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[4/4] xen: Always set the vram dirty during migration.

Message ID 1342531805-29894-5-git-send-email-anthony.perard@citrix.com
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Anthony PERARD July 17, 2012, 1:30 p.m. UTC
Because the call to track the dirty bit in the video ram during migration won't
work (it returns -1), we set dirtybit on the all video ram.

Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
---
 xen-all.c |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Comments

Stefano Stabellini July 17, 2012, 6:25 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, 17 Jul 2012, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> Because the call to track the dirty bit in the video ram during migration won't
> work (it returns -1), we set dirtybit on the all video ram.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
> ---
>  xen-all.c |    5 +++++
>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/xen-all.c b/xen-all.c
> index 498883b..00bdb50 100644
> --- a/xen-all.c
> +++ b/xen-all.c
> @@ -502,6 +502,11 @@ static void xen_sync_dirty_bitmap(XenIOState *state,
>          return;
>      }
>  
> +    if (unlikely(xen_in_migration)) {
> +        /* track_dirty_vram does not work during migration */
> +        memory_region_set_dirty(framebuffer, 0, size);
> +        return;
> +    }
>      rc = xc_hvm_track_dirty_vram(xen_xc, xen_domid,
>                                   start_addr >> TARGET_PAGE_BITS, npages,
>                                   bitmap);

Why are you setting the entire framebuffer dirty?
We should set dirty only the actualy region that is supposed to be
dirty.
Stefano Stabellini July 17, 2012, 6:30 p.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, 17 Jul 2012, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> > Because the call to track the dirty bit in the video ram during migration won't
> > work (it returns -1), we set dirtybit on the all video ram.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
> > ---
> >  xen-all.c |    5 +++++
> >  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/xen-all.c b/xen-all.c
> > index 498883b..00bdb50 100644
> > --- a/xen-all.c
> > +++ b/xen-all.c
> > @@ -502,6 +502,11 @@ static void xen_sync_dirty_bitmap(XenIOState *state,
> >          return;
> >      }
> >  
> > +    if (unlikely(xen_in_migration)) {
> > +        /* track_dirty_vram does not work during migration */
> > +        memory_region_set_dirty(framebuffer, 0, size);
> > +        return;
> > +    }
> >      rc = xc_hvm_track_dirty_vram(xen_xc, xen_domid,
> >                                   start_addr >> TARGET_PAGE_BITS, npages,
> >                                   bitmap);
> 
> Why are you setting the entire framebuffer dirty?
> We should set dirty only the actualy region that is supposed to be
> dirty.
> 

Also memory_region_set_dirty calls cpu_physical_memory_set_dirty_range,
in which you didn't add a call to xen_modified_memory.
Anthony PERARD July 20, 2012, 2:11 p.m. UTC | #3
On 17/07/12 19:30, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012, Anthony PERARD wrote:
>>> Because the call to track the dirty bit in the video ram during migration won't
>>> work (it returns -1), we set dirtybit on the all video ram.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
>>> ---
>>>   xen-all.c |    5 +++++
>>>   1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/xen-all.c b/xen-all.c
>>> index 498883b..00bdb50 100644
>>> --- a/xen-all.c
>>> +++ b/xen-all.c
>>> @@ -502,6 +502,11 @@ static void xen_sync_dirty_bitmap(XenIOState *state,
>>>           return;
>>>       }
>>>
>>> +    if (unlikely(xen_in_migration)) {
>>> +        /* track_dirty_vram does not work during migration */
>>> +        memory_region_set_dirty(framebuffer, 0, size);
>>> +        return;
>>> +    }
>>>       rc = xc_hvm_track_dirty_vram(xen_xc, xen_domid,
>>>                                    start_addr >> TARGET_PAGE_BITS, npages,
>>>                                    bitmap);
>>
>> Why are you setting the entire framebuffer dirty?
>> We should set dirty only the actualy region that is supposed to be
>> dirty.

I set the dirty bit on the all framebuffer because the track dirty call 
fail, so I don't which bits are dirty. This one is for QEMU to know 
which part of the screen need to be updated.

> Also memory_region_set_dirty calls cpu_physical_memory_set_dirty_range,
> in which you didn't add a call to xen_modified_memory.
Stefano Stabellini July 20, 2012, 3:47 p.m. UTC | #4
On Fri, 20 Jul 2012, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> On 17/07/12 19:30, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > On Tue, 17 Jul 2012, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> >> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> >>> Because the call to track the dirty bit in the video ram during migration won't
> >>> work (it returns -1), we set dirtybit on the all video ram.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>   xen-all.c |    5 +++++
> >>>   1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/xen-all.c b/xen-all.c
> >>> index 498883b..00bdb50 100644
> >>> --- a/xen-all.c
> >>> +++ b/xen-all.c
> >>> @@ -502,6 +502,11 @@ static void xen_sync_dirty_bitmap(XenIOState *state,
> >>>           return;
> >>>       }
> >>>
> >>> +    if (unlikely(xen_in_migration)) {
> >>> +        /* track_dirty_vram does not work during migration */
> >>> +        memory_region_set_dirty(framebuffer, 0, size);
> >>> +        return;
> >>> +    }
> >>>       rc = xc_hvm_track_dirty_vram(xen_xc, xen_domid,
> >>>                                    start_addr >> TARGET_PAGE_BITS, npages,
> >>>                                    bitmap);
> >>
> >> Why are you setting the entire framebuffer dirty?
> >> We should set dirty only the actualy region that is supposed to be
> >> dirty.
> 
> I set the dirty bit on the all framebuffer because the track dirty call 
> fail, so I don't which bits are dirty. This one is for QEMU to know 
> which part of the screen need to be updated.

In that case it would be better to set the entire bitmap to 0xff in case
xc_hvm_track_dirty_vram fails, right?
So that we don't need to special case live migration.
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diff --git a/xen-all.c b/xen-all.c
index 498883b..00bdb50 100644
--- a/xen-all.c
+++ b/xen-all.c
@@ -502,6 +502,11 @@  static void xen_sync_dirty_bitmap(XenIOState *state,
         return;
     }
 
+    if (unlikely(xen_in_migration)) {
+        /* track_dirty_vram does not work during migration */
+        memory_region_set_dirty(framebuffer, 0, size);
+        return;
+    }
     rc = xc_hvm_track_dirty_vram(xen_xc, xen_domid,
                                  start_addr >> TARGET_PAGE_BITS, npages,
                                  bitmap);