VPP_Device - add baseline tests - part IIa)
[csit.git] / resources / libraries / python / QemuUtils.py
index 282b157..037d0de 100644 (file)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 # You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 from time import time, sleep
 import json
 import re
+# Disable due to pylint bug
+# pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,import-error
+from distutils.version import StrictVersion
 
 from robot.api import logger
 
-from resources.libraries.python.ssh import SSH
+from resources.libraries.python.ssh import SSH, SSHTimeout
 from resources.libraries.python.constants import Constants
-from resources.libraries.python.topology import NodeType
+from resources.libraries.python.DUTSetup import DUTSetup
+from resources.libraries.python.topology import NodeType, Topology
 
 
 class QemuUtils(object):
     """QEMU utilities."""
 
-    __QEMU_BIN = '/opt/qemu/bin/qemu-system-x86_64'
-    # QEMU Machine Protocol socket
-    __QMP_SOCK = '/tmp/qmp.sock'
-    # QEMU Guest Agent socket
-    __QGA_SOCK = '/tmp/qga.sock'
-
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, qemu_id=1):
+        self._qemu_id = qemu_id
+        self._vhost_id = 0
+        self._ssh = None
+        self._node = None
+        # Qemu Options
         self._qemu_opt = {}
+        # Path to QEMU binary. Use x86_64 by default
+        self._qemu_opt['qemu_path'] = '/usr/bin/'
+        self._qemu_opt['qemu_bin'] = 'qemu-system-x86_64'
+        # QEMU Machine Protocol socket
+        self._qemu_opt['qmp_sock'] = '/tmp/qmp{0}.sock'.format(self._qemu_id)
+        # QEMU Guest Agent socket
+        self._qemu_opt['qga_sock'] = '/tmp/qga{0}.sock'.format(self._qemu_id)
+        # QEMU PID file
+        self._qemu_opt['pid_file'] = '/tmp/qemu{0}.pid'.format(self._qemu_id)
         # Default 1 CPU.
         self._qemu_opt['smp'] = '-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1'
         # Daemonize the QEMU process after initialization. Default one
         # management interface.
-        self._qemu_opt['options'] = '-daemonize -enable-kvm ' \
-            '-machine pc-1.0,accel=kvm,usb=off,mem-merge=off ' \
-            '-net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:00:02:01'
-        self._qemu_opt['ssh_fwd_port'] = 10022
+        self._qemu_opt['options'] = '-cpu host -daemonize -enable-kvm ' \
+            '-machine pc,accel=kvm,usb=off,mem-merge=off ' \
+            '-net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:00:{0:02x}:ff -balloon none'\
+            .format(self._qemu_id)
+        self._qemu_opt['ssh_fwd_port'] = 10021 + qemu_id
         # Default serial console port
-        self._qemu_opt['serial_port'] = 4556
+        self._qemu_opt['serial_port'] = 4555 + qemu_id
         # Default 512MB virtual RAM
         self._qemu_opt['mem_size'] = 512
         # Default huge page mount point, required for Vhost-user interfaces.
         self._qemu_opt['huge_mnt'] = '/mnt/huge'
+        # Default do not allocate huge pages.
+        self._qemu_opt['huge_allocate'] = False
         # Default image for CSIT virl setup
         self._qemu_opt['disk_image'] = '/var/lib/vm/vhost-nested.img'
+        # Virtio queue count
+        self._qemu_opt['queue_count'] = 1
+        # Virtio queue size
+        self._qemu_opt['queue_size'] = None
         # VM node info dict
         self._vm_info = {
             'type': NodeType.VM,
-            'port': 10022,
+            'port': self._qemu_opt['ssh_fwd_port'],
             'username': 'cisco',
             'password': 'cisco',
             'interfaces': {},
         }
-        self._vhost_id = 0
-        self._ssh = None
-        self._node = None
-        self._socks = [self.__QMP_SOCK, self.__QGA_SOCK]
+        # Qemu Sockets
+        self._socks = [self._qemu_opt.get('qmp_sock'),
+                       self._qemu_opt.get('qga_sock')]
+
+    def qemu_set_path(self, path):
+        """Set binary path for QEMU.
+
+        :param path: Absolute path in filesystem.
+        :type path: str
+        """
+        self._qemu_opt['qemu_path'] = path
 
-    def qemu_set_smp(self, cpus, cores, threads, sockets):
-        """Set SMP option for QEMU
+    def qemu_set_queue_count(self, count):
+        """Set number of virtio queues.
 
