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Dynamic audiovm switching #8975

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marmarek opened this issue Feb 25, 2024 · 19 comments · Fixed by QubesOS/qubes-core-admin#589 or QubesOS/qubes-vmm-xen-stubdom-linux#66
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Dynamic audiovm switching #8975

marmarek opened this issue Feb 25, 2024 · 19 comments · Fixed by QubesOS/qubes-core-admin#589 or QubesOS/qubes-vmm-xen-stubdom-linux#66
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C: audio P: default Priority: default. Default priority for new issues, to be replaced given sufficient information. pr submitted A pull request has been submitted for this issue. r4.2-host-stable r4.2-vm-bookworm-stable r4.2-vm-fc37-stable r4.2-vm-fc38-stable r4.2-vm-fc39-stable r4.2-vm-fc40-stable r4.2-vm-trixie-stable r4.3-host-cur-test r4.3-vm-bookworm-cur-test r4.3-vm-fc39-cur-test r4.3-vm-fc40-cur-test r4.3-vm-trixie-cur-test T: enhancement Type: enhancement. A new feature that does not yet exist or improvement of existing functionality.

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marmarek commented Feb 25, 2024 •
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The problem you're addressing (if any)

Currently, changing audiovm requires target qube restart in practice. Technically, it is possible to change it without qube restart, if you know which services to restart in what order etc, but that's very much not obvious. This also includes the case of restarting said audiovm.

The solution you'd like

Changing audiovm at runtime should be seamless, as is changing netvm.

The value to a user, and who that user might be

Easier to use non-dom0 audiovm, mostly relevant for USB audio devices. Related to #7750, #8093.

Details

Implementation-wise, this requires:

  • dom0 changing relevant qubesdb (or else) entry when audiovm is changed or (re)started
  • pulseaudio agent watching said qubesdb entry and re-establishing vchan connection when needed
  • pipewire agent doing the same
  • stubdomain (currently also pulseaudio) agent doing the same - a caveat here, currently stubdomain doesn't have qubesdb at all (and has hardcoded domid=0 as audiovm), but it does have qrexec-agent
@marmarek marmarek added T: enhancement Type: enhancement. A new feature that does not yet exist or improvement of existing functionality. P: default Priority: default. Default priority for new issues, to be replaced given sufficient information. C: audio labels Feb 25, 2024
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tests: add audiovm and its dynamic switching test
47f27a7 
Besides new tests, rename "prepare_audio_vm" to "prepare_audio_test" to
avoid confusion with "audiovm".

QubesOS/qubes-issues#8975
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tests: add audiovm and its dynamic switching test
b6670eb 
Besides new tests, rename "prepare_audio_vm" to "prepare_audio_test" to
avoid confusion with "audiovm".

QubesOS/qubes-issues#8975
marmarek added a commit to marmarek/qubes-core-admin that referenced this issue Apr 6, 2024
@marmarek
tests: add audiovm and its dynamic switching test
4854972 
Besides new tests, rename "prepare_audio_vm" to "prepare_audio_test" to
avoid confusion with "audiovm".

QubesOS/qubes-issues#8975
marmarek added a commit to marmarek/qubes-core-admin that referenced this issue Apr 8, 2024
@marmarek
tests: add audiovm and its dynamic switching test
36c32c9 
Besides new tests, rename "prepare_audio_vm" to "prepare_audio_test" to
avoid confusion with "audiovm".

QubesOS/qubes-issues#8975
marmarek added a commit to marmarek/qubes-core-admin that referenced this issue Apr 11, 2024
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tests: add audiovm and its dynamic switching test
66423e9 
Besides new tests, rename "prepare_audio_vm" to "prepare_audio_test" to
avoid confusion with "audiovm".

QubesOS/qubes-issues#8975
marmarek added a commit to marmarek/qubes-core-admin that referenced this issue Apr 11, 2024
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tests: add audiovm and its dynamic switching test
ed4946c 
Besides new tests, rename "prepare_audio_vm" to "prepare_audio_test" to
avoid confusion with "audiovm".

Since starting/stopping pacat is asynchronous, retry up to 10s.

QubesOS/qubes-issues#8975
fepitre added a commit to fepitre/qubes-core-admin-client that referenced this issue Apr 23, 2024
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qvm-start-daemon: improve dynamic switch for audiovm
ebf6641 
Fixes QubesOS/qubes-issues#8975
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Changing audiovm when recording is enabled is confusing. It's because the recording state is in fact hold by the pacat process in a specific audiovm - after switching, the new audiovm doesn't know if it was enabled. The result is recording gets disabled after switching (until you switch back, where the old pacat still knows it), but the devices widget thinks it's still enabled (and fails to detach microphone). qvm-device mic shows the correct state.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Set audiovm of testvm to dom0
  2. Start testvm
  3. Enable recording (either via widget or via qvm-device mic at testvm dom0:mic)
  4. Set testvm's audiovm to sys-audio
  5. Observe the widget still shows mic attached, but qvm-device mic doesn't. Recording doesn't work. Can be fixed with qvm-device mic at testvm dom0:mic again
  6. Switch audiovm back to dom0.
  7. Observe recording remains enabled (as it was enabled in dom0 before).

I see two options:

  1. Re-enable microphone after switching audiovm, if recording was enabled before (and similarly, ensure it's disabled after if it was disabled before).
  2. Emit synthetic mic detach event on audiovm switch, so the widget knows it got disabled. But also, ensure it really gets disabled (see the case of switching back and forth).

fepitre added a commit to fepitre/qubes-gui-agent-linux that referenced this issue Apr 26, 2024
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Watch qdb entry being set and modified on start or while playing
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- Fix missing dependency for ArchLinux

See QubesOS/qubes-issues#8975
fepitre added a commit to fepitre/qubes-gui-agent-linux that referenced this issue Apr 26, 2024
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Watch qdb entry being set and modified on start or while playing
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- Fix missing dependency for ArchLinux

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fepitre commented May 13, 2024

@marmarek only remains this recording issue right? I think I've experimented it but I would need to retry.

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marmarek commented May 13, 2024 via email

@andrewdavidwong andrewdavidwong added the pr submitted A pull request has been submitted for this issue. label May 13, 2024
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tests: dynamic switch of emulated audio for HVM
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Use pulseaudio inside VM as that's more compatible.

This also tests starting HVM with a non-dom0 audiovm.

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