From: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@citrix.com>
To: Anthony Perard <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
Cc: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>,
Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>,
"qemu-block@nongnu.org" <qemu-block@nongnu.org>,
"qemu-devel@nongnu.org" <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>,
Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>,
"xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org" <xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/18] xen: automatically create XenQdiskDevice-s
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 13:06:25 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8772cbe6a11d46908c3f4f56365e899e__17833.4754346453$1544101546$gmane$org@AMSPEX02CL03.citrite.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181204164052.GY14786@perard.uk.xensource.com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthony PERARD [mailto:anthony.perard@citrix.com]
> Sent: 04 December 2018 16:41
> To: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@citrix.com>
> Cc: qemu-block@nongnu.org; qemu-devel@nongnu.org; xen-
> devel@lists.xenproject.org; Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>; Max Reitz
> <mreitz@redhat.com>; Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/18] xen: automatically create XenQdiskDevice-s
>
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 03:12:09PM +0000, Paul Durrant wrote:
> > This patch adds a creator function for XenQdiskDevice-s so that they can
> > be created automatically when the Xen toolstack instantiates a new
> > PV backend. When the XenQdiskDevice is created this way it is also
> > necessary to create a drive which matches the configuration that the Xen
> > toolstack has written into xenstore. This drive is marked 'auto_del' so
> > that it will be removed when the XenQdiskDevice is destroyed. Also, for
> > compatibilitye with the legacy 'xen_disk' implementation, an iothread
> > is automatically created for the new XenQdiskDevice. This will also be
> > removed when he XenQdiskDevice is destroyed.
>
> "the XenQdiskDevice"
>
> [...]
> > + qemu_opt_set(drive_opts, "file.locking", "off", &local_err);
>
> That looks new, compared to the xen_disk.c implementation. Maybe that
> should be mention in the commit message.
>
It's necessary to avoid problems when an emulated device is also present. The xen_disk code avoided the issue by basically bypassing the checks and stooging into the middle of the block code. I'll add a comment to the code saying why locking needs to be off.
>
> [..]
>
> > +static void xen_qdisk_device_create(BusState *bus, const char *name,
> > + QDict *opts, Error **errp)
> > +{
> [...]
> > + iothread = iothread_create(vdev, &error_abort);
>
> I would just propagate the error, since iothread could fail for external
> reason. No need to crash qemu while a VM is running.
True.
>
> > +
> > + dev = qdev_create(bus, TYPE_XEN_QDISK_DEVICE);
> > +
> > + qdev_prop_set_string(dev, "vdev", vdev);
> > +
> > + if (XEN_QDISK_DEVICE(dev)->vdev.number != number) {
> > + error_setg(errp, "invalid dev parameter '%s'", vdev);
> > + goto unref;
> > + }
> > +
> > + qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "drive", blk, &local_err);
> > + if (local_err) {
> > + error_propagate(errp, local_err);
> > + error_prepend(errp, "failed to set 'drive': ");
> > + goto unref;
> > + }
> > +
> > + XEN_QDISK_DEVICE(dev)->auto_iothread = iothread;
> > +
> > + qdev_init_nofail(dev);
>
> That function shouldn't be use during hotplug. But I'm not sure what
> should be done instead, probably object_property_set_bool(..., true
> "realized") and check for error.
Ok, I'll do that.
