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[v9,00/20] Initial support for multi-process Qemu

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Elena Ufimtseva Aug. 27, 2020, 6:12 p.m. UTC
From: Elena Ufimtseva <elena.ufimtseva@oracle.com>

Hello

This is the v9 of the patchset. Thank you very much for the
detailed feedback for v8. We appreciate your time. We believe
we have address all the comments for v8 in the current series.
Special thanks to Stefan Hajnoczi.

The v9 has the following changes:
- Communication channel. Qemu side uses blocking call to send
  and receive the message from the remote and cannot progress
  further until the remote side replies. Enhanced the
  communication channel by dropping iothread lock before blocking
  on Qemu end. Use the co-routines on the remote end to avoid
  blocking QMP monitor;
- removed the heartbeat functionality, it will be added later
  in a full extent;
- fixed leaked errors and similar fixes;
- eliminated bytestream passing over the channel;
- The build system had to be changed in order to accomodate the
  latest changes in Qemu to use Kconfig/mason.

To touch upon the history of this project, we posted the
Proof Of Concept patches before the BoF session in 2018.
Subsequently, we posted 8 versions on the qemu-devel mailist.
You can find them by following the links below ([1] - [8]).

Following people contributed to the design and
implementation of this project:
Jagannathan Raman <jag.raman@oracle.com>
Elena Ufimtseva <elena.ufimtseva@oracle.com>
John G Johnson <john.g.johnson@oracle.com>
Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Konrad Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Kanth Ghatraju <kanth.ghatraju@oracle.com>

We would like to thank QEMU community for your feedback in the
design and implementation of this project.

Qemu wiki page:
https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/MultiProcessQEMU

For the full concept writeup about QEMU multi-process, please refer to
docs/devel/qemu-multiprocess.rst. Also see docs/qemu-multiprocess.txt for
usage information.

We welcome all your ideas, concerns, and questions for this patchset.

[POC]: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg566538.html
[1]: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg602285.html
[2]: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg624877.html
[3]: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg642000.html
[4]: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg655118.html
[5]: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg682429.html
[6]: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg697484.html
[7]: https://patchew.org/QEMU/cover.1593273671.git.elena.ufimtseva@oracle.com/
[8]: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg727007.html

Elena Ufimtseva (8):
  multi-process: add qio channel function to transmit
  multi-process: define MPQemuMsg format and transmission functions
  multi-process: define transmission functions in remote
  multi-process: introduce proxy object
  multi-process: add proxy communication functions
  multi-process: Forward PCI config space acceses to the remote process
  multi-process: perform device reset in the remote process
  multi-process: add configure and usage information

Jagannathan Raman (11):
  memory: alloc RAM from file at offset
  multi-process: Add config option for multi-process QEMU
  multi-process: setup PCI host bridge for remote device
  multi-process: setup a machine object for remote device process
  multi-process: Initialize message handler in remote device
  multi-process: Associate fd of a PCIDevice with its object
  multi-process: setup memory manager for remote device
  multi-process: PCI BAR read/write handling for proxy & remote
    endpoints
  multi-process: Synchronize remote memory
  multi-process: create IOHUB object to handle irq
  multi-process: Retrieve PCI info from remote process

John G Johnson (1):
  multi-process: add the concept description to
    docs/devel/qemu-multiprocess

 MAINTAINERS                     |  26 +
 backends/hostmem-memfd.c        |   2 +-
 configure                       |  10 +
 docs/devel/index.rst            |   1 +
 docs/devel/multi-process.rst    | 966 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 docs/multi-process.rst          |  67 +++
 exec.c                          |  11 +-
 hw/i386/meson.build             |   5 +
 hw/i386/remote-iohub.c          | 123 ++++
 hw/i386/remote-memory.c         |  58 ++
 hw/i386/remote-msg.c            | 263 +++++++++
 hw/i386/remote-obj.c            | 140 +++++
 hw/i386/remote.c                |  79 +++
 hw/misc/ivshmem.c               |   3 +-
 hw/pci-host/meson.build         |   1 +
 hw/pci-host/remote.c            |  75 +++
 hw/pci/memory-sync.c            | 210 +++++++
 hw/pci/meson.build              |   3 +
 hw/pci/proxy.c                  | 363 ++++++++++++
 include/exec/memory.h           |   2 +
 include/exec/ram_addr.h         |   2 +-
 include/hw/i386/remote-iohub.h  |  42 ++
 include/hw/i386/remote-memory.h |  19 +
 include/hw/i386/remote-obj.h    |  42 ++
 include/hw/i386/remote.h        |  35 ++
 include/hw/pci-host/remote.h    |  31 +
 include/hw/pci/memory-sync.h    |  27 +
 include/hw/pci/pci_ids.h        |   3 +
 include/hw/pci/proxy.h          |  54 ++
 include/io/channel.h            |  24 +
 include/io/mpqemu-link.h        | 110 ++++
 include/qemu/mmap-alloc.h       |   3 +-
 io/channel.c                    |  45 ++
 io/meson.build                  |   2 +
 io/mpqemu-link.c                | 347 ++++++++++++
 meson.build                     |   1 +
 scripts/mpqemu-launcher.py      |  49 ++
 softmmu/memory.c                |   3 +-
 util/mmap-alloc.c               |   7 +-
 util/oslib-posix.c              |   2 +-
 40 files changed, 3243 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/devel/multi-process.rst
 create mode 100644 docs/multi-process.rst
 create mode 100644 hw/i386/remote-iohub.c
 create mode 100644 hw/i386/remote-memory.c
 create mode 100644 hw/i386/remote-msg.c
 create mode 100644 hw/i386/remote-obj.c
 create mode 100644 hw/i386/remote.c
 create mode 100644 hw/pci-host/remote.c
 create mode 100644 hw/pci/memory-sync.c
 create mode 100644 hw/pci/proxy.c
 create mode 100644 include/hw/i386/remote-iohub.h
 create mode 100644 include/hw/i386/remote-memory.h
 create mode 100644 include/hw/i386/remote-obj.h
 create mode 100644 include/hw/i386/remote.h
 create mode 100644 include/hw/pci-host/remote.h
 create mode 100644 include/hw/pci/memory-sync.h
 create mode 100644 include/hw/pci/proxy.h
 create mode 100644 include/io/mpqemu-link.h
 create mode 100644 io/mpqemu-link.c
 create mode 100755 scripts/mpqemu-launcher.py

