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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] migration: Remove use of old MigrationParam
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Peter Xu |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] migration: Remove use of old MigrationParams |
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Mon, 15 May 2017 18:05:30 +0800 |
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On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 12:55:22PM +0200, Juan Quintela wrote:
> Peter Xu <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 06:32:27PM +0200, Juan Quintela wrote:
>
> >> @@ -1214,9 +1218,6 @@ void qmp_migrate(const char *uri, bool has_blk, bool
> >> blk,
> >> MigrationParams params;
> >> const char *p;
> >>
> >> - params.blk = has_blk && blk;
> >> - params.shared = has_inc && inc;
> >> -
> >> if (migration_is_setup_or_active(s->state) ||
> >> s->state == MIGRATION_STATUS_CANCELLING ||
> >> s->state == MIGRATION_STATUS_COLO) {
> >> @@ -1239,6 +1240,7 @@ void qmp_migrate(const char *uri, bool has_blk, bool
> >> blk,
> >> }
> >>
> >> if (has_inc && inc) {
> >> + migrate_set_block_enabled(s, true);
> >> migrate_set_block_shared(s, true);
> >
> > [2]
> >
> > IIUC for [1] & [2] we are solving the same problem that "shared"
> > depends on "enabled" bit. Would it be good to unitfy this dependency
> > somewhere? E.g., by changing migrate_set_block_shared() into:
> >
> > void migrate_set_block_shared(MigrationState *s, bool value)
> > {
> > s->enabled_capabilities[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_BLOCK_SHARED] = value;
> > if (value) {
> > migrate_set_block_enabled(s, true);
> > }
> > }
>
> ok with this.
> I will add once here that when we disable block enabled, we also disable
> shared, or just let it that way?
I should mark "nitpick" in my above comment. Any way works for me. :)
>
> > Another thing to mention: after switching to the capability interface,
> > we'll cache the "enabled" and "shared" bits now while we don't cache
> > it before, right? IIUC it'll affect behavior of such sequence:
> >
> > - 1st migrate with enabled=1, shared=1, then
> > - 2nd migrate with enabled=0, shared=0
> >
> > Before the series, the 2nd migrate will use enabled=shared=0, but
> > after the series it should be using enabled=shared=1. Not sure whether
> > this would be a problem (or I missed anything?).
>
> We can't be consistent with both old/new way.
>
> Old way: we always setup the capabilities on command line (that should
> have been deprecated long, long ago)
>
> New way: Once set, they stay set.
>
> So, alternatives are:
> - If we are going to deprecate the old way, just let things as they are
> on this patch (easier for me O:-)
>
> - Always disable this features at the end of migration: Compatible with
> old migration semantics, bet we are inconsistent with all other
> capabilities.
>
> - Add yet more code to only disable them when we are setting them
> through the command line. More code to maintain.
>
> My idea would be to deprecate the migrate command line parameter, that
> is the reason why I did the 1st option. I hope that in due curse, we
> would be able to remove the code. But if anyone strongly think that any
> of the other options is better, please let me know.
I assume that sending continuous "migrate" is very rare, right (after
all, normally source VM is useless after that...)? I was just trying
to post this question up, and so... If you/Dave/others won't worry
about its compatibility, I won't either. ;)
Thanks!
--
Peter Xu
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] migration: Remove use of old MigrationParams, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] migration: Remove use of old MigrationParams, Juan Quintela, 2017/05/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] migration: Remove use of old MigrationParams, Dr. David Alan Gilbert, 2017/05/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] migration: Remove use of old MigrationParams, Juan Quintela, 2017/05/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] migration: Remove use of old MigrationParams, Dr. David Alan Gilbert, 2017/05/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] migration: Remove use of old MigrationParams, Juan Quintela, 2017/05/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] migration: Remove use of old MigrationParams, Dr. David Alan Gilbert, 2017/05/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] migration: Remove use of old MigrationParams, Juan Quintela, 2017/05/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] migration: Remove use of old MigrationParams, Dr. David Alan Gilbert, 2017/05/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] migration: Remove use of old MigrationParams, Markus Armbruster, 2017/05/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] migration: Remove use of old MigrationParams, Juan Quintela, 2017/05/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] migration: Remove use of old MigrationParams,
Peter Xu <=
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] migration: Remove old MigrationParams, Juan Quintela, 2017/05/11
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/3] Remove old MigrationParams, Hailiang Zhang, 2017/05/11