-        :param cpus: Number of CPUs.
+        :param count: Number of virtio queues.
+        :type count: int
+        """
+        self._qemu_opt['queue_count'] = int(count)
+
+    def qemu_set_queue_size(self, size):
+        """Set RX/TX size of virtio queues.
+
+        :param size: Size of virtio queues.
+        :type size: int
+        """
+        self._qemu_opt['queue_size'] = int(size)
+
+    def qemu_set_smp(self, smp, cores, threads, sockets):
+        """Set SMP option for QEMU.
+
+        :param smp: Number of CPUs.
         :param cores: Number of CPU cores on one socket.
         :param threads: Number of threads on one CPU core.
         :param sockets: Number of discrete sockets in the system.
-        :type cpus: int
+        :type smp: int
         :type cores: int
         :type threads: int
         :type sockets: int
         """
-        self._qemu_opt['smp'] = '-smp {},cores={},threads={},sockets={}'.format(
-            cpus, cores, threads, sockets)
+        self._qemu_opt['smp'] = \
+            ('-smp {smp},cores={cores},threads={threads},sockets={sockets}'.
+             format(smp=smp, cores=cores, threads=threads, sockets=sockets))
 
     def qemu_set_ssh_fwd_port(self, fwd_port):
         """Set host port for guest SSH forwarding.
@@ -102,7 +145,7 @@ class QemuUtils(object):
         :param mem_size: RAM size in Mega Bytes.
         :type mem_size: int
         """
-        self._qemu_opt['mem_size'] = mem_size
+        self._qemu_opt['mem_size'] = int(mem_size)
 
     def qemu_set_huge_mnt(self, huge_mnt):
         """Set hugefile mount point.
@@ -112,6 +155,10 @@ class QemuUtils(object):
         """
         self._qemu_opt['huge_mnt'] = huge_mnt
 
+    def qemu_set_huge_allocate(self):
+        """Set flag to allocate more huge pages if needed."""
+        self._qemu_opt['huge_allocate'] = True
+
     def qemu_set_disk_image(self, disk_image):
         """Set disk image.
 
@@ -120,6 +167,42 @@ class QemuUtils(object):
         """
         self._qemu_opt['disk_image'] = disk_image
 
+    def qemu_set_affinity(self, *host_cpus):
+        """Set qemu affinity by getting thread PIDs via QMP and taskset to list
+        of CPU cores.
+
+        :param host_cpus: List of CPU cores.
+        :type host_cpus: list
+        """
+        qemu_cpus = self._qemu_qmp_exec('query-cpus')['return']
+
+        if len(qemu_cpus) != len(host_cpus):
+            raise ValueError('Host CPU count must match Qemu Thread count')
+
+        for qemu_cpu, host_cpu in zip(qemu_cpus, host_cpus):
+            ret_code, _, _ = self._ssh.exec_command_sudo(
+                'taskset -pc {host_cpu} {thread_id}'.
+                format(host_cpu=host_cpu, thread_id=qemu_cpu['thread_id']))
+            if int(ret_code) != 0:
+                raise RuntimeError('Set affinity failed on {host}'.
+                                   format(host=self._node['host']))
+
+    def qemu_set_scheduler_policy(self):
+        """Set scheduler policy to SCHED_RR with priority 1 for all Qemu CPU
+        processes.
+
+        :raises RuntimeError: Set scheduler policy failed.
+        """
+        qemu_cpus = self._qemu_qmp_exec('query-cpus')['return']
+
+        for qemu_cpu in qemu_cpus:
+            ret_code, _, _ = self._ssh.exec_command_sudo(
+                'chrt -r -p 1 {thread_id}'.
+                format(thread_id=qemu_cpu['thread_id']))
+            if int(ret_code) != 0:
+                raise RuntimeError('Set SCHED_RR failed on {host}'.
+                                   format(host=self._node['host']))
+
     def qemu_set_node(self, node):
         """Set node to run QEMU on.
 
