Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 15/17] iotests: add default node-name

[Dr. David Alan Gilbert]

* Fam Zheng (address@hidden) wrote:
> On Fri, 02/17 16:36, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
> > 17.02.2017 15:21, Fam Zheng wrote:
> > > On Fri, 02/17 13:20, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
> > > > 16.02.2017 16:48, Fam Zheng wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, 02/13 12:54, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
> > > > > > When testing migration, auto-generated by qemu node-names differs in
> > > > > > source and destination qemu and migration fails. After this patch,
> > > > > > auto-generated by iotest nodenames will be the same.
> > > > > What should be done in libvirt to make sure the node-names are 
> > > > > matching
> > > > > correctly at both sides?
> > > > Hmm, just set node names appropriately?
> > > But I think the problem is that node names are not configurable from 
> > > libvirt
> > > today, and then the migration will fail. Should the device name take 
> > > precedence
> > > in the code, to make it easier?
> > 
> > libvirt can use same parameters as I in this patch..
> 
> If I'm not mistaken, libvirt can be patched to explicitly set the same node
> names in the QEMU command line, but that is some extra work to do there. My
> point is if device names are used during migration, when available, this patch
> and the libvirt change is not necessary.

Always best to check with libvirt guys to see what makes sense for them;
ccing in jdenemar.

Dave

> Fam
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