Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] docs/devel: Add VFIO device migration documentation

[Cornelia Huck]

On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 22:32:47 +0530
"Tarun Gupta (SW-GPU)" <targupta@nvidia.com> wrote:

> On 4/1/2021 4:35 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:48:50 +0530
> > Tarun Gupta <targupta@nvidia.com> wrote:

> >> +
> >> +Similarly, a migration state change notifier is registered to get a
> >> +notification on migration state change. These states are translated to the
> >> +corresponding VFIO device state and conveyed to the vendor driver.  
> > 
> > "Similarly, a migration state change handler is used to transition the
> > VFIO device state back to _RUNNING in case a migration failed or was
> > canceled."  
> 
> I wanted to keep the statement generic because the VFIO device state can 
> be _RUNNING, _SAVING, _RESUMING. I can use your statement as an example 
> as to how the migration state can be changed back to _RUNNING in case of 
> migration failure or cancel. Does that work?

So, maybe:

"Similarly, a migration state change handler is used to trigger a
transition of the VFIO device state when certain changes of the
migration state occur. For example, the VFIO device state is
transitioned back to _RUNNING in case a migration failed or was
canceled."