From: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
To: Juraj Marcin <jmarcin@redhat.com>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>,
Prasad Pandit <ppandit@redhat.com>,
"Dr . David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] migration/hmp: Add "info migrate -a", reorg the dump
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 13:37:57 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aCTU9aFgbt4-ZbYz@x1.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <lu4vgrxl2b5kgg5jdfnucqfvu2wh3rudhya5jarw2auyh62mge@onoeum25ttzm>
On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 04:33:16PM +0200, Juraj Marcin wrote:
> > if (info->ram) {
> > - monitor_printf(mon, "transferred ram: %" PRIu64 " kbytes\n",
> > - info->ram->transferred >> 10);
> > - monitor_printf(mon, "throughput: %0.2f mbps\n",
> > + monitor_printf(mon, "RAM info:\n");
> > + monitor_printf(mon, " Bandwidth (mbps): %0.2f\n",
> > info->ram->mbps);
>
> I think the previous name (throughput) was better suited for this
> metric. IIUC '->mbps' is the actual amount of data that has been sent
> over a period of time, which is exactly the definition of throughput.
> Bandwidth, on the other hand, is more of a (theoretical) maximum that
> could be sent.
Heh, it's interesting you found this change, I should have mentioned it.
I think I saw more use of the word "bandwidth" from people to describe
miration throughput, but I don't think I was able to distinguish the two
before, after checking I think you're right.
I believe you demostrated solid understanding in networking issues. :-D
I'll use "Throughput" when repost. Thanks!
--
Peter Xu
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-05-14 17:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-05-13 22:09 [PATCH 0/3] migration: Some fix and enhancements to HMP "info migrate" Peter Xu
2025-05-13 22:09 ` [PATCH 1/3] migration: Allow caps to be set when preempt or multifd cap enabled Peter Xu
2025-05-14 12:52 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2025-05-14 13:27 ` Juraj Marcin
2025-05-13 22:09 ` [PATCH 2/3] migration/hmp: Dump global in "info migrate_parameters" instead Peter Xu
2025-05-14 13:25 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2025-05-14 17:29 ` Peter Xu
2025-05-14 13:28 ` Juraj Marcin
2025-05-13 22:09 ` [PATCH 3/3] migration/hmp: Add "info migrate -a", reorg the dump Peter Xu
2025-05-14 13:15 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2025-05-14 14:33 ` Juraj Marcin
2025-05-14 17:37 ` Peter Xu [this message]
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