Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 01/11] QMP: Introduce specification file

[Avi Kivity]

On 06/23/2009 04:40 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> > IMO, there aren't any.  All commands are synchronous (but may cause 
> > events to be generated later).
>
>
> At least today, there are quite a few commands that are synchronous 
> and block.  They would all have to be converted to events.  For instance:

That's what I meant, though I phrased it poorly.

> commit

That's a biggie to make truly async.

> change
> screendump

I think we can keep those synchronous.

> savevm
> loadvm
> delvm

Like commit, very difficult to make async.

> stop
> cont

These certainly seem very synchronous to me.

> memsave
> pmemsave

Can keep these synchronous IMO.  You certainly don't want the guest to 
progress during memsave.

> migrate
> balloon 

Isn't balloon synchronous?  It sets the target and exits immediately.  
We don't want command completion to depend on the guest.

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