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PCI addresses in domain XML and guest OS
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.. contents::
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When discussing PCI addresses, it's important to understand the
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relationship between the addresses that can be seen in the domain XML
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and those that are visible inside the guest OS.
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Simple cases
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============
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When the PCI topology of the VM is very simple, the PCI addresses
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will usually match.
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For example, the domain XML snippet
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::
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<controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/>
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<controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-root-port'>
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<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
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<target chassis='1' port='0x8'/>
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<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
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</controller>
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<interface type='network'>
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<source network='default'/>
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<model type='virtio'/>
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<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
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</interface>
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will result in the PCI topology
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::
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0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller
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0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Red Hat, Inc. QEMU PCIe Root port
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0000:01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Red Hat, Inc. Virtio network device (rev 01)
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showing up in the guest OS.
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The PCI address of the ``virtio-net`` adapter, ``0000:01:00.0``, is
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the same in both cases, so there's no confusion.
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More complex cases
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==================
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In more complex cases, the PCI address visible in the domain XML will
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correlate to the one seen by the guest OS in a less obvious way.
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pcie-expander-bus
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-----------------
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This fairly uncommon device, which can be used with ``x86_64/q35``
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guests, will help illustrate one such scenario.
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For example, the domain XML snippet
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::
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<controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/>
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<controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-expander-bus'>
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<model name='pxb-pcie'/>
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<target busNr='254'/>
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<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
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</controller>
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<controller type='pci' index='2' model='pcie-root-port'>
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<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
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<target chassis='2' port='0x0'/>
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<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
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</controller>
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<interface type='network'>
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<source network='default'/>
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<model type='virtio'/>
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<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
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</interface>
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will result in the PCI topology
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::
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0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller
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0000:00:01.0 Host bridge: Red Hat, Inc. QEMU PCIe Expander bridge
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0000:fe:00.0 PCI bridge: Red Hat, Inc. QEMU PCIe Root port
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0000:ff:00.0 Ethernet controller: Red Hat, Inc. Virtio network device (rev 01)
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showing up in the guest OS.
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This time the addresses don't match: this is because the ``busNr``
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property for the ``pcie-expander-bus`` controller causes it to show
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up as bus 254 (``0xfe`` in hexadecimal) instead of bus 1 as one might
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expect based on its ``index`` property.
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How can the domain XML shown above work at all, then? Surely the
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``pcie-root-port`` controller and the ``virtio-net`` adapter should
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use ``bus=0xfe`` and ``bus=0xff`` respectively for the configuration
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to be accepted by libvirt?
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As it turns out, that's not the case. The reason for this is that
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QEMU, and consequently libvirt, uses the ``bus`` property of a
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device's PCI address only to match it with the PCI controller that
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has the same ``index`` property, and not to set the actual PCI
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address, which is decided by the guest OS.
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So, by looking at the XML snippet above, we can see that the
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``virtio-net`` adapter plugs into the ``pcie-root-port`` controller,
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which plugs into the ``pcie-expander-bus`` controller, which plugs
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into ``pcie-root``: the guest OS sees the same topology, but assigns
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different PCI addresses to some of its component.
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The takeaway is that the *relationship* between controllers are the
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very same whether you look at the domain XML or at the guest OS, but
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the *actual PCI addresses* are not guaranteed to match and in fact,
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except for the very simplest cases, they usually will not.
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spapr-pci-host-bridge
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---------------------
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This device, which is unique to ``ppc64/pseries`` guests, will help
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illustrate another scenario.
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For example, the domain XML snippet
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<controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
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<model name='spapr-pci-host-bridge'/>
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<target index='0'/>
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</controller>
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<controller type='pci' index='1' model='pci-root'>
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<model name='spapr-pci-host-bridge'/>
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<target index='1'/>
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</controller>
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<interface type='network'>
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<source network='default'/>
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<model type='virtio'/>
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<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
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</interface>
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will result in the PCI topology
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::
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0001:00:01.0 Ethernet controller: Red Hat, Inc. Virtio network device
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showing up in the guest OS. Note that the two
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``spapr-pci-host-bridge`` controllers are not listed.
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This time, in addition to the bus not matching just like in the
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previous example, the interesting part is that the domain doesn't
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match either: this is because each ``spapr-pci-host-bridge``
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controller creates a separate PCI domain.
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Once again, while the PCI addresses seen in the domain XML and those
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seen by the guest OS do not match, the relationships between the
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various devices are preserved.
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Device assignment
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=================
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When using VFIO to assign host devices to a guest, an additional
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caveat to keep in mind that the guest OS will base its decisions upon
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the *target address* (guest side) rather than the *source address*
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(host side).
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For example, the domain XML snippet
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<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
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<driver name='vfio'/>
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<source>
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<address domain='0x0001' bus='0x08' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
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</source>
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<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
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</hostdev>
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will result in the device showing up as ``0000:00:01.0`` in the
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guest OS rather than as ``0001:08:00.1``, which is the address of the
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device on the host.
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Of course, all the rules and behaviors described above still apply.
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zPCI addresses
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For s390x machines, PCI addresses are handled yet differently. No
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topology information is relayed in the PCI addresses; instead, the
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``fid`` and ``uid`` elements of the ``zpci`` device convey information.
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In the simplest case, the following XML snippet
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<controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
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<controller type='pci' index='1' model='pci-bridge'>
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<model name='pci-bridge'/>
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<target chassisNr='1'/>
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<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'>
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<zpci uid='0x0002' fid='0x00000001'/>
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</address>
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</controller>
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<interface type='bridge'>
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<mac address='02:ca:fe:fa:ce:04'/>
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<source bridge='virbr0'/>
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<model type='virtio'/>
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<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x01' function='0x0'>
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<zpci uid='0x0001' fid='0x00000000'/>
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</address>
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</interface>
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will result in the following in a Linux guest:
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::
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0001:00:00.0 Ethernet controller: Red Hat, Inc. Virtio network device
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Note that the PCI bridge is not visible in the guest; s390x always has a flat
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topology.
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Neither are any changes in the PCI address visible in the guest; replacing
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the PCI address for the ``virtio-net`` device with
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<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x07' function='0x3'>
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will result in the exactly same view in the guest, as the addresses there
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are generated from the information provided via the ``zpci`` element (in
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fact, from the ``uid``).
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Therefore, replacing the virtio-net device definition with the following XML
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snippet
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<interface type='bridge'>
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<mac address='02:ca:fe:fa:ce:04'/>
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<source bridge='virbr0'/>
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<model type='virtio'/>
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<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x07' function='0x3'>
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<zpci uid='0x0007' fid='0x00000003'/>
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</address>
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</interface>
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will yield the following result in a Linux guest:
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0007:00:00.0 Ethernet controller: Red Hat, Inc. Virtio network device
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