mirror of https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu.git
6ca080453e
At this moment, QEMU attempts to create/load/delete snapshots
by using either an ID (id_str) or a name. The problem is that the code
isn't consistent of whether the entered argument is an ID or a name,
causing unexpected behaviors.
For example, when creating snapshots via savevm <arg>, what happens is that
"arg" is treated as both name and id_str. In a guest without snapshots, create
a single snapshot via savevm:
(qemu) savevm 0
(qemu) info snapshots
List of snapshots present on all disks:
ID TAG VM SIZE DATE VM CLOCK
-- 0 741M 2018-07-31 13:39:56 00:41:25.313
A snapshot with name "0" is created. ID is hidden from the user, but the
ID is a non-zero integer that starts at "1". Thus, this snapshot has
id_str=1, TAG="0". Creating a second snapshot with arg = 1, the first one
is deleted:
(qemu) savevm 1
(qemu) info snapshots
List of snapshots present on all disks:
ID TAG VM SIZE DATE VM CLOCK
-- 1 741M 2018-07-31 13:42:14 00:41:55.252
What happened?
- when creating the second snapshot, a verification is done inside
bdrv_all_delete_snapshot to delete any existing snapshots that matches an
string argument. Here, the code calls bdrv_all_delete_snapshot("1", ...);
- bdrv_all_delete_snapshot calls bdrv_snapshot_find(..., "1") for each
BlockDriverState of the guest. And this is where things goes tilting:
bdrv_snapshot_find does a search by both id_str and name. It finds
out that there is a snapshot that has id_str = 1, stores a reference
to the snapshot in the sn_info pointer and then returns match found;
- since a match was found, a call to bdrv_snapshot_delete_by_id_or_name() is
made. This function ignores the pointer written by bdrv_snapshot_find. Instead,
it deletes the snapshot using bdrv_snapshot_delete() calling it first with
id_str = 1. If it fails to delete, then it calls it again with name = 1.
- after all that, QEMU creates the new snapshot, that has id_str = 1 and
name = 1. The user is left wondering that happened with the first snapshot
created. Similar bugs can be triggered when using loadvm and delvm.
Before contemplating discarding the use of ID input in these operations,
I've searched the code of what would be the implications. My findings
are:
- the RBD and Sheepdog drivers don't care. Both uses the 'name' field as
key in their logic, making id_str = name when appropriate.
replay-snapshot.c does not make any special use of id_str;
- qcow2 uses id_str as an unique identifier but it is automatically
calculated, not being influenced by user input. Other than that, there are
no distinguish operations made only with id_str;
- in blockdev.c, the delete operation uses a match of both id_str AND
name. Given that id_str is either a copy of 'name' or auto-generated,
we're fine here.
This gives motivation to not consider ID as a valid user input in HMP
commands - sticking with 'name' input only is more consistent. To
accomplish that, the following changes were made in this patch:
- bdrv_snapshot_find() does not match for id_str anymore, only 'name'. The
function is called in save_snapshot(), load_snapshot(), bdrv_all_delete_snapshot()
and bdrv_all_find_snapshot(). This change makes the search function more
predictable and does not change the behavior of any underlying code that uses
these affected functions, which are related to HMP (which is fine) and the
main loop inside vl.c (which doesn't care about it anyways);
- bdrv_all_delete_snapshot() does not call bdrv_snapshot_delete_by_id_or_name
anymore. Instead, it uses the pointer returned by bdrv_snapshot_find to
erase the snapshot with the exact match of id_str an name. This function
is called in save_snapshot and hmp_delvm, thus this change produces the
intended effect;
- documentation changes to reflect the new behavior. I consider this to
be an API fix instead of an API change - the user was already creating
snapshots using 'name', but now he/she will also enjoy a consistent
behavior.
Ideally we would get rid of the id_str field entirely, but this would have
repercussions on existing snapshots. Another day perhaps.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza <danielhb413@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
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README
QEMU README
===========
QEMU is a generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and
virtualizer.
