Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 9/9] migration: use XBZRLE only after bulk stage

[Eric Blake]

On 03/21/2013 09:57 AM, Peter Lieven wrote:
> at the beginning of migration all pages are marked dirty and
> in the first round a bulk migration of all pages is performed.
> 
> currently all these pages are copied to the page cache regardless
> if there are frequently updated or not. this doesn't make sense

s/if there/of whether they/

> since most of these pages are never transferred again.
> 
> this patch changes the XBZRLE transfer to only be used after
> the bulk stage has been completed. that means a page is added
> to the page cache the second time it is transferred and XBZRLE
> can benefit from the third time of transfer.
> 
> since the page cache is likely smaller than the number of pages
> its also likely that in the second round the page is missing in the

s/its/it's/

> cache due to collisions in the bulk phase.
> 
> on the other hand a lot of unnecessary mallocs, memdups and frees
> are saved.
> 
...
> Signed-off-by: Peter Lieven <address@hidden>
> ---
>  arch_init.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Prior review still stands (touching up typos in a commit message
generally does not invalidate carrying forward a reviewed-by comment).

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
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