[PATCH v8 4/5] migration: Deprecate block migration

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It is obsolete.  It is better to use driver-mirror with NBD instead.

CC: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Eric Blake <eblake@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Hanna Czenczek <hreitz@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 docs/about/deprecated.rst | 10 ++++++++++
 qapi/migration.json       | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 migration/block.c         |  3 +++
 migration/options.c       |  9 ++++++++-
 4 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 98b0f14e69..7ae872162d 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -478,3 +478,13 @@ Use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead.
 As an intermediate step the ``blk`` functionality can be achieved by
 setting the ``block`` migration capability to ``true``.  But this
 capability is also deprecated.
+
+block migration (since 8.2)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+Block migration is too inflexible.  It needs to migrate all block
+devices or none.
+
+Please see "QMP invocation for live storage migration with
+``blockdev-mirror`` + NBD" in docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst
+for a detailed explanation.
diff --git a/qapi/migration.json b/qapi/migration.json
index 3765c2b662..e3b00a215b 100644
--- a/qapi/migration.json
+++ b/qapi/migration.json
@@ -269,11 +269,15 @@
 #     average memory load of the virtual CPU indirectly.  Note that
 #     zero means guest doesn't dirty memory.  (Since 8.1)
 #
+# Features:
+#
+# @deprecated: Member @disk is deprecated because block migration is.
+#
 # Since: 0.14
 ##
 { 'struct': 'MigrationInfo',
   'data': {'*status': 'MigrationStatus', '*ram': 'MigrationStats',
-           '*disk': 'MigrationStats',
+           '*disk': { 'type': 'MigrationStats', 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] },
            '*vfio': 'VfioStats',
            '*xbzrle-cache': 'XBZRLECacheStats',
            '*total-time': 'int',
@@ -525,6 +529,9 @@
 #
 # Features:
 #
+# @deprecated: Member @block is deprecated.  Use blockdev-mirror with
+#     NBD instead.
+#
 # @unstable: Members @x-colo and @x-ignore-shared are experimental.
 #
 # Since: 1.2
@@ -534,7 +541,8 @@
            'compress', 'events', 'postcopy-ram',
            { 'name': 'x-colo', 'features': [ 'unstable' ] },
            'release-ram',
-           'block', 'return-path', 'pause-before-switchover', 'multifd',
+           { 'name': 'block', 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] },
+           'return-path', 'pause-before-switchover', 'multifd',
            'dirty-bitmaps', 'postcopy-blocktime', 'late-block-activate',
            { 'name': 'x-ignore-shared', 'features': [ 'unstable' ] },
            'validate-uuid', 'background-snapshot',
@@ -835,6 +843,9 @@
 #
 # Features:
 #
+# @deprecated: Member @block-incremental is deprecated.  Use
+#     blockdev-mirror with NBD instead.
+#
 # @unstable: Members @x-checkpoint-delay and @x-vcpu-dirty-limit-period
 #     are experimental.
 #
@@ -850,7 +861,7 @@
            'tls-creds', 'tls-hostname', 'tls-authz', 'max-bandwidth',
            'avail-switchover-bandwidth', 'downtime-limit',
            { 'name': 'x-checkpoint-delay', 'features': [ 'unstable' ] },
-           'block-incremental',
+           { 'name': 'block-incremental', 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] },
            'multifd-channels',
            'xbzrle-cache-size', 'max-postcopy-bandwidth',
            'max-cpu-throttle', 'multifd-compression',
@@ -1011,6 +1022,9 @@
 #
 # Features:
 #
+# @deprecated: Member @block-incremental is deprecated.  Use
+#     blockdev-mirror with NBD instead.
+#
 # @unstable: Members @x-checkpoint-delay and @x-vcpu-dirty-limit-period
 #     are experimental.
 #
@@ -1040,7 +1054,8 @@
             '*downtime-limit': 'uint64',
             '*x-checkpoint-delay': { 'type': 'uint32',
                                      'features': [ 'unstable' ] },
-            '*block-incremental': 'bool',
+            '*block-incremental': { 'type': 'bool',
+                                    'features': [ 'deprecated' ] },
             '*multifd-channels': 'uint8',
             '*xbzrle-cache-size': 'size',
             '*max-postcopy-bandwidth': 'size',
@@ -1225,6 +1240,9 @@
 #
 # Features:
 #
+# @deprecated: Member @block-incremental is deprecated.  Use
+#     blockdev-mirror with NBD instead.
+#
 # @unstable: Members @x-checkpoint-delay and @x-vcpu-dirty-limit-period
 #     are experimental.
 #
@@ -1251,7 +1269,8 @@
             '*downtime-limit': 'uint64',
             '*x-checkpoint-delay': { 'type': 'uint32',
                                      'features': [ 'unstable' ] },
-            '*block-incremental': 'bool',
+            '*block-incremental': { 'type': 'bool',
+                                    'features': [ 'deprecated' ] },
             '*multifd-channels': 'uint8',
             '*xbzrle-cache-size': 'size',
             '*max-postcopy-bandwidth': 'size',
diff --git a/migration/block.c b/migration/block.c
index b60698d6e2..acffe88f84 100644
--- a/migration/block.c
+++ b/migration/block.c
@@ -731,6 +731,9 @@ static int block_save_setup(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
     trace_migration_block_save("setup", block_mig_state.submitted,
                                block_mig_state.transferred);
 
+    warn_report("block migration is deprecated;"
+                " use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead");
+
     ret = init_blk_migration(f);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
diff --git a/migration/options.c b/migration/options.c
index 42fb818956..a753eae438 100644
--- a/migration/options.c
+++ b/migration/options.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "exec/target_page.h"
 #include "qapi/clone-visitor.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
@@ -473,10 +474,14 @@ bool migrate_caps_check(bool *old_caps, bool *new_caps, Error **errp)
     if (new_caps[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_BLOCK]) {
         error_setg(errp, "QEMU compiled without old-style (blk/-b, inc/-i) "
                    "block migration");
-        error_append_hint(errp, "Use drive_mirror+NBD instead.\n");
+        error_append_hint(errp, "Use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead.\n");
         return false;
     }
 #endif
+    if (new_caps[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_BLOCK]) {
+        warn_report("block migration is deprecated;"
+                    " use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead");
+    }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_REPLICATION
     if (new_caps[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_X_COLO]) {
@@ -1386,6 +1391,8 @@ static void migrate_params_apply(MigrateSetParameters *params, Error **errp)
     }
 
     if (params->has_block_incremental) {
+        warn_report("block migration is deprecated;"
+                    " use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead");
         s->parameters.block_incremental = params->block_incremental;
     }
     if (params->has_multifd_channels) {
-- 
2.41.0




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