Re: [PATCH 0/3] console: make QMP screendump use coroutine

[Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>]

marcandre.lureau@redhat.com writes:

> From: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks to recent work by Kevin, it becomes possible to run HMP/QMP commands i=
> n a
> coroutine. The screendump command is a good target, as it requires to re-enter
> the main-loop in ordre to flush the display, and write to file in a non-block=
> ing
> way.
>
> Despite the flush, the dump may still have glitches. The graphic device may
> perform some operations during the write on the same framebuffer. Doing a mem=
> ory
> copy could help, but it would also create a number of other issues. Keeping t=
> he
> BQL would defeat a number of advantages of using a coroutine. Afaik, there is=
>  no
> mechanism to "freeze" the device either (and this could also have bad
> consequences anyway). Good enough?

This is v2 of
Message-Id: <20200113144848.2168018-1-marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-01/msg02313.html

The title has become slightly misleading: v2 covers HMP, too, as the
description says.

A changelog would've helped me review.  Next time :)

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