From: Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
To: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>,
qemu-devel@nongnu.org, chrisw@redhat.com,
Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, quintela@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 3/6] RAMBlock: Add a name field
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 15:09:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201006091509.01731.paul@codesourcery.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C0F9DD8.5000400@codemonkey.ws>
> Keep in mind, this has to be a stable string across versions of qemu
> since this is savevm/migration. Are we absolutely confident that the
> full qdev path isn't going to change? I'm more confident that a unique
> device name is going to be static across qemu versions.
The actual representation of the device address is a secondary issue. The
important point is that ram blocks should be associated with devices[*], and
matched in exactly the same way. Devices should not be duplicating this on an
ad-hoc basis.
Paul
[*] Ignore that we don't currently have a root system device node. A null
device will suffice for now.
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
To: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
Cc: chrisw@redhat.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org, quintela@redhat.com,
qemu-devel@nongnu.org,
Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>,
Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 3/6] RAMBlock: Add a name field
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 15:09:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201006091509.01731.paul@codesourcery.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C0F9DD8.5000400@codemonkey.ws>
> Keep in mind, this has to be a stable string across versions of qemu
> since this is savevm/migration. Are we absolutely confident that the
> full qdev path isn't going to change? I'm more confident that a unique
> device name is going to be static across qemu versions.
The actual representation of the device address is a secondary issue. The
important point is that ram blocks should be associated with devices[*], and
matched in exactly the same way. Devices should not be duplicating this on an
ad-hoc basis.
Paul
[*] Ignore that we don't currently have a root system device node. A null
device will suffice for now.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-09 14:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 94+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-08 19:14 [RFC PATCH 0/6] RAM migration overhaul Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 19:14 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 19:15 ` [RFC PATCH 1/6] qemu_ram_alloc: Remove duplicate code Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 19:15 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 21:00 ` Chris Wright
2010-06-08 21:00 ` [Qemu-devel] " Chris Wright
2010-06-08 19:15 ` [RFC PATCH 2/6] ram_blocks: Convert to a QLIST Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 19:15 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 21:26 ` Chris Wright
2010-06-08 21:26 ` [Qemu-devel] " Chris Wright
2010-06-08 21:45 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 21:45 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 21:51 ` Chris Wright
2010-06-08 21:51 ` [Qemu-devel] " Chris Wright
2010-06-09 8:19 ` Juan Quintela
2010-06-09 8:19 ` [Qemu-devel] " Juan Quintela
2010-06-09 20:11 ` [Qemu-devel] " Cam Macdonell
2010-06-09 20:11 ` Cam Macdonell
2010-06-09 20:55 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-09 20:55 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-09 21:12 ` Yoshiaki Tamura
2010-06-09 21:12 ` Yoshiaki Tamura
2010-06-08 19:15 ` [RFC PATCH 3/6] RAMBlock: Add a name field Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 19:15 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 20:07 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-08 20:07 ` [Qemu-devel] " Anthony Liguori
2010-06-08 20:09 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 20:09 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 21:41 ` Chris Wright
2010-06-08 21:41 ` [Qemu-devel] " Chris Wright
2010-06-09 3:13 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-09 3:13 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alex Williamson
2010-06-09 11:55 ` Avi Kivity
2010-06-09 11:55 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2010-06-09 12:56 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-09 12:56 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-09 2:30 ` [Qemu-devel] " Paul Brook
2010-06-09 2:30 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-09 2:40 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-09 2:40 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-09 2:54 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-09 2:54 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-09 4:19 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-09 4:19 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-09 12:18 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-09 12:18 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-09 16:37 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-09 16:37 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-09 20:36 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-09 20:36 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-10 8:23 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2010-06-10 8:23 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2010-06-10 14:33 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-10 14:33 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-10 14:49 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-10 14:49 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-10 15:21 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-10 15:21 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-11 8:48 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2010-06-11 8:48 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2010-06-11 15:50 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-11 15:50 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-11 16:12 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-11 16:12 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-11 8:45 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2010-06-11 8:45 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2010-06-10 15:05 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-10 15:05 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-10 16:40 ` Chris Wright
2010-06-10 16:40 ` Chris Wright
2010-06-10 16:45 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-10 16:45 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-09 11:58 ` Avi Kivity
2010-06-09 11:58 ` Avi Kivity
2010-06-09 13:57 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-09 13:57 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-09 14:09 ` Paul Brook [this message]
2010-06-09 14:09 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-09 7:28 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2010-06-09 7:28 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2010-06-08 19:16 ` [RFC PATCH 4/6] Remove uses of ram.last_offset (aka last_ram_offset) Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 19:16 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 19:16 ` [RFC PATCH 5/6] savevm: Migrate RAM based on name/offset Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 19:16 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 20:12 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-08 20:12 ` [Qemu-devel] " Anthony Liguori
2010-06-08 21:12 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 21:12 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 20:54 ` Chris Wright
2010-06-08 20:54 ` [Qemu-devel] " Chris Wright
2010-06-08 21:22 ` Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 21:22 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 19:16 ` [RFC PATCH 6/6] savevm: Use RAM blocks for basis of migration Alex Williamson
2010-06-08 19:16 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alex Williamson
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