Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] xl: add target cpupool parameter to xl migrate

[Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Wei Liu writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] xl: add target cpupool parameter 
to xl migrate"):
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 05:08:27PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> > And TBH: I consider the -C option being quite dangerous. While I can
> > understand why it is present it is still a rather hacky approach for a
> > general problem. Same applies to the capability to modify random
> > settings of the domain config.
> 
> The -C option is rather dangerous. It disregards all guests states. You
> will likely to lose your mac address unless you have set the same mac
> address in the override file. Same goes for other states libxl might
> have saved during domain creation.

We should have a way to *alter* config settings rather than only one
to replace the config.  That is more useful, and less dangerous.

Ian.

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