Xen devel - Apr 2007 - save/restore of domU-s different in size from dom0

Looking at the present code in xc_domain_save.c, I take it for granted that
saving a 32-bit domU with a 64-bit dom0 (or vice versa) cannot be expected
to work, yet (since the vcpu context structure layout is different and domctl
returns a context matching the domain being saved, bi-modal code appears
to be necessary here). Am I missing something?

Thanks, Jan


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On 25/4/07 15:13, "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@novell.com> wrote:
> Looking at the present code in xc_domain_save.c, I take it for granted that
> saving a 32-bit domU with a 64-bit dom0 (or vice versa) cannot be expected
> to work, yet (since the vcpu context structure layout is different and
domctl
> returns a context matching the domain being saved, bi-modal code appears
> to be necessary here). Am I missing something?
Save on 64-bit dom0 and restore on 32-bit dom0 (or vice versa) certainly
won''t work as longs are used all over the place in the save format.

Currently dom0 and domU need to be matched (both 32-bit or both 64-bit). The
bitness of Xen itself does not matter. 64-bit domU save/restore with 32-bit
dom0 is probably not that interesting. 32-bit domU save/restore with 64-bit
dom0 will at least require pt_levels and hvirt_start to be initialised based
on domain-specific details.

 -- Keir



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