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migration: file URI
authorSteve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>
Fri, 8 Sep 2023 14:22:10 +0000 (07:22 -0700)
committerJuan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Wed, 4 Oct 2023 11:16:58 +0000 (13:16 +0200)
commit2a9e2e595f2bc81c07e2f06ef9ba7d4c68897f1c
tree9737946cbcc59a268faa9c186e3cf4e4a3eaf8dc
parentb28e3ecf0de1bc77b6a1a520e3c223f37b5afce2
migration: file URI

Extend the migration URI to support file:<filename>.  This can be used for
any migration scenario that does not require a reverse path.  It can be
used as an alternative to 'exec:cat > file' in minimized containers that
do not contain /bin/sh, and it is easier to use than the fd:<fdname> URI.
It can be used in HMP commands, and as a qemu command-line parameter.

For best performance, guest ram should be shared and x-ignore-shared
should be true, so guest pages are not written to the file, in which case
the guest may remain running.  If ram is not so configured, then the user
is advised to stop the guest first.  Otherwise, a busy guest may re-dirty
the same page, causing it to be appended to the file multiple times,
and the file may grow unboundedly.  That issue is being addressed in the
"fixed-ram" patch series.

Signed-off-by: Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>
Tested-by: Michael Galaxy <mgalaxy@akamai.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Galaxy <mgalaxy@akamai.com>
Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <1694182931-61390-2-git-send-email-steven.sistare@oracle.com>
migration/file.c [new file with mode: 0644]
migration/file.h [new file with mode: 0644]
migration/meson.build
migration/migration.c
migration/trace-events
qemu-options.hx