Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC for-1.6 qom-next 0/3] PCIe VMState cleanups for 1.6

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 04:59:18PM +0200, Andreas Färber wrote:
> Am 28.07.2013 16:08, schrieb Michael S. Tsirkin:
> > On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 03:41:07AM +0200, Andreas Färber wrote:
> >> Hello Michael and Gerd,
> >>
> >> As discussed, this series attempts to clean up PCIe devices fiddling with
> >> individual PCIe VMState fields. It is based on my qom-next queue, 
> >> containing
> >> type and field changes for PCIe devices.
> >>
> >> Patch 1 assumes the following are equivalent:
> >> a) - Struct A
> >>      - Field Aa
> >>      ...
> >>    - Field X
> >>      ...
> >> b) - Struct A
> >>      - Field Aa
> >>      ...
> >>      - Field X
> >>
> >> Patch 2 relies on XHCI not being released yet, thus no compatibiliy 
> >> concerns.
> >>
> >> Patch 3 assumes the following are equivalent:
> >> a) - Struct A
> >>      - Field Aa
> >>      ...
> >>      - Field X
> >> b) - Struct A
> >>      - Field Aa
> >>      ...
> >>      - Subsection Ax
> >>        - Field X
> >>
> >> CC'ing Juan to verify which of these are correct/safe.
> > 
> > As far as I know 2a and 2b are not equivalent: subsections
> > are serialized in the file.
> 
> I'm guessing you mean scenarios 3a and 3b. Too bad.
> 
> But when we want to unify PCI and PCIe as you suggested elsewhere,
> introducing a PCIe-only subsection in patch 2 seems a bad idea.
> 
> In that case we could use VMSTATE_STRUCT_TEST(), I'll look into that.

Right.

> Using that I think we can postpone this beyond 1.6, since XHCI is not
> initializing AER.
> 
> Series formally retracted.
> 
> > You really should test by migrating to file (e.g. before
> > starting the guest) and checking.
> > Also, migrate to file from before patch and load after patch.
> 
> OK. For virtio and NICs that's trivial and for the ioh there's
> docs/q35-chipset.cfg.
> 
> How do I use and test those xio upstream/downstream PCIe devices?
> 
> Andreas
> 
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