[libvirt] [PATCH 0/3] fix migration of paused vms

Paolo Bonzini pbonzini at redhat.com
Tue Dec 8 15:00:41 UTC 2009


On 11/25/2009 04:40 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> From: Paolo Bonzini<pbonzini at gnu.org>
>
> This is yet another try on fixing migration of paused vms.  Since the
> driver-only solution didn't work out, I'm now fixing it directly in
> libvirt.c.
>
> The first two patches are the same as for the previous series.  The
> first is a bugfix for failed migration for the QEMU driver; the second
> adds a "virsh migrate --suspend" option to leave the VM not running
> on the destination machine.
>
> As in the previous version of the patch, --suspend/VIR_MIGRATE_PAUSED
> is the bulk of implementing the new feature.  I just query the domain
> state and, if it is paused, I implicitly add the VIR_MIGRATE_PAUSED
> flag to the migration.  This is the third patch.
>
> I thought about transmitting the state in the end (since it works well
> if VIR_MIGRATE_PAUSED is passed only to MigrateFinish and not to
> MigratePerform), but I don't think it's a good idea to commit it
> now as it's basically untestable.  It's in the fourth patch, but if
> you want it now and think the approach is sound, tell me and I'll
> test it more heavily.

PING

Paolo




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