linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced

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Message-ID: <4F4CB926.6050600@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:23:18 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Wen Congyang <wency@...fujitsu.com>
CC:	kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	"Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, qemu-devel <qemu-devel@...gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced

On 02/27/2012 05:01 AM, Wen Congyang wrote:
> We can know the guest is paniced when the guest runs on xen.
> But we do not have such feature on kvm. This patch implemnts
> this feature, and the implementation is the same as xen:
> register panic notifier, and call hypercall when the guest
> is paniced.

What's the motivation for this?  "Xen does this" is insufficient.

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