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Subject: Re: [virtio-comment] Re: About custom device counter
On Mon, 12 Jun 2023 02:25:42 -0400, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 02:12:35PM +0800, Xuan Zhuo wrote: > > We hope to support device custom counter. That is, virtio spec provides a > > channel for driver and device, and both key and value are provided by device. > > > > We discussed this issue earlier, and after some internal practice, I think it is > > still necessary to discuss this again. > > > > It is very important, each cloud vendor will always have some special counters, > > these counters may not exist in another vendor. At the same time, if we have > > to discuss it in the spec every time we add a counter, or add a feature, I > > think it is very inconvenient. Manufacturers may add some new counters at any > > time based on some new requirements. Some counters may also be removed at any > > time. > > > > Of course I know that doing this might hurt migration. But what I want to say is, > > why does it affect live migration? These counters we plan to give to users > > through ethtool -S, and some changes have taken place in the ethtool counters > > output by users. Does this have any practical impact? Or do we directly use > > some other output in a way, we can clearly tell the user that these counters > > may change during the migration process. For example, the driver is migrated > > to some new devices. These devices support some new counters. I think users > > should be able to see these new counters. These new counters may be the > > purpose of the migration. > > > > We don't need to support live migration at this point. > > > > Thanks. > > > Why not just document the thing? Device Counter or Device Stat, we discussed this issue earlier, So I want to slove the problem migration firstly. Thanks. > > -- > MST > > > This publicly archived list offers a means to provide input to the > OASIS Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) TC. > > In order to verify user consent to the Feedback License terms and > to minimize spam in the list archive, subscription is required > before posting. > > Subscribe: virtio-comment-subscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > Unsubscribe: virtio-comment-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > List help: virtio-comment-help@lists.oasis-open.org > List archive: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/ > Feedback License: https://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/feedback_license.pdf > List Guidelines: https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/mailing-lists > Committee: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/virtio/ > Join OASIS: https://www.oasis-open.org/join/ >
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