Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V8 2/2] Add a new qmp command to do checkpoint, query xen replication status

[Markus Armbruster]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:

> On 02/23/2017 01:14 AM, Zhang Chen wrote:
>> We can call this qmp command to do checkpoint outside of qemu.
>> Xen colo will need this function.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Zhang Chen <address@hidden>
>> Signed-off-by: Wen Congyang <address@hidden>
>> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
>
> You made a substantial change to this patch since v7 in response to my
> comments; when you do that, it's best to remove the R-b to make sure I
> re-review the changes and am still happy with them.
>
>> 
>> ---
>>  migration/colo.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  qapi-schema.json | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 71 insertions(+)
>> 
>
>>  ##
>> +# @ReplicationStatus:
>> +#
>> +# The result format for 'query-xen-replication-status'.
>> +#
>> +# @status: true to error, false to normal.
>
> This is now a poor name for the parameter.  Please rename it; probably
> to @error (if you want to keep true meaning a problem has been
> detected), or to @okay (if you want to invert the sense, and @desc is
> only present when @okay is false).

We could replace both members by '*error': 'str', present exactly when
status is "bad".

>> +#
>> +# @desc: #optional the human readable error description string, when
>> +#        @status is 'true'.
>> +#
>> +# Since: 2.9
>> +##
>> +{ 'struct': 'ReplicationStatus',
>> +  'data': { 'status': 'bool', '*desc': 'str' } }
>> +
>> +##
>> +# @query-xen-replication-status:
>> +#
>> +# Query replication status while the vm is running.
>> +#
>> +# Returns: A @ReplicationResult objects showing the status.
>
> s/objects/object/
>
>> +#
>> +# Example:
>> +#
>> +# -> { "execute": "query-xen-replication-status" }
>> +# <- { "return": { "status": "normal" } }
>
> This example is now wrong.
>
> You'll need a v9.