From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists1p.gnu.org (lists1p.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 08E45C88E4D for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:29:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists1p.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1x4wcy-0003LW-85; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:28:56 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists1p.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1x4wcw-0003Kt-Ly for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:28:54 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.129.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1x4wcv-0002rl-0t for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:28:54 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1789115331; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=UA8BrIwzKoxooN7zfRMNnxY5pGttyiiUqNIb6r2sL9Y=; b=gmGrra2O+QM3JaKdrurLM9R1oXc2XTRpBiDmT3A7Y7d+rJLVFN2GaLqcZ23zPU0KOW3xcq l8YXtL8dPxc+Hah9zCxOucPrjhBRewdFwFV1wODEx02XExz3GKg6BNK+gMC5h/cBc3UwJa D07gbYHQSHHg+Oq1xWiczp4PUM5gqmM= Received: from mx-prod-mc-06.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (ec2-35-165-154-97.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [35.165.154.97]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-691-K6OMBfWJMpyyjuZ1Sm0Kkw-1; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:28:48 -0400 X-MC-Unique: K6OMBfWJMpyyjuZ1Sm0Kkw-1 X-Mimecast-MFC-AGG-ID: K6OMBfWJMpyyjuZ1Sm0Kkw_1789115327 Received: from mx-prod-int-01.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (mx-prod-int-01.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com [10.30.177.4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx-prod-mc-06.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6A04C180075A; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:28:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blackfin.pond.sub.org (unknown [10.44.22.5]) by mx-prod-int-01.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9F22B30001A2; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:28:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by blackfin.pond.sub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 549DE21E6A04; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:28:43 +0200 (CEST) From: Markus Armbruster To: Miles Glenn Cc: Simon Ruderich , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, David Alan Gilbert , Peter Crosthwaite , Paolo Bonzini , Richard Henderson , Eric Blake , Caleb Schlossin Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v8 0/7] qmp: add pmemload command In-Reply-To: <7f4620558ac861573fc83d6569189432de77493b.camel@linux.ibm.com> (Miles Glenn's message of "Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:59:28 -0500") References: <7f4620558ac861573fc83d6569189432de77493b.camel@linux.ibm.com> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:28:43 +0200 Message-ID: <87se3g9op0.fsf@pond.sub.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.30.177.4 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=armbru@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: qemu development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Miles Glenn writes: > Hello, > > It seems that this patch set stalled several years ago for no apparent > reason. Does anybody know why? Review pointed out issues, but the submitter never responded. Possibly because review exhausted submitter's patience. > > I find myself needing the functionality of a command like `pmemload`. > Our user needs to be able to load a binary file into a physical address > of their VM and it would need to be done every time they start the VM > (not just for debug or experimentation). It also needs to be done at > some point after the VM has already started. I understand that the gdb > stub could possibly be used, but we don't want to prevent the user from > being able to use GDB themselves. The pmemload command uses QMP, so it > seems that it would be the perfect solution for us. You could post a v9 addressing the review, or you could start over.