Paul
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Anthony PERARD
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Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20181121151211.15997-1-paul.durrant@citrix.com>
2018-11-21 15:11 ` [PATCH 01/18] xen: re-name XenDevice to XenLegacyDevice Paul Durrant
2018-11-28 16:06 ` Anthony PERARD
2018-11-21 15:11 ` [PATCH 02/18] xen: introduce new 'XenBus' and 'XenDevice' object hierarchy Paul Durrant
2018-11-21 15:11 ` [PATCH 03/18] xen: introduce 'xen-qdisk' Paul Durrant
2018-11-21 15:11 ` [PATCH 04/18] xen: create xenstore areas for XenDevice-s Paul Durrant
2018-11-21 15:11 ` [PATCH 05/18] xen: add xenstore watcher infratructure Paul Durrant
2018-11-21 15:11 ` [PATCH 06/18] xen: add grant table interface for XenDevice-s Paul Durrant
2018-12-03 15:45 ` Anthony PERARD
2018-12-05 16:12 ` Paul Durrant
2018-11-21 15:12 ` [PATCH 07/18] xen: add event channel " Paul Durrant
2018-11-21 15:12 ` [PATCH 08/18] xen: duplicate xen_disk.c as basis of dataplane/xen-qdisk.c Paul Durrant
2018-12-03 16:35 ` Anthony PERARD
2018-12-03 16:42 ` Anthony PERARD
2018-11-21 15:12 ` [PATCH 09/18] xen: remove unnecessary code from dataplane/xen-qdisk.c Paul Durrant
2018-12-03 16:58 ` Anthony PERARD
2018-11-21 15:12 ` [PATCH 10/18] xen: add header and build dataplane/xen-qdisk.c Paul Durrant
2018-12-03 18:09 ` Anthony PERARD
[not found] ` <20181203180911.GQ14786@perard.uk.xensource.com>
2018-12-05 17:31 ` Paul Durrant
2018-11-21 15:12 ` [PATCH 11/18] xen: remove 'XenBlkDev' and 'blkdev' names from dataplane/xen-qdisk Paul Durrant
2018-11-21 15:12 ` [PATCH 12/18] xen: remove 'ioreq' struct/varable/field names from dataplane/xen-qdisk.c Paul Durrant
2018-12-04 11:34 ` Anthony PERARD
2018-11-21 15:12 ` [PATCH 13/18] xen: purge 'blk' and 'ioreq' from function names in dataplane/xen-qdisk.c Paul Durrant
2018-12-04 12:10 ` Anthony PERARD
2018-12-05 17:28 ` Paul Durrant
2018-11-21 15:12 ` [PATCH 14/18] xen: add implementations of xen-qdisk connect and disconnect functions Paul Durrant
2018-11-21 15:12 ` [PATCH 15/18] xen: add a mechanism to automatically create XenDevice-s Paul Durrant
2018-12-04 15:35 ` Anthony PERARD
2018-12-06 12:36 ` Paul Durrant
2018-12-06 15:24 ` Anthony PERARD
[not found] ` <20181206152406.GC18875@perard.uk.xensource.com>
2018-12-06 15:36 ` Paul Durrant
2018-11-21 15:12 ` [PATCH 16/18] xen: automatically create XenQdiskDevice-s Paul Durrant
2018-11-21 15:12 ` [PATCH 17/18] MAINTAINERS: add myself as a Xen maintainer Paul Durrant
2018-11-27 19:05 ` Stefano Stabellini
2018-11-29 14:00 ` [Qemu-devel] " Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
[not found] ` <a247dae0-a766-7f97-c16d-07a32572f35d@redhat.com>
2018-11-29 14:01 ` Paul Durrant
2018-12-04 16:42 ` Anthony PERARD
2018-11-21 15:12 ` [PATCH 18/18] xen: remove the legacy 'xen_disk' backend Paul Durrant
[not found] ` <20181121151211.15997-3-paul.durrant@citrix.com>
2018-11-28 16:19 ` [Qemu-block] [PATCH 02/18] xen: introduce new 'XenBus' and 'XenDevice' object hierarchy Kevin Wolf
[not found] ` <20181128161917.GE4222@dhcp-200-186.str.redhat.com>
2018-11-28 16:26 ` Paul Durrant
