save and restore of nested state

[Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>]

> On 20 Jun 2019, at 16:28, Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 20 Jun 2019, at 15:38, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 19/06/19 18:21, Liran Alon wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> This series aims to add support for QEMU to be able to migrate VMs that
>>> are running nested hypervisors. In order to do so, it utilizes the new
>>> IOCTLs introduced in KVM commit 8fcc4b5923af ("kvm: nVMX: Introduce
>>> KVM_CAP_NESTED_STATE") which was created for this purpose.
>> 
>> Applied with just three minor changes that should be uncontroversial:
> 
> ACK. Where can I see the applied patches for review?
> 
>> 
>>> 6rd patch updates linux-headers to have updated struct kvm_nested_state.
>>> The updated struct now have explicit fields for the data portion.
>> 
>> Changed patch title to "linux-headers: sync with latest KVM headers from
>> Linux 5.2”
> 
> ACK.
> 
>> 
>>> 7rd patch add vmstate support for saving/restoring kernel integer types (e.g. __u16).
>>> 
>>> 8th patch adds support for saving and restoring nested state in order to migrate
>>> guests which run a nested hypervisor.
>> 
>> diff --git a/target/i386/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm.c
>> index e924663f32..f3cf6e1b27 100644
>> --- a/target/i386/kvm.c
>> +++ b/target/i386/kvm.c
>> @@ -1671,10 +1671,10 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vcpu(CPUState *cs)
>>            struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_hdr *vmx_hdr =
>>                &env->nested_state->hdr.vmx;
>> 
>> +            env->nested_state->format = KVM_STATE_NESTED_FORMAT_VMX;
>>            vmx_hdr->vmxon_pa = -1ull;
>>            vmx_hdr->vmcs12_pa = -1ull;
>>        }
>> -
>>    }
>> 
>>    cpu->kvm_msr_buf = g_malloc0(MSR_BUF_SIZE);
>> 
>> which is a no-op since KVM_STATE_NESTED_FORMAT_VMX is zero, but it's tidy.
> 
> I agree. My bad. Thanks for adding this :)

Actually, I think it makes more sense to condition here on cpu_has_vmx(env) instead of IS_INTEL_CPU(env).
And also add an “else if (cpu_has_svm(env))” that sets env->nested_state->format to KVM_STATE_NESTED_FORMAT_SVM.
If you can change that when applying. :)

-Liran

> 
>> 
>>> 9th patch add support for KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_PAYLOAD. This new KVM capability
>>> allows userspace to properly distingiush between pending and injecting exceptions.
>>> 
>>> 10th patch changes the nested virtualization migration blocker to only
>>> be added when kernel lack support for one of the capabilities required
>>> for correct nested migration. i.e. Either KVM_CAP_NESTED_STATE or
>>> KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_PAYLOAD.
>> 
>> Had to disable this for SVM unfortunately.
> 
> For backwards compatibility I assume… Sounds reasonable to me so ACK.
> 
> Even though I must say I would really like to hear your opinion about the thread I had with David Gilbert regarding QEMU’s migration backwards compatibility:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_qemu-2Ddevel-40nongnu.org_msg622274.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=RoP1YumCXCgaWHvlZYR8PZh8Bv7qIrMUB65eapI_JnE&r=Jk6Q8nNzkQ6LJ6g42qARkg6ryIDGQr-yKXPNGZbpTx0&m=aPCucPqkbmosKyDNeWq6rNNJ4Ry4GCh4HlxnZcQvAS8&s=ZnEgQlntxSZ2cZf9nnqJa74vM3cq_yPUlTEL1pwVpUs&e=
> 
> Thanks for the assistance pushing this forward,
> -Liran
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