Ease debugging Windows VM by marmarek · Pull Request #701 · QubesOS/qubes-core-admin

marmarek · 2025-07-14T18:20:06Z

Related to QubesOS/qubes-issues#9976

Implement qemu-extra-args feature that allows adding extra qemu options. This is useful mostly for debugging.

Will (hopefully) help debugging issues like QubesOS/qubes-issues#9976

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OpenQA test summary

Complete test suite and dependencies: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/overview?distri=qubesos&version=4.3&build=2025071903-4.3&flavor=pull-requests

Test run included the following:

New failures, excluding unstable

Compared to: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/overview?distri=qubesos&version=4.3&build=2025061004-4.3&flavor=update

system_tests_pvgrub_salt_storage
- TC_42_PVHGrub_debian-12-xfce: test_010_template_based_vm (error + cleanup)
  raise TimeoutError from exc_val... TimeoutError
system_tests_dispvm
- TC_20_DispVM_whonix-workstation-17: test_030_edit_file (failure + cleanup)
  AssertionError: Timeout while waiting for disp[0-9]* window to show
- TC_20_DispVM_whonix-workstation-17: test_100_open_in_dispvm (failure + cleanup)
  AssertionError: Timeout while waiting for disp[0-9]* window to show
system_tests_devices
- TC_00_List_whonix-gateway-17: test_011_list_dm_mounted (failure)
  AssertionError: 'test-dm' == 'test-dm' : Device test-inst-vm:dm-0::...
system_tests_audio@hw1
- TC_20_AudioVM_PipeWire_fedora-42-xfce: test_226_audio_playback_pipewire (error + cleanup)
  raise TimeoutError from exc_val... TimeoutError
system_tests_qwt_win10_seamless@hw13
- windows_install: Failed (test died)
  # Test died: command 'script -e -c 'bash -x /usr/bin/qvm-create-win...
system_tests_qwt_win11@hw13
- windows_install: Failed (test died)
  # Test died: command 'script -e -c 'bash -x /usr/bin/qvm-create-win...

Failed tests

10 failures

system_tests_pvgrub_salt_storage
- TC_42_PVHGrub_debian-12-xfce: test_010_template_based_vm (error + cleanup)
  raise TimeoutError from exc_val... TimeoutError
system_tests_extra
- TC_00_QVCTest_whonix-workstation-17: test_010_screenshare (failure)
  AssertionError: 1 != 0 : Timeout waiting for /dev/video0 in test-in...
system_tests_dispvm
- TC_20_DispVM_whonix-workstation-17: test_030_edit_file (failure + cleanup)
  AssertionError: Timeout while waiting for disp[0-9]* window to show
- TC_20_DispVM_whonix-workstation-17: test_100_open_in_dispvm (failure + cleanup)
  AssertionError: Timeout while waiting for disp[0-9]* window to show
system_tests_devices
- TC_00_List_whonix-gateway-17: test_011_list_dm_mounted (failure)
  AssertionError: 'test-dm' == 'test-dm' : Device test-inst-vm:dm-0::...
system_tests_kde_gui_interactive
- gui_keyboard_layout: wait_serial (wait serial expected)
  # wait_serial expected: "echo -e '[Layout]\nLayoutList=us,de' | sud...
- gui_keyboard_layout: Failed (test died)
  # Test died: command 'test "$(cd ~user;ls e1*)" = "$(qvm-run -p wor...
system_tests_audio@hw1
- TC_20_AudioVM_PipeWire_fedora-42-xfce: test_226_audio_playback_pipewire (error + cleanup)
  raise TimeoutError from exc_val... TimeoutError
system_tests_qwt_win10_seamless@hw13
- windows_install: Failed (test died)
  # Test died: command 'script -e -c 'bash -x /usr/bin/qvm-create-win...
system_tests_qwt_win11@hw13
- windows_install: Failed (test died)
  # Test died: command 'script -e -c 'bash -x /usr/bin/qvm-create-win...

