7da537f70d
We have a latent bug in our NBD client code, tickled by the brand new
nbdkit 1.11.10 block status support:
$ nbdkit --filter=log --filter=truncate -U - \
data data="1" size=511 truncate=64K logfile=/dev/stdout \
--run 'qemu-img convert $nbd /var/tmp/out'
...
qemu-img: block/io.c:2122: bdrv_co_block_status: Assertion `*pnum && QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(*pnum, align) && align > offset - aligned_offset' failed.
The culprit? Our implementation of .bdrv_co_block_status can return
unaligned block status for any server that operates with a lower
actual alignment than what we tell the block layer in
request_alignment, in violation of the block layer's constraints. To
date, we've been unable to trip the bug, because qemu as NBD server
always advertises block sizing (at which point it is a server bug if
the server sends unaligned status - although qemu 3.1 is such a server
and I've sent separate patches for 4.0 both to get the server to obey
the spec, and to let the client to tolerate server oddities at EOF).
But nbdkit does not (yet) advertise block sizing, and therefore is not
in violation of the spec for returning block status at whatever
boundaries it wants, and those unaligned results can occur anywhere
rather than just at EOF. While we are still wise to avoid sending
sub-sector read/write requests to a server of unknown origin, we MUST
consider that a server telling us block status without an advertised
block size is correct. So, we either have to munge unaligned answers
from the server into aligned ones that we hand back to the block
layer, or we have to tell the block layer about a smaller alignment.
Similarly, if the server advertises an image size that is not
sector-aligned, we might as well assume that the server intends to let
us access those tail bytes, and therefore supports a minimum block
size of 1, regardless of whether the server supports block status
(although we still need more patches to fix the problem that with an
unaligned image, we can send read or block status requests that exceed
EOF to the server). Again, qemu as server cannot trip this problem
(because it rounds images to sector alignment), but nbdkit advertised
unaligned size even before it gained block status support.
Solve both alignment problems at once by using better heuristics on
what alignment to report to the block layer when the server did not
give us something to work with. Note that very few NBD servers
implement block status (to date, only qemu and nbdkit are known to do
so); and as the NBD spec mentioned block sizing constraints prior to
documenting block status, it can be assumed that any future
implementations of block status are aware that they must advertise
block size if they want a minimum size other than 1.
We've had a long history of struggles with picking the right alignment
to use in the block layer, as evidenced by the commit message of
fd8d372d (v2.12) that introduced the current choice of forced 512-byte
alignment.
There is no iotest coverage for this fix, because qemu can't provoke
it, and I didn't want to make test 241 dependent on nbdkit.
Fixes: fd8d372d
Reported-by: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20190329042750.14704-3-eblake@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>
Tested-by: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
QEMU README
===========
QEMU is a generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and
virtualizer.
QEMU is capable of emulating a complete machine in software without any
need for hardware virtualization support. By using dynamic translation,
it achieves very good performance. QEMU can also integrate with the Xen
and KVM hypervisors to provide emulated hardware while allowing the
hypervisor to manage the CPU. With hypervisor support, QEMU can achieve
near native performance for CPUs. When QEMU emulates CPUs directly it is
capable of running operating systems made for one machine (e.g. an ARMv7
board) on a different machine (e.g. an x86_64 PC board).
QEMU is also capable of providing userspace API virtualization for Linux
and BSD kernel interfaces. This allows binaries compiled against one
architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux PPC64 ABI) to be run on a host using a
different architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux x86_64 ABI). This does not
involve any hardware emulation, simply CPU and syscall emulation.
QEMU aims to fit into a variety of use cases. It can be invoked directly
by users wishing to have full control over its behaviour and settings.
It also aims to facilitate integration into higher level management
layers, by providing a stable command line interface and monitor API.
It is commonly invoked indirectly via the libvirt library when using
open source applications such as oVirt, OpenStack and virt-manager.
QEMU as a whole is released under the GNU General Public License,
version 2. For full licensing details, consult the LICENSE file.
Building
========
QEMU is multi-platform software intended to be buildable on all modern
Linux platforms, OS-X, Win32 (via the Mingw64 toolchain) and a variety
of other UNIX targets. The simple steps to build QEMU are:
mkdir build
cd build
../configure
make
Additional information can also be found online via the QEMU website:
https://qemu.org/Hosts/Linux
https://qemu.org/Hosts/Mac
https://qemu.org/Hosts/W32
Submitting patches
==================
The QEMU source code is maintained under the GIT version control system.
git clone https://git.qemu.org/git/qemu.git
When submitting patches, one common approach is to use 'git
format-patch' and/or 'git send-email' to format & send the mail to the
qemu-devel@nongnu.org mailing list. All patches submitted must contain
a 'Signed-off-by' line from the author. Patches should follow the
guidelines set out in the HACKING and CODING_STYLE files.
Additional information on submitting patches can be found online via
the QEMU website
https://qemu.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch
https://qemu.org/Contribute/TrivialPatches
The QEMU website is also maintained under source control.
git clone https://git.qemu.org/git/qemu-web.git
https://www.qemu.org/2017/02/04/the-new-qemu-website-is-up/
A 'git-publish' utility was created to make above process less
cumbersome, and is highly recommended for making regular contributions,
or even just for sending consecutive patch series revisions. It also
requires a working 'git send-email' setup, and by default doesn't
automate everything, so you may want to go through the above steps
manually for once.
For installation instructions, please go to
https://github.com/stefanha/git-publish
The workflow with 'git-publish' is:
$ git checkout master -b my-feature
$ # work on new commits, add your 'Signed-off-by' lines to each
$ git publish
Your patch series will be sent and tagged as my-feature-v1 if you need to refer
back to it in the future.
Sending v2:
$ git checkout my-feature # same topic branch
$ # making changes to the commits (using 'git rebase', for example)
$ git publish
Your patch series will be sent with 'v2' tag in the subject and the git tip
will be tagged as my-feature-v2.
Bug reporting
=============
The QEMU project uses Launchpad as its primary upstream bug tracker. Bugs
found when running code built from QEMU git or upstream released sources
should be reported via:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/
If using QEMU via an operating system vendor pre-built binary package, it
is preferable to report bugs to the vendor's own bug tracker first. If
the bug is also known to affect latest upstream code, it can also be
reported via launchpad.
For additional information on bug reporting consult:
https://qemu.org/Contribute/ReportABug
Contact
=======
The QEMU community can be contacted in a number of ways, with the two
main methods being email and IRC
- qemu-devel@nongnu.org
https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
- #qemu on irc.oftc.net
Information on additional methods of contacting the community can be
found online via the QEMU website:
https://qemu.org/Contribute/StartHere
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