[libvirt] Supporting vhost-net and macvtap in libvirt for QEMU
by Anthony Liguori
Disclaimer: I am neither an SR-IOV nor a vhost-net expert, but I've CC'd
people that are who can throw tomatoes at me for getting bits wrong :-)
I wanted to start a discussion about supporting vhost-net in libvirt.
vhost-net has not yet been merged into qemu but I expect it will be soon
so it's a good time to start this discussion.
There are two modes worth supporting for vhost-net in libvirt. The
first mode is where vhost-net backs to a tun/tap device. This is
behaves in very much the same way that -net tap behaves in qemu today.
Basically, the difference is that the virtio backend is in the kernel
instead of in qemu so there should be some performance improvement.
Current, libvirt invokes qemu with -net tap,fd=X where X is an already
open fd to a tun/tap device. I suspect that after we merge vhost-net,
libvirt could support vhost-net in this mode by just doing -net
vhost,fd=X. I think the only real question for libvirt is whether to
provide a user visible switch to use vhost or to just always use vhost
when it's available and it makes sense. Personally, I think the later
makes sense.
The more interesting invocation of vhost-net though is one where the
vhost-net device backs directly to a physical network card. In this
mode, vhost should get considerably better performance than the current
implementation. I don't know the syntax yet, but I think it's
reasonable to assume that it will look something like -net
tap,dev=eth0. The effect will be that eth0 is dedicated to the guest.
On most modern systems, there is a small number of network devices so
this model is not all that useful except when dealing with SR-IOV
adapters. In that case, each physical device can be exposed as many
virtual devices (VFs). There are a few restrictions here though. The
biggest is that currently, you can only change the number of VFs by
reloading a kernel module so it's really a parameter that must be set at
startup time.
I think there are a few ways libvirt could support vhost-net in this
second mode. The simplest would be to introduce a new tag similar to
<source network='br0'>. In fact, if you probed the device type for the
network parameter, you could probably do something like <source
network='eth0'> and have it Just Work.
Another model would be to have libvirt see an SR-IOV adapter as a
network pool whereas it handled all of the VF management. Considering
how inflexible SR-IOV is today, I'm not sure whether this is the best model.
Has anyone put any more thought into this problem or how this should be
modeled in libvirt? Michael, could you share your current thinking for
-net syntax?
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Regards,
Anthony Liguori
1 year
[libvirt] Libvirt multi queue support
by Naor Shlomo
Hello experts,
Could anyone please tell me if Multi Queue it fully supported in Libvirt and if so what version contains it?
Thanks,
Naor
8 years, 5 months
[libvirt] [PATCH] qemu: Fix seamless SPICE migration
by Martin Kletzander
Since the wait is done during migration (still inside
QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_MIGRATION_OUT), the code should enter the monitor as such
in order to prohibit all other jobs from interfering in the meantime.
This patch fixes bug #1009886 in which qemuDomainGetBlockInfo was
waiting on the monitor condition and after GetSpiceMigrationStatus
mangled its internal data, the daemon crashed.
Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1009886
Signed-off-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan(a)redhat.com>
---
src/qemu/qemu_migration.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index d7b89fc..3a1aab7 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -1595,7 +1595,10 @@ qemuMigrationWaitForSpice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
/* Poll every 50ms for progress & to allow cancellation */
struct timespec ts = { .tv_sec = 0, .tv_nsec = 50 * 1000 * 1000ull };
- qemuDomainObjEnterMonitor(driver, vm);
+ if (qemuDomainObjEnterMonitorAsync(driver, vm,
+ QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_MIGRATION_OUT) < 0)
+ return -1;
+
if (qemuMonitorGetSpiceMigrationStatus(priv->mon,
&spice_migrated) < 0) {
qemuDomainObjExitMonitor(driver, vm);
--
1.8.3.2
10 years, 8 months
[libvirt] [PATCH] qemu: add PCI-multibus support for ppc
by Olivia Yin
Signed-off-by: Olivia Yin <hong-hua.yin(a)freescale.com>
---
src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 7bc1ebc..7d7791d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -2209,6 +2209,11 @@ virQEMUCapsInitHelp(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps, uid_t runUid, gid_t runGid)
virQEMUCapsClear(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_NO_ACPI);
}
+ /* ppc support PCI-multibus */
+ if (qemuCaps->arch == VIR_ARCH_PPC) {
+ virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_PCI_MULTIBUS);
+ }
+
/* virQEMUCapsExtractDeviceStr will only set additional caps if qemu
* understands the 0.13.0+ notion of "-device driver,". */
if (virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE) &&
@@ -2450,6 +2455,11 @@ virQEMUCapsInitQMP(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_NO_ACPI);
}
+ /* ppc support PCI-multibus */
+ if (qemuCaps->arch == VIR_ARCH_PPC) {
+ virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_PCI_MULTIBUS);
+ }
+
if (virQEMUCapsProbeQMPCommands(qemuCaps, mon) < 0)
goto cleanup;
if (virQEMUCapsProbeQMPEvents(qemuCaps, mon) < 0)
--
1.6.4
10 years, 8 months
[libvirt] Add patches to allow users to join running containers.
by dwalsh@redhat.com
[PATCH 1/2] Add virGetUserDirectoryByUID to retrieve users homedir
[PATCH 2/2] virt-login-shell joins users into lxc container.
