Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk

2016-03-20 Thread Ian Jackson
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk writes ("Re: [PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk"): > On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 05:52:09PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > How can this be made to work with PV guests ? > > QEMU can also serve PV guests (qdisk). Yes. > I think your question is more of - what abou

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk

2016-03-19 Thread Ian Jackson
Wei Liu writes ("Re: [PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk"): > Supporting PV guest is certainly going to be non-trivial. And I don't > think we would ever ask you to actually implement that. Indeed. > The point is to have a story that when other people want to implement > COLO for PV

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk

2016-03-19 Thread Ian Jackson
Wen Congyang writes ("Re: [PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk"): > How does block replication work: Thanks for this explanation, which is reallt helpful. I would like to repeat back to you what I think I have understood: Between resynchs, you allow each VM to run in parallel and to

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk

2016-03-19 Thread Wen Congyang
On 03/18/2016 01:18 AM, Ian Jackson wrote: > Wen Congyang writes ("Re: [PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk"): >> How does block replication work: > > Thanks for this explanation, which is reallt helpful. > > I would like to repeat back to you what I think I have understood: > > Bet

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk

2016-03-09 Thread Wei Liu
On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 09:09:20PM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > > Furthermore, I think coming up with a story for PV-aware guests (PVHVM, > > PV and PVH) is also non-trivial. For one the disk replication logic is > > Pls keep in mind that PV guests can use QEMU qdisk if they wish. > Oh

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk

2016-03-08 Thread Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> Furthermore, I think coming up with a story for PV-aware guests (PVHVM, > PV and PVH) is also non-trivial. For one the disk replication logic is Pls keep in mind that PV guests can use QEMU qdisk if they wish. This is more of 'phy' vs 'file' question. > not implemented in PV block backend, we'

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk

2016-03-08 Thread Wei Liu
On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 10:10:07AM +0800, Wen Congyang wrote: > On 03/05/2016 04:30 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 05:52:09PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > >> Changlong Xie writes ("[PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk"): > >>> +Enable COLO HA for disk. For

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk

2016-03-06 Thread Wen Congyang
On 03/05/2016 04:30 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 05:52:09PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: >> Changlong Xie writes ("[PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk"): >>> +Enable COLO HA for disk. For better understanding block replication on >>> +QEMU, please refer to:

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk

2016-03-06 Thread Wen Congyang
On 03/05/2016 01:44 AM, Ian Jackson wrote: > Changlong Xie writes ("[PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk"): >> From: Wen Congyang >> >> Usage: disk = >> ['...,colo,colo-host=xxx,colo-port=xxx,colo-export=xxx,active-disk=xxx,hidden-disk=xxx...'] >> For QEMU block replication details:

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk

2016-03-04 Thread Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 05:52:09PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Changlong Xie writes ("[PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk"): > > +Enable COLO HA for disk. For better understanding block replication on > > +QEMU, please refer to: > > +http://wiki.qemu.org/Features/BlockReplication > >

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk

2016-03-04 Thread Ian Jackson
Changlong Xie writes ("[PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk"): > +Enable COLO HA for disk. For better understanding block replication on > +QEMU, please refer to: > +http://wiki.qemu.org/Features/BlockReplication Sorry, I missed this link on my first pass. I still think that at the v

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk

2016-03-04 Thread Ian Jackson
Changlong Xie writes ("[PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk"): > From: Wen Congyang > > Usage: disk = > ['...,colo,colo-host=xxx,colo-port=xxx,colo-export=xxx,active-disk=xxx,hidden-disk=xxx...'] > For QEMU block replication details: > http://wiki.qemu.org/Features/BlockReplication

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 20/27] Support colo mode for qemu disk

2016-03-04 Thread Changlong Xie
From: Wen Congyang Usage: disk = ['...,colo,colo-host=xxx,colo-port=xxx,colo-export=xxx,active-disk=xxx,hidden-disk=xxx...'] For QEMU block replication details: http://wiki.qemu.org/Features/BlockReplication Signed-off-by: Wen Congyang Signed-off-by: Yang Hongyang Signed-off-by: Changlong Xie