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[PATCH v6] qapi: net: deprecate vhostforce option
by Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy 18 Feb '26

18 Feb '26

This option for tap and vhost-user netdevs doesn't make sense since long ago (10 years!), starting from commits: 1e7398a140f7a6 ("vhost: enable vhost without without MSI-X") 24f938a682d934 ("vhost user:support vhost user nic for non msi guests") Prior these commits, to enable kernel vhost-net, or vhost-user-net for some specific kind of guests (that don't have MSI-X support), you should have set vhostforce=on. Now guest type doesn't matter, all guests are equal for these options logic. For tap the current logic is: vhost=on / vhost=off : vhostforce ignored, doesn't make sense vhost unset : vhostforce counts, enabling vhost So you may enable vhost for tap several ways: - vhost=on - vhostforce=on - vhost=on + vhostforce=on - and even vhost=on + vhostforce=off - they are all equal. For vhost-user we simply ignore the vhostforce option at all in the code. Let's finally deprecate the extra options. Also, fix @vhostforce documentation everywhere to show the real picture, and update vhost-user test to not use deprecated option. While updating command line options, drop "experimental" word from "experimental in kernel accelerator". vhost-net is in production for years. Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov(a)yandex-team.ru> Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru(a)redhat.com> --- v6: - update numbers 10.2 -> 11.0 - add r-b by Markus docs/about/deprecated.rst | 11 +++++++++++ qapi/net.json | 18 ++++++++++++++---- qemu-options.hx | 13 +++++-------- tests/qtest/vhost-user-test.c | 2 +- 4 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 03e29915f0..3f97392a45 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -498,6 +498,17 @@ Backend ``memory`` (since 9.0) ``memory`` is a deprecated synonym for ``ringbuf``. +TAP ``vhostforce`` (since 11.0) +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The ``vhostforce`` option is redundant with the ``vhost`` option. +If they conflict, ``vhost`` takes precedence. Just use ``vhost``. + +Vhost-user ``vhostforce`` (since 11.0) +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The ``vhostforce`` option is a no-op. Do not use it. + CPU device properties ''''''''''''''''''''' diff --git a/qapi/net.json b/qapi/net.json index 118bd34965..9a00d578e9 100644 --- a/qapi/net.json +++ b/qapi/net.json @@ -348,13 +348,18 @@ # @vhostfds: file descriptors of multiple already opened vhost net # devices # -# @vhostforce: vhost on for non-MSIX virtio guests +# @vhostforce: enable vhost-net network accelerator. Ignored when +# @vhost is set. # # @queues: number of queues to be created for multiqueue capable tap # # @poll-us: maximum number of microseconds that could be spent on busy # polling for tap (since 2.7) # +# Features: +# +# @deprecated: Member @vhostforce is deprecated. Use @vhost instead. +# # Since: 1.2 ## { 'struct': 'NetdevTapOptions', @@ -371,7 +376,7 @@ '*vhost': 'bool', '*vhostfd': 'str', '*vhostfds': 'str', - '*vhostforce': 'bool', + '*vhostforce': { 'type': 'bool', 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] }, '*queues': 'uint32', '*poll-us': 'uint32'} } @@ -610,17 +615,22 @@ # # @chardev: name of a unix socket chardev # -# @vhostforce: vhost on for non-MSIX virtio guests (default: false). +# @vhostforce: silently ignored, exists just for backward +# compatibility. # # @queues: number of queues to be created for multiqueue vhost-user # (default: 1) (Since 2.5) # +# Features: +# +# @deprecated: Member @vhostforce is deprecated. +# # Since: 2.1 ## { 'struct': 'NetdevVhostUserOptions', 'data': { 'chardev': 'str', - '*vhostforce': 'bool', + '*vhostforce': { 'type': 'bool', 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] }, '*queues': 'int' } } ## diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index fca2b7bc74..414b762743 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -2882,7 +2882,7 @@ DEF("netdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_netdev, #else "-netdev tap,id=str[,fd=h][,fds=x:y:...:z][,ifname=name][,script=file][,downscript=dfile]\n" " [,br=bridge][,helper=helper][,sndbuf=nbytes][,vnet_hdr=on|off][,vhost=on|off]\n" - " [,vhostfd=h][,vhostfds=x:y:...:z][,vhostforce=on|off][,queues=n]\n" + " [,vhostfd=h][,vhostfds=x:y:...:z][,queues=n]\n" " [,poll-us=n]\n" " configure a host TAP network backend with ID 'str'\n" " connected to a bridge (default=" DEFAULT_BRIDGE_INTERFACE ")\n" @@ -2898,9 +2898,7 @@ DEF("netdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_netdev, " default is disabled 'sndbuf=0' to enable flow control set 'sndbuf=1048576')\n" " use vnet_hdr=off to avoid enabling the IFF_VNET_HDR tap flag\n" " use vnet_hdr=on to make the lack of IFF_VNET_HDR support an error condition\n" - " use vhost=on to enable experimental in kernel accelerator\n" - " (only has effect for virtio guests which use MSIX)\n" - " use vhostforce=on to force vhost on for non-MSIX virtio guests\n" + " use vhost=on to enable in kernel accelerator\n" " use 'vhostfd=h' to connect to an already opened vhost net device\n" " use 'vhostfds=x:y:...:z to connect to multiple already opened vhost net devices\n" " use 'queues=n' to specify the number of queues to be created for multiqueue TAP\n" @@ -2991,7 +2989,7 @@ DEF("netdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_netdev, " use 'start-queue=m' to specify the first queue that should be used\n" #endif #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX - "-netdev vhost-user,id=str,chardev=dev[,vhostforce=on|off]\n" + "-netdev vhost-user,id=str,chardev=dev\n" " configure a vhost-user network, backed by a chardev 'dev'\n" #endif #ifdef __linux__ @@ -3882,12 +3880,11 @@ SRST for insertion into the socket map. The combination of 'map-path' and 'sock-fds' together is not supported. -``-netdev vhost-user,chardev=id[,vhostforce=on|off][,queues=n]`` +``-netdev vhost-user,chardev=id[,queues=n]`` Establish a vhost-user netdev, backed by a chardev id. The chardev should be a unix domain socket backed one. The vhost-user uses a specifically defined protocol to pass vhost ioctl replacement - messages to an application on the other end of the socket. On - non-MSIX guests, the feature can be forced with vhostforce. Use + messages to an application on the other end of the socket. Use 'queues=n' to specify the number of queues to be created for multiqueue vhost-user. diff --git a/tests/qtest/vhost-user-test.c b/tests/qtest/vhost-user-test.c index d2bb21d5b9..f977f50baf 100644 --- a/tests/qtest/vhost-user-test.c +++ b/tests/qtest/vhost-user-test.c @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ #define QEMU_CMD_SHM " -m %d -object memory-backend-shm,id=mem,size=%dM," \ " -numa node,memdev=mem" #define QEMU_CMD_CHR " -chardev socket,id=%s,path=%s%s" -#define QEMU_CMD_NETDEV " -netdev vhost-user,id=hs0,chardev=%s,vhostforce=on" +#define QEMU_CMD_NETDEV " -netdev vhost-user,id=hs0,chardev=%s" #define HUGETLBFS_MAGIC 0x958458f6 -- 2.48.1