@@ -130,40 +213,65 @@ class QemuUtils(object):
         self._ssh = SSH()
         self._ssh.connect(node)
         self._vm_info['host'] = node['host']
-
-    def qemu_add_vhost_user_if(self, socket, server=True, mac=None):
+        if node['port'] != 22:
+            self._vm_info['host_port'] = node['port']
+            self._vm_info['host_username'] = node['username']
+            self._vm_info['host_password'] = node['password']
+        arch = Topology.get_node_arch(node)
+        self._qemu_opt['qemu_bin'] = 'qemu-system-{arch}'.format(arch=arch)
+
+    def qemu_add_vhost_user_if(self, socket, server=True, mac=None,
+                               jumbo_frames=False):
         """Add Vhost-user interface.
 
         :param socket: Path of the unix socket.
         :param server: If True the socket shall be a listening socket.
         :param mac: Vhost-user interface MAC address (optional, otherwise is
-            used autogenerated MAC 52:54:00:00:04:xx).
+            used auto-generated MAC 52:54:00:00:xx:yy).
+        :param jumbo_frames: Set True if jumbo frames are used in the test.
         :type socket: str
         :type server: bool
         :type mac: str
+        :type jumbo_frames: bool
         """
         self._vhost_id += 1
         # Create unix socket character device.
-        chardev = ' -chardev socket,id=char{0},path={1}'.format(self._vhost_id,
-                                                                socket)
-        if server is True:
-            chardev += ',server'
+        chardev = (' -chardev socket,id=char{vhost_id},path={socket}{server}'.
+                   format(vhost_id=self._vhost_id,
+                          socket=socket,
+                          server=',server' if server is True else ''))
         self._qemu_opt['options'] += chardev
         # Create Vhost-user network backend.
-        netdev = ' -netdev vhost-user,id=vhost{0},chardev=char{0}'.format(
-            self._vhost_id)
+        netdev = (' -netdev vhost-user,id=vhost{vhost_id},'
+                  'chardev=char{vhost_id},queues={queue_count}'.
+                  format(vhost_id=self._vhost_id,
+                         queue_count=self._qemu_opt.get('queue_count')))
         self._qemu_opt['options'] += netdev
-        # If MAC is not specified use autogenerated 52:54:00:00:04:<vhost_id>
-        # e.g. vhost1 MAC is 52:54:00:00:04:01
-        if mac is None:
-            mac = '52:54:00:00:04:{0:02x}'.format(self._vhost_id)
+        # If MAC is not specified use auto-generated MAC address based on
+        # template 52:54:00:00:<qemu_id>:<vhost_id>, e.g. vhost1 MAC of QEMU
+        #  with ID 1 is 52:54:00:00:01:01
+        mac = ('52:54:00:00:{qemu_id:02x}:{vhost_id:02x}'.
+               format(qemu_id=self._qemu_id, vhost_id=self._vhost_id))\
+            if mac is None else mac
+
+        queue_size = ('rx_queue_size={queue_size},tx_queue_size={queue_size}'.
+                      format(queue_size=self._qemu_opt.get('queue_size')))\
+            if self._qemu_opt.get('queue_size') else ''
+        vector_size = ('vectors={vectors}'.
+                       format(vectors=2*self._qemu_opt.get('queue_count')+2))\
+            if self._qemu_opt.get('queue_count') else ''
+
         # Create Virtio network device.
-        device = ' -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=vhost{0},mac={1}'.format(
-            self._vhost_id, mac)
+        device = (' -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=vhost{vhost_id},mac={mac},'
+                  'mq=on,{vector_size},csum=off,gso=off,guest_tso4=off,'
+                  'guest_tso6=off,guest_ecn=off,mrg_rxbuf={mbuf},{queue_size}'.
+                  format(vhost_id=self._vhost_id, mac=mac,
+                         mbuf='on,host_mtu=9200' if jumbo_frames else 'off',
+                         queue_size=queue_size, vector_size=vector_size))
         self._qemu_opt['options'] += device
         # Add interface MAC and socket to the node dict
         if_data = {'mac_address': mac, 'socket': socket}
-        if_name = 'vhost{}'.format(self._vhost_id)
+        if_name = 'vhost{vhost_id}'.format(vhost_id=self._vhost_id)
         self._vm_info['interfaces'][if_name] = if_data
         # Add socket to the socket list
         self._socks.append(socket)
@@ -175,27 +283,39 @@ class QemuUtils(object):
 
