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* unstable changeset 13416 (save restore: vcpu context support) ...
@ 2007-01-19  9:24 Gerd Hoffmann
  2007-01-19 11:40 ` Keir Fraser
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Gerd Hoffmann @ 2007-01-19  9:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Xen devel list

  Hi,

... adds hvmcpu_context to vcpu_guest_context, thus making it binary
incompatible.  Is that ABI change ok?  Looks like it is dom0 API only,
so I think we are fine, but I think I better ask ...

cheers,
  Gerd

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* Re: unstable changeset 13416 (save restore: vcpu context support) ...
  2007-01-19  9:24 unstable changeset 13416 (save restore: vcpu context support) Gerd Hoffmann
@ 2007-01-19 11:40 ` Keir Fraser
  2007-01-22  2:06   ` Zhai, Edwin
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Keir Fraser @ 2007-01-19 11:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Gerd Hoffmann, Xen devel list


It's used by SMP guests when bringing up APs. So that change will have to be
reverted. Thanks for spotting it!

 -- Keir

On 19/1/07 09:24, "Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@novell.com> wrote:

>   Hi,
> 
> ... adds hvmcpu_context to vcpu_guest_context, thus making it binary
> incompatible.  Is that ABI change ok?  Looks like it is dom0 API only,
> so I think we are fine, but I think I better ask ...
> 
> cheers,
>   Gerd
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-devel mailing list
> Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel

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* Re: unstable changeset 13416 (save restore: vcpu context support) ...
  2007-01-19 11:40 ` Keir Fraser
@ 2007-01-22  2:06   ` Zhai, Edwin
  2007-01-22  8:37     ` Keir Fraser
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Zhai, Edwin @ 2007-01-22  2:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Keir Fraser; +Cc: Xen devel list, Gerd Hoffmann

On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:40:03AM +0000, Keir Fraser wrote:
> 
> It's used by SMP guests when bringing up APs. So that change will have to be
> reverted. Thanks for spotting it!

keir,
could you elaborate on this? does it means SMP guest save/restore failure?

thanks,

> 
>  -- Keir
> 
> On 19/1/07 09:24, "Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@novell.com> wrote:
> 
> >   Hi,
> > 
> > ... adds hvmcpu_context to vcpu_guest_context, thus making it binary
> > incompatible.  Is that ABI change ok?  Looks like it is dom0 API only,
> > so I think we are fine, but I think I better ask ...
> > 
> > cheers,
> >   Gerd
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Xen-devel mailing list
> > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-devel mailing list
> Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
> 

-- 
best rgds,
edwin

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* Re: unstable changeset 13416 (save restore: vcpu context support) ...
  2007-01-22  2:06   ` Zhai, Edwin
@ 2007-01-22  8:37     ` Keir Fraser
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Keir Fraser @ 2007-01-22  8:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Zhai, Edwin, Keir Fraser; +Cc: Xen devel list, Gerd Hoffmann

On 22/1/07 2:06 am, "Zhai, Edwin" <edwin.zhai@intel.com> wrote:

>> It's used by SMP guests when bringing up APs. So that change will have to be
>> reverted. Thanks for spotting it!
> 
> keir,
> could you elaborate on this? does it means SMP guest save/restore failure?

The change to vcpu_guest_context would have broken SMP bringup for old
guests, since they know about the old layout of vcpu_guest_context.
Reverting that change will have broken HVM save/restore entirely, but Tim
has been making cleanups that should have fixed this again.

 -- Keir

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