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[PATCH 1/2] bhyve: do not use deprecated IOAPIC option
by Roman Bogorodskiy 12 Feb '26

12 Feb '26

The '-I' flag for enabling IOAPIC was deprecated long ago in bhyve: https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=a1a4cbea587a6e201e07dc121268f3e559e… And IOAPIC is provided unconditionally since then. As no supported FreeBSD versions require that now, simply drop this flag. Signed-off-by: Roman Bogorodskiy <bogorodskiy(a)gmail.com> --- src/bhyve/bhyve_command.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/bhyve/bhyve_command.c b/src/bhyve/bhyve_command.c index a45a5d1c33..97a483d9a5 100644 --- a/src/bhyve/bhyve_command.c +++ b/src/bhyve/bhyve_command.c @@ -953,8 +953,6 @@ virBhyveProcessBuildBhyveCmd(struct _bhyveConn *driver, virDomainDef *def, /* Options */ if (def->features[VIR_DOMAIN_FEATURE_ACPI] == VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON) virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-A"); /* Create an ACPI table */ - if (def->features[VIR_DOMAIN_FEATURE_APIC] == VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON) - virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-I"); /* Present ioapic to the guest */ if (def->features[VIR_DOMAIN_FEATURE_MSRS] == VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON) { if (def->msrs_features[VIR_DOMAIN_MSRS_UNKNOWN] == VIR_DOMAIN_MSRS_UNKNOWN_IGNORE) virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-w"); -- 2.52.0

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[PATCH v5 00/24] util: sync error_report & qemu_log output more closely
by Daniel P. Berrangé 12 Feb '26

