This is in response to:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=629662
Explanation
qemu's virtio-net-pci driver allows setting the algorithm used for tx
packets to either "bh" or "timer". This is done by adding ",tx=bh" or
",tx=timer" to the "-device virtio-net-pci" commandline option.
'bh' stands for 'bottom half'; when this is set, packet tx is all done
in an iothread in the bottom half of the driver. (In libvirt, this
option is called the more descriptive "iothread".)
'timer' means that tx work is done in qemu, and if there is more tx
data than can be sent at the present time, a timer is set before qemu
moves on to do other things; when the timer fires, another attempt is
made to send more data. (libvirt retains the name "timer" for this
option.)
The resulting difference, according to the qemu developer who added
the option is:
bh makes tx more asynchronous and reduces latency, but potentially
causes more processor bandwidth contention since the cpu doing the
tx isn't necessarily the cpu where the guest generated the
packets.
Solution
This patch provides a libvirt domain xml knob to change the option on
the qemu commandline, by adding a new attribute "txmode" to the
<driver> element that can be placed inside any <interface> element in
a domain definition. It's use would be something like this:
<interface ...>
...
<model type='virtio'/>
<driver txmode='iothread'/>
...
</interface>
I chose to put this setting as an attribute to <driver> rather than as
a sub-element to <tune> because it is specific to the virtio-net
driver, not something that is generally usable by all network drivers.
(note that this is the same placement as the "driver name=..."
attribute used to choose kernel vs. userland backend for the
virtio-net driver.)
Actually adding the tx=xxx option to the qemu commandline is only done
if the version of qemu being used advertises it in the output of
qemu -device virtio-net-pci,?
If a particular txmode is requested in the XML, and the option isn't
listed in that help output, an UNSUPPORTED_CONFIG error is logged, and
the domain fails to start.
Adds <smartcard mode='passthrough' type='spicevmc'/>, which uses the
new <channel name='smartcard'/> of <graphics type='spice'>.
* docs/schemas/domain.rng: Support new XML.
* docs/formatdomain.html.in: Document it.
* src/conf/domain_conf.h (virDomainGraphicsSpiceChannelName): New
enum value.
(virDomainChrSpicevmcName): New enum.
(virDomainChrSourceDef): Distinguish spicevmc types.
* src/conf/domain_conf.c (virDomainGraphicsSpiceChannelName): Add
smartcard.
(virDomainSmartcardDefParseXML): Parse it.
(virDomainChrDefParseXML, virDomainSmartcardDefParseXML): Set
spicevmc name.
(virDomainChrSpicevmc): New enum conversion functions.
* src/libvirt_private.syms: Export new functions.
* src/qemu/qemu_command.c (qemuBuildChrChardevStr): Conditionalize
name.
* tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c (domain): New test.
* tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smartcard-passthrough-spicevmc.args:
New file.
* tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smartcard-passthrough-spicevmc.xml:
Likewise.
Inspired by https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615757
Add a new character device backend for virtio serial channels that
activates the QEMU spice agent on the main channel using the vdagent
spicevmc connection. The <target> must be type='virtio', and supports
an optional name that specifies how the guest will see the channel
(for now, name must be com.redhat.spice.0).
<channel type='spicevmc'>
<target type='virtio'/>
<address type='virtio-serial' controller='1' bus='0' port='3'/>
</channel>
* docs/schemas/domain.rng: Support new XML.
* docs/formatdomain.html.in: Document it.
* src/conf/domain_conf.h (virDomainChrType): New enum value.
* src/conf/domain_conf.c (virDomainChr): Add spicevmc.
(virDomainChrDefParseXML, virDomainChrSourceDefParseXML)
(virDomainChrDefParseTargetXML): Parse and enforce proper use.
(virDomainChrSourceDefFormat, virDomainChrDefFormat): Format.
* src/qemu/qemu_command.c (qemuBuildChrChardevStr)
(qemuBuildCommandLine): Add qemu support.
* tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c (domain): New test.
* tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-channel-spicevmc.xml: New
file.
* tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-channel-spicevmc.args:
Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Assuming a hypervisor that supports multiple smartcard devices in the
guest, this would be a valid XML description:
<devices>
<smartcard mode='host'/>
<smartcard mode='host-certificates'>
<certificate>/path/to/cert1</certificate>
<certificate>/path/to/cert2</certificate>
<certificate>/path/to/cert3</certificate>
</smartcard>
<smartcard mode='passthrough' type='tcp'>
<source mode='bind' host='127.0.0.1' service='2001'/>
<protocol type='raw'/>
</smartcard>
</devices>
(As of this commit, the qemu hypervisor will be the first
implementation, but it only supports one smartcard.)
* docs/formatdomain.html.in (Smartcard devices): New section.
* docs/schemas/domain.rng (smartcard): New define, used in
devices.
* tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smartcard-host.xml: New file
to test schema.
* tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smartcard-host-certificates.xml:
Likewise.
* tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smartcard-passthrough-tcp.xml:
Likewise.
* tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smartcard-controller.xml:
Likewise.
In QEMU, the card itself is a PCI device, but it requires a codec
(either -device hda-output or -device hda-duplex) to actually output
sound. Specifying <sound model='ich6'/> gives us -device intel-hda
-device hda-duplex I think it's important that a simple <sound model='ich6'/>
sets up a useful codec, to have consistent behavior with all other sound cards.
This is basically Dan's proposal of
<sound model='ich6'>
<codec type='output' slot='0'/>
<codec type='duplex' slot='3'/>
</sound>
without the codec bits implemented.
The important thing is to keep a consistent API here, we don't want some
<sound> devs require tweaking codecs but not others. Steps I see to
accomplishing this:
- every <sound> device has a <codec type='default'/> (unless codecs are
manually specified)
- <codec type='none'/> is required to specify 'no codecs'
- new audio settings like mic=on|off could then be exposed in
<sound> or <codec> in a consistent manner for all sound models
v2:
Use model='ich6'
v3:
Use feature detection, from eblake
Set codec id, bus, and cad values
v4:
intel-hda isn't supported if -device isn't available
v5:
Comment spelling fixes
QEMU supports serving VNC over a unix domain socket rather than traditional
TCP host/port. This is specified with:
<graphics type='vnc' socket='/foo/bar/baz'/>
This provides better security access control than VNC listening on
127.0.0.1, but will cause issues with tools that rely on the lax security
(virt-manager in fedora runs as regular user by default, and wouldn't be
able to access a socket owned by 'qemu' or 'root').
Also not currently supported by any clients, though I have patches for
virt-manager, and virt-viewer should be simple to update.
v2:
schema: Make listen vs. socket a <choice>
Currently, boot order can be specified per device class but there is no
way to specify exact disk/NIC device to boot from.
This patch adds <boot order='N'/> element which can be used inside
<disk/> and <interface/>. This is incompatible with the older os/boot
element. Since not all hypervisors support per-device boot
specification, new deviceboot flag is included in capabilities XML for
hypervisors which understand the new boot element. Presence of the flag
allows (but doesn't require) users to use the new style boot order
specification.
The xml watchdog dump option is converted to qemu watchdog pause arg
but it is not reasonable to convert it back from qemu watchdog pause
arg since there already is a xml watchdog pause option, so a test for
the dump option to convert it from arg to xml is not added.
This extends the SPICE XML to allow channel security options
<graphics type='spice' port='-1' tlsPort='-1' autoport='yes'>
<channel name='main' mode='secure'/>
<channel name='record' mode='insecure'/>
</graphics>
Any non-specified channel uses the default, which allows both
secure & insecure usage
* src/conf/domain_conf.c, src/conf/domain_conf.h,
src/libvirt_private.syms: Add XML syntax for specifying per
channel security options for spice.
* src/qemu/qemu_conf.c: Configure channel security with spice
This extends the XML syntax for <graphics> to allow a password
expiry time to be set
eg
<graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes' keymap='en-us' passwd='12345' passwdValidTo='2010-04-09T15:51:00'/>
The timestamp is in UTC.
