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Re: [PATCH] tools/libxenguest: Fix migration's debug option


  • To: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2021 09:57:21 +0200
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On 02.07.2021 21:03, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> The code has gone through many refactors, but the first refactor was the one
> which broke it by inverting the check with respect to checkpointed streams.
> 
> Fixes: 7449fb36c6c8 ("migration/save: pass checkpointed_stream from libxl to 
> libxc")
> Reported-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

> ---
> CC: Ian Jackson <iwj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Olaf Hering <olaf@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> `xl migrate --debug` might not be perfect, but this at least brings it back to
> mostly working.
> 
> I don't think dropping it is a sensible move.  In particular, it is invaluable
> for testing the logdirty infrastructure when migrating a memtest VM.
> 
> If anyone has a clever idea to fix the grant problem, then we can.  It is
> after all a debug option, without any specific prescribed behaviour.

What is "the grant problem" referring to here? Neither anything above
nor the offending original commit has any reference to grants, or a
problem with them.

Jan




 


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