From: Dominik Csapak <d.csapak@proxmox.com>
To: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>,
Proxmox VE development discussion <pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com>
Subject: Re: [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 4/8] machine: correctly select pve machine version for non pinned windows guests
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 10:55:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7d6d4697-fc38-4331-a691-682efa6d8792@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44562ad1-b232-42c9-b07b-86f21fca005b@proxmox.com>
On 3/6/25 15:20, Fiona Ebner wrote:
> Am 06.03.25 um 15:15 schrieb Dominik Csapak:
>> On 3/6/25 15:10, Fiona Ebner wrote:
>>> Am 06.03.25 um 14:36 schrieb Dominik Csapak:
>>>> On 3/6/25 14:10, Fiona Ebner wrote:
>>>>> Am 06.03.25 um 11:44 schrieb Dominik Csapak:
>>>>>> diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer/Machine.pm b/PVE/QemuServer/Machine.pm
>>>>>> index f1acde8f..e3da8e21 100644
>>>>>> --- a/PVE/QemuServer/Machine.pm
>>>>>> +++ b/PVE/QemuServer/Machine.pm
>>>>>> @@ -237,14 +237,19 @@ sub get_vm_machine {
>>>>>> if (PVE::QemuServer::Helpers::min_version($meta-
>>>>>>> {'creation-qemu'}, 9, 1)) {
>>>>>> # need only major.minor
>>>>>> ($base_version) = ($meta->{'creation-qemu'} =~ m/^(\d+.
>>>>>> \d+)/);
>>>>>> + # append pve machine version if we have one
>>>>>> + if (my $pvever = $meta->{'creation-pve-machine'}) {
>>>>>> + $base_version .= "+pve$pvever"
>>>>>
>>>>> Since this is only the fallback handling for the rare edge case
>>>>> where no
>>>>> explicit machine version is set for a Windows guest, not sure if it's
>>>>> even worth doing this. I.e. can we just avoid the additional meta
>>>>> property and always use pve0 here? Did you intend any other use for the
>>>>> creation-pve-machine?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I though the intention of the code was to pin the guest to that version
>>>> where it
>>>> was created. If we omit the machine version, this is not true anymore,
>>>> since I'd then create a windows vm with e.g. pc-q35-9.2+pve1 then set it
>>>> to q35, and would get pc-q35-9.2+pve0
>>>
>>> Fair enough. There might be people manually changing windows guests to
>>> use the latest machine even if we don't recommend it or allow it in the
>>> UI. Still, it would just mean a pve machine version downgrade for
>>> subsequent boots, which also can happen if you offline migrate to a node
>>> that does not yet support the newest pve machine version.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> and while i don't have anymore use cases for the current case, wouldn't
>>>> this approach here correct also when we decide to bump again in the
>>>> future?
>>>
>>> Correct what?
>>>
>>
>> i wanted to write 'wouldn't this approach here be correct [..]'
>
> I never said it's not correct. Just questioning if it's worth it.
>
>>>> also recording with which pve version the vm was created could help in
>>>> debugging
>>>> issues at some point.. (my patch only adds the version in the meta info
>>>> if it's > 0 anyway)
>>>>
>>>
>>> In principle, yes. But honestly, it's much less informative than the
>>> creation QEMU version, and even that is rather rarely useful for
>>> debugging in my experience.
>>>
>>> So not a huge fan, since I'd find it nicer to keep the meta info slick,
>>> but we can go for it if you really think it's worth it.
>>
>>
>> mhmm i get what you mean, would it be an ok compromise to record the pve
>> version with
>> the creation machine maybe?
>>
>> i'd have to touch the places where we read that ofc but that shouldn't
>> be too many
>>
>
> The creation-qemu is the binary version, but the latest pve version is
> related to the qemu-server version/machine version, so while I get where
> you're coming from, I'd rather keep them separate.
Ok, I'll send a new version without recording the PVE version
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Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-03-06 10:44 [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 0/8] disable S3/S4 power states by default Dominik Csapak
2025-03-06 10:44 ` [pve-devel] [RFC PATCH qemu-server 1/8] tests: cfg2cmd: pin QEMU version Dominik Csapak
2025-03-06 12:00 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-03-06 12:07 ` Dominik Csapak
2025-03-06 12:43 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-03-06 10:44 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 2/8] config to command: add one '-global' option for each flag Dominik Csapak
2025-03-06 12:13 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-03-06 12:15 ` Dominik Csapak
2025-03-06 12:55 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-03-07 9:54 ` Dominik Csapak
2025-03-07 10:00 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-03-07 10:05 ` Dominik Csapak
2025-03-07 10:14 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-03-06 10:44 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 3/8] meta info: also add current pve-machine version Dominik Csapak
2025-03-06 10:44 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 4/8] machine: correctly select pve machine version for non pinned windows guests Dominik Csapak
2025-03-06 13:10 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-03-06 13:36 ` Dominik Csapak
2025-03-06 14:10 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-03-06 14:14 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-03-06 14:15 ` Dominik Csapak
2025-03-06 14:20 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-03-07 9:55 ` Dominik Csapak [this message]
2025-03-06 10:44 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 5/8] machine: incorporate pve machine version when pinning " Dominik Csapak
2025-03-06 14:32 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-03-07 9:58 ` Dominik Csapak
2025-03-07 10:06 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-03-06 10:44 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 6/8] machine: add S3/S4 power state properties Dominik Csapak
2025-03-06 14:52 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-03-07 10:02 ` Dominik Csapak
2025-03-07 10:10 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-03-06 10:44 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 7/8] machine: bump pve machine version and reverse the s3/s4 defaults Dominik Csapak
2025-03-06 15:04 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-03-06 10:44 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 8/8] tests: cfg2cmd: add test for windows machine pinning from meta info Dominik Csapak
2025-03-06 15:10 ` Fiona Ebner
2025-03-07 14:46 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 0/8] disable S3/S4 power states by default Dominik Csapak
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