Re: [PATCH v4 02/11] nvdimm: introduce 'pmem' element into xml for NVDIMM memory

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On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 05:26:12PM +0800, Luyao Zhong wrote:
> The 'pmem' option allows users to specify whether the backend
> storage of memory-backend-file is a real persistent memory:

What does this actually do in practice ?  Why does it matter and if it
does, why can't libvirt set the right value automatically instad of
needing the user to set the XML.

> 
> <devices>
>   ...
>   <memory model='nvdimm' access='shared'>
>       <source>
>           <path>/dev/dax0.0</path>
>           <pmem/>
>       </source>
>       <target>
>           <size unit='MiB'>4094</size>
>           <node>0</node>
>           <label>
>               <size unit='MiB'>2</size>
>           </label>
>       </target>
>   </memory>
>   ...
> </devices>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luyao Zhong <luyao.zhong@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  docs/formatdomain.html.in                          | 12 +++++
>  docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng                      |  5 ++
>  src/conf/domain_conf.c                             | 13 +++++
>  src/conf/domain_conf.h                             |  1 +
>  .../memory-hotplug-nvdimm-pmem.xml                 | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  .../memory-hotplug-nvdimm-unarmed.xml              | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c                            |  1 +
>  7 files changed, 148 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-pmem.xml
>  create mode 100644 tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-unarmed.xml
> 
> diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
> index 74e02a4..0f50da6 100644
> --- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
> +++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
> @@ -8323,6 +8323,7 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
>      &lt;source&gt;
>        &lt;path&gt;/tmp/nvdimm&lt;/path&gt;
>        &lt;alignsize unit='KiB'&gt;2048&lt;/alignsize&gt;
> +      &lt;pmem/&gt;
>      &lt;/source&gt;
>      &lt;target&gt;
>        &lt;size unit='KiB'&gt;524288&lt;/size&gt;
> @@ -8423,6 +8424,17 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
>                <span class="since">Since 5.0.0</span>
>              </p>
>            </dd>
> +
> +          <dt><code>pmem</code></dt>
> +          <dd>
> +            <p>
> +              This element can be used to specify whether the backend storage
> +              of memory-backend-file is a real persistent memory. If the
> +              backend is a real persistence memory and <code>pmem</code> is set,
> +              QEMU will guarantee the persistence of its own writes to the
> +              vNVDIMM backend. <span class="since">Since 5.0.0</span>
> +            </p>
> +          </dd>
>          </dl>
>        </dd>
>  
> diff --git a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
> index 395a7ea..734589e 100644
> --- a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
> +++ b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
> @@ -5393,6 +5393,11 @@
>                  <ref name="scaledInteger"/>
>                </element>
>              </optional>
> +            <optional>
> +              <element name="pmem">
> +                <empty/>
> +              </element>
> +            </optional>
>            </interleave>
>          </group>
>        </choice>
> diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
> index 7e59d8c..9edaf6d 100644
> --- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
> +++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
> @@ -15785,6 +15785,9 @@ virDomainMemorySourceDefParseXML(xmlNodePtr node,
>                                   &def->alignsize, false, false) < 0)
>              goto cleanup;
>  
> +        if (virXPathBoolean("boolean(./pmem)", ctxt))
> +            def->nvdimmPmem = true;
> +
>          break;
>  
>      case VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_MODEL_NONE:
> @@ -22756,6 +22759,13 @@ virDomainMemoryDefCheckABIStability(virDomainMemoryDefPtr src,
>                             src->alignsize, dst->alignsize);
>              return false;
>          }
> +
> +        if (src->nvdimmPmem != dst->nvdimmPmem) {
> +            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
> +                           _("Target NVDIMM pmem flag doesn't match "
> +                             "source NVDIMM pmem flag"));
> +            return false;
> +        }
>      }
>  
>      return virDomainDeviceInfoCheckABIStability(&src->info, &dst->info);
> @@ -26296,6 +26306,9 @@ virDomainMemorySourceDefFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
>          if (def->alignsize)
>              virBufferAsprintf(buf, "<alignsize unit='KiB'>%llu</alignsize>\n",
>                                def->alignsize);
> +
> +        if (def->nvdimmPmem)
> +            virBufferAddLit(buf, "<pmem/>\n");
>          break;
>  
>      case VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_MODEL_NONE:
> diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
> index 848bd94..a63afdc 100644
> --- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
> +++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
> @@ -2148,6 +2148,7 @@ struct _virDomainMemoryDef {
>      unsigned long long pagesize; /* kibibytes */
>      char *nvdimmPath;
>      unsigned long long alignsize; /* kibibytes; valid only for NVDIMM */
> +    bool nvdimmPmem; /* valid only for NVDIMM */
>  
>      /* target */
>      int model; /* virDomainMemoryModel */
> diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-pmem.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-pmem.xml