12 Feb '26

This series is a tangent that came out of discussion in https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2025-08/msg00903.html In thinking about adding thread info to error_report, I came to realize we should likely make qemu_log behave consistently with error_report & friends. We already honour '-msg timestamp=on', but don't honour 'guest-name=on' and also don't include the binary name. As an example of the current state, consider mixing error and log output today: - Default context: # qemu-system-x86_64 -object tls-creds-x509,id=t0,dir=fish \ -d 'trace:qcrypto*' qcrypto_tls_creds_x509_load TLS creds x509 load creds=0x55ac6d97f700 dir=fish qcrypto_tls_creds_get_path TLS creds path creds=0x55ac6d97f700 filename=ca-cert.pem path=<none> qemu-system-x86_64: Unable to access credentials fish/ca-cert.pem: No such file or directory - Full context: # qemu-system-x86_64 -object tls-creds-x509,id=t0,dir=fish \ -d 'trace:qcrypto*' \ -msg guest-name=on,timestamp=on \ -name "fish food" 2025-08-19T20:14:16.791413Z qcrypto_tls_creds_x509_load TLS creds x509 load creds=0x55e9a3458d10 dir=fish 2025-08-19T20:14:16.791429Z qcrypto_tls_creds_get_path TLS creds path creds=0x55e9a3458d10 filename=ca-cert.pem path=<none> 2025-08-19T20:14:16.791433Z fish food qemu-system-x86_64: Unable to access credentials fish/ca-cert.pem: No such file or directory And after this series is complete: - Default context: # qemu-system-x86_64 -object tls-creds-x509,id=t0,dir=fish \ -d 'trace:qcrypto*' qemu-system-x86_64(1184284:main): qcrypto_tls_creds_x509_load TLS creds x509 load creds=0x55a24ad5cb30 dir=fish qemu-system-x86_64(1184284:main): qcrypto_tls_creds_get_path TLS creds path creds=0x55a24ad5cb30 filename=ca-cert.pem path=<none> qemu-system-x86_64(1184284:main): Unable to access credentials fish/ca-cert.pem: No such file or directory - Full context: # qemu-system-x86_64 -object tls-creds-x509,id=t0,dir=fish \ -d 'trace:qcrypto*' \ -msg guest-name=on,timestamp=on \ -name "fish food" 2025-08-19T20:12:50.211823Z [fish food] qemu-system-x86_64(1168876:main): qcrypto_tls_creds_x509_load TLS creds x509 load creds=0x5582183d8760 dir=fish 2025-08-19T20:12:50.211842Z [fish food] qemu-system-x86_64(1168876:main): qcrypto_tls_creds_get_path TLS creds path creds=0x5582183d8760 filename=ca-cert.pem +path=<none> 2025-08-19T20:12:50.211846Z [fish food] qemu-system-x86_64(1168876:main): Unable to access credentials fish/ca-cert.pem: No such file or directory The main things to note: * error_report/warn_report/qemu_log share the same output format and -msg applies to both * -msg debug-threads=on is now unconditionally enabled and thus the param is deprecated & ignored * Thread ID and name are unconditionally enabled * Guest name is surrounded in [...] brackets * The default output lines are typically 15 chars wider given that we always include the thread ID + name now * This takes the liberty of assigning the new file to the existing error-report.c maintainer (Markus) Since splitting it off into message.c instead of putting it all in error-report.c felt slightly nicer. One thing I didn't tackle is making the location info get reported for qemu_log. This is used to give context for error messages when parsing some CLI args, and could be interesting for log messages associated with those same CLI args. Changes in v5: - Remove redundant [] around values in qemu-options.hx - Use g_strlcpy instead of strlcpy - Remove redundant !! around a value that was already bool - Improve the qemu_lock_trylock() API docs to encourage use of fprintf() instead of further qemu_log() calls - Add a qemu_log_trylock_context() counterpart for qemu_log_trylock that includes the message context - Don't scan for \n to determine whether we can output a message context prefix or not. Instead track call depth on qemu_log_trylock() and only output it when the depth was initially zero. This fixes linux-user -strace output formatting which was mangled by v4 - Use fprintf(stderr) instead of error_printf_mon in cases where mon would be NULL - Use fputs/fputc in simple cases where we don't need the full power of fprintf - Use qemu_f{un}lockfile instead of f{un}lockfile - Add -msg thread-info=on|off,program-name=on|off args to allow default message prefixes to be optionally disabled Changes in v4: - Re-architected the way error_vprintf() operates to simplify monitor dependency - Fixed the move of error_vprintf from monitor.c to error-report.c so that unit tests can still get a stub to capture messages to g_test_message - Simplify changes to vreport() to avoid passing around function pointers - Add locking of stderr to vreport() to serialize incremental output - Fix thread naming logic changes on Windows - Change deprecation warning messages Changes in v3: - Stop formatting a string in qmessage_context, instead output directly to a "FILE *" stream - Fix pre-existing bug interleaving qemu_log and vreport when the trace 'log' backend has mutex probes enabled Changes in v2: - Re-use existing qemu_get_thread_id rather than re-inventing it as qemu_thread_get_id. - Expose qemu_thread_set_name and use it from all locations needing to set thread names - Fix qemu_log() to skip context prefix when emitting a log message in fragments across multiple calls - Skip allocating memory for empty context messages - Fix leak in win32 impl of qemu_thread_get_name - Use g_strlcpy where possible Daniel P. Berrangé (24): qemu-options: remove extraneous [] around arg values include: define constant for early constructor priority monitor: initialize global data from a constructor system: unconditionally enable thread naming util: expose qemu_thread_set_name audio: make jackaudio use qemu_thread_set_name util: set the name for the 'main' thread util: add API to fetch the current thread name util: introduce some API docs for logging APIs util: avoid repeated prefix on incremental qemu_log calls ui/vnc: remove use of error_printf_unless_qmp() monitor: remove redundant error_[v]printf_unless_qmp monitor: refactor error_vprintf() monitor: move error_vprintf back to error-report.c monitor: introduce monitor_cur_is_hmp() helper util: don't skip error prefixes when QMP is active util: fix interleaving of error & trace output util: fix interleaving of error prefixes util: introduce common helper for error-report & log code util: convert error-report & log to message API for timestamp util: add support for formatting a workload name in messages util: add support for formatting a program name in messages util: add support for formatting thread info in messages util: add brackets around guest name in message context MAINTAINERS | 2 + audio/jackaudio.c | 30 +++++-- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 7 ++ include/monitor/monitor.h | 4 +- include/qemu/compiler.h | 8 ++ include/qemu/error-report.h | 4 - include/qemu/log-for-trace.h | 17 +++- include/qemu/log.h | 38 +++++++++ include/qemu/message.h | 40 +++++++++ include/qemu/thread.h | 3 +- meson.build | 21 +++++ monitor/monitor.c | 61 +++++--------- qemu-options.hx | 121 ++++++++++++++------------- rust/util/src/log.rs | 6 ++ storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c | 6 ++ stubs/error-printf.c | 23 ----- stubs/meson.build | 1 - stubs/monitor-core.c | 20 ++++- system/vl.c | 49 +++++++++-- tests/qemu-iotests/041 | 2 +- tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter | 2 +- tests/unit/test-error-report.c | 6 +- tests/unit/test-util-sockets.c | 1 + ui/vnc.c | 14 ++-- util/error-report.c | 97 ++++++++++++--------- util/log.c | 47 ++++++----- util/meson.build | 1 + util/message.c | 51 +++++++++++ util/qemu-thread-posix.c | 77 +++++++++++------ util/qemu-thread-win32.c | 87 +++++++++++++------ 30 files changed, 580 insertions(+), 266 deletions(-) create mode 100644 include/qemu/message.h delete mode 100644 stubs/error-printf.c create mode 100644 util/message.c -- 2.52.0

