Re: [PATCH V5 1/2] migration: file URI

["Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 07:22:10AM -0700, Steve Sistare wrote:
> Extend the migration URI to support file:<filename>.  This can be used for
> any migration scenario that does not require a reverse path.  It can be
> used as an alternative to 'exec:cat > file' in minimized containers that
> do not contain /bin/sh, and it is easier to use than the fd:<fdname> URI.
> It can be used in HMP commands, and as a qemu command-line parameter.
> 
> For best performance, guest ram should be shared and x-ignore-shared
> should be true, so guest pages are not written to the file, in which case
> the guest may remain running.  If ram is not so configured, then the user
> is advised to stop the guest first.  Otherwise, a busy guest may re-dirty
> the same page, causing it to be appended to the file multiple times,
> and the file may grow unboundedly.  That issue is being addressed in the
> "fixed-ram" patch series.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>
> Tested-by: Michael Galaxy <mgalaxy@akamai.com>
> Reviewed-by: Michael Galaxy <mgalaxy@akamai.com>
> Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
> Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
> ---
>  migration/file.c       | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  migration/file.h       | 14 ++++++++++++
>  migration/meson.build  |  1 +
>  migration/migration.c  |  5 ++++
>  migration/trace-events |  4 ++++
>  qemu-options.hx        |  6 ++++-
>  6 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 migration/file.c
>  create mode 100644 migration/file.h

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>


With regards,
Daniel
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