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launch-libvirt: add virtio-net via the standard <interface> element
Starting with version 3.8.0, libvirt allows us to specify the network
address and network mask (as prefix) for SLIRP directly via the
<interface> element in the domain XML:
<https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#userspace-slirp-stack>. This means
we don't need the <qemu:commandline> hack for virtio-net on such versions.

Restrict the hack in construct_libvirt_xml_qemu_cmdline() to
libvirt<3.8.0, and generate the proper <interface> element in
construct_libvirt_xml_devices() on libvirt>=3.8.0.

Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2034160
Suggested-by: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20211223103701.12702-4-lersek@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion lib/guestfs-internal.h
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#endif

/* Place the virtio-net controller in slot 0x1e on the root bus, on normal
* hardware with PCI. Refer to RHBZ#2034160.
* hardware with PCI. Necessary only before libvirt 3.8.0. Refer to
* RHBZ#2034160.
*/
#ifdef HAVE_LIBVIRT_BACKEND
#if defined(__arm__) || defined(__s390x__)
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27 changes: 25 additions & 2 deletions lib/launch-libvirt.c
Expand Up @@ -1413,6 +1413,28 @@ construct_libvirt_xml_devices (guestfs_h *g,
} end_element ();
} end_element ();

/* Virtio-net NIC with SLIRP (= userspace) back-end, if networking is
* enabled. Starting with libvirt 3.8.0, we can specify the network address
* and prefix for SLIRP in the domain XML. Therefore, we can add the NIC
* via the standard <interface> element rather than <qemu:commandline>, and
* so libvirt can manage the PCI address of the virtio-net NIC like the PCI
* addresses of all other devices. Refer to RHBZ#2034160.
*/
if (g->enable_network &&
guestfs_int_version_ge (&params->data->libvirt_version, 3, 8, 0)) {
start_element ("interface") {
attribute ("type", "user");
start_element ("model") {
attribute ("type", "virtio");
} end_element ();
start_element ("ip") {
attribute ("family", "ipv4");
attribute ("address", NETWORK_ADDRESS);
attribute ("prefix", NETWORK_PREFIX);
} end_element ();
} end_element ();
}

/* Libvirt adds some devices by default. Indicate to libvirt
* that we don't want them.
*/
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} end_element ();

/* Workaround because libvirt user networking cannot specify "net="
* parameter.
* parameter. Necessary only before libvirt 3.8.0; refer to RHBZ#2034160.
*/
if (g->enable_network) {
if (g->enable_network &&
!guestfs_int_version_ge (&params->data->libvirt_version, 3, 8, 0)) {
start_element ("qemu:arg") {
attribute ("value", "-netdev");
} end_element ();
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