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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] qapi: Convert migrate
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Luiz Capitulino |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] qapi: Convert migrate |
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Fri, 9 Mar 2012 15:33:52 -0300 |
On Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:26:53 -0700
Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 03/09/2012 11:13 AM, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> > The migrate command is one of those commands where HMP and QMP completely
> > mix up together. This made the conversion to the QAPI (which separates the
> > command into QMP and HMP parts) a bit difficult.
> >
> > The first important change to be noticed is that this commit completes the
> > removal of the Monitor object from migration code, started by the previous
> > commit.
> >
> > Another important and tricky change is about supporting the non-detached
> > mode. That's, if the user doesn't pass '-d' the migrate command will lock
>
> As a native speaker, I can state that it is unusual or even wrong to see
> a contraction immediately before a comma. I would do:
Oh, that rule is new to me. Thanks for letting me know!
>
> s/That's,/That is,/
>
> > the monitor and will only release it when migration is finished.
> >
> > To support that in the new HMP command (hmp_migrate()), it is necessary
> > to create a timer which runs every second and checks if the migration is
> > still active. If it's, the timer callback will re-schedule itself to run
>
> Another instance of the same grammar problem:
>
> s/it's/it is/
>
> > one second in the future. If the migration has already finished, the
> > monitor lock is relased and the user can use it normally.
>
> s/relased/released/
>
> >
> > All these changes should be transparent to the user.
> >
>
> > +++ b/qapi-schema.json
> > @@ -1631,3 +1631,24 @@
> > { 'command': 'qom-list-types',
> > 'data': { '*implements': 'str', '*abstract': 'bool' },
> > 'returns': [ 'ObjectTypeInfo' ] }
> > +
> > +##
> > +# @migrate
> > +#
> > +# Migrates the current running guest to another Virtual Machine.
> > +#
> > +# @uri: the Uniform Resource Identifier of the destination VM
> > +#
> > +# @blk: #optional do block migration (full disk copy)
> > +#
> > +# @inc: #optional incremental disk copy migration
> > +#
> > +# @detach: this argument exists only for compatibility reasons and should
> > not
> > +# be used.
>
> Libvirt is currently using it, but it appears that libvirt always sets
> it to true. Does this mean the argument is ignored no matter whether
> you pass true or false? Or does this value have a default if omitted,
> and it is safe to explicitly pass the default (I assume the default is
> true), and that it is wrong to pass an explicit value that contradicts
> the default (that is, I'm assuming passing an explicit 'detach':'false'
> is wrong)?
'detach' is completely ignored in QMP, it's never read.
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/4] Purge migration of (almost) everything to do with monitors, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/4] Purge migration of (almost) everything to do with monitors, Anthony Liguori, 2012/03/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/4] Purge migration of (almost) everything to do with monitors, Eric Blake, 2012/03/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/4] Purge migration of (almost) everything to do with monitors, Anthony Liguori, 2012/03/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/4] Purge migration of (almost) everything to do with monitors, Eric Blake, 2012/03/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/4] Purge migration of (almost) everything to do with monitors, Eric Blake, 2012/03/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/4] Purge migration of (almost) everything to do with monitors, Jan Kiszka, 2012/03/09
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] qapi: Convert migrate, Luiz Capitulino, 2012/03/09
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] qapi: Convert migrate, Alon Levy, 2012/03/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] qapi: Convert migrate, Luiz Capitulino, 2012/03/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] qapi: Convert migrate, Alon Levy, 2012/03/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] qapi: Convert migrate, Luiz Capitulino, 2012/03/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] qapi: Convert migrate, Alon Levy, 2012/03/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] qapi: Convert migrate, Luiz Capitulino, 2012/03/12