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From: Tony Lindgren <tony.lindgren@linux.intel.com>
To: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com>
Cc: "Jörg Rödel" <joro@8bytes.org>,
	"Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	"Sean Christopherson" <seanjc@google.com>,
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	"Pankaj Gupta" <pankaj.gupta@amd.com>,
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	"Xiaoyao Li" <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>,
	"Xu Yilun" <yilun.xu@linux.intel.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/4] KVM: x86: Add optional KVM_CAP_LIVE_MIGRATION and KVM_MIGRATE_CMD
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 07:43:54 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ap-SihGd0fk02QV8@tlindgre-MOBL1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d25d652c34dedc209ccb3b758e7f624b9125eee5.camel@gmail.com>

On Mon, Sep 07, 2026 at 04:32:33PM +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> On Mon, 2026-09-07 at 15:15 +0200, Jörg Rödel wrote:
> > The direction is always the same over a single live migration session, right?
> > So it could be a setup flag, on the other hand having separate KVM_EXPORT_CMD
> > and KVM_IMPORT_CMD seems to be a cleaner ABI.

OK
 
> Yes, the source stays the source, and the destination stays the destination
> for the entire session.
> 
> This is a special case of a broader question I keep coming back to:
> 
> ** How much state should KVM keep about a migration session? **
> 
> For direction specifically, we could pass it to KVM on every call and let
> KVM stay stateless about it, or KVM could record it once and remember it for
> the rest of the session.

Yes the "record and remember" is another option, it could be a sub-command
something like KVM_MIGRATE_DIRECTION.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-08  4:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-31  7:13 [RFC PATCH v2 0/4] Add KVM API for confidential guest live migration Tony Lindgren
2026-08-31  7:13 ` [RFC PATCH v2 1/4] Documentation: KVM: Add live migration API for confidential guests Tony Lindgren
2026-08-31  7:20   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-31  7:13 ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/4] KVM: x86: Add optional KVM_CAP_LIVE_MIGRATION and KVM_MIGRATE_CMD Tony Lindgren
2026-08-31  7:23   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-01  6:03     ` Tony Lindgren
2026-09-07 11:53   ` Tony Lindgren
2026-09-07 13:15     ` Jörg Rödel
2026-09-07 13:32       ` Artem Bityutskiy
2026-09-08  4:15         ` Tony Lindgren
2026-09-08  4:43         ` Tony Lindgren [this message]
2026-09-09  0:22           ` Kishen Maloor
2026-09-09  6:57             ` Tony Lindgren
2026-09-10  1:11               ` Kishen Maloor
2026-09-10  6:33                 ` Tony Lindgren
2026-09-11  1:40                   ` Kishen Maloor
2026-09-11  4:23                     ` Tony Lindgren
2026-08-31  7:13 ` [RFC PATCH v2 3/4] KVM: x86: Add optional KVM_EXPORT_MEMORY and KVM_IMPORT_MEMORY Tony Lindgren
2026-08-31  7:23   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-01  6:10     ` Tony Lindgren
2026-08-31  7:13 ` [RFC PATCH v2 4/4] KVM: x86: Add optional KVM_EXPORT_VCPU and KVM_IMPORT_VCPU Tony Lindgren
2026-08-31  7:23   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-01  6:12     ` Tony Lindgren
2026-09-04 18:24 ` [RFC PATCH v2 0/4] Add KVM API for confidential guest live migration Artem Bityutskiy

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