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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 08/11] libxl: Per-domain data storage for the con

To: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 08/11] libxl: Per-domain data storage for the convenience of the library user
From: Vincent Hanquez <vincent.hanquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:29:08 +0000
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On 26/03/10 10:20, Ian Jackson wrote:
Vincent Hanquez writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 08/11] libxl: Per-domain data 
storage for the      convenience of the library user"):
The domain is never garbage collected without having the toolstack knows
about it [...]

This is not true unless the libxl caller (which you are calling "the
toolstack") has a never-dying daemon (or several), but it might not.

All existing and working toolstacks are daemon (xend, XCP, XCI). There's just no ways to do without when you consider real world cases.

--
Vincent

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