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[PATCH v3 0/7] USB hostdev: allow addressing by port
by Maximilian Martin 11 Feb '26

11 Feb '26

Currently, only vendor/product and bus/device matching are supported for USB host devices. Neither of these provide a stable and persistent way of assigning a guest a specific host device. Vendor/product can be ambiguous. Device numbers change on every enumeration. This patch adds a bus/port matching, which allows a specific port on the host to be specified using the dotted notation found in Linux's "devpath" sysfs attribute. The path series is based on the previous work of Thomas Hebb: https://lists.libvirt.org/archives/list/devel@lists.libvirt.org/message/7U3… This resubmission includes Daniel's patch which extends the USB hostdev test logic. Maximilian Martin (7): tests: validate an XML config with USB vendor/product set virusb test data: add devpath files for port addressing domain_conf, virhostdev, virusb, virusb test: add bus/port matching schema: add USB port attribute tests: validate an XML config with USB bus/port set nodedev: add USB port to nodedev XML docs: add description for USB port matching docs/formatdomain.rst | 29 ++-- src/conf/domain_conf.c | 58 ++++++- src/conf/domain_conf.h | 1 + src/conf/node_device_conf.c | 5 + src/conf/node_device_conf.h | 1 + src/conf/schemas/basictypes.rng | 31 ++++ src/conf/schemas/domaincommon.rng | 41 +---- src/conf/schemas/nodedev.rng | 3 + src/hypervisor/virhostdev.c | 131 ++++++++------ src/libvirt_private.syms | 2 - src/node_device/node_device_udev.c | 4 + src/util/virusb.c | 160 ++++++------------ src/util/virusb.h | 22 +-- .../usb_device_1d6b_1_0000_00_1d_0.xml | 1 + ...ostdev-usb-address-port.x86_64-latest.args | 36 ++++ ...hostdev-usb-address-port.x86_64-latest.xml | 45 +++++ .../hostdev-usb-address-port.xml | 28 +++ ...tdev-usb-vendor-product.x86_64-latest.args | 35 ++++ ...stdev-usb-vendor-product.x86_64-latest.xml | 44 +++++ .../hostdev-usb-vendor-product.xml | 36 ++++ tests/qemuxmlconftest.c | 25 +++ tests/virusbtest.c | 149 +++++++++++----- .../sys_bus_usb/devices/1-1.5.3.1/devpath | 1 + .../sys_bus_usb/devices/1-1.5.3.3/devpath | 1 + .../sys_bus_usb/devices/1-1.5.3/devpath | 1 + .../sys_bus_usb/devices/1-1.5.4/devpath | 1 + .../sys_bus_usb/devices/1-1.5.5/devpath | 1 + .../sys_bus_usb/devices/1-1.5.6/devpath | 1 + .../sys_bus_usb/devices/1-1.5/devpath | 1 + .../sys_bus_usb/devices/1-1.6/devpath | 1 + .../sys_bus_usb/devices/1-1/devpath | 1 + .../sys_bus_usb/devices/2-1.2/devpath | 1 + .../sys_bus_usb/devices/2-1/devpath | 1 + .../sys_bus_usb/devices/usb1/devpath | 1 + .../sys_bus_usb/devices/usb2/devpath | 1 + .../sys_bus_usb/devices/usb3/devpath | 1 + .../sys_bus_usb/devices/usb4/devpath | 1 + 37 files changed, 631 insertions(+), 271 deletions(-) create mode 100644 tests/qemuxmlconfdata/hostdev-usb-address-port.x86_64-latest.args create mode 100644 tests/qemuxmlconfdata/hostdev-usb-address-port.x86_64-latest.xml create mode 100644 tests/qemuxmlconfdata/hostdev-usb-address-port.xml create mode 100644 tests/qemuxmlconfdata/hostdev-usb-vendor-product.x86_64-latest.args create mode 100644 tests/qemuxmlconfdata/hostdev-usb-vendor-product.x86_64-latest.xml create mode 100644 tests/qemuxmlconfdata/hostdev-usb-vendor-product.xml create mode 100644 tests/virusbtestdata/sys_bus_usb/devices/1-1.5.3.1/devpath create mode 100644 tests/virusbtestdata/sys_bus_usb/devices/1-1.5.3.3/devpath create mode 100644 tests/virusbtestdata/sys_bus_usb/devices/1-1.5.3/devpath create mode 100644 tests/virusbtestdata/sys_bus_usb/devices/1-1.5.4/devpath create mode 100644 tests/virusbtestdata/sys_bus_usb/devices/1-1.5.5/devpath create mode 100644 tests/virusbtestdata/sys_bus_usb/devices/1-1.5.6/devpath create mode 100644 tests/virusbtestdata/sys_bus_usb/devices/1-1.5/devpath create mode 100644 tests/virusbtestdata/sys_bus_usb/devices/1-1.6/devpath create mode 100644 tests/virusbtestdata/sys_bus_usb/devices/1-1/devpath create mode 100644 tests/virusbtestdata/sys_bus_usb/devices/2-1.2/devpath create mode 100644 tests/virusbtestdata/sys_bus_usb/devices/2-1/devpath create mode 100644 tests/virusbtestdata/sys_bus_usb/devices/usb1/devpath create mode 100644 tests/virusbtestdata/sys_bus_usb/devices/usb2/devpath create mode 100644 tests/virusbtestdata/sys_bus_usb/devices/usb3/devpath create mode 100644 tests/virusbtestdata/sys_bus_usb/devices/usb4/devpath -- 2.39.5