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..060d75c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-pmem.xml
> @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
> +<domain type='qemu'>
> +  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
> +  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
> +  <maxMemory slots='16' unit='KiB'>1099511627776</maxMemory>
> +  <memory unit='KiB'>1267710</memory>
> +  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1267710</currentMemory>
> +  <vcpu placement='static' cpuset='0-1'>2</vcpu>
> +  <os>
> +    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
> +    <boot dev='hd'/>
> +  </os>
> +  <idmap>
> +    <uid start='0' target='1000' count='10'/>
> +    <gid start='0' target='1000' count='10'/>
> +  </idmap>
> +  <cpu>
> +    <topology sockets='2' cores='1' threads='1'/>
> +    <numa>
> +      <cell id='0' cpus='0-1' memory='219136' unit='KiB'/>
> +    </numa>
> +  </cpu>
> +  <clock offset='utc'/>
> +  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
> +  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
> +  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
> +  <devices>
> +    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
> +    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
> +      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
> +      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
> +      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
> +      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
> +    </disk>
> +    <controller type='ide' index='0'>
> +      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
> +    </controller>
> +    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
> +      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
> +    </controller>
> +    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
> +    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
> +    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
> +    <memballoon model='virtio'>
> +      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
> +    </memballoon>
> +    <memory model='nvdimm' access='private'>
> +      <source>
> +        <path>/tmp/nvdimm</path>
> +        <pmem/>
> +      </source>
> +      <target>
> +        <size unit='KiB'>523264</size>
> +        <node>0</node>
> +      </target>
> +      <address type='dimm' slot='0'/>
> +    </memory>
> +  </devices>
> +</domain>
> diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-unarmed.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-unarmed.xml
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..7ddbb01
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-unarmed.xml
> @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
> +<domain type='qemu'>
> +  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
> +  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
> +  <maxMemory slots='16' unit='KiB'>1099511627776</maxMemory>
> +  <memory unit='KiB'>1267710</memory>
> +  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1267710</currentMemory>
> +  <vcpu placement='static' cpuset='0-1'>2</vcpu>
> +  <os>
> +    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
> +    <boot dev='hd'/>
> +  </os>
> +  <idmap>
> +    <uid start='0' target='1000' count='10'/>
> +    <gid start='0' target='1000' count='10'/>
> +  </idmap>
> +  <cpu>
> +    <topology sockets='2' cores='1' threads='1'/>
> +    <numa>
> +      <cell id='0' cpus='0-1' memory='219136' unit='KiB'/>
> +    </numa>
> +  </cpu>
> +  <clock offset='utc'/>
> +  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
> +  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
> +  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
> +  <devices>
> +    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
> +    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
> +      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
> +      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
> +      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
> +      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
> +    </disk>
> +    <controller type='ide' index='0'>
> +      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
> +    </controller>
> +    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
> +      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
> +    </controller>
> +    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
> +    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
> +    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
> +    <memballoon model='virtio'>
> +      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
> +    </memballoon>
> +    <memory model='nvdimm' access='private'>
> +      <source>
> +        <path>/tmp/nvdimm</path>
> +      </source>
> +      <target>
> +        <size unit='KiB'>523264</size>
> +        <node>0</node>
> +        <unarmed/>
> +      </target>
> +      <address type='dimm' slot='0'/>
> +    </memory>
> +  </devices>
> +</domain>
> diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
> index 5161f4a..ef3ece8 100644
> --- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
> +++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
> @@ -1117,6 +1117,7 @@ mymain(void)
>      DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm-access", NONE);
>      DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm-label", NONE);
>      DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm-align", NONE);
> +    DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm-pmem", NONE);
>      DO_TEST("net-udp", NONE);
>  
>      DO_TEST("video-virtio-gpu-device", NONE);
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 
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Regards,
Daniel
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