         :param cmd: QMP command to execute.
         :type cmd: str
-        :return: Command output in python representation of JSON format. The
+        :returns: Command output in python representation of JSON format. The
             { "return": {} } response is QMP's success response. An error
             response will contain the "error" keyword instead of "return".
         """
         # To enter command mode, the qmp_capabilities command must be issued.
-        qmp_cmd = 'echo "{ \\"execute\\": \\"qmp_capabilities\\" }' + \
-            '{ \\"execute\\": \\"' + cmd + '\\" }" | sudo -S nc -U ' + \
-            self.__QMP_SOCK
-        (ret_code, stdout, stderr) = self._ssh.exec_command(qmp_cmd)
-        if 0 != int(ret_code):
-            logger.debug('QMP execute failed {0}'.format(stderr))
-            raise RuntimeError('QMP execute "{0}" failed on {1}'.format(cmd,
-                self._node['host']))
-        logger.trace(stdout)
+        ret_code, stdout, _ = self._ssh.exec_command(
+            'echo "{{ \\"execute\\": \\"qmp_capabilities\\" }}'
+            '{{ \\"execute\\": \\"{cmd}\\" }}" | '
+            'sudo -S socat - UNIX-CONNECT:{qmp_sock}'.
+            format(cmd=cmd, qmp_sock=self._qemu_opt.get('qmp_sock')))
+        if int(ret_code) != 0:
+            raise RuntimeError('QMP execute "{cmd}" failed on {host}'.
+                               format(cmd=cmd, host=self._node['host']))
         # Skip capabilities negotiation messages.
         out_list = stdout.splitlines()
         if len(out_list) < 3:
-            raise RuntimeError('Invalid QMP output on {0}'.format(
-                self._node['host']))
+            raise RuntimeError('Invalid QMP output on {host}'.
+                               format(host=self._node['host']))
         return json.loads(out_list[2])
 
+    def _qemu_qga_flush(self):
+        """Flush the QGA parser state."""
+        ret_code, stdout, _ = self._ssh.exec_command(
+            '(printf "\xFF"; sleep 1) | '
+            'sudo -S socat - UNIX-CONNECT:{qga_sock}'.
+            format(qga_sock=self._qemu_opt.get('qga_sock')))
+        if int(ret_code) != 0:
+            raise RuntimeError('QGA flush failed on {host}'.
+                               format(host=self._node['host']))
+        if not stdout:
+            return {}
+        return json.loads(stdout.split('\n', 1)[0])
+
     def _qemu_qga_exec(self, cmd):
         """Execute QGA command.
 
@@ -204,32 +324,55 @@ class QemuUtils(object):
         :param cmd: QGA command to execute.
         :type cmd: str
         """
-        qga_cmd = 'echo "{ \\"execute\\": \\"' + cmd + '\\" }" | sudo -S nc ' \
-            '-q 1 -U ' + self.__QGA_SOCK
-        (ret_code, stdout, stderr) = self._ssh.exec_command(qga_cmd)
-        if 0 != int(ret_code):
-            logger.debug('QGA execute failed {0}'.format(stderr))
-            raise RuntimeError('QGA execute "{0}" failed on {1}'.format(cmd,
-                self._node['host']))
-        logger.trace(stdout)
+        ret_code, stdout, _ = self._ssh.exec_command(
+            '(echo "{{ \\"execute\\": \\"{cmd}\\" }}"; sleep 1) | '
+            'sudo -S socat - UNIX-CONNECT:{qga_sock}'.
+            format(cmd=cmd, qga_sock=self._qemu_opt.get('qga_sock')))
+        if int(ret_code) != 0:
+            raise RuntimeError('QGA execute "{cmd}" failed on {host}'.
+                               format(cmd=cmd, host=self._node['host']))
         if not stdout:
             return {}
         return json.loads(stdout.split('\n', 1)[0])
 
-    def _wait_until_vm_boot(self, timeout=300):
+    def _wait_until_vm_boot(self, timeout=60):
         """Wait until QEMU VM is booted.
 
-        Ping QEMU guest agent each 5s until VM booted or timeout.
+        First try to flush qga until there is output.
+        Then ping QEMU guest agent each 5s until VM booted or timeout.
 
