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From: Markus Frank <m.frank@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [PATCH qemu-server v3 4/11] virtiofs: add live migration support
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:16:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260427121746.270544-5-m.frank@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260427121746.270544-1-m.frank@proxmox.com>

There are two migration methods with virtiofsd.

Virtiofsd in the 'find-paths' migration mode, tries to find the path
inside of the shared directory for every filesystem object that must be
transferred to the destination.
Add two extra parameters that verify file handles and confirm paths.

In the 'file-handles' migration mode every filesystem object is
converted to a file handle. This migration mode requires the
DAC_READ_SEARCH capability.

Add a parameter so that migration does not abort if an error occurs.
Aborting on error would result in a stopped VM on the destination node.

Signed-off-by: Markus Frank <m.frank@proxmox.com>
---
v3 changes:
* removed the unnecessary 'if' around the $dirid initialisation
* changed if to elsif
* always start virtiofsd with '--migration-on-error=guest-error' as a
  safety measure

 src/PVE/QemuMigrate/Helpers.pm | 14 +++++++++++---
 src/PVE/QemuServer/Virtiofs.pm | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/PVE/QemuMigrate/Helpers.pm b/src/PVE/QemuMigrate/Helpers.pm
index 466517da..6c6294dd 100644
--- a/src/PVE/QemuMigrate/Helpers.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/QemuMigrate/Helpers.pm
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ sub check_non_migratable_resources {
     if ($state) {
         push @blockers, "amd-sev" if $conf->{"amd-sev"};
         push @blockers, "intel-tdx" if $conf->{"intel-tdx"};
-        push @blockers, "virtiofs" if PVE::QemuServer::Virtiofs::virtiofs_enabled($conf);
     }
 
     if (scalar(@blockers) && !$noerr) {
@@ -100,8 +99,17 @@ sub check_local_resources {
         }
         if ($k =~ m/^virtiofs/) {
             my $entry = parse_property_string('pve-qm-virtiofs', $conf->{$k});
-            $add_missing_mapping->('dir', $k, $entry->{dirid});
-            $mapped_res->{$k} = { name => $entry->{dirid} };
+
+            my $dirid = $entry->{dirid};
+            $add_missing_mapping->('dir', $k, $dirid);
+            my $mapped_device = { name => $dirid };
+            $mapped_res->{$k} = $mapped_device;
+
+            if ($dir_map->{ids}->{$dirid}->{'live-migration-method'}) {
+                $mapped_device->{'live-migration'} = 1;
+                # don't add mapped device with live migration as blocker
+                next;
+            }
         }
         # sockets are safe: they will recreated be on the target side post-migrate
         next if $k =~ m/^serial/ && ($conf->{$k} eq 'socket');
diff --git a/src/PVE/QemuServer/Virtiofs.pm b/src/PVE/QemuServer/Virtiofs.pm
index 8567d2af..f9d7136a 100644
--- a/src/PVE/QemuServer/Virtiofs.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/QemuServer/Virtiofs.pm
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ sub start_virtiofsd {
 
     my $dir_cfg = PVE::Mapping::Dir::find_on_current_node($virtiofs->{dirid});
 
+    my $dirid = $virtiofs->{dirid};
+    my $dir_properties = PVE::Mapping::Dir::config()->{ids}->{$dirid};
+
     my $virtiofsd_bin = '/usr/libexec/virtiofsd';
     if (!-f $virtiofsd_bin) {
         die "virtiofsd is not installed. To use virtio-fs, install virtiofsd via apt.\n";
@@ -201,6 +204,21 @@ sub start_virtiofsd {
             push @$cmd, '--readonly' if $virtiofs->{readonly};
             push @$cmd, '--cache=' . $virtiofs->{cache} if $virtiofs->{cache};
             push @$cmd, '--inode-file-handles=prefer' if $prefer_inode_fh;
+
+            # migration-on-error=abort would result in a stopped VM on the target node
+            push @$cmd, '--migration-on-error=guest-error';
+
+            if (my $method = $dir_properties->{'live-migration-method'}) {
+                if ($method eq 'find-paths') {
+                    push @$cmd, '--migration-mode=find-paths';
+                    push @$cmd, '--migration-verify-handles';
+                    push @$cmd, '--migration-confirm-paths';
+                } elsif ($method eq 'file-handles') {
+                    push @$cmd, '--migration-mode=file-handles';
+                    push @$cmd, '--modcaps=+dac_read_search';
+                }
+            }
+
             push @$cmd, '--syslog';
             exec(@$cmd);
         } elsif (!defined($pid2)) {
-- 
2.47.3





  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-27 12:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-27 12:16 [PATCH guest-common/qemu-server/docs/manager v3 0/11] Virtiofs improvements Markus Frank
2026-04-27 12:16 ` [PATCH guest-common v3 1/11] mapping: dir: add 'live-migration-method' parameter Markus Frank
2026-04-27 12:16 ` [PATCH qemu-server v3 2/11] fix #6370: virtiofs: add support for thread-pool-size option Markus Frank
2026-04-27 12:16 ` [PATCH qemu-server v3 3/11] virtiofs: add readonly option Markus Frank
2026-04-27 12:16 ` Markus Frank [this message]
2026-04-27 12:16 ` [PATCH docs v3 5/11] virtiofs: add explanation for cache=metadata behavior Markus Frank
2026-04-27 12:16 ` [PATCH docs v3 6/11] virtiofs: add table for optional parameters Markus Frank
2026-04-27 12:16 ` [PATCH docs v3 7/11] virtiofs: add description for thread-pool-size and readonly Markus Frank
2026-04-27 12:16 ` [PATCH docs v3 8/11] virtiofs: add documentation for live migration Markus Frank
2026-04-27 12:16 ` [PATCH manager v3 09/11] fix #6370: ui: virtiofs edit: add support for thread-pool-size option Markus Frank
2026-04-27 12:16 ` [PATCH manager v3 10/11] virtiofs edit: add support for readonly option Markus Frank
2026-04-27 12:17 ` [PATCH manager v3 11/11] directory mapping: add live-migration-method option for virtiofs Markus Frank
2026-04-27 15:18 ` [PATCH guest-common/qemu-server/docs/manager v3 0/11] Virtiofs improvements Filip Schauer

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