docs/migration: Split "Debugging" and "Firmware"
Move the two sections into a separate file called "best-practices.rst". Add the entry into index. Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240109064628.595453-6-peterx@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
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==============
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Best practices
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==============
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Debugging
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=========
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The migration stream can be analyzed thanks to ``scripts/analyze-migration.py``.
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Example usage:
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.. code-block:: shell
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$ qemu-system-x86_64 -display none -monitor stdio
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(qemu) migrate "exec:cat > mig"
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(qemu) q
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$ ./scripts/analyze-migration.py -f mig
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{
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"ram (3)": {
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"section sizes": {
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"pc.ram": "0x0000000008000000",
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...
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See also ``analyze-migration.py -h`` help for more options.
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Firmware
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========
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Migration migrates the copies of RAM and ROM, and thus when running
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on the destination it includes the firmware from the source. Even after
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resetting a VM, the old firmware is used. Only once QEMU has been restarted
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is the new firmware in use.
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- Changes in firmware size can cause changes in the required RAMBlock size
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to hold the firmware and thus migration can fail. In practice it's best
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to pad firmware images to convenient powers of 2 with plenty of space
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for growth.
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- Care should be taken with device emulation code so that newer
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emulation code can work with older firmware to allow forward migration.
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- Care should be taken with newer firmware so that backward migration
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to older systems with older device emulation code will work.
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In some cases it may be best to tie specific firmware versions to specific
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versioned machine types to cut down on the combinations that will need
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support. This is also useful when newer versions of firmware outgrow
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the padding.
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@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ QEMU live migration works.
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compatibility
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vfio
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virtio
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best-practices
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@ -52,27 +52,6 @@ All these migration protocols use the same infrastructure to
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save/restore state devices. This infrastructure is shared with the
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savevm/loadvm functionality.
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Debugging
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=========
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The migration stream can be analyzed thanks to ``scripts/analyze-migration.py``.
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Example usage:
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.. code-block:: shell
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$ qemu-system-x86_64 -display none -monitor stdio
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(qemu) migrate "exec:cat > mig"
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(qemu) q
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$ ./scripts/analyze-migration.py -f mig
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{
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"ram (3)": {
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"section sizes": {
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"pc.ram": "0x0000000008000000",
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...
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See also ``analyze-migration.py -h`` help for more options.
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Common infrastructure
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=====================
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@ -970,26 +949,3 @@ the background migration channel. Anyone who cares about latencies of page
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faults during a postcopy migration should enable this feature. By default,
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it's not enabled.
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Firmware
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========
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Migration migrates the copies of RAM and ROM, and thus when running
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on the destination it includes the firmware from the source. Even after
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resetting a VM, the old firmware is used. Only once QEMU has been restarted
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is the new firmware in use.
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- Changes in firmware size can cause changes in the required RAMBlock size
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to hold the firmware and thus migration can fail. In practice it's best
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to pad firmware images to convenient powers of 2 with plenty of space
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for growth.
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- Care should be taken with device emulation code so that newer
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emulation code can work with older firmware to allow forward migration.
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- Care should be taken with newer firmware so that backward migration
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to older systems with older device emulation code will work.
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In some cases it may be best to tie specific firmware versions to specific
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versioned machine types to cut down on the combinations that will need
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support. This is also useful when newer versions of firmware outgrow
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the padding.
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