Re: [PATCH Libvirt v3 02/10] conf: Introduce XML for dirty limit configuration

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On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 05:31:12PM +0800, ~hyman wrote:
> From: Hyman Huang(黄勇) <yong.huang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The upper limit (megabyte/s) of the dirty page rate configured
> by the user can be tracked by the XML. To allow this, add the
> following XML:
> 
> <domain>
>   ...
>   <vcpu current='2'>3</vcpu>
>   <vcpus>
>     <vcpu id='0' hotpluggable='no' dirty_limit='10' order='1'.../>
>     <vcpu id='1' hotpluggable='yes' dirty_limit='10' order='2'.../>
>   </vcpus>
>   ...
> 
> The "dirty_limit" attribute in "vcpu" sub-element within "vcpus"
> element allows to set an upper limit for the individual vCPU. The
> value can be set dynamically by limit-dirty-page-rate API.
> 
> Note that the dirty limit feature is based on the dirty-ring
> feature, so it requires dirty-ring size configuration in XML.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hyman Huang(黄勇) <yong.huang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  docs/formatdomain.rst             |  7 ++++++-
>  src/conf/domain_conf.c            | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  src/conf/domain_conf.h            |  8 ++++++++
>  src/conf/domain_validate.c        | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  src/conf/schemas/domaincommon.rng |  5 +++++
>  5 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.rst b/docs/formatdomain.rst
> index bc469e5f9f..337b7ec9cc 100644
> --- a/docs/formatdomain.rst
> +++ b/docs/formatdomain.rst

> @@ -715,6 +715,11 @@ CPU Allocation
>     be enabled and non-hotpluggable. On PPC64 along with it vCPUs that are in the
>     same core need to be enabled as well. All non-hotpluggable CPUs present at
>     boot need to be grouped after vCPU 0. :since:`Since 2.2.0 (QEMU only)`
> +   ``dirty_limit`` :since:`Since 9.7.0 (QEMU and KVM only)`
> +   The optional attribute ``dirty_limit`` allows to set an upper limit (MB/s)
> +   of the dirty page rate for the vCPU. User can change the upper limit value
> +   dynamically by using ``limit-dirty-page-rate`` API. Require ``dirty-ring``
> +   size configured.

What scenarios would you want to apply such a limit ?

Is there to admins for sensible values to use when
setting this limit ?

What is the impact on the guest if it hits the limit ?
Is the snigle vCPU blocked for the remainder of some
timeslice, or are all vCPUs blocked ?

Does it even make sense to control this with different
values per-VCPU as opposed to a single value for the VM
as a whole ?

With regards,
Daniel
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