-        :param timeout: Waiting timeout in seconds (optional, default 300s).
+        :param timeout: Waiting timeout in seconds (optional, default 60s).
         :type timeout: int
         """
         start = time()
-        while 1:
+        while True:
             if time() - start > timeout:
-                raise RuntimeError('timeout, VM {0} not booted on {1}'.format(
-                    self._qemu_opt['disk_image'], self._node['host']))
-            out = self._qemu_qga_exec('guest-ping')
+                raise RuntimeError('timeout, VM {disk} not booted on {host}'.
+                                   format(disk=self._qemu_opt['disk_image'],
+                                          host=self._node['host']))
+            out = None
+            try:
+                out = self._qemu_qga_flush()
+            except ValueError:
+                logger.trace('QGA qga flush unexpected output {out}'.
+                             format(out=out))
+            # Empty output - VM not booted yet
+            if not out:
+                sleep(5)
+            else:
+                break
+        while True:
+            if time() - start > timeout:
+                raise RuntimeError('timeout, VM with {disk} not booted '
+                                   'on {host}'.
+                                   format(disk=self._qemu_opt['disk_image'],
+                                          host=self._node['host']))
+            out = None
+            try:
+                out = self._qemu_qga_exec('guest-ping')
+            except ValueError:
+                logger.trace('QGA guest-ping unexpected output {out}'.
+                             format(out=out))
             # Empty output - VM not booted yet
             if not out:
                 sleep(5)
@@ -240,10 +383,14 @@ class QemuUtils(object):
             elif out.get('error') is not None:
                 sleep(5)
             else:
-                raise RuntimeError('QGA guest-ping unexpected output {}'.format(
-                    out))
-        logger.trace('VM {0} booted on {1}'.format(self._qemu_opt['disk_image'],
-                                                   self._node['host']))
+                # If there is an unexpected output from QGA guest-info, try
+                # again until timeout.
+                logger.trace('QGA guest-ping unexpected output {out}'.
+                             format(out=out))
+
+        logger.trace('VM with {disk_image} booted on {host}'.
+                     format(disk_image=self._qemu_opt['disk_image'],
+                            host=self._node['host']))
 
     def _update_vm_interfaces(self):
         """Update interface names in VM node dict."""
@@ -254,8 +401,10 @@ class QemuUtils(object):
         interfaces = out.get('return')
         mac_name = {}
         if not interfaces:
-            raise RuntimeError('Get VM {0} interface list failed on {1}'.format(
-                self._qemu_opt['disk_image'], self._node['host']))
+            raise RuntimeError('Get VM {disk_image} interface list failed '
+                               'on {host}'.
+                               format(disk_image=self._qemu_opt['disk_image'],
+                                      host=self._node['host']))
         # Create MAC-name dict
         for interface in interfaces:
             if 'hardware-address' not in interface:
@@ -266,85 +415,84 @@ class QemuUtils(object):
             mac = interface.get('mac_address')
             if_name = mac_name.get(mac)
             if if_name is None:
-                logger.trace('Interface name for MAC {} not found'.format(mac))
+                logger.trace('Interface name for MAC {mac} not found'.
+                             format(mac=mac))
             else:
                 interface['name'] = if_name
 
-    def _huge_page_check(self):
-        """Huge page check."""
-        huge_mnt = self._qemu_opt.get('huge_mnt')
-        mem_size = self._qemu_opt.get('mem_size')
-        # Check size of free huge pages
-        (_, output, _) = self._ssh.exec_command('grep Huge /proc/meminfo')
-        regex = re.compile(r'HugePages_Free:\s+(\d+)')
-        match = regex.search(output)
-        huge_free = int(match.group(1))
-        regex = re.compile(r'Hugepagesize:\s+(\d+)')
-        match = regex.search(output)
-        huge_size = int(match.group(1))
-        if (mem_size * 1024) > (huge_free * huge_size):
-            raise RuntimeError('Not enough free huge pages {0} kB, required '
-                '{1} MB'.format(huge_free * huge_size, mem_size))
-        # Check if huge pages mount point exist
-        has_huge_mnt = False
-        (_, output, _) = self._ssh.exec_command('cat /proc/mounts')
-        for line in output.splitlines():
-            # Try to find something like:
-            # none /mnt/huge hugetlbfs rw,relatime,pagesize=2048k 0 0
-            mount = line.split()
-            if mount[2] == 'hugetlbfs' and mount[1] == huge_mnt:
-                has_huge_mnt = True
-                break
-        # If huge page mount point not exist create one
-        if not has_huge_mnt:
-            cmd = 'mount -t hugetlbfs -o pagesize=2048k none {0}'.format(
-                huge_mnt)
-            (ret_code, _, stderr) = self._ssh.exec_command_sudo(cmd)
-            if int(ret_code) != 0:
-                logger.debug('Mount huge pages failed {0}'.format(stderr))
-                raise RuntimeError('Mount huge pages failed on {0}'.format(
-                    self._node['host']))
-
     def qemu_start(self):
         """Start QEMU and wait until VM boot.
 
