linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 0/4] debugfs to hisilicon migration driver

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Message-ID: <20241024152749.GB6956@nvidia.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:27:49 -0300
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To: Shameerali Kolothum Thodi <shameerali.kolothum.thodi@...wei.com>
Cc: liulongfang <liulongfang@...wei.com>,
	"alex.williamson@...hat.com" <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
	Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linuxarm@...neuler.org" <linuxarm@...neuler.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 0/4] debugfs to hisilicon migration driver

On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 01:18:55PM +0000, Shameerali Kolothum Thodi wrote:
> > Add a debugfs function to the hisilicon migration driver in VFIO to
> > provide intermediate state values and data during device migration.
> > 
> > When the execution of live migration fails, the user can view the
> > status and data during the migration process separately from the
> > source and the destination, which is convenient for users to analyze
> > and locate problems.
> 
> Could you please take another look at this series as it looks like almost there.

Why are we so keen to do this? Nobody else needed a complex debugfs
for their live migration?

Jason