Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v11 1/3] qmp: query-current-machine with wakeup-suspend-support

[Markus Armbruster]

Daniel Henrique Barboza <address@hidden> writes:

> When issuing the qmp/hmp 'system_wakeup' command, what happens in a
> nutshell is:
>
> - qmp_system_wakeup_request set runstate to RUNNING, sets a wakeup_reason
> and notify the event
> - in the main_loop, all vcpus are paused, a system reset is issued, all
> subscribers of wakeup_notifiers receives a notification, vcpus are then
> resumed and the wake up QAPI event is fired
>
> Note that this procedure alone doesn't ensure that the guest will awake
> from SUSPENDED state - the subscribers of the wake up event must take
> action to resume the guest, otherwise the guest will simply reboot. At
> this moment, only the ACPI machines via acpi_pm1_cnt_init and xen_hvm_init
> have wake-up from suspend support.
>
> However, only the presence of 'system_wakeup' is required for QGA to
> support 'guest-suspend-ram' and 'guest-suspend-hybrid' at this moment.
> This means that the user/management will expect to suspend the guest using
> one of those suspend commands and then resume execution using system_wakeup,
> regardless of the support offered in system_wakeup in the first place.
>
> This patch creates a new API called query-current-machine [1], that holds
> a new flag called 'wakeup-suspend-support' that indicates if the guest
> supports wake up from suspend via system_wakeup. The machine is considered
> to implement wake-up support if a call to a new 'qemu_register_wakeup_support'
> is made during its init, as it is now being done inside acpi_pm1_cnt_init
> and xen_hvm_init. This allows for any other machine type to declare wake-up
> support regardless of ACPI state or wakeup_notifiers subscription, making 
> easier
> for newer implementations that might have their own mechanisms in the future.
>
> This is the expected output of query-current-machine when running a x86
> guest:
>
> {"execute" : "query-current-machine"}
> {"return": {"wakeup-suspend-support": true}}
>
> Running the same x86 guest, but with the --no-acpi option:
>
> {"execute" : "query-current-machine"}
> {"return": {"wakeup-suspend-support": false}}
>
> This is the output when running a pseries guest:
>
> {"execute" : "query-current-machine"}
> {"return": {"wakeup-suspend-support": false}}
>
> With this extra tool, management can avoid situations where a guest
> that does not have proper suspend/wake capabilities ends up in
> inconsistent state (e.g.
> https://github.com/open-power-host-os/qemu/issues/31).
>
> [1] the decision of creating the query-current-machine API is based
> on discussions in the QEMU mailing list where it was decided that
> query-target wasn't a proper place to store the wake-up flag, neither
> was query-machines because this isn't a static property of the
> machine object. This new API can then be used to store other
> dynamic machine properties that are scattered around the code
> ATM. More info at:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-05/msg04235.html
>
> Reported-by: Balamuruhan S <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza <address@hidden>

Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>