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> From: Zhao Yan [mailto:yan.y.z...@intel.com]
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] QEMU VFIO live migration
> 
> > >
> > > > 5) About log sync, why not register log_global_start/stop in
> > > vfio_memory_listener?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > seems log_global_start/stop cannot be iterately called in pre-copy phase?
> > > for dirty pages in system memory, it's better to transfer dirty data
> > > iteratively to reduce down time, right?
> > >
> >
> > We just need invoking only once for start and stop logging. Why we need to
> call
> > them literately? See memory_listener of vhost.
> >
> the dirty pages in system memory produces by device is incremental.
> if it can be got iteratively, the dirty pages in stop-and-copy phase can be
> minimal.
> :)
> 
I mean starting or stopping the capability of logging, not log sync. 

We register the below callbacks:

.log_sync = vfio_log_sync,
.log_global_start = vfio_log_global_start,
.log_global_stop = vfio_log_global_stop,

Regards,
-Gonglei

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