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[PATCH v4 0/6] cover: RFE libvirt secret encryption on disk
by Arun Menon 10 Feb '26

10 Feb '26

Libvirt secrets are stored unencrypted on the disk. With this series we want to start encrypting the secrets. 1. Introduce the GnuTLS decryption wrapper functions that work exact opposite to the encryption wrappers. 2. Add a new service called virt-secrets-init-encryption, that is linked to the virtsecretd service. virtsecretd service only starts after the new service generates a random encryption key. 3. Add a new secrets.conf configuration file that helps user to set a. secrets_encryption_key - allows the user to specify the encryption key file path, in case the default key is not to be used. b. encrypt_data - set to 0 or 1. If set to 1, then the newly added secrets will be encrypted. 4. Add encryption scheme or cipher attribute that will allow us to choose the last used cipher. 5. Once we have the encryption key, and a reliable way to tell the daemon what encryption scheme the secret object is using, we can encrypt the secrets on disk and store them in <uuid>.<encryption_scheme> format. It is important to note that if the encryption key is changed between restarts, then the respective secret will not be loaded by the driver. 6. Add documentation. This is a sincere attempt to improve upon the already submitted patch https://lists.libvirt.org/archives/list/devel@lists.libvirt.org/thread/KE6G… Resolves: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-7125 --- Changes in v3: - Fix the regression of loading unencrypted secrets after an upgrade. Previously the .base64 unencrypted secrets were not being loaded. - Add documentation on encrypted secrets. Changes in v3: - Secrets xml configuration no longer stores the encryption scheme, therefore not allowing the user to toggle between ciphers. - Removed unnecessary socket files of the new service. It now has a general configuration with which it starts. - Addressed review comments from Peter on coding style and design. - Loading of secrets is dependent on the file extension. Most recent cipher is used while saving the secrets. Changes in v2: - Corrected the encryption key length check. It should be 32. - Added a new patch that introduces the encryption scheme attribute. This will help us identify which secrets are encrypted. - A new systemd unit service file added that starts before virtsecretd, helping us to construct a random encryption key and pass it to the virtsecretd service. - Parsing logic of secrets.conf moved to a separate file. - Spec file changes, augeas. Arun Menon (6): util: Add support for GnuTLS decryption secret: Set up default encryption secret key for the virtsecretd service secret: Add secret.conf configuration file and parse it secret: Rename virSecretObj structure attribute from base64File to secretValueFile secret: Add functionality to load and save secrets in encrypted format docs: secret: Add documentation of secret encryption feature docs/drvsecret.rst | 4 + docs/meson.build | 1 + docs/secretencryption.rst | 86 ++++++++ include/libvirt/virterror.h | 1 + libvirt.spec.in | 8 + po/POTFILES | 1 + src/conf/virsecretobj.c | 193 ++++++++++++++---- src/conf/virsecretobj.h | 18 +- src/libvirt_private.syms | 1 + src/meson.build | 1 + src/remote/libvirtd.service.in | 4 + src/secret/libvirt_secrets.aug | 40 ++++ src/secret/meson.build | 32 +++ src/secret/secret.conf.in | 14 ++ src/secret/secret_config.c | 179 ++++++++++++++++ src/secret/secret_config.h | 40 ++++ src/secret/secret_driver.c | 34 ++- src/secret/test_libvirt_secrets.aug.in | 6 + .../virt-secret-init-encryption.service.in | 8 + src/secret/virtsecretd.service.extra.in | 8 + src/util/vircrypto.c | 126 +++++++++++- src/util/vircrypto.h | 8 + src/util/virerror.c | 3 + tests/vircryptotest.c | 65 ++++++ 24 files changed, 831 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-) create mode 100644 docs/secretencryption.rst create mode 100644 src/secret/libvirt_secrets.aug create mode 100644 src/secret/secret.conf.in create mode 100644 src/secret/secret_config.c create mode 100644 src/secret/secret_config.h create mode 100644 src/secret/test_libvirt_secrets.aug.in create mode 100644 src/secret/virt-secret-init-encryption.service.in -- 2.51.1

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[PATCH 0/4] qemu: Automatically add USB controller if USB devices are present
by Andrea Bolognani 09 Feb '26

09 Feb '26

Makes things more user-friendly for those machine types where a default USB controller is normally not automatically added. https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-2455 Andrea Bolognani (4): tests: Add usb-controller-automatic-with-devices-virt-aarch64 conf: Rename virDomainDefHasUSB() to virDomainDefHasUSBControllers() conf: Introduce virDomainDefHasUSBDevices() qemu: Automatically add USB controller if USB devices are present src/conf/domain_conf.c | 31 +++++++++++++- src/conf/domain_conf.h | 3 +- src/conf/domain_validate.c | 2 +- src/libvirt_private.syms | 3 +- src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c | 2 +- src/qemu/qemu_postparse.c | 11 +++++ ...h-devices-virt-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args | 36 ++++++++++++++++ ...th-devices-virt-aarch64.aarch64-latest.xml | 41 +++++++++++++++++++ ...er-automatic-with-devices-virt-aarch64.xml | 14 +++++++ tests/qemuxmlconftest.c | 2 + 10 files changed, 139 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) create mode 100644 tests/qemuxmlconfdata/usb-controller-automatic-with-devices-virt-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args create mode 100644 tests/qemuxmlconfdata/usb-controller-automatic-with-devices-virt-aarch64.aarch64-latest.xml create mode 100644 tests/qemuxmlconfdata/usb-controller-automatic-with-devices-virt-aarch64.xml -- 2.52.0

