[Xen-devel] Re: pause PV domain with pci passthrough

[Sander Eikelenboom <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 1:36:59 PM, you wrote:

> On 30/11/2010 12:14, "Sander Eikelenboom" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Hi Keir/Konrad,
>> 
>> Should it be possible to pause a PV domain ("xm pause") when it has pci
>> devices passed through ?
>> If not, should it work with a HVM with pci passthrough ?
>> 
>> Trying with a PV domain gave troubles so far.

> It might give problems with pending pass-thru interrupts not getting handled
> by the paused domain? That could block other, more critical interrupts, like
> for disc controllers in dom0. Just a theory. I wouldn't generally recommend
> pausing any domain, as a guest OS could get upset getting descheduled for
> significant periods of time without being told about it (as a PV guest is
> for save/restore).

That's exactly what i saw, dom0's ahci controller was getting pretty upset.
So save/restore would be the way to go then ..
I will give that a try !

Thx,

Sander


>  -- Keir

>> --
>> Sander
>> 





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Best regards,
 Sander                            mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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