[PATCH] qemu: Fix domxml-to-native command failure

Duan, Zhenzhong zhenzhong.duan at intel.com
Thu Apr 13 11:15:15 UTC 2023



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michal Prívozník <mprivozn at redhat.com>
>Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2023 4:21 PM
>To: Duan, Zhenzhong <zhenzhong.duan at intel.com>; libvir-list at redhat.com
>Subject: Re: [PATCH] qemu: Fix domxml-to-native command failure
>
>On 4/13/23 08:07, Zhenzhong Duan wrote:
>> virsh command domxml-to-native failed with below error but start
>> command suceed for same domain xml.
>>
>> "internal error: invalid PCI passthrough type 'default'"
>>
>> If host pci device's driver attribute isn't defined in domain xml,
>> qemu driver will choose a proper value based on host environment
>> before starting qemu process. But this is missed in domxml-to-native
>> command, add the same logic so domxml-to-native could pass.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan at intel.com>
>> ---
>>  src/qemu/qemu_domain.c | 11 +++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c index
>> 63b13b6875c9..517c90f93f0a 100644
>> --- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
>> +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
>> @@ -11274,6 +11274,17 @@
>qemuDomainPrepareHostdev(virDomainHostdevDef *hostdev,
>>              }
>>          }
>>      }
>> +    if (hostdev->mode == VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_MODE_SUBSYS &&
>> +        hostdev->source.subsys.type ==
>VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_SUBSYS_TYPE_PCI) {
>> +        bool supportsPassthroughVFIO =
>qemuHostdevHostSupportsPassthroughVFIO();
>> +        virDomainHostdevSubsysPCIBackendType *backend =
>> + &hostdev->source.subsys.u.pci.backend;
>> +
>> +        if (*backend == VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_PCI_BACKEND_DEFAULT &&
>> +            supportsPassthroughVFIO &&
>> +            virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VFIO_PCI))
>{
>> +            *backend = VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_PCI_BACKEND_VFIO;
>> +        }
>> +    }
>>
>
>The same happens in qemuHostdevPreparePCIDevicesCheckSupport(). Should
>we remove the code from there and leave just checks there? I mean, if
>choosing the backend is moved here, as you suggests, then
>qemuHostdevPreparePCIDevicesCheckSupport() shouldn't ever see a hostdev
>with VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_PCI_BACKEND_DEFAULT. Except when the host
>doesn't support VFIO. So maybe just drop the code that sets backend an
>replace it with a virReportError();

Thanks for your suggestion, sounds better, will do in v2.

Regards
Zhenzhong


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