Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH] replication agent module

[Dor Laor]

On 02/07/2012 02:12 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 02/07/2012 04:29 AM, Ori Mamluk wrote:
> > Repagent is a new module that allows an external replication system to
> > replicate a volume of a Qemu VM.
> >
> > This RFC patch adds the repagent client module to Qemu.
>
> Please read http://wiki.qemu.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch
>
> In particular, use a tool like git-send-email and split this patch up
> into more manageable chunks.
>
> Is there an Open Source rehub available? As a project policy, adding
> external APIs specifically for proprietary software is not something
> we're willing to do.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori

In addition, I don't see that the listener thread holds any lock while 
it reads the image. I guess that during that period the guest runs and 
may race w/ this new thread.

About image ID for the replication hub, you can use the VM's pid or VM's 
uuid paired w/ the specific disk uuid

Thanks,
Dor