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-rw-r--r--arch_init.c8
-rw-r--r--docs/xbzrle.txt8
-rw-r--r--include/migration/page_cache.h10
-rw-r--r--page_cache.c23
4 files changed, 39 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch_init.c b/arch_init.c
index cfedbf0..89c8fa4 100644
--- a/arch_init.c
+++ b/arch_init.c
@@ -346,7 +346,8 @@ static void xbzrle_cache_zero_page(ram_addr_t current_addr)
/* We don't care if this fails to allocate a new cache page
* as long as it updated an old one */
- cache_insert(XBZRLE.cache, current_addr, ZERO_TARGET_PAGE);
+ cache_insert(XBZRLE.cache, current_addr, ZERO_TARGET_PAGE,
+ bitmap_sync_count);
}
#define ENCODING_FLAG_XBZRLE 0x1
@@ -358,10 +359,11 @@ static int save_xbzrle_page(QEMUFile *f, uint8_t **current_data,
int encoded_len = 0, bytes_sent = -1;
uint8_t *prev_cached_page;
- if (!cache_is_cached(XBZRLE.cache, current_addr)) {
+ if (!cache_is_cached(XBZRLE.cache, current_addr, bitmap_sync_count)) {
acct_info.xbzrle_cache_miss++;
if (!last_stage) {
- if (cache_insert(XBZRLE.cache, current_addr, *current_data) == -1) {
+ if (cache_insert(XBZRLE.cache, current_addr, *current_data,
+ bitmap_sync_count) == -1) {
return -1;
} else {
/* update *current_data when the page has been
diff --git a/docs/xbzrle.txt b/docs/xbzrle.txt
index cc3a26a..52c8511 100644
--- a/docs/xbzrle.txt
+++ b/docs/xbzrle.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ encoded buffer:
encoded length 24
e9 07 0f 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f 03 01 67 01 01 69
+Cache update strategy
+=====================
+Keeping the hot pages in the cache is effective for decreased cache
+misses. XBZRLE uses a counter as the age of each page. The counter will
+increase after each ram dirty bitmap sync. When a cache conflict is
+detected, XBZRLE will only evict pages in the cache that are older than
+a threshold.
+
Usage
======================
1. Verify the destination QEMU version is able to decode the new format.
diff --git a/include/migration/page_cache.h b/include/migration/page_cache.h
index 2d5ce2d..10ed532 100644
--- a/include/migration/page_cache.h
+++ b/include/migration/page_cache.h
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ void cache_fini(PageCache *cache);
*
* @cache pointer to the PageCache struct
* @addr: page addr
+ * @current_age: current bitmap generation
*/
-bool cache_is_cached(const PageCache *cache, uint64_t addr);
+bool cache_is_cached(const PageCache *cache, uint64_t addr,
+ uint64_t current_age);
/**
* get_cached_data: Get the data cached for an addr
@@ -60,13 +62,15 @@ uint8_t *get_cached_data(const PageCache *cache, uint64_t addr);
* cache_insert: insert the page into the cache. the page cache
* will dup the data on insert. the previous value will be overwritten
*
- * Returns -1 on error
+ * Returns -1 when the page isn't inserted into cache
*
* @cache pointer to the PageCache struct
* @addr: page address
* @pdata: pointer to the page
+ * @current_age: current bitmap generation
*/
-int cache_insert(PageCache *cache, uint64_t addr, const uint8_t *pdata);
+int cache_insert(PageCache *cache, uint64_t addr, const uint8_t *pdata,
+ uint64_t current_age);
/**
* cache_resize: resize the page cache. In case of size reduction the extra
diff --git a/page_cache.c b/page_cache.c
index 89bb1ec..aa68192 100644
--- a/page_cache.c
+++ b/page_cache.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
do { } while (0)
#endif
+/* the page in cache will not be replaced in two cycles */
+#define CACHED_PAGE_LIFETIME 2
+
typedef struct CacheItem CacheItem;
struct CacheItem {
@@ -122,7 +125,8 @@ static size_t cache_get_cache_pos(const PageCache *cache,
return pos;
}
-bool cache_is_cached(const PageCache *cache, uint64_t addr)
+bool cache_is_cached(const PageCache *cache, uint64_t addr,
+ uint64_t current_age)
{
size_t pos;
@@ -131,7 +135,12 @@ bool cache_is_cached(const PageCache *cache, uint64_t addr)
pos = cache_get_cache_pos(cache, addr);
- return (cache->page_cache[pos].it_addr == addr);
+ if (cache->page_cache[pos].it_addr == addr) {
+ /* update the it_age when the cache hit */
+ cache->page_cache[pos].it_age = current_age;
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
}
static CacheItem *cache_get_by_addr(const PageCache *cache, uint64_t addr)
@@ -151,7 +160,8 @@ uint8_t *get_cached_data(const PageCache *cache, uint64_t addr)
return cache_get_by_addr(cache, addr)->it_data;
}
-int cache_insert(PageCache *cache, uint64_t addr, const uint8_t *pdata)
+int cache_insert(PageCache *cache, uint64_t addr, const uint8_t *pdata,
+ uint64_t current_age)
{
CacheItem *it = NULL;
@@ -162,6 +172,11 @@ int cache_insert(PageCache *cache, uint64_t addr, const uint8_t *pdata)
/* actual update of entry */
it = cache_get_by_addr(cache, addr);
+ if (it->it_data && it->it_addr != addr &&
+ it->it_age + CACHED_PAGE_LIFETIME > current_age) {
+ /* the cache page is fresh, don't replace it */
+ return -1;
+ }
/* allocate page */
if (!it->it_data) {
it->it_data = g_try_malloc(cache->page_size);
@@ -174,7 +189,7 @@ int cache_insert(PageCache *cache, uint64_t addr, const uint8_t *pdata)
memcpy(it->it_data, pdata, cache->page_size);
- it->it_age = ++cache->max_item_age;
+ it->it_age = current_age;
it->it_addr = addr;
return 0;