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Revision tags: v9.0.3, v8.2.7, v7.2.14, v9.1.0, v9.1.0-rc4
# 112f7d1b 27-Aug-2024 Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>

migration/multifd: Pass in MultiFDPages_t to file_write_ramblock_iov

We want to stop dereferencing 'pages' so it can be replaced by an
opaque pointer in the next patches.

Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <pet

migration/multifd: Pass in MultiFDPages_t to file_write_ramblock_iov

We want to stop dereferencing 'pages' so it can be replaced by an
opaque pointer in the next patches.

Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>

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Revision tags: v9.1.0-rc3, v9.1.0-rc2, v9.1.0-rc1, v9.1.0-rc0, v9.0.2, v8.2.6, v7.2.13
# 9d70239e 17-Jun-2024 Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>

migration/multifd: Add direct-io support

When multifd is used along with mapped-ram, we can take benefit of a
filesystem that supports the O_DIRECT flag and perform direct I/O in
the multifd threads

migration/multifd: Add direct-io support

When multifd is used along with mapped-ram, we can take benefit of a
filesystem that supports the O_DIRECT flag and perform direct I/O in
the multifd threads. This brings a significant performance improvement
because direct-io writes bypass the page cache which would otherwise
be thrashed by the multifd data which is unlikely to be needed again
in a short period of time.

To be able to use a multifd channel opened with O_DIRECT, we must
ensure that a certain aligment is used. Filesystems usually require a
block-size alignment for direct I/O. The way to achieve this is by
enabling the mapped-ram feature, which already aligns its I/O properly
(see MAPPED_RAM_FILE_OFFSET_ALIGNMENT at ram.c).

By setting O_DIRECT on the multifd channels, all writes to the same
file descriptor need to be aligned as well, even the ones that come
from outside multifd, such as the QEMUFile I/O from the main migration
code. This makes it impossible to use the same file descriptor for the
QEMUFile and for the multifd channels. The various flags and metadata
written by the main migration code will always be unaligned by virtue
of their small size. To workaround this issue, we'll require a second
file descriptor to be used exclusively for direct I/O.

The second file descriptor can be obtained by QEMU by re-opening the
migration file (already possible), or by being provided by the user or
management application (support to be added in future patches).

Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>

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Revision tags: v9.0.1, v8.2.5, v7.2.12, v8.2.4, v8.2.3, v7.2.11, v9.0.0, v9.0.0-rc4, v9.0.0-rc3, v9.0.0-rc2, v9.0.0-rc1, v9.0.0-rc0
# 74228c59 13-Mar-2024 Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>

migration: Fix iocs leaks during file and fd migration

The memory for the io channels is being leaked in three different ways
during file migration:

1) if the offset check fails we never drop the i

migration: Fix iocs leaks during file and fd migration

The memory for the io channels is being leaked in three different ways
during file migration:

1) if the offset check fails we never drop the ioc reference;

2) we allocate an extra channel for no reason;

3) if multifd is enabled but channel creation fails when calling
dup(), we leave the previous channels around along with the glib
polling;

Fix all issues by restructuring the code to first allocate the
channels and only register the watches when all channels have been
created.

For multifd, the file and fd migrations can share code because both
are backed by a QIOChannelFile. For the non-multifd case, the fd needs
to be separate because it is backed by a QIOChannelSocket.

Fixes: 2dd7ee7a51 ("migration/multifd: Add incoming QIOChannelFile support")
Fixes: decdc76772 ("migration/multifd: Add mapped-ram support to fd: URI")
Reported-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240313212824.16974-2-farosas@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>

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Revision tags: v8.2.2, v7.2.10
# a49d15a3 29-Feb-2024 Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>

migration/multifd: Support incoming mapped-ram stream format

For the incoming mapped-ram migration we need to read the ramblock
headers, get the pages bitmap and send the host address of each
non-ze

migration/multifd: Support incoming mapped-ram stream format

For the incoming mapped-ram migration we need to read the ramblock
headers, get the pages bitmap and send the host address of each
non-zero page to the multifd channel thread for writing.

