Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] conf: nodedev: Fill active_config at XML parse time

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On 4/17/24 10:12 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 09:58:10AM -0400, Cole Robinson wrote:
>> On 4/9/24 11:20 AM, Boris Fiuczynski wrote:
>>> On 4/9/24 16:56, Cole Robinson wrote:
>>>> Commit v10.0.0-265-ge67bca23e4 added a `active_config` and
>>>> `defined_config` to nodedev mdev internal XML handling.
>>>> `defined_config` can be filled at XML parse time, but `active_config`
>>>> must be filled in by nodedev driver. This wasn't implemented for the
>>>> test driver however, which caused virt-manager test suite regressions.
>>>>
>>>> Example before:
>>>>
>>>> ```
>>>> $ virsh --connect
>>>> test:///home/crobinso/src/virt-manager/tests/data/testdriver/testdriver.xml nodedev-dumpxml mdev_8e37ee90_2b51_45e3_9b25_bf8283c03110
>>>> <device>
>>>>    <name>mdev_8e37ee90_2b51_45e3_9b25_bf8283c03110</name>
>>>>   
>>>> <path>/sys/devices/css0/0.0.0023/8e37ee90-2b51-45e3-9b25-bf8283c03110</path>
>>>>    <parent>css_0_0_0023</parent>
>>>>    <capability type='mdev'>
>>>>      <type id='vfio_ccw-io'/>
>>>>      <iommuGroup number='0'/>
>>>>    </capability>
>>>> </device>
>>>> ```
>>>>
>>>> Example after:
>>>>
>>>> ```
>>>> $ virsh --connect
>>>> test:///home/crobinso/src/virt-manager/tests/data/testdriver/testdriver.xml nodedev-dumpxml mdev_8e37ee90_2b51_45e3_9b25_bf8283c03110
>>>> <device>
>>>>    <name>mdev_8e37ee90_2b51_45e3_9b25_bf8283c03110</name>
>>>>   
>>>> <path>/sys/devices/css0/0.0.0023/8e37ee90-2b51-45e3-9b25-bf8283c03110</path>
>>>>    <parent>css_0_0_0023</parent>
>>>>    <capability type='mdev'>
>>>>      <iommuGroup number='0'/>
>>>>    </capability>
>>>> </device>
>>>> ```
>>>>
>>>> Simplest solution is to fill in `active_config` at XML define time
>>>> as well. The real node_device driver already takes care to free any
>>>> `active_config` when it live updates this info, so we are safe there.
>>>
>>> I do not think that it is a good idea to hack the general code which
>>> creates in the real environments fake data.
>>>
>>
>> I can't tell how this affects real environments. Is there a place in the
>> udev driver where XML is parsed, and then active_config isn't explicitly
>> updated?
>>
>> If not, do you object to me pushing this with Michal's ACK? This is
>> causing some pain with virt-manager dev workflow
>>
>>> If your tests require active mdevs than the mocking code should set
>>> these active and also do the config copy.
>>>
>>
>> Obviously this can work but IMO it sets a bad precedent. If this
>> active/inactive_config structure is extended in the future, the test
>> driver syncing needs to be extended to match, or we need more plumbing
>> to share more of this
>>
>>
>> Personally I would have rather seen this implemented using ->newDef
>> pattern used by domain, network, storage. That's the closest thing to an
>> internal standard for handling differences between inactive config and
>> runtime config. ->def is copied to ->newDef at object startup time, and
>> the drivers change newDef as needed to reflect runtime state of the object.
> 
> Yes, if we need to store both active and inactive config information
> then I would strongly prefer to have the normal def+newDef pattern,
> so we can expose this difference in the APIs with an "INACTIVE" flag
> and --inactive virsh opt.

That is already implemented in git, by Boris. But it's implemented
without the newDef pattern

- Cole
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