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s390x/kvm: use cpu model for gscb on compat machines
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Starting a guest with
   <os>
    <type arch='s390x' machine='s390-ccw-virtio-2.9'>hvm</type>
  </os>
  <cpu mode='host-model'/>

on an IBM z14 results in

"qemu-system-s390x: Some features requested in the CPU model are not
available in the configuration: gs"

This is because guarded storage is fenced for compat machines that did
not have guarded storage support. While this prevents future migration
abort (by not starting the guest at all), not being able to start a
"host-model" guest is very much unexpected.  As it turns out, even if we
would modify libvirt to not expand the cpu model to contain "gs" for
compat machines, it cannot guarantee that a migration will succeed. For
example if the kernel changes its features (or the user has nested=1 on
one host but not on the other) the migration will fail nevertheless.  So
instead of fencing "gs" for machines <= 2.9 lets allow it for all
machine types that support the CPU model. This will make "host-model"
runnable all the time, while relying on the CPU model to reject invalid
migration attempts. We also need to change the migration for guarded
storage.
Additional discussions about host-model are still pending but are out
of scope of this patch.

Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <[email protected]>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <Cornelia Huck <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Halil Pasic <[email protected]>
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borntraeger committed Oct 30, 2017
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8 changes: 0 additions & 8 deletions hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
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Expand Up @@ -432,7 +432,6 @@ static void ccw_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
s390mc->ri_allowed = true;
s390mc->cpu_model_allowed = true;
s390mc->css_migration_enabled = true;
s390mc->gs_allowed = true;
mc->init = ccw_init;
mc->reset = s390_machine_reset;
mc->hot_add_cpu = s390_hot_add_cpu;
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return get_machine_class()->cpu_model_allowed;
}

bool gs_allowed(void)
{
/* for "none" machine this results in true */
return get_machine_class()->gs_allowed;
}

static char *machine_get_loadparm(Object *obj, Error **errp)
{
S390CcwMachineState *ms = S390_CCW_MACHINE(obj);
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{
S390CcwMachineClass *s390mc = S390_MACHINE_CLASS(mc);

s390mc->gs_allowed = false;
ccw_machine_2_10_class_options(mc);
SET_MACHINE_COMPAT(mc, CCW_COMPAT_2_9);
s390mc->css_migration_enabled = false;
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3 changes: 0 additions & 3 deletions include/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.h
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Expand Up @@ -40,15 +40,12 @@ typedef struct S390CcwMachineClass {
bool ri_allowed;
bool cpu_model_allowed;
bool css_migration_enabled;
bool gs_allowed;
} S390CcwMachineClass;

/* runtime-instrumentation allowed by the machine */
bool ri_allowed(void);
/* cpu model allowed by the machine */
bool cpu_model_allowed(void);
/* guarded-storage allowed by the machine */
bool gs_allowed(void);

/**
* Returns true if (vmstate based) migration of the channel subsystem
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion target/s390x/kvm.c
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Expand Up @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ int kvm_arch_init(MachineState *ms, KVMState *s)
cap_ri = 1;
}
}
if (gs_allowed()) {
if (cpu_model_allowed()) {
if (kvm_vm_enable_cap(s, KVM_CAP_S390_GS, 0) == 0) {
cap_gs = 1;
}
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion target/s390x/machine.c
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Expand Up @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ const VMStateDescription vmstate_exval = {

static bool gscb_needed(void *opaque)
{
return kvm_s390_get_gs();
return s390_has_feat(S390_FEAT_GUARDED_STORAGE);
}

const VMStateDescription vmstate_gscb = {
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