* src/conf/domain_conf.h: Pull passwd out into separate struct
virDomainGraphicsAuthDef to allow sharing between VNC & SPICE
* src/conf/domain_conf.c: Add parsing/formatting of new passwdValidTo
argument
* src/opennebula/one_conf.c, src/qemu/qemu_conf.c, src/qemu/qemu_driver.c,
src/xen/xend_internal.c, src/xen/xm_internal.c: Update for changed
struct containing VNC password
This adds an element
<graphics type='spice' port='5903' tlsPort='5904' autoport='yes' listen='127.0.0.1'/>
This is the bare minimum that should be exposed in the guest
config for SPICE. Other parameters are better handled as per
host level configuration tunables
* docs/schemas/domain.rng: Define the SPICE <graphics> schema
* src/domain_conf.h, src/domain_conf.c: Add parsing and formatting
for SPICE graphics config
* src/qemu_conf.c: Complain about unsupported graphics types
* src/qemu_conf.c: Add dummy entry in enumeration
* docs/schemas/domain.rng: Add 'qxl' as a type for the <video> tag
* src/domain_conf.c, src/domain_conf.h: Add QXL to video type
enumerations
Syntax agreed on in
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2010-September/msg00476.html
<domain ...>
<vcpu current='x'>y</vcpu>
...
can now be used to specify 1 <= x <= y current vcpus, in relation
to the boot-time max of y vcpus. If current is omitted, then
current and max are assumed to be the same value.
* docs/schemas/domain.rng: Add new attribute.
* docs/formatdomain.html.in: Document it.
* tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smp.xml: Add to
domainschematest.
* tests/xml2sexprdata/xml2sexpr-pv-vcpus.xml: Likewise.
* docs/formatdomain.html.in: Add memtune element details, added min_guarantee
* src/libvirt.c: Update virDomainGetMemoryParameters api description, make
it more clear that the user first needs to call the api to get the number
of parameters supported and then call again to get the values.
* tools/virsh.pod: Add usage of new command memtune in virsh manpage
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=623903 documents a qemu
bug that causes libvirt to hang if virt-manager happens to be
querying balloon info when a guest is paused. Until the qemu bug
is fixed, people need to know how to avoid the issue.
* docs/formatdomain.html.in (Memory balloon device): Mention
model='none'.
To enable the CPU XML from the capabilities to be pasted directly
into the guest XML with no editing, pick a sensible default for
match and feature policy. The CPU match will be exact and the
feature policy will be require. This should ensure safety for
migration and give DWIM semantics for users
* src/conf/cpu_conf.c: Default to exact match and require policy
* docs/formatdomain.html.in: Document new defaults
Since version 4.1 ESX(i) can expose virtual serial devices over TCP.
Add support in the VMX handling code for this, add test cases to cover
it and add links to some documentation.
ESX supports two additional protocols: TELNETS and TLS. Add them to
the list of serial-over-TCP protocols.
The <vcpu cpuset=...> attribute has been available since commit
e193b5dd, but without documentation or RNG validation.
* docs/schemas/domain.rng (vcpu): Further validate cpuset.
* docs/formatdomain.html.in: Document it.
* src/conf/domain_conf.c: Fix typos.
Xen supports on_crash actions coredump-{destroy,restart}. libvirt
cannot parse config returned by xend that contains either of these
actions
xen52 # xm li -l test | grep on_crash
(on_crash coredump-restart)
xen52 # virsh dumpxml test
error: internal error unknown lifecycle type coredump-restart
This patch adds a new virDomainLifecycleCrash enum and appends
the new options to existing destroy, restart, preserve, and
rename-restart options.
Add documentation for features added a while ago.
* docs/formatdomain.html.in (Time keeping): Update documentation
of <clock> element to match 0.8.0 addition.
Add a new element to the <os> block:
<bootmenu enable="yes|no"/>
Which maps to -boot,menu=on|off on the QEMU command line.
I decided to use an explicit 'enable' attribute rather than just make the
bootmenu element boolean. This allows us to treat lack of a bootmenu element
as 'use hypervisor default'.
By specifying <vendor> element in CPU requirements a guest can be
restricted to run only on CPUs by a given vendor. Host CPU vendor is
also specified in capabilities XML.
The vendor is checked when migrating a guest but it's not forced, i.e.,
guests configured without <vendor> element can be freely migrated.
In the documentation mention that the direct device support is there
since libvirt 0.7.7. A Linux kernel 2.6.34 is required for macvtap to be
available as standard device.
The description mismatched the actual structure since the video element
was introduced. The nvram attribute is actually called vram. Specify the
unit of the vram attribute.
