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Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 05/10] xics: Drop the KVM ICP class


From: Cédric Le Goater
Subject: Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 05/10] xics: Drop the KVM ICP class
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 08:08:37 +0100
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On 2/18/19 12:37 AM, David Gibson wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 02:35:03PM +0100, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
>> On 2/15/19 2:18 PM, Greg Kurz wrote:
>>> On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 13:55:53 +0100
>>> Cédric Le Goater <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/15/19 12:40 PM, Greg Kurz wrote:
>>>>> The KVM ICP class isn't used anymore. Drop it.  
>>>>
>>>> Isn't migration complaining ?  If not,
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hm.. no, but why would migration complain ?
>>
>> You are changing the type name of the object being transferred:
>>
>> "icp-kcm" -> "icp"
> 
> It's a little more complex than that.  The way migration works, the
> state associated with the base class is transferred under the name
> "icp" and the state associated with the derived class is transferred
> under the name "icp-kvm".
> 
>> Isn't that an issue ?
> 
> It would be.. except that there is no extra state in the derived
> class, which is why we got away with this not-very-good solution at
> all in the first place.

Ah good. Another reason to get rid of the sub-class.

C.
  




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