Comments

Michael S. Tsirkin Sept. 23, 2020, 3:47 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 11:12:11AM -0700, elena.ufimtseva@oracle.com wrote:
> From: Elena Ufimtseva <elena.ufimtseva@oracle.com>
> 
> Hello
> 
> This is the v9 of the patchset. Thank you very much for the
> detailed feedback for v8. We appreciate your time. We believe
> we have address all the comments for v8 in the current series.
> Special thanks to Stefan Hajnoczi.

I think overall it's in a good shape.
IIUC migration isn't supported yet so needs to be blocked.
But otherwise I don't see why we won't merge this and
interate on features upstream.

> The v9 has the following changes:
> - Communication channel. Qemu side uses blocking call to send
>   and receive the message from the remote and cannot progress
>   further until the remote side replies. Enhanced the
>   communication channel by dropping iothread lock before blocking
>   on Qemu end. Use the co-routines on the remote end to avoid
>   blocking QMP monitor;
> - removed the heartbeat functionality, it will be added later
>   in a full extent;
> - fixed leaked errors and similar fixes;
> - eliminated bytestream passing over the channel;
> - The build system had to be changed in order to accomodate the
>   latest changes in Qemu to use Kconfig/mason.
> 
> To touch upon the history of this project, we posted the
> Proof Of Concept patches before the BoF session in 2018.
> Subsequently, we posted 8 versions on the qemu-devel mailist.
> You can find them by following the links below ([1] - [8]).
> 
> Following people contributed to the design and
> implementation of this project:
> Jagannathan Raman <jag.raman@oracle.com>
> Elena Ufimtseva <elena.ufimtseva@oracle.com>
> John G Johnson <john.g.johnson@oracle.com>
> Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> Konrad Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
> Kanth Ghatraju <kanth.ghatraju@oracle.com>
> 
> We would like to thank QEMU community for your feedback in the
> design and implementation of this project.
> 
> Qemu wiki page:
> https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/MultiProcessQEMU
> 
> For the full concept writeup about QEMU multi-process, please refer to
> docs/devel/qemu-multiprocess.rst. Also see docs/qemu-multiprocess.txt for
> usage information.
> 
> We welcome all your ideas, concerns, and questions for this patchset.
> 
> [POC]: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg566538.html
> [1]: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg602285.html
> [2]: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg624877.html
> [3]: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg642000.html
> [4]: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg655118.html
> [5]: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg682429.html
> [6]: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg697484.html
> [7]: https://patchew.org/QEMU/cover.1593273671.git.elena.ufimtseva@oracle.com/
> [8]: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg727007.html
> 
> Elena Ufimtseva (8):
>   multi-process: add qio channel function to transmit
>   multi-process: define MPQemuMsg format and transmission functions
>   multi-process: define transmission functions in remote
>   multi-process: introduce proxy object
>   multi-process: add proxy communication functions
>   multi-process: Forward PCI config space acceses to the remote process
>   multi-process: perform device reset in the remote process
>   multi-process: add configure and usage information
> 
> Jagannathan Raman (11):
>   memory: alloc RAM from file at offset
>   multi-process: Add config option for multi-process QEMU
>   multi-process: setup PCI host bridge for remote device
>   multi-process: setup a machine object for remote device process
>   multi-process: Initialize message handler in remote device
>   multi-process: Associate fd of a PCIDevice with its object
>   multi-process: setup memory manager for remote device
>   multi-process: PCI BAR read/write handling for proxy & remote
>     endpoints
>   multi-process: Synchronize remote memory
>   multi-process: create IOHUB object to handle irq
>   multi-process: Retrieve PCI info from remote process
> 
> John G Johnson (1):
>   multi-process: add the concept description to
>     docs/devel/qemu-multiprocess
> 
>  MAINTAINERS                     |  26 +
>  backends/hostmem-memfd.c        |   2 +-
>  configure                       |  10 +
>  docs/devel/index.rst            |   1 +
