Tried it again, Important to understand that after modifying and saving configuration of xml with virsh edit $name_of_guest
when i reenter the xml i can't see the iothread configuration in there. don't understand why. Also, after add what you suggested I checked with "info qtree" command on the guest looking for sign of data-plane is working, this is the output for info qtree: dev: virtio-blk-pci, id "virtio-disk1" class = 0 (0x0) ioeventfd = true vectors = 2 (0x2) virtio-pci-bus-master-bug-migration = false disable-legacy = false disable-modern = true migrate-extra = false modern-pio-notify = false x-disable-pcie = false addr = 07.0 romfile = "" rombar = 1 (0x1) multifunction = false command_serr_enable = true class SCSI controller, addr 00:07.0, pci id 1af4:1001 (sub 1af4:0002) bar 0: i/o at 0xc0c0 [0xc0ff] bar 1: mem at 0xfebf3000 [0xfebf3fff] bus: virtio-bus type virtio-pci-bus dev: virtio-blk-device, id "" drive = "drive-virtio-disk1" logical_block_size = 512 (0x200) physical_block_size = 512 (0x200) min_io_size = 0 (0x0) opt_io_size = 0 (0x0) discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff) cyls = 16383 (0x3fff) heads = 16 (0x10) secs = 63 (0x3f) serial = "" config-wce = true scsi = true request-merging = true indirect_desc = true event_idx = true notify_on_empty = true any_layout = false dev: virtio-blk-pci, id "virtio-disk0" class = 0 (0x0) ioeventfd = true vectors = 2 (0x2) virtio-pci-bus-master-bug-migration = false disable-legacy = false disable-modern = true migrate-extra = false modern-pio-notify = false x-disable-pcie = false addr = 04.0 romfile = "" rombar = 1 (0x1) multifunction = false command_serr_enable = true class SCSI controller, addr 00:04.0, pci id 1af4:1001 (sub 1af4:0002) bar 0: i/o at 0xc040 [0xc07f] bar 1: mem at 0xfebf1000 [0xfebf1fff] bus: virtio-bus type virtio-pci-bus dev: virtio-blk-device, id "" drive = "drive-virtio-disk0" logical_block_size = 512 (0x200) physical_block_size = 512 (0x200) min_io_size = 0 (0x0) opt_io_size = 0 (0x0) discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff) cyls = 16383 (0x3fff) heads = 16 (0x10) secs = 63 (0x3f) serial = "" config-wce = true scsi = false request-merging = true indirect_desc = true event_idx = true notify_on_empty = true any_layout = false dev: virtio-scsi-pci, id "scsi1" ioeventfd = true vectors = 4 (0x4) virtio-pci-bus-master-bug-migration = false disable-legacy = false disable-modern = true migrate-extra = false modern-pio-notify = false x-disable-pcie = false addr = 08.0 romfile = "" rombar = 1 (0x1) multifunction = false command_serr_enable = true class SCSI controller, addr 00:08.0, pci id 1af4:1004 (sub 1af4:0008) bar 0: i/o at 0xc100 [0xc13f] bar 1: mem at 0xfebf4000 [0xfebf4fff] bus: virtio-bus type virtio-pci-bus dev: virtio-scsi-device, id "" num_queues = 1 (0x1) max_sectors = 65535 (0xffff) cmd_per_lun = 128 (0x80) hotplug = true param_change = true indirect_desc = true event_idx = true notify_on_empty = true any_layout = true bus: scsi1.0 type SCSI dev: scsi-block, id "scsi1-0-0-0" drive = "drive-scsi1-0-0-0" channel = 0 (0x0) scsi-id = 0 (0x0) lun = 0 (0x0) Thnaks, Roy On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 9:03 PM, Roy Shterman <roy.shter...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > First of all thank very much for your help, > > Second, unfortunately data-plane didn't worked well, I tried to add > threads from the instructions you gave me. > > Here is my full xml file, maybe you can help me to understand why it > didn't worked : > > <domain type='kvm'> > <name>gen-r-vrt-105-007-RH7.0x64</name> > <uuid>8f79e97e-d452-4577-82bd-2ed903773026</uuid> > <memory unit='KiB'>2097152</memory> > <currentMemory unit='KiB'>2097152</currentMemory> > <memtune> > <hard_limit unit='KiB'>8388608</hard_limit> > </memtune> > <memoryBacking> > <locked/> > </memoryBacking> > <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu> > <os> > <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-2.5'>hvm</type> > <boot dev='hd'/> > </os> > <features> > <acpi/> > <apic/> > <pae/> > </features> > <clock offset='utc'/> > <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> > <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> > <on_crash>restart</on_crash> > <devices> > > <emulator>/.autodirect/mtrswgwork/roysh/git/qemu/x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator> > <disk