-        :return: VM node info.
-        :rtype: dict
         .. note:: First set at least node to run QEMU on.
-        .. warning:: Starts only one VM on the node.
+
+        :returns: VM node info.
+        :rtype: dict
         """
-        # SSH forwarding
-        ssh_fwd = '-net user,hostfwd=tcp::{0}-:22'.format(
-            self._qemu_opt.get('ssh_fwd_port'))
+        # Qemu binary path
+        bin_path = ('{qemu_path}{qemu_bin}'.
+                    format(qemu_path=self._qemu_opt.get('qemu_path'),
+                           qemu_bin=self._qemu_opt.get('qemu_bin')))
+
         # Memory and huge pages
-        mem = '-object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size={0}M,mem-path={1},' \
-            'share=on -m {0} -numa node,memdev=mem'.format(
-            self._qemu_opt.get('mem_size'), self._qemu_opt.get('huge_mnt'))
-        self._huge_page_check()
+        mem = ('-object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size={mem_size}M,'
+               'mem-path={path},share=on -m {mem_size} -numa node,memdev=mem'.
+               format(mem_size=self._qemu_opt.get('mem_size'),
+                      path=self._qemu_opt.get('huge_mnt')))
+
+        # Drive option
+        drive = ('-drive file={disk_image},format=raw,cache=none,if=virtio'
+                 '{locking}'.
+                 format(disk_image=self._qemu_opt.get('disk_image'),
+                        locking=',file.locking=off'\
+                            if self._qemu_version_is_greater('2.10') else ''))
+
+        # SSH forwarding
+        ssh = ('-net user,hostfwd=tcp::{ssh_fwd_port}-:22'.
+               format(ssh_fwd_port=self._qemu_opt.get('ssh_fwd_port')))
         # Setup QMP via unix socket
-        qmp = '-qmp unix:{0},server,nowait'.format(self.__QMP_SOCK)
-        # Setup serial console
-        serial = '-chardev socket,host=127.0.0.1,port={0},id=gnc0,server,' \
-            'nowait -device isa-serial,chardev=gnc0'.format(
-            self._qemu_opt.get('serial_port'))
+        qmp = ('-qmp unix:{qmp_sock},server,nowait'.
+               format(qmp_sock=self._qemu_opt.get('qmp_sock')))
         # Setup QGA via chardev (unix socket) and isa-serial channel
-        qga = '-chardev socket,path=/tmp/qga.sock,server,nowait,id=qga0 ' \
-            '-device isa-serial,chardev=qga0'
+        qga = ('-chardev socket,path={qga_sock},server,nowait,id=qga0 '
+               '-device isa-serial,chardev=qga0'.
+               format(qga_sock=self._qemu_opt.get('qga_sock')))
+        # Setup serial console
+        serial = ('-chardev socket,host=127.0.0.1,port={serial_port},id=gnc0,'
+                  'server,nowait -device isa-serial,chardev=gnc0'.
+                  format(serial_port=self._qemu_opt.get('serial_port')))
+
         # Graphic setup
         graphic = '-monitor none -display none -vga none'
+
+        # PID file
+        pid = ('-pidfile {pid_file}'.
+               format(pid_file=self._qemu_opt.get('pid_file')))
+
+        # By default check only if hugepages are available.
+        # If 'huge_allocate' is set to true try to allocate as well.
+        DUTSetup.check_huge_page(self._node, self._qemu_opt.get('huge_mnt'),
+                                 self._qemu_opt.get('mem_size'),
+                                 allocate=self._qemu_opt.get('huge_allocate'))
+
         # Run QEMU
-        cmd = '{0} {1} {2} {3} {4} -hda {5} {6} {7} {8} {9}'.format(
-            self.__QEMU_BIN, self._qemu_opt.get('smp'), mem, ssh_fwd,
-            self._qemu_opt.get('options'),
-            self._qemu_opt.get('disk_image'), qmp, serial, qga, graphic)
-        (ret_code, _, stderr) = self._ssh.exec_command_sudo(cmd, timeout=300)
-        if int(ret_code) != 0:
-            logger.debug('QEMU start failed {0}'.format(stderr))
-            raise RuntimeError('QEMU start failed on {0}'.format(
-                self._node['host']))
-        logger.trace('QEMU running')
-        # Wait until VM boot
-        self._wait_until_vm_boot()
+        cmd = ('{bin_path} {smp} {mem} {ssh} {options} {drive} {qmp} {serial} '
+               '{qga} {graphic} {pid}'.
+               format(bin_path=bin_path, smp=self._qemu_opt.get('smp'),
+                      mem=mem, ssh=ssh, options=self._qemu_opt.get('options'),
+                      drive=drive, qmp=qmp, serial=serial, qga=qga,
+                      graphic=graphic, pid=pid))
+        try:
+            ret_code, _, _ = self._ssh.exec_command_sudo(cmd, timeout=300)
+            if int(ret_code) != 0:
+                raise RuntimeError('QEMU start failed on {host}'.
+                                   format(host=self._node['host']))
+            # Wait until VM boot
+            self._wait_until_vm_boot()
+        except (RuntimeError, SSHTimeout):
+            self.qemu_kill_all()
+            self.qemu_clear_socks()
+            raise
+        logger.trace('QEMU started successfully.')
         # Update interface names in VM node dict
         self._update_vm_interfaces()
         # Return VM node dict
@@ -355,41 +503,60 @@ class QemuUtils(object):
         out = self._qemu_qmp_exec('quit')
         err = out.get('error')
         if err is not None:
-            raise RuntimeError('QEMU quit failed on {0}, error: {1}'.format(
-                self._node['host'], json.dumps(err)))
+            raise RuntimeError('QEMU quit failed on {host}: {error}'.
+                               format(host=self._node['host'],
+                                      error=json.dumps(err)))
 