Fixed failures

Compared to: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/142375#dependencies

10 fixed

system_tests_extra
- TC_10_Thunderbird_whonix-workstation-17: test_000_send_receive_default (failure)
  dogtail.tree.SearchError: descendent of [application | Thunderbird]...
- TC_10_Thunderbird_whonix-workstation-17: test_010_send_receive_inline_signed_only (failure)
  dogtail.tree.SearchError: descendent of [application | Thunderbird]...
- TC_10_Thunderbird_whonix-workstation-17: test_020_send_receive_inline_with_attachment (failure)
  dogtail.tree.SearchError: descendent of [application | Thunderbird]...
system_tests_audio
- TC_20_AudioVM_Pulse_debian-12-xfce: test_252_audio_playback_audiovm_switch_hvm (failure)
  AssertionError: only silence detected, no useful audio data
- TC_20_AudioVM_Pulse_whonix-workstation-17: test_225_audio_rec_unmuted_hvm (failure)
  AssertionError: too short audio, expected 10s, got 7.95233560090703...
system_tests_splitgpg
- TC_10_Thunderbird_whonix-workstation-17: test_000_send_receive_default (failure)
  dogtail.tree.SearchError: descendent of [application | Thunderbird]...
- TC_10_Thunderbird_whonix-workstation-17: test_010_send_receive_inline_signed_only (failure)
  dogtail.tree.SearchError: descendent of [application | Thunderbird]...
- TC_10_Thunderbird_whonix-workstation-17: test_020_send_receive_inline_with_attachment (failure)
  dogtail.tree.SearchError: descendent of [application | Thunderbird]...
system_tests_guivm_vnc_gui_interactive
- simple_gui_apps: unnamed test (unknown)
- simple_gui_apps: Failed (test died)
  # Test died: no candidate needle with tag(s) 'vm-settings-applicati...

Unstable tests

Details

Performance Tests

Performance degradation:

9 performance degradations

debian-12-xfce_exec-data-simplex: 72.42 🔺 ( previous job: 65.51, degradation: 110.54%)
debian-12-xfce_exec-data-duplex-root: 82.28 🔺 ( previous job: 70.01, degradation: 117.53%)
whonix-gateway-17_exec-root: 43.81 🔺 ( previous job: 39.57, degradation: 110.71%)
whonix-gateway-17_socket: 9.83 🔺 ( previous job: 7.85, degradation: 125.16%)
whonix-gateway-17_socket-root: 8.70 🔺 ( previous job: 7.89, degradation: 110.24%)
whonix-gateway-17_exec-data-duplex-root: 101.47 🔺 ( previous job: 90.74, degradation: 111.83%)
dom0_root_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 253646.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 289982.00, degradation: 87.47%)
dom0_root_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 14119.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 17102.00, degradation: 82.56%)
dom0_varlibqubes_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 105280.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 122848.00, degradation: 85.70%)

Remaining performance tests:

