8:47 a.m.
On 08.05.2020 18:41, Jim Fehlig wrote:
On 4/30/20 6:07 AM, Artur Puzio wrote:
> gfx_passthru xl.cfg option enables GPU specific quirks required for
> working
> Intel GPU passthru. Qemu (used for device model by xen) will refuse
> to start
> a VM when an IGD is passed, but this option was not set in Xen.
Do we really need to expose this setting to the user? I'm not really
sure what to think about it after reading the xl.cfg(5) man page. It
starts with
gfx_passthru=BOOLEAN|"STRING"
The setting can be a boolean or a string - nice. And it really seems
specific to Intel graphics cards. The man page claims that a value of
1 "Enables graphics device PCI passthrough and autodetects the type of
device which is being used.". It also says "Note that some graphics
cards (AMD/ATI cards, for example) do not necessarily require the
gfx_passthru option".
Can't libxl just enable this itself if there's a PCI passthrough
device and it's detected as type igd?
Regards,
Jim
Hi, sorry for slowish response.
Setting gfx_passthru to 1 as in this patch enables the autodetection
routines (it's equivalent to gfx_passthru=1 from xl.cfg). Currently
libxl handles only IGD. If there is no IGD specified at creation and
gfx_passthru is 1, autodetection routines will report an error
preventing domain creation. Relevant libxl code:
libxl_dm.c:1746
if (libxl_defbool_val(b_info->u.hvm.gfx_passthru)) {
enum libxl_gfx_passthru_kind gfx_passthru_kind =
libxl__detect_gfx_passthru_kind(gc,
guest_config);
switch (gfx_passthru_kind) {
case LIBXL_GFX_PASSTHRU_KIND_IGD:
machinearg = GCSPRINTF("%s,igd-passthru=on", machinearg);
break;
case LIBXL_GFX_PASSTHRU_KIND_DEFAULT:
LOGD(ERROR, guest_domid, "unable to detect required
gfx_passthru_kind");
return ERROR_FAIL;
default:
LOGD(ERROR, guest_domid, "invalid value for
gfx_passthru_kind");
return ERROR_INVAL;
}
}
libxl contains a function for checking if IGD is present. After some
testing I will send another version of this patch that will enable
gfx_passthru if there is a IGD attached.
Artur
>
> Signed-off-by: Artur Puzio <contact(a)puzio.waw.pl>
> ---
> docs/formatdomain.html.in | 7 +++++++
> docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng | 5 +++++
> src/conf/domain_conf.c | 4 ++++
> src/conf/domain_conf.h | 1 +
> src/libxl/libxl_conf.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> 5 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
> index 91d6f6c0d3..5307844a23 100644
> --- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
> +++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
> @@ -2064,6 +2064,7 @@
> <xen>
> <e820_host state='on'/>
> <passthrough state='on' mode='share_pt'/>
> + <gfx_passthru state='on'/>
> </xen>
> <pvspinlock state='on'/>
> <gic version='2'/>
> @@ -2270,6 +2271,12 @@
> <td>on, off; mode - optional string sync_pt or share_pt</td>
> <td><span
class="since">6.3.0</span></td>
> </tr>
> + <tr>
> + <td>gfx_passthru</td>
> + <td>Enable Intel GPU specific quirks. Required and allowed
> only when passing an IGD.</td>
> + <td>on, off</td>
> + <td><span
class="since">6.3.0</span></td>
> + </tr>
> </table>
> </dd>
> <dt><code>pmu</code></dt>
> diff --git a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
> b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
> index 9d60b090f3..7d8ea879a1 100644
> --- a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
> +++ b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
> @@ -6409,6 +6409,11 @@
> </optional>
> </element>
> </optional>
> + <optional>
> + <element name="gfx_passthru">
> + <ref name="featurestate"/>
> + </element>
> + </optional>
> </interleave>
> </element>
> </define>
> diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
> index 8a87586936..75f72ff64c 100644
> --- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
> +++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
> @@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainXen,
> VIR_DOMAIN_XEN_LAST,
> "e820_host",
> "passthrough",
> + "gfx_passthru"
> );
> VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainXenPassthroughMode,
> @@ -19649,6 +19650,7 @@ virDomainFeaturesDefParse(virDomainDefPtr def,
> switch ((virDomainXen) feature) {
> case VIR_DOMAIN_XEN_E820_HOST:
> + case VIR_DOMAIN_XEN_GFX_PASSTHRU:
> break;
> case VIR_DOMAIN_XEN_PASSTHROUGH:
> @@ -23579,6 +23581,7 @@
> virDomainDefFeaturesCheckABIStability(virDomainDefPtr src,
> }
> switch ((virDomainXen) i) {
> case VIR_DOMAIN_XEN_E820_HOST:
> + case VIR_DOMAIN_XEN_GFX_PASSTHRU:
> break;
> case VIR_DOMAIN_XEN_PASSTHROUGH:
> @@ -29235,6 +29238,7 @@ virDomainDefFormatFeatures(virBufferPtr buf,
> switch ((virDomainXen) j) {
> case VIR_DOMAIN_XEN_E820_HOST:
> + case VIR_DOMAIN_XEN_GFX_PASSTHRU:
> virBufferAddLit(&childBuf, "/>\n");
> break;
> case VIR_DOMAIN_XEN_PASSTHROUGH:
> diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
> index 4afd8f04bc..f28f0741ac 100644
> --- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
> +++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
> @@ -1867,6 +1867,7 @@ typedef enum {
> typedef enum {
> VIR_DOMAIN_XEN_E820_HOST = 0,
> VIR_DOMAIN_XEN_PASSTHROUGH,
> + VIR_DOMAIN_XEN_GFX_PASSTHRU,
> VIR_DOMAIN_XEN_LAST
> } virDomainXen;
> diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c b/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
> index 458dfc2399..a5605f6200 100644
> --- a/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
> +++ b/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
> @@ -679,6 +679,19 @@ libxlMakeDomBuildInfo(virDomainDefPtr def,
> return -1;
> }
> #endif
> + if (def->features[VIR_DOMAIN_FEATURE_XEN] ==
> VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON) {
> + switch ((virTristateSwitch)
> def->xen_features[VIR_DOMAIN_XEN_GFX_PASSTHRU]) {
> + case VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON:
> + libxl_defbool_set(&b_info->u.hvm.gfx_passthru,
> true);
> + break;
> + case VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_OFF:
> + libxl_defbool_set(&b_info->u.hvm.gfx_passthru,
> false);
> + break;
> + case VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ABSENT:
> + case VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_LAST:
> + break;
> + }
> + }
> } else if (pvh) {
> b_info->cmdline = g_strdup(def->os.cmdline);
> b_info->kernel = g_strdup(def->os.kernel);
>