     def qemu_system_powerdown(self):
         """Power down the system (if supported)."""
         out = self._qemu_qmp_exec('system_powerdown')
         err = out.get('error')
         if err is not None:
-            raise RuntimeError('QEMU system powerdown failed on {0}, '
-                'error: {1}'.format(self._node['host'], json.dumps(err)))
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                'QEMU system powerdown failed on {host}: {error}'.
+                format(host=self._node['host'], error=json.dumps(err)))
 
     def qemu_system_reset(self):
         """Reset the system."""
         out = self._qemu_qmp_exec('system_reset')
         err = out.get('error')
         if err is not None:
-            raise RuntimeError('QEMU system reset failed on {0}, '
-                'error: {1}'.format(self._node['host'], json.dumps(err)))
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                'QEMU system reset failed on {host}: {error}'.
+                format(host=self._node['host'], error=json.dumps(err)))
 
     def qemu_kill(self):
         """Kill qemu process."""
-        # TODO: add PID storage so that we can kill specific PID
         # Note: in QEMU start phase there are 3 QEMU processes because we
         # daemonize QEMU
+        self._ssh.exec_command_sudo('chmod +r {pid}'.
+                                    format(pid=self._qemu_opt.get('pid_file')))
+        self._ssh.exec_command_sudo('kill -SIGKILL $(cat {pid})'.
+                                    format(pid=self._qemu_opt.get('pid_file')))
+        # Delete PID file
+        self._ssh.exec_command_sudo('rm -f {pid}'.
+                                    format(pid=self._qemu_opt.get('pid_file')))
+
+    def qemu_kill_all(self, node=None):
+        """Kill all qemu processes on DUT node if specified.
+
+        :param node: Node to kill all QEMU processes on.
+        :type node: dict
+        """
+        if node:
+            self.qemu_set_node(node)
         self._ssh.exec_command_sudo('pkill -SIGKILL qemu')
 
     def qemu_clear_socks(self):
         """Remove all sockets created by QEMU."""
         # If serial console port still open kill process
-        cmd = 'fuser -k {}/tcp'.format(self._qemu_opt.get('serial_port'))
-        self._ssh.exec_command_sudo(cmd)
+        self._ssh.exec_command_sudo('fuser -k {serial_port}/tcp'.
+                                    format(serial_port=\
+                                           self._qemu_opt.get('serial_port')))
         # Delete all created sockets
-        for sock in self._socks:
-            cmd = 'rm -f {}'.format(sock)
-            self._ssh.exec_command_sudo(cmd)
+        for socket in self._socks:
+            self._ssh.exec_command_sudo('rm -f {socket}'.
+                                        format(socket=socket))
 
     def qemu_system_status(self):
         """Return current VM status.
@@ -412,7 +579,7 @@ class QemuUtils(object):
             - watchdog: watchdog action has been triggered
             - guest-panicked: panicked as a result of guest OS panic
 
