migration: cpr-exec mode
Add the cpr-exec migration mode. Usage:
qemu-system-$arch -machine aux-ram-share=on ...
migrate_set_parameter mode cpr-exec
migrate_set_parameter cpr-exec-command \
<arg1> <arg2> ... -incoming <uri-1> \
migrate -d <uri-1>
The migrate command stops the VM, saves state to uri-1,
directly exec's a new version of QEMU on the same host,
replacing the original process while retaining its PID, and
loads state from uri-1. Guest RAM is preserved in place,
albeit with new virtual addresses.
The new QEMU process is started by exec'ing the command
specified by the @cpr-exec-command parameter. The first word of
the command is the binary, and the remaining words are its
arguments. The command may be a direct invocation of new QEMU,
or may be a non-QEMU command that exec's the new QEMU binary.
This mode creates a second migration channel that is not visible
to the user. At the start of migration, old QEMU saves CPR state
to the second channel, and at the end of migration, it tells the
main loop to call cpr_exec. New QEMU loads CPR state early, before
objects are created.
Because old QEMU terminates when new QEMU starts, one cannot
stream data between the two, so uri-1 must be a type,
such as a file, that accepts all data before old QEMU exits.
Otherwise, old QEMU may quietly block writing to the channel.
Memory-backend objects must have the share=on attribute, but
memory-backend-epc is not supported. The VM must be started with
the '-machine aux-ram-share=on' option, which allows anonymous
memory to be transferred in place to the new process. The memfds
are kept open across exec by clearing the close-on-exec flag, their
values are saved in CPR state, and they are mmap'd in new QEMU.
Signed-off-by: Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1759332851-370353-7-git-send-email-steven.sistare@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>