xm list vs. xl list: more differences?

xm list vs. xl list: more differences?

[Dan Magenheimer]

I see that "xl list" shows a domain waiting idly for console
input as "r", whereas "xm list" shows the same domain as "b".
I also see that the State field for "xl list" contains only
three characters (e.g. "r--"), whereas "xm list" shows six
(e.g. "-b----").

Is this expected/intended (e.g. "r" in xm list means "running"
and in xl list it means "runnable:), or is it a bug?  For intended
differences between xm and xl, is there any documentation?

Thanks,
Dan

Re: xm list vs. xl list: more differences?

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

  On 08/01/2010 09:07 AM, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> I see that "xl list" shows a domain waiting idly for console
> input as "r", whereas "xm list" shows the same domain as "b".
> I also see that the State field for "xl list" contains only
> three characters (e.g. "r--"), whereas "xm list" shows six
> (e.g. "-b----").
>
> Is this expected/intended (e.g. "r" in xm list means "running"
> and in xl list it means "runnable:), or is it a bug?

I think its a bug.  Its very useful to be able to tell whether any vcpu 
in a domain is running or runnable at a glance.

J

Re: xm list vs. xl list: more differences?

[Ian Campbell]

On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 17:07 +0100, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> I see that "xl list" shows a domain waiting idly for console
> input as "r", whereas "xm list" shows the same domain as "b".
> I also see that the State field for "xl list" contains only
> three characters (e.g. "r--"), whereas "xm list" shows six
> (e.g. "-b----").
> 
> Is this expected/intended (e.g. "r" in xm list means "running"
> and in xl list it means "runnable:), or is it a bug?

Take a look at this commit in xen-unstable.hg, I think it makes "xl
list" and "xm list" the same:

changeset:   21849:1c1b02487b57
user:        Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
date:        Fri Jul 23 17:39:32 2010 +0100
summary:     libxl/xl: correctly report domain state.

Ian.

RE: xm list vs. xl list: more differences?

[Dan Magenheimer]

> From: Ian Campbell [mailto:Ian.Campbell@citrix.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 1:16 AM
> To: Dan Magenheimer
> Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] xm list vs. xl list: more differences?
> 
> On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 17:07 +0100, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> > I see that "xl list" shows a domain waiting idly for console
> > input as "r", whereas "xm list" shows the same domain as "b".
> > I also see that the State field for "xl list" contains only
> > three characters (e.g. "r--"), whereas "xm list" shows six
> > (e.g. "-b----").
> >
> > Is this expected/intended (e.g. "r" in xm list means "running"
> > and in xl list it means "runnable:), or is it a bug?
> 
> Take a look at this commit in xen-unstable.hg, I think it makes "xl
> list" and "xm list" the same:
> 
> changeset:   21849:1c1b02487b57
> user:        Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
> date:        Fri Jul 23 17:39:32 2010 +0100
> summary:     libxl/xl: correctly report domain state.

OK, thanks.  My test bits are older than that.  Sorry
for the noise.