Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 4/4] hw/qxl-render: drop cursor locks, replace with pipe

[Jes Sorensen]

On 03/17/11 11:45, Alon Levy wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:29:03AM +0100, Jes Sorensen wrote:
>> On 03/17/11 11:27, Alon Levy wrote:
>>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:48:43AM +0100, Jes Sorensen wrote:
>>>>> Same for the asserts below, writes are from spice server thread, reads
>>>>> are in iothread.
>>>>
>>>> But shouldn't this make it try to reconnect? Even if the reconnect
>>>> fails, it shouldn't kill the guest IMHO.
>>>
>>> reconnect? between two threads in the qemu process? why would the write
>>> fail to begin with? this is like saying if I'm failing a kvm ioctl I should
>>> just retry.
>>
>> Ah ok, I missed that part, somehow I had in my mind it was two different
>> processes, despite you mentioning threads.
>>
>> Still if gfx handling fails, it shouldn't nuke the guest.
> 
> ok, try to apply that logic to any other device - network, usb, etc., I don't
> think it holds.

Maybe I am looking at the wrong angle - I would think that is network or
usb breaks, we would still keep running, and for gfx the guest should be
able to keep running even if the monitor is disconnected.

It's not a big issue so if you feel it is fine as is, I won't object.

Cheers,
Jes