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migration: fixes to handling tls-hostname/tls-creds

PATCH Superseded Daniel P. Berrange 3 participants 7 messages Mar 2, 2017

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v2 cover migration: fixes to handling tls-hostname/tls-creds

The need for these two patches was identified during implementation of TLS encrypted migration in libvirt.

Daniel P. Berrange (2):
migration: allow clearing migration string parameters
migration: always report tls-creds & tls-hostname migrate parameters

 migration/migration.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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2.9.3
#1 lore raw

PATCH v2 1/2 migration: allow clearing migration string parameters

Some of the migration parameters are strings, which default to NULL, eg tls-hostname and tls-creds.

The mgmt app will set the tls-creds parameter on both source and target QEMU instances, in order to trigger use of TLS for migration.

After performing a TLS encrypted migration though, migration might be used for other reasons - for example, to save the QEMU state to a file. We need TLS turned off when doing this, but the migrate-set-parameters QAPI command does not provide any facility to clear/reset parameters to their default state.

If you simply omit the tls_creds parameter in migrate-set-parameters, then 'has_tls_creds' will be false and so no action will be taken. JSON allows a parameter to have a nil value, but the QEMU JSON visitor will reject that when deserializing into a QObject.

The migration code has no need to distinguish "" vs NULL for the TLS hostname or TLS credentials object name, since "" is invalid in both cases. This enables clearing of tls-hostname and tls-creds by treating "" as equivalent to NULL.

---
 migration/migration.c | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
migration/migration.c +10 -2
index c6ae69d..a8cb56e 100644
@@ -872,11 +872,19 @@ void qmp_migrate_set_parameters(MigrationParameters *params, Error **errp)
     }
     if (params->has_tls_creds) {
         g_free(s->parameters.tls_creds);
-        s->parameters.tls_creds = g_strdup(params->tls_creds);
+        if (*params->tls_creds == '\0') {
+            s->parameters.tls_creds = NULL;
+        } else {
+            s->parameters.tls_creds = g_strdup(params->tls_creds);
+        }
     }
     if (params->has_tls_hostname) {
         g_free(s->parameters.tls_hostname);
-        s->parameters.tls_hostname = g_strdup(params->tls_hostname);
+        if (*params->tls_hostname == '\0') {
+            s->parameters.tls_hostname = NULL;
+        } else {
+            s->parameters.tls_hostname = g_strdup(params->tls_hostname);
+        }
     }
     if (params->has_max_bandwidth) {
         s->parameters.max_bandwidth = params->max_bandwidth;
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2.9.3
#2 lore raw

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] migration: allow clearing migration string parameters

Quoted 17 lines · Daniel P. Berrange

Some of the migration parameters are strings, which default to NULL, eg tls-hostname and tls-creds.

The mgmt app will set the tls-creds parameter on both source and target QEMU instances, in order to trigger use of TLS for migration.

After performing a TLS encrypted migration though, migration might be used for other reasons - for example, to save the QEMU state to a file. We need TLS turned off when doing this, but the migrate-set-parameters QAPI command does not provide any facility to clear/reset parameters to their default state.

If you simply omit the tls_creds parameter in migrate-set-parameters, then 'has_tls_creds' will be false and so no action will be taken. JSON allows a parameter to have a nil value, but the QEMU JSON visitor will reject that when deserializing into a QObject.

Quoted 4 lines

The migration code has no need to distinguish "" vs NULL for the TLS hostname or TLS credentials object name, since "" is invalid in both cases. This enables clearing of tls-hostname and tls-creds by treating "" as equivalent to NULL.

It's also worth documenting in the .json file that "" is special-cased. But the C code change looks okay (with your explanation on v1 that the has_* parameters are not used internally).

Quoted 33 lines
---
 migration/migration.c | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
migration/migration.c +10 -2
index c6ae69d..a8cb56e 100644
@@ -872,11 +872,19 @@ void qmp_migrate_set_parameters(MigrationParameters *params, Error **errp)
     }
     if (params->has_tls_creds) {
         g_free(s->parameters.tls_creds);
-        s->parameters.tls_creds = g_strdup(params->tls_creds);
+        if (*params->tls_creds == '\0') {
+            s->parameters.tls_creds = NULL;
+        } else {
+            s->parameters.tls_creds = g_strdup(params->tls_creds);
+        }
     }
     if (params->has_tls_hostname) {
         g_free(s->parameters.tls_hostname);
-        s->parameters.tls_hostname = g_strdup(params->tls_hostname);
+        if (*params->tls_hostname == '\0') {
+            s->parameters.tls_hostname = NULL;
+        } else {
+            s->parameters.tls_hostname = g_strdup(params->tls_hostname);
+        }
     }
     if (params->has_max_bandwidth) {
         s->parameters.max_bandwidth = params->max_bandwidth;
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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
#3 lore raw

PATCH v2 2/2 migration: always report tls-creds & tls-hostname migrate parameters

In reply to Daniel P. Berrange

Currently the query-migrate-parameters command will omit reporting of the tls-creds & tls-hostname parameters if their value is NULL. This makes it impossible for an app to detect if these parameters are supported by QEMU, without trying to actually set them and catching the error. Since the code is treating "" and NULL as equivalent, we can simply always report these values and give them a value of "". This allows apps like libvirt to detect the fact that these parameters are supported by QEMU.

