Re: [Xen-devel] [OSSTEST PATCH 2/2] libvirt: Do not attempt save/restore when migration not advertised

[Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Martin Kletzander writes ("Re: [OSSTEST PATCH 2/2] libvirt: Do not attempt 
save/restore when migration not advertised"):
> Since offline migration (as in migrating a domain between hosts without
> being running) is not that used in the code and talked about, I'm
> guessing offline means save restore.  Looking at the history it was
> added before the "offline" migration, so it probably means
> save/restore.  To avoid confusion, I would suggest we add either
> <offline/> or rather <save/> (the naming is not important) and document
> what it means.  And then you can use it exactly how you'd like.  And
> you'll be also sure it means what you need it to mean ;)  The patches
> will be straigh-forward, let me know if I can help anyhow.

Except that the point of the exercise is to detect which features are
supported in which versions.  Whatever I do in osstest needs to work
with older libvirt versions, which do not report
  /capabilities/host/migration_features/save
even on x86, where it is supported.  I suppose I could detect
  /capabilities/host/migration_features/live
and assume that save/restore was supported (since it's unlikely that
live migration would be supported but not save/restore).

So for now I think I need to use
  /capabilities/host/migration_features
as a proxy for save/restore ?

Ian.

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