--- /dev/null
+QEMU Migration Phases
+=====================
+
+.. contents::
+
+QEMU supports only migration protocols 2 and 3 (1 was lacking too many
+steps). Repeating the protocol sequences from libvirt.c:
+
+Migration protocol v2 API Sequence
+----------------------------------
+
+ **Src**: ``DumpXML``
+ - Generate XML to pass to dst
+
+ **Dst**: ``Prepare``
+ - Get ready to accept incoming VM
+ - Generate optional cookie to pass to src
+
+ **Src**: ``Perform``
+ - Start migration and wait for send completion
+ - Kill off VM if successful, resume if failed
+
+ **Dst**: ``Finish``
+ - Wait for recv completion and check status
+ - Kill off VM if unsuccessful
+
+Migration protocol v3 API Sequence
+----------------------------------
+
+ **Src**: ``Begin``
+ - Generate XML to pass to dst
+ - Generate optional cookie to pass to dst
+
+ **Dst**: ``Prepare``
+ - Get ready to accept incoming VM
+ - Generate optional cookie to pass to src
+
+ **Src**: ``Perform``
+ - Start migration and wait for send completion
+ - Generate optional cookie to pass to dst
+
+ **Dst**: ``Finish``
+ - Wait for recv completion and check status
+ - Kill off VM if failed, resume if success
+ - Generate optional cookie to pass to src
+
+ **Src**: ``Confirm``
+ - Kill off VM if success, resume if failed
+
+QEMU Migration Locking Rules
+============================
+
+Migration is a complicated beast which may span across several APIs on both
+source and destination side and we need to keep the domain we are migrating in
+a consistent state during the whole process.
+
+To avoid anyone from changing the domain in the middle of migration we need to
+keep ``MIGRATION_OUT`` job active during migration from ``Begin`` to
+``Confirm`` on the source side and ``MIGRATION_IN`` job has to be active from
+``Prepare`` to ``Finish`` on the destination side.
+
+For this purpose we introduce several helper methods to deal with locking
+primitives (described in `qemu-threads <qemu-threads.html>`__) in the right way:
+
+* ``qemuMigrationJobStart``
+
+* ``qemuMigrationJobContinue``
+
+* ``qemuMigrationJobStartPhase``
+
+* ``qemuMigrationJobSetPhase``
+
+* ``qemuMigrationJobFinish``
+
+The sequence of calling ``qemuMigrationJob*`` helper methods is as follows:
+
+- The first API of a migration protocol (``Prepare`` or ``Perform/Begin``
+ depending on migration type and version) has to start migration job and keep
+ it active::
+
+ qemuMigrationJobStart(driver, vm, VIR_JOB_MIGRATION_{IN,OUT});
+ qemuMigrationJobSetPhase(driver, vm, QEMU_MIGRATION_PHASE_*);
+ ...do work...
+ qemuMigrationJobContinue(vm);
+
+- All consequent phases except for the last one have to keep the job active::
+
+ if (!qemuMigrationJobIsActive(vm, VIR_JOB_MIGRATION_{IN,OUT}))
+ return;
+ qemuMigrationJobStartPhase(driver, vm, QEMU_MIGRATION_PHASE_*);
+ ...do work...
+ qemuMigrationJobContinue(vm);
+
+- The last migration phase finally finishes the migration job::
+
+ if (!qemuMigrationJobIsActive(vm, VIR_JOB_MIGRATION_{IN,OUT}))
+ return;
+ qemuMigrationJobStartPhase(driver, vm, QEMU_MIGRATION_PHASE_*);
+ ...do work...
+ qemuMigrationJobFinish(driver, vm);
+
+While migration job is running (i.e., after ``qemuMigrationJobStart*`` but before
+``qemuMigrationJob{Continue,Finish}``), migration phase can be advanced using::
+
+ qemuMigrationJobSetPhase(driver, vm, QEMU_MIGRATION_PHASE_*);
+++ /dev/null
- QEMU Migration Phases
- =====================
-
-QEMU supports only migration protocols 2 and 3 (1 was lacking too many
-steps). Repeating the protocol sequences from libvirt.c:
-
-Sequence v2:
-
- Src: DumpXML
- - Generate XML to pass to dst
-
- Dst: Prepare
- - Get ready to accept incoming VM
- - Generate optional cookie to pass to src
-
- Src: Perform
- - Start migration and wait for send completion
- - Kill off VM if successful, resume if failed
-
- Dst: Finish
- - Wait for recv completion and check status
- - Kill off VM if unsuccessful
-
-Sequence v3:
-
- Src: Begin
- - Generate XML to pass to dst
- - Generate optional cookie to pass to dst
-
- Dst: Prepare
- - Get ready to accept incoming VM
- - Generate optional cookie to pass to src
-
- Src: Perform
- - Start migration and wait for send completion
- - Generate optional cookie to pass to dst
-
- Dst: Finish
- - Wait for recv completion and check status
- - Kill off VM if failed, resume if success
- - Generate optional cookie to pass to src
-
- Src: Confirm
- - Kill off VM if success, resume if failed
-
- QEMU Migration Locking Rules
- ============================
-
-Migration is a complicated beast which may span across several APIs on both
-source and destination side and we need to keep the domain we are migrating in
-a consistent state during the whole process.
-
-To avoid anyone from changing the domain in the middle of migration we need to
-keep MIGRATION_OUT job active during migration from Begin to Confirm on the
-source side and MIGRATION_IN job has to be active from Prepare to Finish on
-the destination side.
-
-For this purpose we introduce several helper methods to deal with locking
-primitives (described in THREADS.txt) in the right way:
-
-* qemuMigrationJobStart
-
-* qemuMigrationJobContinue
-
-* qemuMigrationJobStartPhase
-
-* qemuMigrationJobSetPhase
-
-* qemuMigrationJobFinish
-
-The sequence of calling qemuMigrationJob* helper methods is as follows:
-
-- The first API of a migration protocol (Prepare or Perform/Begin depending on
- migration type and version) has to start migration job and keep it active:
-
- qemuMigrationJobStart(driver, vm, VIR_JOB_MIGRATION_{IN,OUT});
- qemuMigrationJobSetPhase(driver, vm, QEMU_MIGRATION_PHASE_*);
- ...do work...
- qemuMigrationJobContinue(vm);
-
-- All consequent phases except for the last one have to keep the job active:
-
- if (!qemuMigrationJobIsActive(vm, VIR_JOB_MIGRATION_{IN,OUT}))
- return;
- qemuMigrationJobStartPhase(driver, vm, QEMU_MIGRATION_PHASE_*);
- ...do work...
- qemuMigrationJobContinue(vm);
-
-- The last migration phase finally finishes the migration job:
-
- if (!qemuMigrationJobIsActive(vm, VIR_JOB_MIGRATION_{IN,OUT}))
- return;
- qemuMigrationJobStartPhase(driver, vm, QEMU_MIGRATION_PHASE_*);
- ...do work...
- qemuMigrationJobFinish(driver, vm);
-
-While migration job is running (i.e., after qemuMigrationJobStart* but before
-qemuMigrationJob{Continue,Finish}), migration phase can be advanced using
-
- qemuMigrationJobSetPhase(driver, vm, QEMU_MIGRATION_PHASE_*);