vmm: Add "prefault" option when restoring

Now that the restore path uses RestoreConfig structure, we add a new
parameter called "prefault" to it. This will give the user the ability
to populate the pages corresponding to the mapped regions backed by the
snapshotted memory files.

Signed-off-by: Sebastien Boeuf <sebastien.boeuf@intel.com>

vmm/src/config.rs

@@ -1117,23 +1117,34 @@ impl VsockConfig {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct RestoreConfig {
     pub source_url: PathBuf,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub prefault: bool,
 }
 
 impl RestoreConfig {
     pub const SYNTAX: &'static str = "Restore from a VM snapshot. \
-        Restore parameters \"source_url=<source_url>\" \
-        source_url should be a valid URL (e.g file:///foo/bar or tcp://192.168.1.10/foo)";
+        \nRestore parameters \"source_url=<source_url>,prefault=on|off\" \
+        \n`source_url` should be a valid URL (e.g file:///foo/bar or tcp://192.168.1.10/foo) \
+        \n`prefault` brings memory pages in when enabled (disabled by default)";
     pub fn parse(restore: &str) -> Result<Self> {
         let mut parser = OptionParser::new();
-        parser.add("source_url");
+        parser.add("source_url").add("prefault");
         parser.parse(restore).map_err(Error::ParseRestore)?;
 
         let source_url = parser
             .get("source_url")
             .map(PathBuf::from)
             .ok_or(Error::ParseRestoreSourceUrlMissing)?;
+        let prefault = parser
+            .convert::<Toggle>("prefault")
+            .map_err(Error::ParseRestore)?
+            .unwrap_or(Toggle(false))
+            .0;
 
-        Ok(RestoreConfig { source_url })
+        Ok(RestoreConfig {
+            source_url,
+            prefault,
+        })
     }
 }
 

vmm/src/lib.rs

@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ impl Vmm {
             reset_evt,
             self.vmm_path.clone(),
             source_url,
+            restore_cfg.prefault,
         )?;
         self.vm = Some(vm);
 

vmm/src/memory_manager.rs

@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ impl MemoryManager {
         fd: Arc<VmFd>,
         config: &MemoryConfig,
         source_url: &str,
+        prefault: bool,
     ) -> Result<Arc<Mutex<MemoryManager>>, Error> {
         let url = Url::parse(source_url).unwrap();
         /* url must be valid dir which is verified in recv_vm_snapshot() */
@@ -419,7 +420,7 @@ impl MemoryManager {
             // allows for a faster VM restoration and does not require us to
             // fill the memory content, hence we can return right away.
             if config.file.is_none() {
-                return MemoryManager::new(fd, config, Some(ext_regions), false);
+                return MemoryManager::new(fd, config, Some(ext_regions), prefault);
             };
 
             let memory_manager = MemoryManager::new(fd, config, None, false)?;

vmm/src/vm.rs

@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ impl Vm {
         reset_evt: EventFd,
         vmm_path: PathBuf,
         source_url: &str,
+        prefault: bool,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         let (kvm, fd) = Vm::kvm_new()?;
         let config = vm_config_from_snapshot(snapshot).map_err(Error::Restore)?;
@@ -400,6 +401,7 @@ impl Vm {
                 fd.clone(),
                 &config.lock().unwrap().memory.clone(),
                 source_url,
+                prefault,
             )
             .map_err(Error::MemoryManager)?
         } else {