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 lists.gnu.org (lists.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 80937C433F5 for ; Fri, 13 May 2022 17:49:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:58258 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1npZPo-00049p-BK for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Fri, 13 May 2022 13:49:24 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52044) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1npZOZ-0003Qw-JJ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 13 May 2022 13:48:07 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.133.124]:43078) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1npZOU-0003o3-Eb for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 13 May 2022 13:48:04 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1652464080; 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=MJMdpZ9ZR3Xxg53+lLQXyNsKwgZpTq0ygR4hNXrJE5U=; b=ZFTevO52FEBY+f9gfQj3TzxyHFy/t7BUXF5Bgf1ZHB2xlz9R1L3Htg8sfYESRw7irD52SY ICa4wgTcfGOwkYJ+9/ECEEtCSKsvdWg/7BN/nwt/QXWyapdeAYJqEbLKKEUeEd4G73WHsE hE3VBScBa4yu3Z7BU6cmhoIOZCk3j0g= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-538-11TF-wGaNiGy4mJwiyHIzg-1; Fri, 13 May 2022 13:47:56 -0400 X-MC-Unique: 11TF-wGaNiGy4mJwiyHIzg-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 32DB780A0B9; Fri, 13 May 2022 17:47:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blackfin.pond.sub.org (unknown [10.36.112.3]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 071E440F9D68; Fri, 13 May 2022 17:47:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by blackfin.pond.sub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B14A921E690D; Fri, 13 May 2022 19:47:54 +0200 (CEST) From: Markus Armbruster To: Paolo Bonzini Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, mark.kanda@oracle.com, berrange@redhat.com, dgilbert@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] qmp: Support for querying stats References: <20220426141619.304611-1-pbonzini@redhat.com> <20220426141619.304611-2-pbonzini@redhat.com> <87sfpp3018.fsf@pond.sub.org> <41B27AED-A9E0-4666-AEBB-0F3C9F436DF1@redhat.com> <87v8ukt8g8.fsf@pond.sub.org> <87ee0xy3w0.fsf@pond.sub.org> <51586997-467c-0209-7319-fc82e1796809@redhat.com> <87y1z5v6te.fsf@pond.sub.org> <8bebcd75-61bd-d3aa-974b-eab9f62ae5e5@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 19:47:54 +0200 In-Reply-To: <8bebcd75-61bd-d3aa-974b-eab9f62ae5e5@redhat.com> (Paolo Bonzini's message of "Fri, 13 May 2022 17:50:50 +0200") Message-ID: <87wneptjcl.fsf@pond.sub.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.11.54.1 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=armbru@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -28 X-Spam_score: -2.9 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.082, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 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: 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" Paolo Bonzini writes: > On 5/13/22 16:35, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> Friday afternoon, worst time for word-smithing... Feel free to ask >> again on Monday:) >> >>> a suggested place? For example, do you think it would fit better in the >>> query-stats or query-stats-schemas documentation? > > I think query-stats-schemas is good enough. > > # *Note*: While QEMU and other providers of runtime-collected statistics > # will try to keep the set of available data stable, together with their > # names, it is impossible to provide a full guarantee. For example, if > # the same value is being tracked with different names on different > # architectures or by different providers, one of them might be renamed. > # A statistic might go away if an algorithm is changed or some code is > # removed; changing a default might cause previously useful statistics > # to always report 0. Such changes fall outside QEMU's usual deprecation > # policies (also because statistics might be sourced externally, e.g. > # from Linux). However, they are expected to be rare. Works for me! Markup hint: "Note:" is a note section tag, while "*Note*:" is just text. I figure we want the section tag here.