It is obsolete. It is better to use driver-mirror with NBD instead.
CC: Kevin Wolf <kw...@redhat.com>
CC: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com>
CC: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com>
CC: Hanna Czenczek <hre...@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quint...@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com>
---
docs/about/deprecated.rst | 10 ++++++++++
qapi/migration.json | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
migration/block.c | 3 +++
migration/options.c | 9 ++++++++-
4 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index e6928b96cf..6490925cdc 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -466,3 +466,13 @@ The new way to modify migration is using migration
parameters.
``blk`` functionality can be achieved by setting the
``block`` migration capability to ``true``.
+block migration (since 8.2)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+Block migration is too inflexible. It needs to migrate all block
+devices or none.
+
+Please see "QMP invocation for live storage migration with
+``blockdev-mirror`` + NBD" in docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst
+for a detailed explanation.
+
diff --git a/qapi/migration.json b/qapi/migration.json
index 64ebced761..5e545d10c0 100644
--- a/qapi/migration.json
+++ b/qapi/migration.json
@@ -269,11 +269,15 @@
# average memory load of the virtual CPU indirectly. Note that
# zero means guest doesn't dirty memory. (Since 8.1)
#
+# Features:
+#
+# @deprecated: Member @disk is deprecated because block migration is.
+#
# Since: 0.14
##
{ 'struct': 'MigrationInfo',
'data': {'*status': 'MigrationStatus', '*ram': 'MigrationStats',
- '*disk': 'MigrationStats',
+ '*disk': { 'type': 'MigrationStats', 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] },
'*vfio': 'VfioStats',
'*xbzrle-cache': 'XBZRLECacheStats',
'*total-time': 'int',
@@ -525,6 +529,9 @@
#
# Features:
#
+# @deprecated: Member @block is deprecated. Use blockdev-mirror with
+# NBD instead.
+#
# @unstable: Members @x-colo and @x-ignore-shared are experimental.
#
# Since: 1.2
@@ -534,7 +541,8 @@
'compress', 'events', 'postcopy-ram',
{ 'name': 'x-colo', 'features': [ 'unstable' ] },
'release-ram',
- 'block', 'return-path', 'pause-before-switchover', 'multifd',
+ { 'name': 'block', 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] },
+ 'return-path', 'pause-before-switchover', 'multifd',
'dirty-bitmaps', 'postcopy-blocktime', 'late-block-activate',
{ 'name': 'x-ignore-shared', 'features': [ 'unstable' ] },
'validate-uuid', 'background-snapshot',
@@ -825,6 +833,9 @@
#
# Features:
#
+# @deprecated: Member @block-incremental is deprecated. Use
+# blockdev-mirror with NBD instead.
+#
# @unstable: Members @x-checkpoint-delay and @x-vcpu-dirty-limit-period
# are experimental.
#
@@ -840,7 +851,7 @@
'tls-creds', 'tls-hostname', 'tls-authz', 'max-bandwidth',
'downtime-limit',
{ 'name': 'x-checkpoint-delay', 'features': [ 'unstable' ] },
- 'block-incremental',
+ { 'name': 'block-incremental', 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] },
'multifd-channels',
'xbzrle-cache-size', 'max-postcopy-bandwidth',
'max-cpu-throttle', 'multifd-compression',
@@ -991,6 +1002,9 @@
#
# Features:
#
+# @deprecated: Member @block-incremental is deprecated. Use
+# blockdev-mirror with NBD instead.
+#
# @unstable: Members @x-checkpoint-delay and @x-vcpu-dirty-limit-period
# are experimental.
#
@@ -1019,7 +1033,8 @@
'*downtime-limit': 'uint64',
'*x-checkpoint-delay': { 'type': 'uint32',
'features': [ 'unstable' ] },
- '*block-incremental': 'bool',
+ '*block-incremental': { 'type': 'bool',
+ 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] },
'*multifd-channels': 'uint8',
'*xbzrle-cache-size': 'size',
'*max-postcopy-bandwidth': 'size',
@@ -1194,6 +1209,9 @@
#
# Features:
#
+# @deprecated: Member @block-incremental is deprecated. Use
+# blockdev-mirror with NBD instead.
+#
# @unstable: Members @x-checkpoint-delay and @x-vcpu-dirty-limit-period
# are experimental.
#
@@ -1219,7 +1237,8 @@
'*downtime-limit': 'uint64',
'*x-checkpoint-delay': { 'type': 'uint32',
'features': [ 'unstable' ] },
- '*block-incremental': 'bool',
+ '*block-incremental': { 'type': 'bool',
+ 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] },
'*multifd-channels': 'uint8',
'*xbzrle-cache-size': 'size',
'*max-postcopy-bandwidth': 'size',
diff --git a/migration/block.c b/migration/block.c
index 5f930870a5..7f563c70f6 100644
--- a/migration/block.c
+++ b/migration/block.c
@@ -729,6 +729,9 @@ static int block_save_setup(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
trace_migration_block_save("setup", block_mig_state.submitted,
block_mig_state.transferred);
+ warn_report("block migration is deprecated. Use blockdev-mirror with"
+ "NBD instead.");
+
qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
ret = init_blk_migration(f);
if (ret < 0) {
diff --git a/migration/options.c b/migration/options.c
index 6bbfd4853d..bb6005052f 100644
--- a/migration/options.c
+++ b/migration/options.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
*/
#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
#include "exec/target_page.h"
#include "qapi/clone-visitor.h"
#include "qapi/error.h"
@@ -464,10 +465,14 @@ bool migrate_caps_check(bool *old_caps, bool *new_caps,
Error **errp)
if (new_caps[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_BLOCK]) {
error_setg(errp, "QEMU compiled without old-style (blk/-b, inc/-i) "
"block migration");
- error_append_hint(errp, "Use drive_mirror+NBD instead.\n");
+ error_append_hint(errp, "Use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead.\n");
return false;
}
#endif
+ if (new_caps[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_BLOCK]) {
+ warn_report("Block migration is deprecated. "
+ "Use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead.");
+ }
#ifndef CONFIG_REPLICATION
if (new_caps[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_X_COLO]) {
@@ -1351,6 +1356,8 @@ static void migrate_params_apply(MigrateSetParameters
*params, Error **errp)
}
if (params->has_block_incremental) {
+ warn_report("Block migration is deprecated. "
+ "Use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead.");
s->parameters.block_incremental = params->block_incremental;
}
if (params->has_multifd_channels) {
--
2.41.0