type='file' device='disk'> > <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/> > <source file='/images/gen-r-vrt-105-007/gen-r-vrt-105-007.img'/> > <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' > function='0x0'/> > </disk> > <disk type='network' device='lun'> > <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> > <source protocol='iscsi' name='iqn.2001-04.com.r-dcs03-tgt-3/1/iser'> > <host name='11.212.32.52' port='3260'/> > </source> > <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' > function='0x0'/> > </disk> > <disk type='network' device='lun'> > <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> > <source protocol='iscsi' name='iqn.2001-04.com.r-dcs03-tgt-1/1'> > <host name='11.212.32.52' port='3260'/> > </source> > <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/> > <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> > </disk> > <disk type='network' device='lun'> > <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> > <source protocol='iscsi' name='iqn.2001-04.com.r-dcs03-tgt-2/1'> > <host name='11.212.32.52' port='3260'/> > </source> > <target dev='sdb' bus='scsi'/> > <address type='drive' controller='1' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> > </disk> > <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' > function='0x0'/> > </controller> > <controller type='scsi' index='1' model='virtio-scsi'> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' > function='0x0'/> > </controller> > <controller type='usb' index='0'> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' > function='0x2'/> > </controller> > <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/> > <interface type='bridge'> > <mac address='00:50:56:28:69:07'/> > <source bridge='br0:'/> > <model type='e1000'/> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' > function='0x0'/> > </interface> > <serial type='pty'> > <target port='0'/> > </serial> > <console type='pty'> > <target type='serial' port='0'/> > </console> > <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/> > <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> > <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes'/> > <video> > <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' > function='0x0'/> > </video> > <memballoon model='virtio'> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' > function='0x0'/> > </memballoon> > </devices> > </domain> > > BTW, in RH 7.2 data-plane is default if one is choosing to work with > virtio? > > Thank you very much, > Roy > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> > wrote: > >> >> >> On 20/01/2016 21:12, Roy Shterman wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have two questions, >> > >> > First, I'm developing for Libiscsi and trying to work with virtio-scsi >> > dataplane or even virtio-blk dataplane and it doesn't works well. >> > >> > I'm working with latest qemu and latest Libiscsi in RedHat 7 libvirt >> > package. >> > >> > my iscsi xml part is : >> > >> > virtio-blk - >> > >> > <disk type='network' device='lun'> >> > <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> >> > <source protocol='iscsi' name='iqn.2001-04.com.r-dcs03-tgt-3/1'> >> > <host name='11.212.32.52' port='3260'/> >> > </source> >> > <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/> >> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' >> > function='0x0'/> >> > </disk> >> > >> > virtio-scsi - >> > >> > <disk type='network' device='lun'> >> > <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> >> > <source protocol='iscsi' name='iqn.2001-04.com.r-dcs03-tgt-1/1> >> > <host name='11.212.32.52' port='3260'/> >> > </source> >> > <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/> >> > <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> >> > </disk> >> > <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'> >> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' >> > function='0x0'/> >> > </controller> >> >> There is now support for dataplane in libvirt. See >> https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsIOThreadsAllocation and >> then you can add an iothread='NN' (NN is a number) to the <driver >> name='qemu' type='raw'/> element. >> >> > second thing, I'm trying to look for the code where QEMU allocate all >> > guest memory (2 GB) in my case. >> >> Start at memory_allocate_system_memory; ultimately you'll reach >> qemu_anon_ram_alloc which is basically an mmap. >> >> paolo >> > >