[virt-tools-list] [virt-manager PATCH 4/5] virt-install: add a new guest feature GIC for ARM guests

Cole Robinson crobinso at redhat.com
Sat Jun 11 16:13:49 UTC 2016


On 06/11/2016 12:09 PM, Cole Robinson wrote:
> On 06/11/2016 11:36 AM, Pavel Hrdina wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 10:58:17AM -0400, Cole Robinson wrote:
>>> On 06/10/2016 01:30 PM, Pavel Hrdina wrote:
>>>> Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334857
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina at redhat.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  man/virt-install.pod                               |  5 +++
>>>>  .../compare/virt-install-aarch64-kvm-gic.xml       | 33 ++++++++++++++++++
>>>>  tests/clitest.py                                   |  1 +
>>>>  virtinst/cli.py                                    | 39 ++++++++++++----------
>>>>  virtinst/guest.py                                  | 16 +++++++++
>>>>  5 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>>>>  create mode 100644 tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-aarch64-kvm-gic.xml
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/man/virt-install.pod b/man/virt-install.pod
>>>> index 0537693..8054f68 100644
>>>> --- a/man/virt-install.pod
>>>> +++ b/man/virt-install.pod
>>>> @@ -254,6 +254,11 @@ Allow the KVM hypervisor signature to be hidden from the guest
>>>>  
>>>>  Notify the guest that the host supports paravirtual spinlocks for example by exposing the pvticketlocks mechanism.
>>>>  
>>>> +=item B<--features gic=2>
>>>> +
>>>> +This is relevant only for aarch64 architecture. Possible values are "host" or
>>>> +version number.
>>>> +
>>>>  =back
>>>>  
>>>>  Use --features=? to see a list of all available sub options. Complete details at L<http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsFeatures>
>>>> diff --git a/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-aarch64-kvm-gic.xml b/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-aarch64-kvm-gic.xml
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 0000000..189373d
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-aarch64-kvm-gic.xml
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
>>>> +<domain type="kvm">
>>>> +  <name>foobar</name>
>>>> +  <uuid>00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444</uuid>
>>>> +  <memory>65536</memory>
>>>> +  <currentMemory>65536</currentMemory>
>>>> +  <vcpu>1</vcpu>
>>>> +  <os>
>>>> +    <type arch="aarch64" machine="virt">hvm</type>
>>>> +    <loader readonly="yes" type="pflash">/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd</loader>
>>>> +    <boot dev="hd"/>
>>>> +  </os>
>>>> +  <features>
>>>> +    <gic version="host"/>
>>>> +  </features>
>>>> +  <cpu mode="host-passthrough"/>
>>>> +  <clock offset="utc"/>
>>>> +  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>>>> +  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
>>>> +  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
>>>> +  <devices>
>>>> +    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64</emulator>
>>>> +    <interface type="bridge">
>>>> +      <source bridge="eth0"/>
>>>> +      <mac address="00:11:22:33:44:55"/>
>>>> +      <model type="virtio"/>
>>>> +    </interface>
>>>> +    <console type="pty"/>
>>>> +    <channel type="unix">
>>>> +      <source mode="bind"/>
>>>> +      <target type="virtio" name="org.qemu.guest_agent.0"/>
>>>> +    </channel>
>>>> +  </devices>
>>>> +</domain>
>>>> diff --git a/tests/clitest.py b/tests/clitest.py
>>>> index 5d26078..376a17e 100644
>>>> --- a/tests/clitest.py
>>>> +++ b/tests/clitest.py
>>>> @@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ c.add_compare("--arch aarch64 --machine virt --boot kernel=/f19-arm.kernel,initr
>>>>  c.add_compare("--arch aarch64 --boot kernel=/f19-arm.kernel,initrd=/f19-arm.initrd,kernel_args=\"console=ttyAMA0,1234 rw root=/dev/vda3\",extra_args=foo --disk %(EXISTIMG1)s", "aarch64-machdefault")
>>>>  c.add_compare("--arch aarch64 --cdrom %(EXISTIMG2)s --boot loader=CODE.fd,nvram_template=VARS.fd --disk %(EXISTIMG1)s --cpu none --events on_crash=preserve,on_reboot=destroy,on_poweroff=restart", "aarch64-cdrom")
>>>>  c.add_compare("--connect %(URI-KVM-AARCH64)s --disk %(EXISTIMG1)s --import --os-variant fedora21", "aarch64-kvm-import")
>>>> +c.add_compare("--connect %(URI-KVM-AARCH64)s --disk none --os-variant fedora23 --features gic=host", "aarch64-kvm-gic")
>>>>  
>>>>  # ppc64 tests
>>>>  c.add_compare("--arch ppc64 --machine pseries --boot network --disk %(EXISTIMG1)s --disk device=cdrom --os-variant fedora20 --network none", "ppc64-pseries-f20")
>>>> diff --git a/virtinst/cli.py b/virtinst/cli.py
>>>> index 7924b14..1f486b2 100644
>>>> --- a/virtinst/cli.py
>>>> +++ b/virtinst/cli.py
>>>> @@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ from .devicetpm import VirtualTPMDevice
>>>>  from .devicevideo import VirtualVideoDevice
>>>>  from .devicewatchdog import VirtualWatchdog
>>>>  from .domainblkiotune import DomainBlkiotune
>>>> -from .domainfeatures import DomainFeatures
>>>>  from .domainmemorybacking import DomainMemorybacking