63 tests

debian-12-xfce_exec: 7.29 🟢 ( previous job: 8.63, improvement: 84.48%)
debian-12-xfce_exec-root: 29.21 🟢 ( previous job: 29.44, improvement: 99.24%)
debian-12-xfce_socket: 8.96 🔺 ( previous job: 8.50, degradation: 105.43%)
debian-12-xfce_socket-root: 8.56 🔺 ( previous job: 8.31, degradation: 102.94%)
debian-12-xfce_exec-data-duplex: 67.72 🟢 ( previous job: 73.55, improvement: 92.08%)
debian-12-xfce_socket-data-duplex: 160.98 🟢 ( previous job: 161.35, improvement: 99.77%)
fedora-42-xfce_exec: 9.10
fedora-42-xfce_exec-root: 58.04
fedora-42-xfce_socket: 8.05
fedora-42-xfce_socket-root: 8.53
fedora-42-xfce_exec-data-simplex: 69.44
fedora-42-xfce_exec-data-duplex: 71.77
fedora-42-xfce_exec-data-duplex-root: 98.53
fedora-42-xfce_socket-data-duplex: 156.15
whonix-gateway-17_exec: 6.91 🟢 ( previous job: 7.34, improvement: 94.14%)
whonix-gateway-17_exec-data-simplex: 78.89 🔺 ( previous job: 77.76, degradation: 101.45%)
whonix-gateway-17_exec-data-duplex: 82.13 🔺 ( previous job: 78.39, degradation: 104.78%)
whonix-gateway-17_socket-data-duplex: 169.74 🔺 ( previous job: 161.95, degradation: 104.81%)
whonix-workstation-17_exec: 7.73 🟢 ( previous job: 8.27, improvement: 93.38%)
whonix-workstation-17_exec-root: 58.83 🔺 ( previous job: 57.61, degradation: 102.11%)
whonix-workstation-17_socket: 8.78 🟢 ( previous job: 8.97, improvement: 97.90%)
whonix-workstation-17_socket-root: 10.34 🔺 ( previous job: 9.46, degradation: 109.33%)
whonix-workstation-17_exec-data-simplex: 62.25 🟢 ( previous job: 74.54, improvement: 83.51%)
whonix-workstation-17_exec-data-duplex: 81.62 🔺 ( previous job: 74.84, degradation: 109.07%)
whonix-workstation-17_exec-data-duplex-root: 86.93 🔺 ( previous job: 86.00, degradation: 101.08%)
whonix-workstation-17_socket-data-duplex: 169.35 🔺 ( previous job: 160.20, degradation: 105.71%)
dom0_root_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 135279.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 101988.00, improvement: 132.64%)
dom0_root_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 56932.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 14284.00, improvement: 398.57%)
dom0_root_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 38763.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 32696.00, improvement: 118.56%)
dom0_root_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 1354.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 1091.00, improvement: 124.11%)
dom0_root_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 11835.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 11086.00, improvement: 106.76%)
dom0_root_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 4559.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 1840.00, improvement: 247.77%)
dom0_varlibqubes_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 500991.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 289182.00, improvement: 173.24%)
dom0_varlibqubes_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 439286.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 433654.00, improvement: 101.30%)
dom0_varlibqubes_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 157711.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 167872.00, degradation: 93.95%)
dom0_varlibqubes_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 103257.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 108760.00, degradation: 94.94%)
dom0_varlibqubes_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 9261.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 8874.00, improvement: 104.36%)
dom0_varlibqubes_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 7920.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 6356.00, improvement: 124.61%)
dom0_varlibqubes_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 4954.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 4420.00, improvement: 112.08%)
fedora-42-xfce_root_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 387786.00
fedora-42-xfce_root_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 274280.00
fedora-42-xfce_root_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 308223.00
fedora-42-xfce_root_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 139265.00
fedora-42-xfce_root_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 83540.00
fedora-42-xfce_root_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 5449.00
fedora-42-xfce_root_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 8108.00
fedora-42-xfce_root_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 2626.00
fedora-42-xfce_private_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 334154.00
fedora-42-xfce_private_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 225791.00
fedora-42-xfce_private_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 281044.00
fedora-42-xfce_private_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 125146.00
fedora-42-xfce_private_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 36961.00
fedora-42-xfce_private_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 2612.00
fedora-42-xfce_private_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 8504.00
fedora-42-xfce_private_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 1051.00
fedora-42-xfce_volatile_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 346293.00
fedora-42-xfce_volatile_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 208754.00
fedora-42-xfce_volatile_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 292489.00
fedora-42-xfce_volatile_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 106325.00
fedora-42-xfce_volatile_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 46029.00
fedora-42-xfce_volatile_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 2084.00
fedora-42-xfce_volatile_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 8014.00
fedora-42-xfce_volatile_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 1975.00

Ease implementing https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows-debugging/

marmarek added 3 commits July 14, 2025 19:53

Extract common qemu options to a variable

38658eb

New feature to add custom qemu arguments

5a752a8

Implement qemu-extra-args feature that allows adding extra qemu options. This is useful mostly for debugging.

Enable Windows PV drivers logging when debug is set to True

9f5152f

Will (hopefully) help debugging issues like QubesOS/qubes-issues#9976

marmarek added the openqa-pending label Jul 14, 2025

This was referenced Jul 15, 2025

Add Arch packaging QubesOS/qubes-core-admin-client#332

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Improve device category description QubesOS/qubes-core-admin-client#362

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Add "network" block in default libvirt config template

c531bb1

Ease implementing https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows-debugging/

marmarek mentioned this pull request Jul 19, 2025

Windows (with new QWT) freezes sometimes QubesOS/qubes-issues#10069

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marmarek merged commit 136045a into QubesOS:main Jul 20, 2025
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