Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH][RFC] making "xm dump-core" paralell

[John Levon <levon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 08:53:01PM +0100, Ian Pratt wrote:

> > > xm save/restore also fork+exec. I think it's the same reason.
> > > Is that right, Keir?
> > 
> > My understanding is that the only reason we have separate binaries for
> > that is because in the past save/restore was unstable, and had a
> > tendency to crash xend.
> 
> I can't see much downside to having a separate process. It makes it
> easier to ionice the IO etc.

A separate process isn't the sticking point, it's whether we really need
a separate C implementation.

john

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