[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] suspend operation in XEND
when the domainU is being suspended I see "shutdown_suspend_t" message sent to the domain thru the event channel by XEND. what does the domainU do on receiving this message ?? is the DISCONNECTED message sent by XEND as a part of suspend_domain or as a part of destroy_domain?? Thanks, Nauzad On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:28:46 +0000, Mark Williamson <maw48@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > So when does the event channel between the backend & front end drivers > > break during suspend operation in XEND ?? > > The event channel itself will get destroyed when the domain is destroyed > (after the domain's contents are saved). From the guests PoV, no teardown of > event channels or shared memory occurs before suspend - it all gets sorted > out on resume. > > > Also when is the NETIF_INTERFACE_STATUS_DISCONNECTED status sent to > > the front-end driver? I see code in the front-end driver that > > processes this status type which results in the front-driver going to > > a suspend state (like unregistering IRQs etc) > > Interfaces go through various states. During normal operation, these look > like the following: > * DISCONNECTED -> CLOSED -> CONNECTED when an interface is attached to the > domain > * CONNECTED -> CLOSED -> DISCONNECTED when an interface is removed. In this > case, the interface is in the CLOSED state when the DISCONNECTED message > arrives, so this is the final disconnect for the interface > > If the interface is in the CONNECTED state and a DISCONNECTED message is > received, it means that the connection with the backend has been broken for > some reason (e.g. the domain migrated to a new host, the backend driver > domain was rebooted, etc). When this happens, Xend will send this message to > the domain. > > If the guest sees this then it must go through the DISCONNECTED -> CLOSED -> > CONNECTED transition again, talking on the control interface to set up shared > memory and bind event channels with the new backend. At this point, it also > frees resources associated with the old device channel that are no longer > needed (e.g. old IRQs). > > HTH, > Mark > > > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:54:25 +0000, Mark Williamson <maw48@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > During Save & Migration, XFRD sends "xfr.suspend" message to XEND. > > > > This results in XEND suspending the domainU. A part of the suspension > > > > should involve XEND sending DISCONNECT message to the front-end driver > > > > in domainU > > > > > > I don't think you'll find it. Migrations / suspensions are treated like > > > a backend driver restart - at resume the frontend driver is notified that > > > it needs to reconnect to the backend and is responsible for requeuing any > > > pending requests. > > > > > > Instead of explicitly disconnecting the domain at suspend, the frontend > > > driver just sorts everything out at resume. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Mark > > > > > > > I am trying to dig through the XEND python code & I am unable to find > > > > this information. Can someone help ?? > > > > > > > > Also can someone guide me through the set of functions that are called > > > > by XEND as a part of suspend. What is the use of the the > > > > domain_restart_schedule() ?? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > Nauzad > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting > > > > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time > > > > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. > > > > Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Xen-devel mailing list > > > > Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
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