>  docs/devel/multi-process.rst    | 966 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  docs/multi-process.rst          |  67 +++
>  exec.c                          |  11 +-
>  hw/i386/meson.build             |   5 +
>  hw/i386/remote-iohub.c          | 123 ++++
>  hw/i386/remote-memory.c         |  58 ++
>  hw/i386/remote-msg.c            | 263 +++++++++
>  hw/i386/remote-obj.c            | 140 +++++
>  hw/i386/remote.c                |  79 +++
>  hw/misc/ivshmem.c               |   3 +-
>  hw/pci-host/meson.build         |   1 +
>  hw/pci-host/remote.c            |  75 +++
>  hw/pci/memory-sync.c            | 210 +++++++
>  hw/pci/meson.build              |   3 +
>  hw/pci/proxy.c                  | 363 ++++++++++++
>  include/exec/memory.h           |   2 +
>  include/exec/ram_addr.h         |   2 +-
>  include/hw/i386/remote-iohub.h  |  42 ++
>  include/hw/i386/remote-memory.h |  19 +
>  include/hw/i386/remote-obj.h    |  42 ++
>  include/hw/i386/remote.h        |  35 ++
>  include/hw/pci-host/remote.h    |  31 +
>  include/hw/pci/memory-sync.h    |  27 +
>  include/hw/pci/pci_ids.h        |   3 +
>  include/hw/pci/proxy.h          |  54 ++
>  include/io/channel.h            |  24 +
>  include/io/mpqemu-link.h        | 110 ++++
>  include/qemu/mmap-alloc.h       |   3 +-
>  io/channel.c                    |  45 ++
>  io/meson.build                  |   2 +
>  io/mpqemu-link.c                | 347 ++++++++++++
>  meson.build                     |   1 +
>  scripts/mpqemu-launcher.py      |  49 ++
>  softmmu/memory.c                |   3 +-
>  util/mmap-alloc.c               |   7 +-
>  util/oslib-posix.c              |   2 +-
>  40 files changed, 3243 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 docs/devel/multi-process.rst
>  create mode 100644 docs/multi-process.rst
>  create mode 100644 hw/i386/remote-iohub.c
>  create mode 100644 hw/i386/remote-memory.c
>  create mode 100644 hw/i386/remote-msg.c
>  create mode 100644 hw/i386/remote-obj.c
>  create mode 100644 hw/i386/remote.c
>  create mode 100644 hw/pci-host/remote.c
>  create mode 100644 hw/pci/memory-sync.c
>  create mode 100644 hw/pci/proxy.c
>  create mode 100644 include/hw/i386/remote-iohub.h
>  create mode 100644 include/hw/i386/remote-memory.h
>  create mode 100644 include/hw/i386/remote-obj.h
>  create mode 100644 include/hw/i386/remote.h
>  create mode 100644 include/hw/pci-host/remote.h
>  create mode 100644 include/hw/pci/memory-sync.h
>  create mode 100644 include/hw/pci/proxy.h
>  create mode 100644 include/io/mpqemu-link.h
>  create mode 100644 io/mpqemu-link.c
>  create mode 100755 scripts/mpqemu-launcher.py
> 
> -- 
> 2.25.GIT
Stefan Hajnoczi Sept. 24, 2020, 8:38 a.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 11:12:11AM -0700, elena.ufimtseva@oracle.com wrote:
> The v9 has the following changes:
> - Communication channel. Qemu side uses blocking call to send
>   and receive the message from the remote and cannot progress
>   further until the remote side replies. Enhanced the
>   communication channel by dropping iothread lock before blocking
>   on Qemu end. Use the co-routines on the remote end to avoid
>   blocking QMP monitor;
> - removed the heartbeat functionality, it will be added later
>   in a full extent;
> - fixed leaked errors and similar fixes;
> - eliminated bytestream passing over the channel;
> - The build system had to be changed in order to accomodate the
>   latest changes in Qemu to use Kconfig/mason.

Thanks, I left comments but I'm happy with most patches now.

Stefan
Jag Raman Sept. 24, 2020, 2:33 p.m. UTC | #3
> On Sep 24, 2020, at 4:38 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 11:12:11AM -0700, elena.ufimtseva@oracle.com wrote:
>> The v9 has the following changes:
>> - Communication channel. Qemu side uses blocking call to send
>>  and receive the message from the remote and cannot progress
>>  further until the remote side replies. Enhanced the
>>  communication channel by dropping iothread lock before blocking
>>  on Qemu end. Use the co-routines on the remote end to avoid
>>  blocking QMP monitor;
>> - removed the heartbeat functionality, it will be added later
>>  in a full extent;
>> - fixed leaked errors and similar fixes;
>> - eliminated bytestream passing over the channel;
>> - The build system had to be changed in order to accomodate the
>>  latest changes in Qemu to use Kconfig/mason.
> 
> Thanks, I left comments but I'm happy with most patches now.

Thank you for the comments, Stefan. We will address them in the next series.

—
Jag

> 
> Stefan