From: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 3/3] migration: conntrack: avoid crash when dbus-vmstate object cannot be added (quickly enough)
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:24:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250929122529.90484-4-f.ebner@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250929122529.90484-1-f.ebner@proxmox.com>
As reported in the community forum [0], it might happen that the
dbus-vmstate object is not added (quickly enough) to the target QEMU
instance, before the migration state is loaded. This would result in
a crash of the target instance:
> kvm: Unknown savevm section or instance 'dbus-vmstate/dbus-vmstate'
> 0. Make sure that your current VM setup matches your saved VM setup,
> including any hotplugged devices
> kvm: load of migration failed: Invalid argument
This is after the configuration is already moved and thus there also
is no source instance running anymore.
Make sure that the qemu_add_dbus_vmstate() function only returns
success when the object is successfully added.
[0]: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/172588/
Signed-off-by: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
---
src/PVE/QemuServer/DBusVMState.pm | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/PVE/QemuServer/DBusVMState.pm b/src/PVE/QemuServer/DBusVMState.pm
index a72d6dd2..354602a7 100644
--- a/src/PVE/QemuServer/DBusVMState.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/QemuServer/DBusVMState.pm
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use PVE::Systemd;
use PVE::Tools;
use PVE::QemuServer::Helpers;
+use PVE::QemuServer::Monitor qw(mon_cmd);
use constant {
DBUS_VMSTATE_EXE => '/usr/libexec/qemu-server/dbus-vmstate',
@@ -59,6 +60,15 @@ sub qemu_add_dbus_vmstate {
if (my $err = $@) {
die "failed to start DBus VMState service for VM $vmid: $err\n";
}
+
+ # Need to wait for the object to be added by the started service.
+ for (my $i = 0; $i < 5; $i++) {
+ my $qom_list = mon_cmd($vmid, 'qom-list', path => '/objects');
+ return if grep { $_->{name} eq 'pve-vmstate' } $qom_list->@*;
+ sleep 1;
+ }
+
+ die "timeout waiting for pve-vmstate object to show up\n";
}
# Stops the dbus-vmstate helper D-Bus service daemon and removes the associated
--
2.47.3
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-29 12:24 [pve-devel] [PATCH-SERIES qemu-server 0/3] migration: conntrack: fix two edge cases Fiona Ebner
2025-09-29 12:24 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 1/3] dbus vmstate: add missing includes Fiona Ebner
2025-09-29 12:24 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 2/3] migration: conntrack: work around systemd issue where scope for VM might become blocked Fiona Ebner
2025-09-29 12:24 ` Fiona Ebner [this message]
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