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[PATCH] qapi/net: deprecate TAP fd and vhostfd options
by Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy 09 Feb '26

09 Feb '26

They are the same as fds and vhostfds, except they accept only one fd. Let's deprecate redundant options. Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov(a)yandex-team.ru> --- Hi all! after "[PATCH v2 00/12] net: refactoring and fixes" options fd and vhostfd becomes redundant, fds and vhostfds may be used instead. this patch also based on "[PATCH v6] qapi: net: deprecate vhostforce option", that's why it's sent separately. Based-on: <20260129213215.1405459-1-vsementsov(a)yandex-team.ru> Based-on: <20251113071711.349651-1-vsementsov(a)yandex-team.ru> docs/about/deprecated.rst | 6 ++++++ qapi/net.json | 9 +++++---- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index e8ff478583..9010f8ab07 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -451,6 +451,12 @@ TAP ``vhostforce`` (since 11.0) The ``vhostforce`` option is redundant with the ``vhost`` option. If they conflict, ``vhost`` takes precedence. Just use ``vhost``. +TAP ``fd`` and ``vhostfd`` (since 11.0) +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Use ``fds`` and ``vhostfds`` correspondingly, each set with one fd +instead of ``fd`` and ``vhsotfd``. + Vhost-user ``vhostforce`` (since 11.0) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ diff --git a/qapi/net.json b/qapi/net.json index 9a00d578e9..2d5aed3ef8 100644 --- a/qapi/net.json +++ b/qapi/net.json @@ -326,8 +326,7 @@ # # @fd: file descriptor of an already opened tap # -# @fds: multiple file descriptors of already opened multiqueue capable -# tap +# @fds: multiple file descriptors of already opened tap # # @script: script to initialize the interface # @@ -359,13 +358,15 @@ # Features: # # @deprecated: Member @vhostforce is deprecated. Use @vhost instead. +# Member @fd is deprecated. Use @fds instead. +# Member @vhostfd is deprecated. Use @vhostfds instead. # # Since: 1.2 ## { 'struct': 'NetdevTapOptions', 'data': { '*ifname': 'str', - '*fd': 'str', + '*fd': { 'type': 'str', 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] }, '*fds': 'str', '*script': 'str', '*downscript': 'str', @@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ '*sndbuf': 'size', '*vnet_hdr': 'bool', '*vhost': 'bool', - '*vhostfd': 'str', + '*vhostfd': { 'type': 'str', 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] }, '*vhostfds': 'str', '*vhostforce': { 'type': 'bool', 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] }, '*queues': 'uint32', -- 2.52.0

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[PATCH v6 00/27] hw/i386/pc: Remove deprecated 2.6 and 2.7 PC machines
by Zhao Liu 07 Feb '26

