[Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC 11/20] libxc/migration: correct hvm record ordering specification

[Joshua Otto <jtotto@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The libxc migration stream specification document asserts that, within
an hvm migration stream, "HVM_PARAMS must precede HVM_CONTEXT, as
certain parameters can affect the validity of architectural state in the
context."  This sounds reasonable, but the in-tree implementation of hvm
domain save actually writes these records in the _reverse_ order, with
HVM_CONTEXT first and HVM_PARAMS next.  This has been the case for the
entire history of that implementation, seemingly to no ill effect, so
update the spec to reflect this.

Signed-off-by: Joshua Otto <jtotto@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 docs/specs/libxc-migration-stream.pandoc | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/specs/libxc-migration-stream.pandoc 
b/docs/specs/libxc-migration-stream.pandoc
index 31eba10..96a6cb0 100644
--- a/docs/specs/libxc-migration-stream.pandoc
+++ b/docs/specs/libxc-migration-stream.pandoc
@@ -668,11 +668,8 @@ A typical save record for an x86 HVM guest image would 
look like:
 2. Domain header
 3. Many PAGE\_DATA records
 4. TSC\_INFO
-5. HVM\_PARAMS
-6. HVM\_CONTEXT
-
-HVM\_PARAMS must precede HVM\_CONTEXT, as certain parameters can affect
-the validity of architectural state in the context.
+5. HVM\_CONTEXT
+6. HVM\_PARAMS
 
 
 Legacy Images (x86 only)
-- 
2.7.4


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