Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC 0/2] To introduce xenwatch multithreading (xen mtwatch)

[Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>]

On 24/04/18 01:55, Dongli Zhang wrote:
> Hi Wei,
> 
> On 04/23/2018 10:09 PM, Wei Liu wrote:
>> On Sat, Apr 07, 2018 at 07:25:53PM +0800, Dongli Zhang wrote:
>>> About per-domU xenwatch thread create/destroy, a new type of xenstore node is
>>> introduced: '/local/domain/0/mtwatch/<domid>'.
>>>
>>> Suppose the new domid id 7. During the domU (domid=7) creation, the xen
>>> toolstack writes '/local/domain/0/mtwatch/7' to xenstore before the insertion
>>> of '/local/domain/7'. When the domid=7 is destroyed, the last xenstore
>>> operation by xen toolstack is to remove '/local/domain/0/mtwatch/7'.
>>>
>>> The dom0 kernel subscribes a watch at node '/local/domain/0/mtwatch'.  Kernel
>>> thread [xen-mtwatch-7] is created when '/local/domain/0/mtwatch/7' is inserted,
>>> while this kernel thread is destroyed when the corresponding xenstore node is
>>> removed.
>>
>> Instead of inventing yet another node, can you not watch /local/domain
>> directly?
> 
> Would you like to watch at /local/domain directly? Or is your question "is there
> any other way to not watch at /local/domain, while no extra xenstore node will
> be introduced"?
> 
> Actually, the first prototype of this idea was to watch at /local/domain
> directly to get aware of the domU create/destroy, so that xen toolstack will not
> get involved. Joao Martins (CCed) had a concern on the performance as watching
> at /local/domain would lead to large amount of xenwatch events.

That's what the special watches "@introduceDomain" and "@releaseDomain"
are meant for.


Juergen