Bug 683295 – qemu-kvm: Invalid parameter 'vhostforce'

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Bug 683295 - qemu-kvm: Invalid parameter 'vhostforce'

Summary:	qemu-kvm: Invalid parameter 'vhostforce'

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	qemu-kvm (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.1
Hardware:	x86_64 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	jason wang
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Blocks:	580954 674562
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Reported:	2011-03-08 21:12 EST by Amos Kong
Modified:	2015-05-24 20:06 EDT (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.151.el6
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: bug in the qemu option parse code. Consequence: vhost_force option could not be used. Fix: Fix qemu option parsing code. Result: vhost_force option could be used to force start vhost_net backend.
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Last Closed:	2011-05-19 07:28:52 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2011:0534	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2011-05-19 07:20:36 EDT

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Description Amos Kong 2011-03-08 21:12:37 EST

Description of problem:
vhostforce can't be used with '-netdev tap,...,forcevhost=off' ?


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.148.el6.x86_64
qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.148.el6.x86_64
qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.148.el6.x86_64
gpxe-roms-qemu-0.9.7-6.4.el6.noarch
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.148.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. start guest with '-netdev tap,...,forcevhost=off'

  
Actual results:
qemu exits, error msg:
qemu: -netdev tap,id=idgzAJ1F,vhost=on,ifname=t0-113608-cltH,script=/etc/qemu-ifup,downscript=no,forcevhost=off: Invalid parameter 'forcevhost'

Expected results:
Guest can boot up successfully 

Additional info:

# qemu-kvm -drive file='/mnt/linux/RHEL-Server-5.6-64-virtio.qcow2',index=0,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk1,media=disk,cache=none,format=qcow2,aio=native,snapshot=on
 -device
virtio-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4,drive=drive-virtio-disk1,id=virtio-disk1
-device
virtio-net-pci,netdev=idqJrk0t,mac=9a:0c:2b:2e:ab:13,netdev=idqJrk0t,id=ndev00idqJrk0t,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
-netdev
tap,id=idqJrk0t,vhost=on,ifname='t0-165012-Ywsy',script='/etc/qemu-ifup',downscript='no',vhostforce=off ...

Comment 6 Amos Kong 2011-03-21 04:54:57 EDT

'vhostforce' option can be used in qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.151.el6

I checked by perf tool, vhost_net can be forced enabled for rhel5/4 when 'vhostforce' is 'on' in fixed version.

So moving to VERIFIED.

Comment 7 jason wang 2011-05-05 05:48:48 EDT

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    New Contents:
Cause: bug in the qemu option parse code.

Consequence: vhost_force option could not be used.

Fix: Fix qemu option parsing code.

Result: vhost_force option could be used to force start vhost_net backend.

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 07:28:52 EDT

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0534.html

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 09:02:00 EDT

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0534.html

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