---
 migration/migration.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
migration/migration.c +6 -4
index a8cb56e..760f104 100644
@@ -581,10 +581,12 @@ MigrationParameters *qmp_query_migrate_parameters(Error **errp)
     params->cpu_throttle_initial = s->parameters.cpu_throttle_initial;
     params->has_cpu_throttle_increment = true;
     params->cpu_throttle_increment = s->parameters.cpu_throttle_increment;
-    params->has_tls_creds = !!s->parameters.tls_creds;
-    params->tls_creds = g_strdup(s->parameters.tls_creds);
-    params->has_tls_hostname = !!s->parameters.tls_hostname;
-    params->tls_hostname = g_strdup(s->parameters.tls_hostname);
+    params->has_tls_creds = true;
+    params->tls_creds = g_strdup(s->parameters.tls_creds ?
+                                 s->parameters.tls_creds : "");
+    params->has_tls_hostname = true;
+    params->tls_hostname = g_strdup(s->parameters.tls_hostname ?
+                                    s->parameters.tls_hostname : "");
     params->has_max_bandwidth = true;
     params->max_bandwidth = s->parameters.max_bandwidth;
     params->has_downtime_limit = true;
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2.9.3
#4 lore raw

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/2] migration: always report tls-creds & tls-hostname migrate parameters

Quoted 9 lines · Daniel P. Berrange

Currently the query-migrate-parameters command will omit reporting of the tls-creds & tls-hostname parameters if their value is NULL. This makes it impossible for an app to detect if these parameters are supported by QEMU, without trying to actually set them and catching the error. Since the code is treating "" and NULL as equivalent, we can simply always report these values and give them a value of "". This allows apps like libvirt to detect the fact that these parameters are supported by QEMU.

Quoted 5 lines
---
 migration/migration.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Should the query-migrate-parameters description in qapi-schema.json also be updated? Anywhere else I haven't found yet either...

Naively asking - would the plan be to also get these changes accepted for previous releases w/ tls-creds/hostname support? (2.7, 2.8). Mostly curious - not that it matters since the query will tell me the answer.

John

Quoted 22 lines
migration/migration.c +6 -4
index a8cb56e..760f104 100644
@@ -581,10 +581,12 @@ MigrationParameters *qmp_query_migrate_parameters(Error **errp)
     params->cpu_throttle_initial = s->parameters.cpu_throttle_initial;
     params->has_cpu_throttle_increment = true;
     params->cpu_throttle_increment = s->parameters.cpu_throttle_increment;
-    params->has_tls_creds = !!s->parameters.tls_creds;
-    params->tls_creds = g_strdup(s->parameters.tls_creds);
-    params->has_tls_hostname = !!s->parameters.tls_hostname;
-    params->tls_hostname = g_strdup(s->parameters.tls_hostname);
+    params->has_tls_creds = true;
+    params->tls_creds = g_strdup(s->parameters.tls_creds ?
+                                 s->parameters.tls_creds : "");
+    params->has_tls_hostname = true;
+    params->tls_hostname = g_strdup(s->parameters.tls_hostname ?
+                                    s->parameters.tls_hostname : "");
     params->has_max_bandwidth = true;
     params->max_bandwidth = s->parameters.max_bandwidth;
     params->has_downtime_limit = true;
#5 lore raw

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/2] migration: always report tls-creds & tls-hostname migrate parameters

Quoted 12 lines · John Ferlan
Quoted 9 lines · Daniel P. Berrange

Currently the query-migrate-parameters command will omit reporting of the tls-creds & tls-hostname parameters if their value is NULL. This makes it impossible for an app to detect if these parameters are supported by QEMU, without trying to actually set them and catching the error. Since the code is treating "" and NULL as equivalent, we can simply always report these values and give them a value of "". This allows apps like libvirt to detect the fact that these parameters are supported by QEMU.

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Quoted 5 lines
---
 migration/migration.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Should the query-migrate-parameters description in qapi-schema.json also be updated? Anywhere else I haven't found yet either...

That's just a code example, the actual parameters are documented against the MigrationParameters struct definition. That said, we might as well update the example too.

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Naively asking - would the plan be to also get these changes accepted for previous releases w/ tls-creds/hostname support? (2.7, 2.8). Mostly curious - not that it matters since the query will tell me the answer.

QEMU only maintains one stable branch, but I think we could add these to 2.8

Regards,
Daniel

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#6 lore raw

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/2] migration: always report tls-creds & tls-hostname migrate parameters

In reply to Daniel P. Berrange
Quoted 9 lines · Daniel P. Berrange

Currently the query-migrate-parameters command will omit reporting of the tls-creds & tls-hostname parameters if their value is NULL. This makes it impossible for an app to detect if these parameters are supported by QEMU, without trying to actually set them and catching the error. Since the code is treating "" and NULL as equivalent, we can simply always report these values and give them a value of "". This allows apps like libvirt to detect the fact that these parameters are supported by QEMU.

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---
 migration/migration.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

The .c changes look fine, but I agree that we want to document the special-case of "" in the .json file. Looking forward to v3.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org