2018-11-28 16:28 ` Paul Durrant
2018-11-28 16:28 ` Stefano Stabellini
2018-11-28 16:29 ` Paul Durrant
2018-11-28 16:39 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-11-28 16:45 ` Paul Durrant
[not found] ` <5327ba765089439caf8119de49c3a399@AMSPEX02CL03.citrite.net>
2018-11-28 16:46 ` Paul Durrant
2018-11-29 9:04 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-11-28 17:01 ` [Qemu-devel] " Eric Blake
2018-11-28 17:04 ` Paul Durrant
2018-11-28 17:10 ` Anthony PERARD
2018-11-28 17:17 ` Paul Durrant
2018-11-28 17:32 ` Anthony PERARD
[not found] ` <20181121151211.15997-4-paul.durrant@citrix.com>
2018-11-29 16:05 ` [PATCH 03/18] xen: introduce 'xen-qdisk' Anthony PERARD
[not found] ` <20181129160541.GG14786@perard.uk.xensource.com>
2018-12-04 15:20 ` Paul Durrant
[not found] ` <311937f3c787461686f2ebf68a70a326@AMSPEX02CL03.citrite.net>
2018-12-04 15:49 ` Anthony PERARD
[not found] ` <20181204154908.GX14786@perard.uk.xensource.com>
2018-12-04 15:50 ` Paul Durrant
2018-12-04 17:14 ` Paul Durrant
[not found] ` <20181121151211.15997-5-paul.durrant@citrix.com>
2018-11-29 18:48 ` [PATCH 04/18] xen: create xenstore areas for XenDevice-s Anthony PERARD
[not found] ` <20181129184841.GJ14786@perard.uk.xensource.com>
2018-12-05 12:05 ` Paul Durrant
[not found] ` <589a4488f1ba4e4496775cc06bda291d@AMSPEX02CL03.citrite.net>
2018-12-05 12:43 ` Paul Durrant
[not found] ` <d5bf17f689a34e69b9e3b7b92bcfe4fd@AMSPEX02CL03.citrite.net>
2018-12-05 13:58 ` Anthony PERARD
[not found] ` <20181205135839.GB1259@perard.uk.xensource.com>
2018-12-05 14:24 ` Paul Durrant
2018-12-05 16:28 ` Anthony PERARD
[not found] ` <20181121151211.15997-6-paul.durrant@citrix.com>
2018-12-03 14:42 ` [PATCH 05/18] xen: add xenstore watcher infratructure Anthony PERARD
[not found] ` <20181203144231.GK14786@perard.uk.xensource.com>
2018-12-05 15:24 ` Paul Durrant
[not found] ` <20181121151211.15997-8-paul.durrant@citrix.com>
2018-12-03 16:24 ` [PATCH 07/18] xen: add event channel interface for XenDevice-s Anthony PERARD
2018-12-04 14:24 ` Anthony PERARD
2018-12-05 16:16 ` Paul Durrant
[not found] ` <20181121151211.15997-12-paul.durrant@citrix.com>
2018-12-04 11:05 ` [PATCH 11/18] xen: remove 'XenBlkDev' and 'blkdev' names from dataplane/xen-qdisk Anthony PERARD
[not found] ` <20181121151211.15997-15-paul.durrant@citrix.com>
2018-11-28 16:34 ` [PATCH 14/18] xen: add implementations of xen-qdisk connect and disconnect functions Kevin Wolf
2018-11-28 16:40 ` Paul Durrant
2018-11-29 9:00 ` Kevin Wolf
[not found] ` <20181129090046.GA4797@linux.fritz.box>
2018-11-29 9:33 ` Paul Durrant
[not found] ` <bdee6326dd3041f58202220a50abf9c8@AMSPEX02CL03.citrite.net>
2018-11-29 10:46 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-11-29 10:47 ` Paul Durrant
2018-12-04 12:33 ` Anthony PERARD
[not found] ` <20181204123349.GU14786@perard.uk.xensource.com>
2018-12-06 12:27 ` Paul Durrant
[not found] ` <20181121151211.15997-17-paul.durrant@citrix.com>
2018-12-04 16:40 ` [PATCH 16/18] xen: automatically create XenQdiskDevice-s Anthony PERARD
2018-12-06 13:06 ` Paul Durrant [this message]
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