From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
To: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>,
Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>,
Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Subject: [PATCHv4 0/8] tools: rework VM Generation ID
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 19:07:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1402423654-2721-1-git-send-email-david.vrabel@citrix.com> (raw)
This series reworks the VM Generation ID to a) conform to the
published spec from Microsoft; b) simplify the save/restore code; and
c) extend the libxl API to allow toolstacks to use this feature.
The VM Generation ID must be regenerated with a new random ID after
certain VM operations. Since xl lacks infrastructure for tracking the
life-cycle of snapshots and clones (etc), the safe option of always
using a new generation ID is used.
You can download the spec from:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30707
Patch status ([A]cked, [M]odified, [N]ew):
A [1/8] docs: update docs for the ~/platform/generation-id key
A [2/8] hvm: add HVM_PARAM_VM_GENERATION_ID_ADDR
N [3/8] libxc: allow xc_get/set_hvm_param() to get/set 64-bit
N [4/8] libxl: const-ify libxl_uuid_*() API
A [5/8] hvmloader: add helper functions to get/set HVM params
A [6/8] libxc,libxl,hvmloader: strip out outdated VM generation
M [7/8] libxl: allow a generation ID to be specified at domain
A [8/8] xl: generate a new random VM generation ID if requested
Changes in v4:
- Allow xc_get/get_hvm_params() to get/set 64-bit values.
- Const-ify libxl_uuid_*() calls.
- Minor tweaks to libxl internals (gc as param, use GCSPRINTF()).
Changes in v3:
- Specify generation ID in libxl_domain_build_info instead of having
to call a function to set it.
- Improve docs.
Changes in v2:
- Use libxl_uuid for the generation ID.
- Add "generation_id" option to xl domain configuration file and use
this to set a random generation ID every time.
David
next reply other threads:[~2014-06-10 18:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-10 18:07 David Vrabel [this message]
2014-06-10 18:07 ` [PATCH 1/8] docs: update docs for the ~/platform/generation-id key David Vrabel
2014-06-10 18:07 ` [PATCH 2/8] hvm: add HVM_PARAM_VM_GENERATION_ID_ADDR David Vrabel
2014-06-12 9:19 ` Ian Campbell
2014-06-10 18:07 ` [PATCH 3/8] libxc: allow xc_get/set_hvm_param() to get/set 64-bit values David Vrabel
2014-06-12 10:01 ` Ian Campbell
2014-06-12 11:05 ` David Vrabel
2014-06-12 11:21 ` Ian Campbell
2014-06-12 11:31 ` David Vrabel
2014-06-10 18:07 ` [PATCH 4/8] libxl: const-ify libxl_uuid_*() API David Vrabel
2014-06-12 10:31 ` Ian Campbell
2014-06-10 18:07 ` [PATCH 5/8] hvmloader: add helper functions to get/set HVM params David Vrabel
2014-06-10 18:07 ` [PATCH 6/8] libxc, libxl, hvmloader: strip out outdated VM generation ID implementation David Vrabel
2014-06-10 18:07 ` [PATCH 7/8] libxl: allow a generation ID to be specified at domain creation David Vrabel
2014-06-10 18:07 ` [PATCH 8/8] xl: generate a new random VM generation ID if requested David Vrabel
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