* Juan Quintela (quint...@redhat.com) wrote:
> "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilb...@redhat.com> wrote:
> > * Juan Quintela (quint...@redhat.com) wrote:
> >> "Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)" <dgilb...@redhat.com> wrote:
> >> > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilb...@redhat.com>
> >> >
> >> > Once postcopy is enabled (with migrate_set_capability), the migration
> >> > will still start on precopy mode. To cause a transition into postcopy
> >> > the:
> >> >
> >> > migrate_start_postcopy
> >> >
> >> > command must be issued. Postcopy will start sometime after this
> >> > (when it's next checked in the migration loop).
> >> >
> >> > Issuing the command before migration has started will error,
> >> > and issuing after it has finished is ignored.
> >> >
> >> > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilb...@redhat.com>
> >> > Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com>
> >>
> >> > diff --git a/include/migration/migration.h
> >> > b/include/migration/migration.h
> >> > index a5951ac..e973490 100644
> >> > --- a/include/migration/migration.h
> >> > +++ b/include/migration/migration.h
> >> > @@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ struct MigrationState
> >> > int64_t xbzrle_cache_size;
> >> > int64_t setup_time;
> >> > int64_t dirty_sync_count;
> >> > +
> >> > + /* Flag set once the migration has been asked to enter postcopy */
> >> > + bool start_postcopy;
> >> > };
> >> >
> >> > void process_incoming_migration(QEMUFile *f);
> >> > diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
> >> > index e77b8b4..6fc47f9 100644
> >> > --- a/migration/migration.c
> >> > +++ b/migration/migration.c
> >> > @@ -465,6 +465,28 @@ void qmp_migrate_set_parameters(bool
> >> > has_compress_level,
> >> > }
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> > +void qmp_migrate_start_postcopy(Error **errp)
> >> > +{
> >> > + MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
> >> > +
> >> > + if (!migrate_postcopy_ram()) {
> >> > + error_setg(errp, "Enable postcopy with migration_set_capability
> >> > before"
> >> > + " the start of migration");
> >> > + return;
> >> > + }
> >> > +
> >> > + if (s->state == MIGRATION_STATUS_NONE) {
> >>
> >> I would claim that this check should be:
> >>
> >> if (s->state != MIGRATION_STATUS_ACTIVE) {
> >> ??
> >>
> >> FAILED, COMPLETED, CANCELL* don't make sense, right?
> >
> > What I'm trying to catch here is people doing:
> > migrate_start_postcopy
> > migrate tcp:pppp:whereever
> >
> > which wont work, because migrate_init reinitialises
> > the flag that start previously set.
> >
> > However, I also don't want to create a race, since what you do is
> > typically:
> > migrate tcp:pppp:whereever
> > <wait some time, get bored>
> > migrate_start_postcopy
> >
> > if you're unlucky, and the migration finishes just
> > at the same time you do the migrate_start_postcopy, do you
> > want migrate_start_postcopy to fail? My guess was it
> > was best for it not to fail, in this case.
>
> Change the order, if it is ACTIVE: do the postcopy thing, otherwise, do
> the clause that is protected now? Moving to postcopy only make sense if
> we are in active.
The problem is that produces a race-condition for the command.
If you wait too long and the migration finishes before you issue the command
you get an error, when the migration has completed perfectly happily.
Dave
>
> Later, Juan.
>
>
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >>
> >> Thanks, Juan.
> > --
> > Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilb...@redhat.com / Manchester, UK
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