Re: [PATCH V2 7/8] COLO: Migrate dirty pages during the gap of checkpointing

2020-03-12 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert
* zhanghailiang (zhang.zhanghaili...@huawei.com) wrote:
> We can migrate some dirty pages during the gap of checkpointing,
> by this way, we can reduce the amount of ram migrated during checkpointing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: zhanghailiang 
> ---
>  migration/colo.c   | 73 --
>  migration/migration.h  |  1 +
>  migration/trace-events |  1 +
>  qapi/migration.json|  4 ++-
>  4 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/migration/colo.c b/migration/colo.c
> index 44942c4e23..c36d94072f 100644
> --- a/migration/colo.c
> +++ b/migration/colo.c
> @@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ static COLOMode last_colo_mode;
>  
>  #define COLO_BUFFER_BASE_SIZE (4 * 1024 * 1024)
>  
> +#define DEFAULT_RAM_PENDING_CHECK 1000
> +
> +/* should be calculated by bandwidth and max downtime ? */
> +#define THRESHOLD_PENDING_SIZE (100 * 1024 * 1024UL)

In the last version I asked to change these two values to parameters.

Dave

> +static int checkpoint_request;
> +
>  bool migration_in_colo_state(void)
>  {
>  MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
> @@ -517,6 +524,20 @@ static void colo_compare_notify_checkpoint(Notifier 
> *notifier, void *data)
>  colo_checkpoint_notify(data);
>  }
>  
> +static bool colo_need_migrate_ram_background(MigrationState *s)
> +{
> +uint64_t pending_size, pend_pre, pend_compat, pend_post;
> +int64_t max_size = THRESHOLD_PENDING_SIZE;
> +
> +qemu_savevm_state_pending(s->to_dst_file, max_size, &pend_pre,
> +  &pend_compat, &pend_post);
> +pending_size = pend_pre + pend_compat + pend_post;
> +
> +trace_colo_need_migrate_ram_background(pending_size);
> +return (pending_size >= max_size);
> +}
> +
> +
>  static void colo_process_checkpoint(MigrationState *s)
>  {
>  QIOChannelBuffer *bioc;
> @@ -572,6 +593,8 @@ static void colo_process_checkpoint(MigrationState *s)
>  
>  timer_mod(s->colo_delay_timer,
>  current_time + s->parameters.x_checkpoint_delay);
> +timer_mod(s->pending_ram_check_timer,
> +current_time + DEFAULT_RAM_PENDING_CHECK);
>  
>  while (s->state == MIGRATION_STATUS_COLO) {
>  if (failover_get_state() != FAILOVER_STATUS_NONE) {
> @@ -584,9 +607,30 @@ static void colo_process_checkpoint(MigrationState *s)
>  if (s->state != MIGRATION_STATUS_COLO) {
>  goto out;
>  }
> -ret = colo_do_checkpoint_transaction(s, bioc, fb);
> -if (ret < 0) {
> -goto out;
> +if (atomic_xchg(&checkpoint_request, 0)) {
> +/* start a colo checkpoint */
> +ret = colo_do_checkpoint_transaction(s, bioc, fb);
> +if (ret < 0) {
> +goto out;
> +}
> +} else {
> +if (colo_need_migrate_ram_background(s)) {
> +colo_send_message(s->to_dst_file,
> +  COLO_MESSAGE_MIGRATE_RAM_BACKGROUND,
> +  &local_err);
> +if (local_err) {
> +goto out;
> +}
> +
> +qemu_savevm_state_iterate(s->to_dst_file, false);
> +qemu_put_byte(s->to_dst_file, QEMU_VM_EOF);
> +ret = qemu_file_get_error(s->to_dst_file);
> +if (ret < 0) {
> +error_setg_errno(&local_err, -ret,
> +"Failed to send dirty pages backgroud");
> +goto out;
> +}
> +}
>  }
>  }
>  
> @@ -627,6 +671,8 @@ out:
>  colo_compare_unregister_notifier(&packets_compare_notifier);
>  timer_del(s->colo_delay_timer);
>  timer_free(s->colo_delay_timer);
> +timer_del(s->pending_ram_check_timer);
> +timer_free(s->pending_ram_check_timer);
>  qemu_sem_destroy(&s->colo_checkpoint_sem);
>  
>  /*
> @@ -644,6 +690,7 @@ void colo_checkpoint_notify(void *opaque)
>  MigrationState *s = opaque;
>  int64_t next_notify_time;
>  
> +atomic_inc(&checkpoint_request);
>  qemu_sem_post(&s->colo_checkpoint_sem);
>  s->colo_checkpoint_time = qemu_clock_get_ms(QEMU_CLOCK_HOST);
>  next_notify_time = s->colo_checkpoint_time +
> @@ -651,6 +698,19 @@ void colo_checkpoint_notify(void *opaque)
>  timer_mod(s->colo_delay_timer, next_notify_time);
>  }
>  
> +static void colo_pending_ram_check_notify(void *opaque)
> +{
> +int64_t next_notify_time;
> +MigrationState *s = opaque;
> +
> +if (migration_in_colo_state()) {
> +next_notify_time = DEFAULT_RAM_PENDING_CHECK +
> +   qemu_clock_get_ms(QEMU_CLOCK_HOST);
> +timer_mod(s->pending_ram_check_timer, next_notify_time);
> +qemu_sem_post(&s->colo_checkpoint_sem);
> +}
> +}
> +
>  void migrate_start_colo_process(MigrationState *s)
>  {
>  qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
> @@ -658,6 +718,8 @@ void migrate_start_colo_process(MigrationState *s)
>  s->colo_delay_timer =

