> On 16 Oct 2026, at 6:37 PM, Jiri Denemark <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 06:20:29 +0000, Tejus GK wrote:
>> QEMU supports a migration parameter to determine whether zero-page
>> checking should be performed and if yes, where it should be performed
>> (i.e., in the main migration thread or multifd threads). Add support for
>> this parameter in libvirt.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Tejus GK <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h | 11 +++++++++++
>> src/qemu/qemu_migration.c        |  1 +
>> src/qemu/qemu_migration_params.c |  8 ++++++++
>> src/qemu/qemu_migration_params.h |  1 +
>> tools/virsh-domain.c             | 13 +++++++++++++
>> 5 files changed, 34 insertions(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h 
>> b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
>> index 99208137c3..5a4875770b 100644
>> --- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
>> +++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
>> @@ -1468,6 +1468,17 @@ typedef enum {
>>  */
>> # define VIR_MIGRATE_PARAM_TLS_DESTINATION          "tls.destination"
>> 
>> +/**
>> + * VIR_MIGRATE_PARAM_ZERO_PAGE_DETECTION:
>> + *
>> + * virDomainMigrate* params field: zero page detection method as
>> + * VIR_TYPED_PARAM_STRING. Supported values are 'none', 'legacy', and
>> + * 'multifd'.
>> + *
>> + * Since: 12.8.0
>> + */
>> +# define VIR_MIGRATE_PARAM_ZERO_PAGE_DETECTION      "zero_page_detection"
>> +
> 
> Historically zero page detection has always been performed and it was
> done in the main thread. Which is what is happening when this parameter
> is not set as QEMU defaults to "legacy". Given that the "multifd" value
> fallbacks to "legacy" if multifd migration is not enabled and that I
> can't think of a reason to disable the detection completely, I think
> should just always set this parameter to "multifd" when QEMU is new
> enough to support it.
> 
> That said, if for some reason we'd want to allow users to
> disable zero page detection, we should do it via a boolean parameter
> that would select between "none" and "multifd" as there's no reason for
> exposing "legacy"
> 
> Jirka

Hi Jiri, thank you for the review! I’ll respin this patch by changing the param 
to 
a boolean one instead, and send a V2 shortly. 


regards,
tejus


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