>>>>  from .domainmemorytune import DomainMemorytune
>>>>  from .domainnumatune import DomainNumatune
>>>> @@ -1518,32 +1517,38 @@ class ParserSecurity(VirtCLIParser):
>>>>  
>>>>  class ParserFeatures(VirtCLIParser):
>>>>      def _init_params(self):
>>>> -        self.objclass = DomainFeatures
>>>>  
>>>
>>> This has some subtle side effects, basically disabling virt-xml --features
>>> clearxml=off, but that could be worked around.
>>
>> So that's why ParserBoot has 'self.clear_attr = "os"'.  I'll add the same for
>> features:
>>         self.clear_attr = "features"
>>  
>>>> -        self.set_param("acpi", "acpi", is_onoff=True)
>>>> -        self.set_param("apic", "apic", is_onoff=True)
>>>> -        self.set_param("pae", "pae", is_onoff=True)
>>>> -        self.set_param("privnet", "privnet",
>>>> +        self.set_param("features.acpi", "acpi", is_onoff=True)
>>>> +        self.set_param("features.apic", "apic", is_onoff=True)
>>>> +        self.set_param("features.pae", "pae", is_onoff=True)
>>>> +        self.set_param("features.privnet", "privnet",
>>>>              is_onoff=True)
>>>> -        self.set_param("hap", "hap",
>>>> +        self.set_param("features.hap", "hap",
>>>>              is_onoff=True)
>>>> -        self.set_param("viridian", "viridian",
>>>> +        self.set_param("features.viridian", "viridian",
>>>>              is_onoff=True)
>>>> -        self.set_param("eoi", "eoi", is_onoff=True)
>>>> -        self.set_param("pmu", "pmu", is_onoff=True)
>>>> +        self.set_param("features.eoi", "eoi", is_onoff=True)
>>>> +        self.set_param("features.pmu", "pmu", is_onoff=True)
>>>>  
>>>> -        self.set_param("hyperv_vapic", "hyperv_vapic",
>>>> +        self.set_param("features.hyperv_vapic", "hyperv_vapic",
>>>>              is_onoff=True)
>>>> -        self.set_param("hyperv_relaxed", "hyperv_relaxed",
>>>> +        self.set_param("features.hyperv_relaxed", "hyperv_relaxed",
>>>>              is_onoff=True)
>>>> -        self.set_param("hyperv_spinlocks", "hyperv_spinlocks",
>>>> +        self.set_param("features.hyperv_spinlocks", "hyperv_spinlocks",
>>>>              is_onoff=True)
>>>> -        self.set_param("hyperv_spinlocks_retries",
>>>> +        self.set_param("features.hyperv_spinlocks_retries",
>>>>              "hyperv_spinlocks_retries")
>>>>  
>>>> -        self.set_param("vmport", "vmport", is_onoff=True)
>>>> -        self.set_param("kvm_hidden", "kvm_hidden", is_onoff=True)
>>>> -        self.set_param("pvspinlock", "pvspinlock", is_onoff=True)
>>>> +        self.set_param("features.vmport", "vmport", is_onoff=True)
>>>> +        self.set_param("features.kvm_hidden", "kvm_hidden", is_onoff=True)
>>>> +        self.set_param("features.pvspinlock", "pvspinlock", is_onoff=True)
>>>> +
>>>> +        def set_gic(opts, inst, cliname, val):
>>>> +            ignore = opts
>>>> +            ignore = cliname
>>>> +            inst.set_gic_version(val)
>>>> +
>>>> +        self.set_param(None, "gic", setter_cb=set_gic)
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>>  ###################
>>>> diff --git a/virtinst/guest.py b/virtinst/guest.py
>>>> index 490b90b..544a65a 100644
>>>> --- a/virtinst/guest.py
>>>> +++ b/virtinst/guest.py
>>>> @@ -587,6 +587,22 @@ class Guest(XMLBuilder):
>>>>          self.os.loader = path
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>> +    def set_gic_version(self, val):
>>>> +        """
>>>> +        Checks and sets GIC version for ARM guest.
>>>> +        """
>>>> +
>>>> +        domcaps = DomainCapabilities.build_from_guest(self)
>>>> +
>>>> +        if not domcaps.supports_gic(self):
>>>> +            raise RuntimeError(_("GIC is not supported."))
>>>> +
>>>> +        if val != "host" and val not in domcaps.get_gic_versions():
>>>> +            raise RuntimeError(_("GIC version '%s' is not supported") % val)
>>>> +
>>>> +        self.features.gic_version = val
>>>> +
>>>> +
>>>
>>> Do we actually need this validation here? Isn't libvirt going to throw us
>>> these same errors once the XML is defined?
>>
>> Unfortunately not, libvirt allows to create a domain with invalid gic version
>> but fails to start such domain.  The only validation what libvirt does is
>> against XML schema where are all known gic versions, but that doesn't validate
>> whether the host supports that gic version or not.
>>
> 
> Hmm okay. Still I think I'd rather not add this here in the cli path since
> it's basically just duplicating libvirt logic for not a ton of gain. For the
> common case of actually starting a VM with virt-install it won't matter, so it
> will only give extra validation in less common cases like virt-install
> --print-xml, or virt-xml.
> 
> For virt-manager if we choose to expose it in the UI, we could make the UI a
> combo box based on the domcaps output, and avoid the need to do validation
> entirely.

To clarify, I'm only objecting to the validation. Exposing the --features
gic_version=X option in general is fine, feel free to push it if you agree,
but without dropping the self.objclass = DomainFeatures bit

Thanks,
Cole




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