Usage on HMP is:

(qemu) migrate_set_capability multifd on
(qemu) migrate_set_capability mapped-ram on
(qemu) migrate_incoming file:migfile

(the ram.h include needs to move because we've been previously relying
on it being included from migration.c. Now file.h will start including
multifd.h before migration.o is processed)

Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240229153017.2221-22-farosas@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>

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# f427d90b 29-Feb-2024 Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>

migration/multifd: Support outgoing mapped-ram stream format

The new mapped-ram stream format uses a file transport and puts ram
pages in the migration file at their respective offsets and can be
do

migration/multifd: Support outgoing mapped-ram stream format

The new mapped-ram stream format uses a file transport and puts ram
pages in the migration file at their respective offsets and can be
done in parallel by using the pwritev system call which takes iovecs
and an offset.

Add support to enabling the new format along with multifd to make use
of the threading and page handling already in place.

This requires multifd to stop sending headers and leaving the stream
format to the mapped-ram code. When it comes time to write the data, we
need to call a version of qio_channel_write that can take an offset.

Usage on HMP is:

(qemu) stop
(qemu) migrate_set_capability multifd on
(qemu) migrate_set_capability mapped-ram on
(qemu) migrate_set_parameter max-bandwidth 0
(qemu) migrate_set_parameter multifd-channels 8
(qemu) migrate file:migfile

Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240229153017.2221-21-farosas@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>

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# b7b03eb6 29-Feb-2024 Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>

migration/multifd: Add outgoing QIOChannelFile support

Allow multifd to open file-backed channels. This will be used when
enabling the mapped-ram migration stream format which expects a
seekable tra

migration/multifd: Add outgoing QIOChannelFile support

Allow multifd to open file-backed channels. This will be used when
enabling the mapped-ram migration stream format which expects a
seekable transport.

The QIOChannel read and write methods will use the preadv/pwritev
versions which don't update the file offset at each call so we can
reuse the fd without re-opening for every channel.

Contrary to the socket migration, the file migration doesn't need an
asynchronous channel creation process, so expose
multifd_channel_connect() and call it directly.

Note that this is just setup code and multifd cannot yet make use of
the file channels.

Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240229153017.2221-18-farosas@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>

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Revision tags: v8.2.2, v7.2.10
# a49d15a3 29-Feb-2024 Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>

migration/multifd: Support incoming mapped-ram stream format

For the incoming mapped-ram migration we need to read the ramblock
headers, get the pages bitmap and send the host address of each
non-ze

migration/multifd: Support incoming mapped-ram stream format

For the incoming mapped-ram migration we need to read the ramblock
headers, get the pages bitmap and send the host address of each
non-zero page to the multifd channel thread for writing.

Usage on HMP is:

(qemu) migrate_set_capability multifd on
(qemu) migrate_set_capability mapped-ram on
(qemu) migrate_incoming file:migfile

(the ram.h include needs to move because we've been previously relying
on it being included from migration.c. Now file.h will start including
multifd.h before migration.o is processed)

Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240229153017.2221-22-farosas@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>

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# f427d90b 29-Feb-2024 Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>

migration/multifd: Support outgoing mapped-ram stream format

The new mapped-ram stream format uses a file transport and puts ram
pages in the migration file at their respective offsets and can be
do

migration/multifd: Support outgoing mapped-ram stream format

The new mapped-ram stream format uses a file transport and puts ram
pages in the migration file at their respective offsets and can be
done in parallel by using the pwritev system call which takes iovecs
and an offset.

Add support to enabling the new format along with multifd to make use
of the threading and page handling already in place.

This requires multifd to stop sending headers and leaving the stream
format to the mapped-ram code. When it comes time to write the data, we
need to call a version of qio_channel_write that can take an offset.

Usage on HMP is:

(qemu) stop
(qemu) migrate_set_capability multifd on
(qemu) migrate_set_capability mapped-ram on
(qemu) migrate_set_parameter max-bandwidth 0
(qemu) migrate_set_parameter multifd-channels 8
(qemu) migrate file:migfile

Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240229153017.2221-21-farosas@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>

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# b7b03eb6 29-Feb-2024 Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>

migration/multifd: Add outgoing QIOChannelFile support

Allow multifd to open file-backed channels. This will be used when
enabling the mapped-ram migration stream format which expects a
seekable tra

migration/multifd: Add outgoing QIOChannelFile support

Allow multifd to open file-backed channels. This will be used when
enabling the mapped-ram migration stream format which expects a
seekable transport.

