migration: file URI

Extend the migration URI to support file:<filename>.  This can be used for
any migration scenario that does not require a reverse path.  It can be
used as an alternative to 'exec:cat > file' in minimized containers that
do not contain /bin/sh, and it is easier to use than the fd:<fdname> URI.
It can be used in HMP commands, and as a qemu command-line parameter.

For best performance, guest ram should be shared and x-ignore-shared
should be true, so guest pages are not written to the file, in which case
the guest may remain running.  If ram is not so configured, then the user
is advised to stop the guest first.  Otherwise, a busy guest may re-dirty
the same page, causing it to be appended to the file multiple times,
and the file may grow unboundedly.  That issue is being addressed in the
"fixed-ram" patch series.

Signed-off-by: Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>
Tested-by: Michael Galaxy <mgalaxy@akamai.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Galaxy <mgalaxy@akamai.com>
Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <1694182931-61390-2-git-send-email-steven.sistare@oracle.com>

migration/file.c

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021-2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "channel.h"
+#include "file.h"
+#include "migration.h"
+#include "io/channel-file.h"
+#include "io/channel-util.h"
+#include "trace.h"
+
+void file_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s, const char *filename,
+                                   Error **errp)
+{
+    g_autoptr(QIOChannelFile) fioc = NULL;
+    QIOChannel *ioc;
+
+    trace_migration_file_outgoing(filename);
+
+    fioc = qio_channel_file_new_path(filename, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC,
+                                     0600, errp);
+    if (!fioc) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ioc = QIO_CHANNEL(fioc);
+    qio_channel_set_name(ioc, "migration-file-outgoing");
+    migration_channel_connect(s, ioc, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
+static gboolean file_accept_incoming_migration(QIOChannel *ioc,
+                                               GIOCondition condition,
+                                               gpointer opaque)
+{
+    migration_channel_process_incoming(ioc);
+    object_unref(OBJECT(ioc));
+    return G_SOURCE_REMOVE;
+}
+
+void file_start_incoming_migration(const char *filename, Error **errp)
+{
+    QIOChannelFile *fioc = NULL;
+    QIOChannel *ioc;
+
+    trace_migration_file_incoming(filename);
+
+    fioc = qio_channel_file_new_path(filename, O_RDONLY, 0, errp);
+    if (!fioc) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ioc = QIO_CHANNEL(fioc);
+    qio_channel_set_name(QIO_CHANNEL(ioc), "migration-file-incoming");
+    qio_channel_add_watch_full(ioc, G_IO_IN,
+                               file_accept_incoming_migration,
+                               NULL, NULL,
+                               g_main_context_get_thread_default());
+}

migration/file.h

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021-2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef QEMU_MIGRATION_FILE_H
+#define QEMU_MIGRATION_FILE_H
+void file_start_incoming_migration(const char *filename, Error **errp);
+
+void file_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s, const char *filename,
+                                   Error **errp);
+#endif

migration/meson.build

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ system_ss.add(files(
   'dirtyrate.c',
   'exec.c',
   'fd.c',
+  'file.c',
   'global_state.c',
   'migration-hmp-cmds.c',
   'migration.c',

migration/migration.c

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "migration/blocker.h"
 #include "exec.h"
 #include "fd.h"
+#include "file.h"
 #include "socket.h"
 #include "sysemu/runstate.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
@@ -449,6 +450,8 @@ static void qemu_start_incoming_migration(const char *uri, Error **errp)
         exec_start_incoming_migration(p, errp);
     } else if (strstart(uri, "fd:", &p)) {
         fd_start_incoming_migration(p, errp);
+    } else if (strstart(uri, "file:", &p)) {
+        file_start_incoming_migration(p, errp);
     } else {
         error_setg(errp, "unknown migration protocol: %s", uri);
     }
@@ -1702,6 +1705,8 @@ void qmp_migrate(const char *uri, bool has_blk, bool blk,
         exec_start_outgoing_migration(s, p, &local_err);
     } else if (strstart(uri, "fd:", &p)) {
         fd_start_outgoing_migration(s, p, &local_err);
+    } else if (strstart(uri, "file:", &p)) {
+        file_start_outgoing_migration(s, p, &local_err);
     } else {
         error_setg(&local_err, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE, "uri",
                    "a valid migration protocol");

migration/trace-events

@@ -311,6 +311,10 @@ migration_exec_incoming(const char *cmd) "cmd=%s"
 migration_fd_outgoing(int fd) "fd=%d"
 migration_fd_incoming(int fd) "fd=%d"
 
+# file.c
+migration_file_outgoing(const char *filename) "filename=%s"
+migration_file_incoming(const char *filename) "filename=%s"
+
 # socket.c
 migration_socket_incoming_accepted(void) ""
 migration_socket_outgoing_connected(const char *hostname) "hostname=%s"

qemu-options.hx

@@ -4706,6 +4706,7 @@ DEF("incoming", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_incoming, \
     "                prepare for incoming migration, listen on\n" \
     "                specified protocol and socket address\n" \
     "-incoming fd:fd\n" \
+    "-incoming file:filename\n" \
     "-incoming exec:cmdline\n" \
     "                accept incoming migration on given file descriptor\n" \
     "                or from given external command\n" \
@@ -4722,7 +4723,10 @@ SRST
     Prepare for incoming migration, listen on a given unix socket.
 
 ``-incoming fd:fd``
-    Accept incoming migration from a given filedescriptor.
+    Accept incoming migration from a given file descriptor.
+
+``-incoming file:filename``
+    Accept incoming migration from a given file.
 
 ``-incoming exec:cmdline``
     Accept incoming migration as an output from specified external