From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA44ED723 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:33:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 9A7EB149B8 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:33:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (proxmox-new.maurer-it.com [94.136.29.106]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:33:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 27E0D42A1B for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:33:29 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:33:23 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.14.0 Content-Language: en-US To: Proxmox VE development discussion , Friedrich Weber References: <20230503133723.165739-1-f.weber@proxmox.com> From: Fiona Ebner In-Reply-To: <20230503133723.165739-1-f.weber@proxmox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 2.077 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address BAYES_00 -1.9 Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% DMARC_MISSING 0.1 Missing DMARC policy KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment NICE_REPLY_A -4.279 Looks like a legit reply (A) SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record Subject: Re: [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server] vm start: set minimum timeout of 300s if using PCI passthrough X-BeenThere: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:33:34 -0000 Am 03.05.23 um 15:37 schrieb Friedrich Weber: > The default VM startup timeout is max(30, VM memory in GiB) seconds. > Multiple reports in the forum [0] [1] and the bug tracker [2] suggest > this is too short when using PCI passthrough with a large amount of VM > memory, since QEMU needs to map the whole memory during startup (see > comment #2 in [2]). As a result, VM startup fails with "got timeout". > > To work around this, ensure that the startup timeout is at least 300s > in case the VM config contains at least one `hostpci[n]` option. > > [0]: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/83765/post-552071 > [1]: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/126398/post-552807 > [2]: https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3502 > > Signed-off-by: Friedrich Weber > --- Would it make sense to instead add a constant multiplier to the memory timeout heuristic in presence of PCI passthrough? The user says 65 GiB takes about 3 min 30 s, so assuming it's more or less linear, the 5 min from this patch would not be enough for more than ~130 GiB of memory. > > Notes: > An alternative workaround is offered by an unapplied patch series [3] > of bug #3502 [2] that makes it possible to set VM-specific timeouts > (also in the GUI). Users could use this option to manually set a > higher timeout for VMs that use PCI passthrough. However, it is not > immediately obvious that a higher timeout is necessary. Since the > problem seems to come up somewhat frequently, I think it makes sense > to have the heuristic choose a higher timeout by default. > > [2]: https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3502 > [3]: https://lists.proxmox.com/pipermail/pve-devel/2023-January/055352.html Yes, I think having both the better heuristic and the configurable timeout makes sense. Since Daniel left, do you want to have another look at the series/pick it up?