-        :return: VM status.
+        :returns: VM status.
         :rtype: str
         """
         out = self._qemu_qmp_exec('query-status')
@@ -421,23 +588,77 @@ class QemuUtils(object):
             return ret.get('status')
         else:
             err = out.get('error')
-            raise RuntimeError('QEMU query-status failed on {0}, '
-                'error: {1}'.format(self._node['host'], json.dumps(err)))
+            raise RuntimeError('QEMU query-status failed on {host}: {error}'.
+                               format(host=self._node['host'],
+                                      error=json.dumps(err)))
+
+    def qemu_version(self):
+        """Return Qemu version.
+
+        :returns: Qemu version.
+        :rtype: str
+        """
+        # Qemu binary path
+        bin_path = ('{qemu_path}{qemu_bin}'.
+                    format(qemu_path=self._qemu_opt.get('qemu_path'),
+                           qemu_bin=self._qemu_opt.get('qemu_bin')))
+
+        try:
+            ret_code, stdout, _ = self._ssh.exec_command_sudo(
+                '{bin_path} --version'.
+                format(bin_path=bin_path))
+            if int(ret_code) != 0:
+                raise RuntimeError('Failed to get QEMU version on {host}'.
+                                   format(host=self._node['host']))
+
+            return re.match(r'QEMU emulator version ([\d.]*)', stdout).group(1)
+        except (RuntimeError, SSHTimeout):
+            self.qemu_kill_all()
+            self.qemu_clear_socks()
+            raise
+
+    def _qemu_version_is_greater(self, version):
+        """Compare Qemu versions.
+
+        :returns: True if installed Qemu version is greater.
+        :rtype: bool
+        """
+        return StrictVersion(self.qemu_version()) > StrictVersion(version)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def build_qemu(node):
+    def build_qemu(node, force_install=False, apply_patch=False):
         """Build QEMU from sources.
 
         :param node: Node to build QEMU on.
+        :param force_install: If True, then remove previous build.
+        :param apply_patch: If True, then apply patches from qemu_patches dir.
         :type node: dict
+        :type force_install: bool
+        :type apply_patch: bool
+        :raises RuntimeError: If building QEMU failed.
         """
         ssh = SSH()
         ssh.connect(node)
 
-        (ret_code, stdout, stderr) = \
-            ssh.exec_command('sudo -Sn bash {0}/{1}/qemu_build.sh'.format(
-                Constants.REMOTE_FW_DIR, Constants.RESOURCES_LIB_SH), 1000)
-        logger.trace(stdout)
-        if 0 != int(ret_code):
-            logger.debug('QEMU build failed {0}'.format(stderr))
-            raise RuntimeError('QEMU build failed on {0}'.format(node['host']))
+        directory = (' --directory={install_dir}{patch}'.
+                     format(install_dir=Constants.QEMU_INSTALL_DIR,
+                            patch='-patch' if apply_patch else '-base'))
+        version = (' --version={install_version}'.
+                   format(install_version=Constants.QEMU_INSTALL_VERSION))
+        force = ' --force' if force_install else ''
+        patch = ' --patch' if apply_patch else ''
+        arch = Topology.get_node_arch(node)
+        target_list = (' --target-list={arch}-softmmu'.
+                       format(arch=arch))
+
+        ret_code, _, _ = ssh.exec_command(
+            "sudo -E sh -c '{fw_dir}/{lib_sh}/qemu_build.sh{version}{directory}"
+            "{force}{patch}{target_list}'".
+            format(fw_dir=Constants.REMOTE_FW_DIR,
+                   lib_sh=Constants.RESOURCES_LIB_SH,
+                   version=version, directory=directory, force=force,
+                   patch=patch, target_list=target_list), 1000)
+
+        if int(ret_code) != 0:
+            raise RuntimeError('QEMU build failed on {host}'.
+                               format(host=node['host']))