Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] Introduce vm_stop_permanent()

[Jan Kiszka]

On 2011-07-28 15:37, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 07/28/2011 04:31 PM, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
>> On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:23:22 +0300
>> Avi Kivity<address@hidden>  wrote:
>>
>> >  On 07/28/2011 12:44 AM, Blue Swirl wrote:
>> >  >  On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Luiz
>> Capitulino<address@hidden>   wrote:
>> >  >  >   This function should be used when the VM is not supposed to
>> resume
>> >  >  >   execution (eg. by issuing 'cont' monitor command).
>> >  >  >
>> >  >  >   Today, we allow the user to resume execution even when:
>> >  >  >
>> >  >  >     o the guest shuts down and -no-shutdown is used
>> >  >  >     o there's a kvm internal error
>> >  >  >     o loading the VM state with -loadvm or "loadvm" in the
>> monitor fails
>> >  >  >
>> >  >  >   I think only badness can happen from the cases above.
>> >  >
>> >  >  I'd suppose a system_reset should bring the system back to
>> sanity and
>> >  >  then clear vm_permanent_stopped (where's -ly?)
>>
>> What's -ly?
>>
> 
> permanent-ly.
> 
>> >  >  except maybe for KVM
>> >  >  internal error if that can't be recovered. Then it would not very
>> >  >  permanent anymore, so the name would need adjusting.
>> >
>> >  Currently, all kvm internal errors are recoverable by reset (and
>> >  possibly by fiddling with memory/registers).
>>
>> Ok, but a poweroff in the guest isn't recoverable with system_reset
>> right? Or does it depend on the guest?
> 
> Right, it's not recoverable if you shut the power down where the tractor
> beam is coupled to the main reactor.

system_reset will bring all emulated devices back into their power-on
state - unless we have remaining bugs to fix. Actually, one may consider
issuing this reset automatically on vm_start after "permant" vm_stop.

Jan

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