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RE: [Xen-devel] Suspend/Save a machine under HVM (questions for implemen

To: "Keir Fraser" <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Suspend/Save a machine under HVM (questions for implementation in Win GPL PV driveres)
From: "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:06:15 +1100
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] Suspend/Save a machine under HVM (questions for implementation in Win GPL PV driveres)
> > I think the higher level doesn't have visibility to this...
> >
> > . Frontend sends A, B & C to Backend
> 
> What I mean is, Linux would not create such a set of requests A, B & C
in
> the first place. Linux will lock out the page from other I/Os when the
> first read or write request is issued.

Understood. My only vague concern was with cluster filesystems, but by
the sounds of it it won't be a problem.

Thanks

James


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