[libvirt] [PATCHv2 14/20] snapshot: qemu: Add flag VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_REVERT_STOPPED

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Mon Nov 5 22:14:34 UTC 2012


On 11/02/2012 07:48 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>> +++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
>> @@ -3872,6 +3872,7 @@ typedef enum {
>>      VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_REVERT_RUNNING = 1 << 0, /* Run after revert */
>>      VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_REVERT_PAUSED  = 1 << 1, /* Pause after revert */
>>      VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_REVERT_FORCE   = 1 << 2, /* Allow risky reverts */
>> +    VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_REVERT_STOPPED = 1 << 3, /* Revert into stopped state */
> 
> Hmm, this might even be the argument I was looking for earlier about
> whether it makes sense to mix QUIESCE and memory state (still, using
> QUIESCE only makes sense for non-LIVE checkpoints).  If we are going to
> revert into a stopped state, that means that we are going to be using
> the disk state without any memory and so no in-flight I/O; if that is to
> be allowed, we want a way to quiesce then pause the domain then save
> state, so we can make up our mind whether to restore just the disk state
> or everything; but it would also mean that the saved ram state needs to
> flag that it was done while the guest was quiesced, so that the first
> thing done on a non-stopped revert is to thaw the guest file system.
> 
> On the other hand, I don't know how many people will revert to just disk
> state and not also load up the associated RAM state.  This flag might
> not get much use.

I thought about it a bit more; this flag is useful after all for
reverting to the point of a snapshot without running, because we can
then inspect disk state, and when ready to run, do yet another revert
without the flag to restore any in-flight I/O.  Again, I don't know how
often it will be used, and whether we should worry about allowing one to
mix quiesce with non-live external snapshots, but I agree with adding
the flag.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake at redhat.com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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