Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/4] stubdom-dm: Support live migration of HVM domain with stubdom-dm

[Yosuke Iwamatsu <y-iwamatsu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian Jackson wrote:
> Samuel Thibault writes ("[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/4] stubdom-dm: Support live 
> migration of HVM domain with stubdom-dm"):
> > Yosuke Iwamatsu, le Tue 16 Dec 2008 18:22:20 +0900, a écrit :
> > > This series of patches is an attempt to support live migration of hvm
> > > domains with stubdom-dm.
> > Err, I'm a bit surprised. I haven't tested it since then, but I'm sure
> > live migration was working with stubdoms a few months ago, without
> > the need for a logdirty shared buffer.  This works thanks to the few
> > lines at the end of the cpu_physical_memory_rw() function that tell the
> > hypervisor about modified memory.  Actually, the plan was even to use
> > that bit of code in all cases (not only non-stubdom), so as to get rid
> > of the logdirty shared buffer completely.
> I take it you're referring to this:
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_STUBDOM
>     if (logdirty_bitmap != NULL)
>         xc_hvm_modified_memory(xc_handle, domid, _addr >> TARGET_PAGE_BITS,
>                 ((_addr + _len + TARGET_PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> TARGET_PAGE_BITS)
>                     - (_addr >> TARGET_PAGE_BITS));
> #endif
Ah, I didn't notice this.

> Yosuke Iwamatsu: is this not working for you then ?  It's possible
> that I've broken it somehow.
Live-migration fails because stubdom-dm doesn't respond to the request
from xc_save for the logdirty bitmap segment. The attached patch
simply generated from old ioemu tree will fix the issue, then.

Derived from old xen internal tools/ioemu tree.
Signed-off-by: Yosuke Iwamatsu <y-iwamatsu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
-- Yosuke

stubdom_respond_to_logdirty_event.patch
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