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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] libxl: add 2 consoles to stubdoms for save/r

To: Stefano Stabellini <Stefano.Stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] libxl: add 2 consoles to stubdoms for save/restore
From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:31:17 +0000
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On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 17:29 +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 17:17 +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > Rename the save file on resume so that it doesn't collide with the
> > > name of the next save file.  
> > 
> > What is the underlying issue here? Why does it matter if a save uses the
> > same filename as a previous resume? Or is the issue that you can
> > accidentally resume an image twice?
> 
> The issue is that the console backend is going to open both the resume
> file and the next save file when it starts, so they cannot have the same
> name.

Makes sense.

I think it is worth writing this in the checking comment.

Ian.


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