The QIOChannel read and write methods will use the preadv/pwritev
versions which don't update the file offset at each call so we can
reuse the fd without re-opening for every channel.

Contrary to the socket migration, the file migration doesn't need an
asynchronous channel creation process, so expose
multifd_channel_connect() and call it directly.

Note that this is just setup code and multifd cannot yet make use of
the file channels.

Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240229153017.2221-18-farosas@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>

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Revision tags: v8.2.1, v8.1.5, v7.2.9, v8.1.4, v7.2.8, v8.2.0, v8.2.0-rc4, v8.2.0-rc3, v8.2.0-rc2, v8.2.0-rc1, v7.2.7, v8.1.3, v8.2.0-rc0
# 02afba63 23-Oct-2023 Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>

migration: Convert the file backend to the new QAPI syntax

Convert the file: URI to accept a FileMigrationArgs to be compatible
with the new migration QAPI.

Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@su

migration: Convert the file backend to the new QAPI syntax

Convert the file: URI to accept a FileMigrationArgs to be compatible
with the new migration QAPI.

Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <20231023182053.8711-9-farosas@suse.de>

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# 72a8192e 23-Oct-2023 Het Gala <het.gala@nutanix.com>

migration: convert migration 'uri' into 'MigrateAddress'

This patch parses 'migrate' and 'migrate-incoming' QAPI's 'uri'
string containing migration connection related information
and stores them in

migration: convert migration 'uri' into 'MigrateAddress'

This patch parses 'migrate' and 'migrate-incoming' QAPI's 'uri'
string containing migration connection related information
and stores them inside well defined 'MigrateAddress' struct.

Fabiano fixed for "file" transport.

Suggested-by: Aravind Retnakaran <aravind.retnakaran@nutanix.com>
Signed-off-by: Het Gala <het.gala@nutanix.com>
Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <20231023182053.8711-4-farosas@suse.de>
Message-ID: <20231023182053.8711-5-farosas@suse.de>

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Revision tags: v8.2.1, v8.1.5, v7.2.9, v8.1.4, v7.2.8, v8.2.0, v8.2.0-rc4, v8.2.0-rc3, v8.2.0-rc2, v8.2.0-rc1, v7.2.7, v8.1.3, v8.2.0-rc0
# 02afba63 23-Oct-2023 Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>

migration: Convert the file backend to the new QAPI syntax

Convert the file: URI to accept a FileMigrationArgs to be compatible
with the new migration QAPI.

Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@su

migration: Convert the file backend to the new QAPI syntax

Convert the file: URI to accept a FileMigrationArgs to be compatible
with the new migration QAPI.

Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <20231023182053.8711-9-farosas@suse.de>

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# 72a8192e 23-Oct-2023 Het Gala <het.gala@nutanix.com>

migration: convert migration 'uri' into 'MigrateAddress'

This patch parses 'migrate' and 'migrate-incoming' QAPI's 'uri'
string containing migration connection related information
and stores them in

migration: convert migration 'uri' into 'MigrateAddress'

This patch parses 'migrate' and 'migrate-incoming' QAPI's 'uri'
string containing migration connection related information
and stores them inside well defined 'MigrateAddress' struct.

Fabiano fixed for "file" transport.

Suggested-by: Aravind Retnakaran <aravind.retnakaran@nutanix.com>
Signed-off-by: Het Gala <het.gala@nutanix.com>
Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <20231023182053.8711-4-farosas@suse.de>
Message-ID: <20231023182053.8711-5-farosas@suse.de>

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Revision tags: v8.2.1, v8.1.5, v7.2.9, v8.1.4, v7.2.8, v8.2.0, v8.2.0-rc4, v8.2.0-rc3, v8.2.0-rc2, v8.2.0-rc1, v7.2.7, v8.1.3, v8.2.0-rc0
# 02afba63 23-Oct-2023 Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>

migration: Convert the file backend to the new QAPI syntax

Convert the file: URI to accept a FileMigrationArgs to be compatible
with the new migration QAPI.

Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@su

migration: Convert the file backend to the new QAPI syntax

Convert the file: URI to accept a FileMigrationArgs to be compatible
with the new migration QAPI.

Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <20231023182053.8711-9-farosas@suse.de>

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# 72a8192e 23-Oct-2023 Het Gala <het.gala@nutanix.com>

migration: convert migration 'uri' into 'MigrateAddress'

This patch parses 'migrate' and 'migrate-incoming' QAPI's 'uri'
string containing migration connection related information
and stores them in

migration: convert migration 'uri' into 'MigrateAddress'

This patch parses 'migrate' and 'migrate-incoming' QAPI's 'uri'
string containing migration connection related information
and stores them inside well defined 'MigrateAddress' struct.

Fabiano fixed for "file" transport.

Suggested-by: Aravind Retnakaran <aravind.retnakaran@nutanix.com>
Signed-off-by: Het Gala <het.gala@nutanix.com>
Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <20231023182053.8711-4-farosas@suse.de>
Message-ID: <20231023182053.8711-5-farosas@suse.de>

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Revision tags: v8.1.2, v8.1.1, v7.2.6, v8.0.5
# 2a9e2e59 08-Sep-2023 Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>

migration: file URI

Extend the migration URI to support file:<filename>. This can be used for
any migration scenario that does not require a reverse path. It can be
used as an alternative to 'exec

migration: file URI

Extend the migration URI to support file:<filename>. This can be used for
any migration scenario that does not require a reverse path. It can be
used as an alternative to 'exec:cat > file' in minimized containers that
do not contain /bin/sh, and it is easier to use than the fd:<fdname> URI.
It can be used in HMP commands, and as a qemu command-line parameter.

For best performance, guest ram should be shared and x-ignore-shared
should be true, so guest pages are not written to the file, in which case
the guest may remain running. If ram is not so configured, then the user
is advised to stop the guest first. Otherwise, a busy guest may re-dirty
the same page, causing it to be appended to the file multiple times,
and the file may grow unboundedly. That issue is being addressed in the
"fixed-ram" patch series.

Signed-off-by: Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>
Tested-by: Michael Galaxy <mgalaxy@akamai.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Galaxy <mgalaxy@akamai.com>
Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <1694182931-61390-2-git-send-email-steven.sistare@oracle.com>

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Revision tags: v8.1.2, v8.1.1, v7.2.6, v8.0.5
# 2a9e2e59 08-Sep-2023 Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>

migration: file URI

Extend the migration URI to support file:<filename>. This can be used for
any migration scenario that does not require a reverse path. It can be
used as an alternative to 'exec

migration: file URI

Extend the migration URI to support file:<filename>. This can be used for
any migration scenario that does not require a reverse path. It can be
used as an alternative to 'exec:cat > file' in minimized containers that
do not contain /bin/sh, and it is easier to use than the fd:<fdname> URI.
It can be used in HMP commands, and as a qemu command-line parameter.

For best performance, guest ram should be shared and x-ignore-shared
should be true, so guest pages are not written to the file, in which case
the guest may remain running. If ram is not so configured, then the user
is advised to stop the guest first. Otherwise, a busy guest may re-dirty
the same page, causing it to be appended to the file multiple times,
and the file may grow unboundedly. That issue is being addressed in the
"fixed-ram" patch series.

Signed-off-by: Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>
Tested-by: Michael Galaxy <mgalaxy@akamai.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Galaxy <mgalaxy@akamai.com>
Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <1694182931-61390-2-git-send-email-steven.sistare@oracle.com>

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Revision tags: v8.1.2, v8.1.1, v7.2.6, v8.0.5
# 2a9e2e59 08-Sep-2023 Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>

migration: file URI

Extend the migration URI to support file:<filename>. This can be used for
any migration scenario that does not require a reverse path. It can be
used as an alternative to 'exec

migration: file URI

Extend the migration URI to support file:<filename>. This can be used for
any migration scenario that does not require a reverse path. It can be
used as an alternative to 'exec:cat > file' in minimized containers that
do not contain /bin/sh, and it is easier to use than the fd:<fdname> URI.
It can be used in HMP commands, and as a qemu command-line parameter.