QEMU is capable of emulating a complete machine in software without any
need for hardware virtualization support. By using dynamic translation,
it achieves very good performance. QEMU can also integrate with the Xen
and KVM hypervisors to provide emulated hardware while allowing the
hypervisor to manage the CPU. With hypervisor support, QEMU can achieve
near native performance for CPUs. When QEMU emulates CPUs directly it is
capable of running operating systems made for one machine (e.g. an ARMv7
board) on a different machine (e.g. an x86_64 PC board).
QEMU is also capable of providing userspace API virtualization for Linux
and BSD kernel interfaces. This allows binaries compiled against one
architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux PPC64 ABI) to be run on a host using a
different architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux x86_64 ABI). This does not
involve any hardware emulation, simply CPU and syscall emulation.
QEMU aims to fit into a variety of use cases. It can be invoked directly
by users wishing to have full control over its behaviour and settings.
It also aims to facilitate integration into higher level management
layers, by providing a stable command line interface and monitor API.
It is commonly invoked indirectly via the libvirt library when using
open source applications such as oVirt, OpenStack and virt-manager.
QEMU as a whole is released under the GNU General Public License,
version 2. For full licensing details, consult the LICENSE file.
Building
========
QEMU is multi-platform software intended to be buildable on all modern
Linux platforms, OS-X, Win32 (via the Mingw64 toolchain) and a variety
of other UNIX targets. The simple steps to build QEMU are:
mkdir build
cd build
../configure
make
Additional information can also be found online via the QEMU website:
https://qemu.org/Hosts/Linux
https://qemu.org/Hosts/Mac
https://qemu.org/Hosts/W32
Submitting patches
==================
The QEMU source code is maintained under the GIT version control system.
git clone https://git.qemu.org/git/qemu.git
When submitting patches, one common approach is to use 'git
format-patch' and/or 'git send-email' to format & send the mail to the
qemu-devel@nongnu.org mailing list. All patches submitted must contain
a 'Signed-off-by' line from the author. Patches should follow the
guidelines set out in the HACKING and CODING_STYLE files.
Additional information on submitting patches can be found online via
the QEMU website
https://qemu.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch
https://qemu.org/Contribute/TrivialPatches
The QEMU website is also maintained under source control.
git clone https://git.qemu.org/git/qemu-web.git
https://www.qemu.org/2017/02/04/the-new-qemu-website-is-up/
A 'git-publish' utility was created to make above process less
cumbersome, and is highly recommended for making regular contributions,
or even just for sending consecutive patch series revisions. It also
requires a working 'git send-email' setup, and by default doesn't
automate everything, so you may want to go through the above steps
manually for once.
For installation instructions, please go to
https://github.com/stefanha/git-publish
The workflow with 'git-publish' is:
$ git checkout master -b my-feature
$ # work on new commits, add your 'Signed-off-by' lines to each
$ git publish
Your patch series will be sent and tagged as my-feature-v1 if you need to refer
back to it in the future.
Sending v2:
$ git checkout my-feature # same topic branch
$ # making changes to the commits (using 'git rebase', for example)
$ git publish
Your patch series will be sent with 'v2' tag in the subject and the git tip
will be tagged as my-feature-v2.
Bug reporting
=============
The QEMU project uses Launchpad as its primary upstream bug tracker. Bugs
found when running code built from QEMU git or upstream released sources
should be reported via:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/
If using QEMU via an operating system vendor pre-built binary package, it
is preferable to report bugs to the vendor's own bug tracker first. If
the bug is also known to affect latest upstream code, it can also be
reported via launchpad.
For additional information on bug reporting consult:
https://qemu.org/Contribute/ReportABug
Contact
=======
The QEMU community can be contacted in a number of ways, with the two
main methods being email and IRC
- qemu-devel@nongnu.org
https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
- #qemu on irc.oftc.net
Information on additional methods of contacting the community can be
found online via the QEMU website:
https://qemu.org/Contribute/StartHere
-- End