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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/6] migration: differentiate between pages and
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Li, Liang Z |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/6] migration: differentiate between pages and bytes |
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Mon, 9 Mar 2015 02:02:59 +0000 |
> Current migration code returns number of bytes transferred and from there
> we decide if we.have sent something or not. Problem, we need two results:
> number of pages written, and number of bytes written (depending on
> compression, zero pages, etc, it is not possible to derive one value from the
> other).
>
> So, I changed all relevant function to return the number of written pages,
> and then pass as uint64_t *bytes_transferred to update the written bytes.
>
> On current code, makes things a bit easier to understand, but is not strictely
> necesary. But for the compression patches from Li, it makes a big difference,
> we can return that we have written a page, even if we have just started the
> write, but having writtten in reality zero bytes.
>
> Once there, I add doxygen documentation to all function that I touched (yes,
> I was long due).
>
> save_block_hdr really saved headers for pages, not blocks. Rename it, and
> simplify the interface.
>
> Li, does this make your life easier? I hope so. Should make really easy to
> remove the one_bytes_sent "hack", and allow my other suggestions.
>
> Comments?
>
> Later, Juan.
>
> PD. Code is obviously correct, but I run it through virt-test
> anyways. And it failed :-( In despair, I tried virt-test on HEAD,
> and it also failed, so .... I add another thing to my ToDo list.
>
> PD2. Modifying ram_save_page() has become complicated, very
> complicated. I think that know a couple of simplications, but
> require touching RDMA code, and anyways, fixing migration in
> "master" looks like a higher priority.
Hi Juan, when could you make your patches be merged? I have prepared my
Version 6 patches, and I am waiting for your patches being merged before I can
send out my patches.
Liang
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