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Re: [PATCH RFCv1 2/8] memory: Add last stage indicator to global dirty l
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Peter Xu |
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Re: [PATCH RFCv1 2/8] memory: Add last stage indicator to global dirty log synchronization |
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Thu, 9 Feb 2023 14:48:14 -0500 |
On Mon, Feb 06, 2023 at 07:20:04PM +0800, Gavin Shan wrote:
> The global dirty log synchronization is used when KVM and dirty ring
> are enabled. There is a particularity for ARM64 where the backup
> bitmap is used to track dirty pages in non-running-vcpu situations.
> It means the dirty ring works with the combination of ring buffer
> and backup bitmap. The dirty bits in the backup bitmap needs to
> collected in the last stage of live migration.
>
> In order to identify the last stage of live migration and pass it
> down, an extra parameter is added to the relevant functions and
> callback. This last stage information isn't used yet.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@redhat.com>
> ---
> accel/kvm/kvm-all.c | 2 +-
> include/exec/memory.h | 5 +++--
> migration/dirtyrate.c | 4 ++--
> migration/ram.c | 6 +++---
Better move the migration/ changes into the next patch.
Thanks,
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Peter Xu
- [PATCH RFCv1 0/8] hw/arm/virt: Support dirty ring, Gavin Shan, 2023/02/06
- [PATCH RFCv1 1/8] linux-headers: Update for dirty ring, Gavin Shan, 2023/02/06
- [PATCH RFCv1 2/8] memory: Add last stage indicator to global dirty log synchronization, Gavin Shan, 2023/02/06
- Re: [PATCH RFCv1 2/8] memory: Add last stage indicator to global dirty log synchronization,
Peter Xu <=
- [PATCH RFCv1 3/8] migration: Add last stage indicator to global dirty log synchronization, Gavin Shan, 2023/02/06
- [PATCH RFCv1 4/8] kvm: Introduce secondary dirty bitmap, Gavin Shan, 2023/02/06
- [PATCH RFCv1 8/8] kvm: Enable dirty ring for arm64, Gavin Shan, 2023/02/06
- [PATCH RFCv1 6/8] kvm: Add helper kvm_dirty_ring_init(), Gavin Shan, 2023/02/06