Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/7] runstate: Add runstate store

[Dr. David Alan Gilbert]

* Juan Quintela (address@hidden) wrote:
> This allows us to store the current state to send it through migration.

Why store the runstate as a string?  The later code then ends up doing
string compares and things - why not just use the enum value?

Dave

> Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <address@hidden>
> ---
>  include/sysemu/sysemu.h |  1 +
>  vl.c                    | 10 ++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
> index d8539fd..ae217da 100644
> --- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
> +++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ bool runstate_check(RunState state);
>  void runstate_set(RunState new_state);
>  int runstate_is_running(void);
>  bool runstate_needs_reset(void);
> +int runstate_store(char *str, int size);
>  typedef struct vm_change_state_entry VMChangeStateEntry;
>  typedef void VMChangeStateHandler(void *opaque, int running, RunState state);
> 
> diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
> index 964d634..ce8e28b 100644
> --- a/vl.c
> +++ b/vl.c
> @@ -677,6 +677,16 @@ bool runstate_check(RunState state)
>      return current_run_state == state;
>  }
> 
> +int runstate_store(char *str, int size)
> +{
> +    const char *state = RunState_lookup[current_run_state];
> +
> +    if (strlen(state)+1 > size)
> +        return -1;
> +    strncpy(str, state, strlen(state)+1);
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
>  static void runstate_init(void)
>  {
>      const RunStateTransition *p;
> -- 
> 2.1.0
> 
> 
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Dr. David Alan Gilbert / address@hidden / Manchester, UK