Re: [Xen-devel] Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl

2015-06-25 Thread Ian Campbell
On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 16:41 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Euan Harris writes ("Re: Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl"): > > We've discussed the semantics of cancellation a bit more off-list and > > have come to two conclusions: > > > > 1. [...] > > > > We should rename the propos

Re: [Xen-devel] Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl

2015-06-24 Thread Ian Jackson
Euan Harris writes ("Re: Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl"): > We've discussed the semantics of cancellation a bit more off-list and > have come to two conclusions: > > 1. [...] > > We should rename the proposed libxl_ao_cancel() to libxl_ao_abort(). Unless someone objects to

Re: [Xen-devel] Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl

2015-06-24 Thread Euan Harris
Hi, On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 04:57:19PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Euan Harris writes ("Re: Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl"): > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 04:38:24PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > * Is an API along these lines going to meet your needs ? > > > > The API you propose f

Re: [Xen-devel] Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl

2015-02-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Euan Harris writes ("Re: Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl"): > Sorry, I didn't think you were waiting for a reply. Your explanation > does answer my questions, thanks. Oh, good, thanks. > I think that the current proposed behaviour will suit us fine. We will > probably treat the OK

Re: [Xen-devel] Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl

2015-02-03 Thread Euan Harris
Hi, On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 05:43:58PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Ian Jackson writes ("Re: Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl"): > > Euan Harris writes ("Re: Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl"): > > > The API you propose for libxl_ao_cancel, as described in the comment in > > >

Re: [Xen-devel] Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl

2015-02-02 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes ("Re: Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl"): > Euan Harris writes ("Re: Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl"): > > The API you propose for libxl_ao_cancel, as described in the comment in > > libxl.h, looks reasonable to us.The comment for ERROR_NOTIMPLEMENTED

Re: [Xen-devel] Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl

2015-01-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Euan Harris writes ("Re: Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl"): > On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 04:38:24PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > * Is an API along these lines going to meet your needs ? > > The API you propose for libxl_ao_cancel, as described in the comment in > libxl.h, looks reasonab

Re: [Xen-devel] Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl

2015-01-28 Thread Euan Harris
Hi, On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 04:38:24PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > * Is an API along these lines going to meet your needs ? The API you propose for libxl_ao_cancel, as described in the comment in libxl.h, looks reasonable to us.The comment for ERROR_NOTIMPLEMENTED is a bit confusing: under w

Re: [Xen-devel] Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl

2015-01-20 Thread Ian Jackson
Dave Scott writes ("Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl"): > I’ve re-read the thread from Nov 2013: (2013!) > http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2013-11/msg01176.html > and found it quite thought-provoking. Thanks. However, I think the message you really want is From: Ian Jac

[Xen-devel] Cancelling asynchronous operations in libxl

2015-01-20 Thread Dave Scott
Hi, Firstly, sorry for the extreme lateness of this reply! I’ve re-read the thread from Nov 2013: (2013!) http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2013-11/msg01176.html and found it quite thought-provoking. From the Xapi/Xenopsd point of view, the main feature that we’d like is to be able