[openstack-dev] [Nova] Migration state machine proposal.
Tang Chen
tangchen at cn.fujitsu.com
Thu Oct 15 08:53:41 UTC 2015
Hi all,
The spec is now available here:
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/235169/
Please help to review.
Thanks.
On 10/14/2015 10:05 AM, Tang Chen wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> Please help to review this BP.
>
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/live-migration-state-machine
>
>
> Currently, the migration_status field in Migration object is
> indicating the
> status of migration process. But in the current code, it is represented
> by pure string, like 'migrating', 'finished', and so on.
>
> The strings could be confusing to different developers, e.g. there are 3
> statuses representing the migration process is over successfully:
> 'finished', 'completed' and 'done'.
> And 2 for migration in process: 'running' and 'migrating'.
>
> So I think we should use constants or enum for these statuses.
>
>
> Furthermore, Nikola has proposed to create a state machine for the
> statuses,
> which is part of another abandoned BP. And this is also the work I'd
> like to go
> on with. Please refer to:
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/197668/
> <https://review.openstack.org/#/c/197668/>
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/197669/
> <https://review.openstack.org/#/c/197669/>
>
>
> Another proposal is: introduce a new member named "state" into Migration.
> Use a state machine to handle this Migration.state, and leave
> migration_status
> field a descriptive human readable free-form.
>
>
> So how do you think ?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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