For best performance, guest ram should be shared and x-ignore-shared
should be true, so guest pages are not written to the file, in which case
the guest may remain running. If ram is not so configured, then the user
is advised to stop the guest first. Otherwise, a busy guest may re-dirty
the same page, causing it to be appended to the file multiple times,
and the file may grow unboundedly. That issue is being addressed in the
"fixed-ram" patch series.

Signed-off-by: Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>
Tested-by: Michael Galaxy <mgalaxy@akamai.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Galaxy <mgalaxy@akamai.com>
Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <1694182931-61390-2-git-send-email-steven.sistare@oracle.com>

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Revision tags: v8.1.2, v8.1.1, v7.2.6, v8.0.5
# 2a9e2e59 08-Sep-2023 Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>

migration: file URI

Extend the migration URI to support file:<filename>. This can be used for
any migration scenario that does not require a reverse path. It can be
used as an alternative to 'exec

migration: file URI

Extend the migration URI to support file:<filename>. This can be used for
any migration scenario that does not require a reverse path. It can be
used as an alternative to 'exec:cat > file' in minimized containers that
do not contain /bin/sh, and it is easier to use than the fd:<fdname> URI.
It can be used in HMP commands, and as a qemu command-line parameter.

For best performance, guest ram should be shared and x-ignore-shared
should be true, so guest pages are not written to the file, in which case
the guest may remain running. If ram is not so configured, then the user
is advised to stop the guest first. Otherwise, a busy guest may re-dirty
the same page, causing it to be appended to the file multiple times,
and the file may grow unboundedly. That issue is being addressed in the
"fixed-ram" patch series.

Signed-off-by: Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>
Tested-by: Michael Galaxy <mgalaxy@akamai.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Galaxy <mgalaxy@akamai.com>
Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <1694182931-61390-2-git-send-email-steven.sistare@oracle.com>

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Revision tags: v8.1.2, v8.1.1, v7.2.6, v8.0.5
# 2a9e2e59 08-Sep-2023 Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>

migration: file URI

Extend the migration URI to support file:<filename>. This can be used for
any migration scenario that does not require a reverse path. It can be
used as an alternative to 'exec

migration: file URI

Extend the migration URI to support file:<filename>. This can be used for
any migration scenario that does not require a reverse path. It can be
used as an alternative to 'exec:cat > file' in minimized containers that
do not contain /bin/sh, and it is easier to use than the fd:<fdname> URI.
It can be used in HMP commands, and as a qemu command-line parameter.

For best performance, guest ram should be shared and x-ignore-shared
should be true, so guest pages are not written to the file, in which case
the guest may remain running. If ram is not so configured, then the user
is advised to stop the guest first. Otherwise, a busy guest may re-dirty
the same page, causing it to be appended to the file multiple times,
and the file may grow unboundedly. That issue is being addressed in the
"fixed-ram" patch series.

Signed-off-by: Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>
Tested-by: Michael Galaxy <mgalaxy@akamai.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Galaxy <mgalaxy@akamai.com>
Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <1694182931-61390-2-git-send-email-steven.sistare@oracle.com>

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Revision tags: v8.1.2, v8.1.1, v7.2.6, v8.0.5
# 2a9e2e59 08-Sep-2023 Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>

migration: file URI

Extend the migration URI to support file:<filename>. This can be used for
any migration scenario that does not require a reverse path. It can be
used as an alternative to 'exec

migration: file URI

Extend the migration URI to support file:<filename>. This can be used for
any migration scenario that does not require a reverse path. It can be
used as an alternative to 'exec:cat > file' in minimized containers that
do not contain /bin/sh, and it is easier to use than the fd:<fdname> URI.
It can be used in HMP commands, and as a qemu command-line parameter.

For best performance, guest ram should be shared and x-ignore-shared
should be true, so guest pages are not written to the file, in which case
the guest may remain running. If ram is not so configured, then the user
is advised to stop the guest first. Otherwise, a busy guest may re-dirty
the same page, causing it to be appended to the file multiple times,
and the file may grow unboundedly. That issue is being addressed in the
"fixed-ram" patch series.

Signed-off-by: Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>
Tested-by: Michael Galaxy <mgalaxy@akamai.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Galaxy <mgalaxy@akamai.com>
Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <1694182931-61390-2-git-send-email-steven.sistare@oracle.com>

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