RE: [PATCH V2 7/8] COLO: Migrate dirty pages during the gap of checkpointing

2020-02-24 Thread Zhanghailiang



> -Original Message-
> From: Eric Blake [mailto:ebl...@redhat.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2020 11:19 PM
> To: Zhanghailiang ;
> qemu-devel@nongnu.org
> Cc: daniel...@qnap.com; dgilb...@redhat.com; quint...@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 7/8] COLO: Migrate dirty pages during the gap of
> checkpointing
> 
> On 2/24/20 12:54 AM, zhanghailiang wrote:
> > We can migrate some dirty pages during the gap of checkpointing,
> > by this way, we can reduce the amount of ram migrated during
> checkpointing.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: zhanghailiang 
> > ---
> 
> > +++ b/qapi/migration.json
> > @@ -977,12 +977,14 @@
> >   #
> >   # @vmstate-loaded: VM's state has been loaded by SVM.
> >   #
> > +# @migrate-ram-background: Send some dirty pages during the gap of
> COLO checkpoint
> 
> Missing a '(since 5.0)' tag.
> 

OK, will add this in next version, I forgot to modify it in this version which 
you reminded
In previous version. :(

> > +#
> >   # Since: 2.8
> >   ##
> >   { 'enum': 'COLOMessage',
> > 'data': [ 'checkpoint-ready', 'checkpoint-request', 'checkpoint-reply',
> >   'vmstate-send', 'vmstate-size', 'vmstate-received',
> > -'vmstate-loaded' ] }
> > +'vmstate-loaded', 'migrate-ram-background' ] }
> >
> >   ##
> >   # @COLOMode:
> >
> 
> --
> Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
> Red Hat, Inc.   +1-919-301-3226
> Virtualization:  qemu.org | libvirt.org




Re: [PATCH V2 7/8] COLO: Migrate dirty pages during the gap of checkpointing

2020-02-24 Thread Eric Blake

On 2/24/20 12:54 AM, zhanghailiang wrote:

We can migrate some dirty pages during the gap of checkpointing,
by this way, we can reduce the amount of ram migrated during checkpointing.

Signed-off-by: zhanghailiang 
---



+++ b/qapi/migration.json
@@ -977,12 +977,14 @@
  #
  # @vmstate-loaded: VM's state has been loaded by SVM.
  #
+# @migrate-ram-background: Send some dirty pages during the gap of COLO 
checkpoint


Missing a '(since 5.0)' tag.


+#
  # Since: 2.8
  ##
  { 'enum': 'COLOMessage',
'data': [ 'checkpoint-ready', 'checkpoint-request', 'checkpoint-reply',
  'vmstate-send', 'vmstate-size', 'vmstate-received',
-'vmstate-loaded' ] }
+'vmstate-loaded', 'migrate-ram-background' ] }
  
  ##

  # @COLOMode:



--
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