This patch implements most of the changes suggested by Dan Berrange and
Eric Blake.
Some replies to suggested changes.
Removed mingw-libvirt.spec.in changes since virt lxc probably can not be
supported in Windows. Not sure if I need to make changes so my code will not
build on that platform.
Did not make the changes to install virt-login-shell as 4755 automatically.
I guess I want a more firm, make that change request...
I did not make a helper function to parse a list of strings out of conf file.
The getuid and getgid calls return the user that executed the program, when the app is setuid geteuid and getegid return "0". I believe getuid and getgid are correct.
Added virt-login-shell --help, not sure what --program would do?
The program is hard coded to LXC because there is no way that I know of for a ZZ
process to join a running qemu instance.
I have heard back from one security review from Miloslav Trmac, who had similar comments as Eric.
10 years, 10 months
[libvirt] [PATCH 00/14] Fix flaw in virt-login-shell CVE-2013-4400
by Daniel P. Berrange
From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange(a)redhat.com>
The following series of patches have been pushed to master as a
fix for CVE-2013-4400.
The first four patches are the core fix. The remaining 10 patches
are preventative measures to help avoid further problems in the
future.
I will be pushing at least the first 4 patches to stable branches
and any of the further patches if I find they apply without merge
problems.
Daniel P. Berrange (14):
Add helpers for getting env vars in a setuid environment
Only allow 'stderr' log output when running setuid (CVE-2013-4400)
Close all non-stdio FDs in virt-login-shell (CVE-2013-4400)
Don't link virt-login-shell against libvirt.so (CVE-2013-4400)
Set a sane $PATH for virt-login-shell
Make virCommand env handling robust in setuid env
Remove all direct use of getenv
Block all use of getenv with syntax-check
Only allow the UNIX transport in remote driver when setuid
Don't allow remote driver daemon autostart when running setuid
Add stub getegid impl for platforms lacking it
Remove (nearly) all use of getuid()/getgid()
Block all use of libvirt.so in setuid programs
Move virt-login-shell into libvirt-login-shell sub-RPM
Makefile.am | 1 +
bootstrap.conf | 1 +
cfg.mk | 8 ++++
config-post.h | 44 ++++++++++++++++++
configure.ac | 1 +
daemon/Makefile.am | 1 +
daemon/libvirtd.c | 2 +-
examples/domain-events/events-c/Makefile.am | 3 +-
examples/hellolibvirt/Makefile.am | 2 +-
examples/openauth/Makefile.am | 2 +-
gnulib/lib/Makefile.am | 2 +-
libvirt.spec.in | 28 +++++++----
python/Makefile.am | 1 +
src/Makefile.am | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/driver.c | 3 +-
src/libvirt.c | 54 +++++++++++++++-------
src/libvirt_private.syms | 6 ++-
src/locking/lock_daemon.c | 6 +--
src/locking/lock_driver_lockd.c | 6 +--
src/locking/lock_manager.c | 2 +-
src/lxc/lxc_controller.c | 2 +-
src/lxc/lxc_driver.c | 4 +-
src/lxc/lxc_process.c | 2 +-
src/qemu/qemu_command.c | 8 ++--
src/qemu/qemu_driver.c | 6 +--
src/remote/remote_driver.c | 37 +++++++++++----
src/rpc/virnetsocket.c | 16 +++----
src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c | 4 +-
src/storage/storage_backend.c | 4 +-
src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c | 4 +-
src/storage/storage_backend_logical.c | 2 +-
src/util/virauth.c | 2 +-
src/util/vircommand.c | 50 +++++++++++++++-----
src/util/vircommand.h | 8 +++-
src/util/virfile.c | 23 +++++----
src/util/viridentity.c | 8 ++--
src/util/virlog.c | 18 ++++++--
src/util/virrandom.c | 2 +-
src/util/virstoragefile.c | 2 +-
src/util/virutil.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++--
src/util/virutil.h | 8 ++++
src/vbox/vbox_XPCOMCGlue.c | 2 +-
src/vbox/vbox_driver.c | 2 +-
src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c | 6 +--
tests/commandtest.c | 8 ++--
tests/qemumonitortestutils.c | 2 +-
tests/virnetsockettest.c | 4 +-
tools/Makefile.am | 9 +++-
tools/virsh.c | 18 ++++----
tools/virt-login-shell.c | 14 ++++++
50 files changed, 430 insertions(+), 137 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 config-post.h
--
1.8.3.1
10 years, 11 months