07 Feb '26

Hi, This v6 is based on the master branch at the commit 0fc482b73d8e ("Merge tag 'pull-aspeed-20260105' of https://github.com/legoater/qemu into staging"). Since there's the discussion around fw_cfg_init_io_nodma() [*], v6 doesn't include that cleanups. Therefore, comparing v5, v6 has *very* minimal changes and most of patches have been reviewed (except patch 15 - I think it needs an additianl review :-) ). Thanks for your patience and review! Introduction ============ A brief introduction from Philippe's v4: The versioned 'pc' and 'q35' machines up to 2.12 been marked as deprecated three releases ago, and are older than 6 years, so according to our support policy we can remove them. This series only includes the 2.6 and 2.7 machines removal, as it is a big enough number of LoC removed. Rest will follow. Change Log ========== (Main) changes since v5: * Merge pc & q35 changes for testing DSDT tables into one patch and simplify the commit message. * Reorganize S-o-b and collect review tags from Igor. (Main) changes since v4: * Completely remove the legacy CPU hotplug approach. - New patch 2-8. - Test CPU hot-plug & hot-unplug via qmp. * Keep "dma_enabled" property in fw_cfg_io_properties[] since Sun4u & Sun4v are still using it. - About more details, please see commit message of patch 15. * Temporarily keep these properties: "cpuid-0xb" (of X86CPU), "fill-mtrr-mask" (of X86CPU), "version" (of IOAPICCommonState). - These properties will be deprecated first before removal, in another series. * Keep "l3-cache" (of X86CPU) and "page-per-vq" (of VirtIOPCIProxy), since they are still in use (e.g., libvirt). Reference ========= [*]: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20251203060942.57851-1-philmd@linaro.org/ Best Regards, Zhao --- Igor Mammedov (1): tests/acpi: Allow DSDT table change for x86 machines Philippe Mathieu-Daudé (22): hw/i386/pc: Remove deprecated pc-q35-2.6 and pc-i440fx-2.6 machines hw/i386/pc: Remove PCMachineClass::legacy_cpu_hotplug field hw/nvram/fw_cfg: Rename fw_cfg_init_mem() with '_nodma' suffix hw/mips/loongson3_virt: Prefer using fw_cfg_init_mem_nodma() hw/nvram/fw_cfg: Factor fw_cfg_init_mem_internal() out hw/nvram/fw_cfg: Rename fw_cfg_init_mem_wide() -> fw_cfg_init_mem_dma() hw/i386/x86: Remove X86MachineClass::fwcfg_dma_enabled field hw/i386/pc: Remove multiboot.bin hw/i386: Assume fw_cfg DMA is always enabled hw/i386: Remove linuxboot.bin hw/i386/pc: Remove pc_compat_2_6[] array hw/intc/apic: Remove APICCommonState::legacy_instance_id field hw/core/machine: Remove hw_compat_2_6[] array hw/virtio/virtio-mmio: Remove VirtIOMMIOProxy::format_transport_address field hw/i386/pc: Remove deprecated pc-q35-2.7 and pc-i440fx-2.7 machines hw/i386/pc: Remove pc_compat_2_7[] array target/i386/cpu: Remove CPUX86State::full_cpuid_auto_level field hw/audio/pcspk: Remove PCSpkState::migrate field hw/core/machine: Remove hw_compat_2_7[] array hw/i386/intel_iommu: Remove IntelIOMMUState::buggy_eim field hw/virtio/virtio-pci: Remove VirtIOPCIProxy::ignore_backend_features field hw/char/virtio-serial: Do not expose the 'emergency-write' property Zhao Liu (4): pc: Start with modern CPU hotplug interface by default acpi: Remove legacy cpu hotplug utilities docs/specs/acpi_cpu_hotplug: Remove legacy cpu hotplug descriptions tests/acpi: Update DSDT tables for pc & q35 machines docs/specs/acpi_cpu_hotplug.rst | 28 +- hw/acpi/acpi-cpu-hotplug-stub.c | 19 +- hw/acpi/cpu.c | 10 - hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug.c | 348 ------------------ hw/acpi/generic_event_device.c | 1 + hw/acpi/ich9.c | 61 +-- hw/acpi/meson.build | 2 +- hw/acpi/piix4.c | 61 +-- hw/arm/virt.c | 2 +- hw/audio/pcspk.c | 10 - hw/char/virtio-serial-bus.c | 9 +- hw/core/machine.c | 17 - hw/hppa/machine.c | 2 +- hw/i386/acpi-build.c | 7 +- hw/i386/fw_cfg.c | 16 +- hw/i386/intel_iommu.c | 5 +- hw/i386/microvm.c | 3 - hw/i386/multiboot.c | 7 +- hw/i386/pc.c | 25 +- hw/i386/pc_piix.c | 23 -- hw/i386/pc_q35.c | 24 -- hw/i386/x86-common.c | 8 +- hw/i386/x86.c | 2 - hw/intc/apic_common.c | 5 - hw/loongarch/fw_cfg.c | 4 +- hw/loongarch/virt-acpi-build.c | 1 - hw/mips/loongson3_virt.c | 2 +- hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c | 22 +- hw/riscv/virt.c | 4 +- hw/virtio/virtio-mmio.c | 15 - hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c | 5 +- include/hw/acpi/cpu.h | 1 - include/hw/acpi/ich9.h | 4 +- include/hw/acpi/piix4.h | 4 +- include/hw/core/boards.h | 6 - include/hw/i386/apic_internal.h | 1 - include/hw/i386/intel_iommu.h | 1 - include/hw/i386/pc.h | 9 - include/hw/i386/x86.h | 2 - include/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.h | 9 +- include/hw/virtio/virtio-mmio.h | 1 - include/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h | 1 - include/hw/virtio/virtio-serial.h | 2 - pc-bios/meson.build | 2 - pc-bios/multiboot.bin | Bin 1024 -> 0 bytes pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile | 2 +- pc-bios/optionrom/linuxboot.S | 195 ---------- pc-bios/optionrom/multiboot.S | 232 ------------ pc-bios/optionrom/multiboot_dma.S | 234 +++++++++++- pc-bios/optionrom/optionrom.h | 4 - target/i386/cpu.c | 119 +++--- target/i386/cpu.h | 3 - tests/data/acpi/x86/pc/DSDT | Bin 8611 -> 8598 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/pc/DSDT.acpierst | Bin 8522 -> 8509 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/pc/DSDT.acpihmat | Bin 9936 -> 9923 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/pc/DSDT.bridge | Bin 15482 -> 15469 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/pc/DSDT.cphp | Bin 9075 -> 9062 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/pc/DSDT.dimmpxm | Bin 10265 -> 10252 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/pc/DSDT.hpbridge | Bin 8562 -> 8549 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/pc/DSDT.hpbrroot | Bin 5100 -> 5087 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/pc/DSDT.ipmikcs | Bin 8683 -> 8670 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/pc/DSDT.memhp | Bin 9970 -> 9957 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/pc/DSDT.nohpet | Bin 8469 -> 8456 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/pc/DSDT.numamem | Bin 8617 -> 8604 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/pc/DSDT.roothp | Bin 12404 -> 12391 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT | Bin 8440 -> 8427 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.acpierst | Bin 8457 -> 8444 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.acpihmat | Bin 9765 -> 9752 bytes .../data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.acpihmat-generic-x | Bin 12650 -> 12637 bytes .../acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.acpihmat-noinitiator | Bin 8719 -> 8706 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.applesmc | Bin 8486 -> 8473 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.bridge | Bin 12053 -> 12040 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.core-count | Bin 12998 -> 12985 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.core-count2 | Bin 33855 -> 33842 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.cphp | Bin 8904 -> 8891 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.cxl | Bin 13231 -> 13218 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.dimmpxm | Bin 10094 -> 10081 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.ipmibt | Bin 8515 -> 8502 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.ipmismbus | Bin 8528 -> 8515 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.ivrs | Bin 8457 -> 8444 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.memhp | Bin 9799 -> 9786 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.mmio64 | Bin 9570 -> 9557 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.multi-bridge | Bin 13293 -> 13280 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.noacpihp | Bin 8302 -> 8289 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.nohpet | Bin 8298 -> 8285 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.numamem | Bin 8446 -> 8433 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.pvpanic-isa | Bin 8541 -> 8528 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.thread-count | Bin 12998 -> 12985 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.thread-count2 | Bin 33855 -> 33842 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.tis.tpm12 | Bin 9046 -> 9033 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.tis.tpm2 | Bin 9072 -> 9059 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.type4-count | Bin 18674 -> 18661 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.viot | Bin 14697 -> 14684 bytes tests/data/acpi/x86/q35/DSDT.xapic | Bin 35803 -> 35790 bytes tests/qtest/test-x86-cpuid-compat.c | 11 - 95 files changed, 363 insertions(+), 1228 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug.c delete mode 100644 pc-bios/multiboot.bin delete mode 100644 pc-bios/optionrom/linuxboot.S delete mode 100644 pc-bios/optionrom/multiboot.S -- 2.34.1

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[PATCH] virt-aa-helper: Fix unchecked return values
by Dmitry Lopatin 06 Feb '26

06 Feb '26

Add missing return value checks to fix the following issues reported by the static analyzer: - vah_add_file() call when adding render node path to the AppArmor profile (line 1029) was not checked, while there are examples with return code check throughout the code. - vah_add_file() call when adding default render node path (line 1037) had the same issue. - virDriverLoadModule() call when loading the storage driver (line 908) was not checked, while there are examples with return code check throughout the code. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Lopatin <dmitry.lopatin(a)flant.com> --- src/security/virt-aa-helper.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c b/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c index 067a17f331..07e5882237 100644 --- a/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c +++ b/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c @@ -905,7 +905,8 @@ get_files(vahControl * ctl) /* load the storage driver so that backing store can be accessed */ #ifdef WITH_STORAGE - virDriverLoadModule("storage", "storageRegister", false); + if (virDriverLoadModule("storage", "storageRegister", false) < 0) + goto cleanup; #endif for (i = 0; i < ctl->def->ndisks; i++) { @@ -1026,7 +1027,8 @@ get_files(vahControl * ctl) const char *rendernode = virDomainGraphicsGetRenderNode(graphics); if (rendernode) { - vah_add_file(&buf, rendernode, "rw"); + if (vah_add_file(&buf, rendernode, "rw") != 0) + goto cleanup; needsgl = true; } else { if (virDomainGraphicsNeedsAutoRenderNode(graphics)) { @@ -1034,7 +1036,8 @@ get_files(vahControl * ctl) needsgl = true; if (defaultRenderNode) { - vah_add_file(&buf, defaultRenderNode, "rw"); + if (vah_add_file(&buf, defaultRenderNode, "rw") != 0) + goto cleanup; VIR_FREE(defaultRenderNode); } } -- 2.34.1

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[PATCH v2 0/7] virtio-iommu: Support setting aw-bits and granule
by Michal Privoznik 06 Feb '26

06 Feb '26

v2 of: https://lists.libvirt.org/archives/list/devel@lists.libvirt.org/thread/3HN6… diff to v1: - setting of granule is done in a subelement of driver now Michal Prívozník (7): conf: Teach virDomainParseMemory() new retval qemu_capabilities: Introduce QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_IOMMU_AW_BITS conf: Allow aw_bits for virtio-iommu qemu_command: Generate aw_bits prop for virtio-iommu conf: Introduce granule attribute for virtio-iommu qemu_validate: Check whether granule of virtio-iommu is supported qemu_command: Generate granule prop for virtio-iommu docs/formatdomain.rst | 40 +++++++- src/conf/domain_conf.c | 95 +++++++++++++++++-- src/conf/domain_conf.h | 1 + src/conf/domain_validate.c | 21 +++- src/conf/schemas/domaincommon.rng | 22 +++++ src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c | 2 + src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h | 1 + src/qemu/qemu_command.c | 11 +++ src/qemu/qemu_validate.c | 30 +++++- .../caps_10.0.0_aarch64.xml | 1 + .../caps_10.0.0_ppc64.xml | 1 + .../caps_10.0.0_s390x.xml | 1 + .../caps_10.0.0_x86_64+amdsev.xml | 1 + .../caps_10.0.0_x86_64.xml | 1 + .../caps_10.1.0_s390x.xml | 1 + .../caps_10.1.0_x86_64+inteltdx.xml | 1 + .../caps_10.1.0_x86_64.xml | 1 + .../caps_10.2.0_aarch64.xml | 1 + .../caps_10.2.0_x86_64+mshv.xml | 1 + .../caps_10.2.0_x86_64.xml | 1 + .../caps_11.0.0_aarch64.xml | 1 + .../caps_11.0.0_x86_64.xml | 1 + .../caps_9.0.0_x86_64.xml | 1 + .../caps_9.1.0_riscv64.xml | 1 + .../qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_9.1.0_s390x.xml | 1 + .../caps_9.1.0_x86_64.xml | 1 + .../caps_9.2.0_aarch64+hvf.xml | 1 + .../qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_9.2.0_s390x.xml | 1 + .../caps_9.2.0_x86_64+amdsev.xml | 1 + .../caps_9.2.0_x86_64.xml | 1 + .../virtio-iommu-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args | 2 +- .../virtio-iommu-aarch64.aarch64-latest.xml | 3 + .../qemuxmlconfdata/virtio-iommu-aarch64.xml | 6 +- ...io-iommu-dma-translation.x86_64-latest.err | 2 +- .../virtio-iommu-x86_64.x86_64-latest.args | 2 +- .../virtio-iommu-x86_64.x86_64-latest.xml | 3 + tests/qemuxmlconfdata/virtio-iommu-x86_64.xml | 6 +- 37 files changed, 247 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) -- 2.52.0

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