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[libvirt] [PATCH] Wire up <loader> to set the QEMU BIOS path
by Daniel P. Berrange 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange(a)redhat.com> * src/qemu/qemu_command.c: Wire up -bios with <loader> * tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args, tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.xml: Expand existing BIOS test case to cover <loader> --- src/qemu/qemu_command.c | 9 +++++++++ tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args | 3 ++- tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.xml | 1 + 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c index ea9431f..c82f5bc 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c @@ -4052,6 +4052,11 @@ qemuBuildCommandLine(virConnectPtr conn, if (enableKVM) virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-enable-kvm"); + if (def->os.loader) { + virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-bios"); + virCommandAddArg(cmd, def->os.loader); + } + /* Set '-m MB' based on maxmem, because the lower 'memory' limit * is set post-startup using the balloon driver. If balloon driver * is not supported, then they're out of luck anyway. Update the @@ -7581,6 +7586,10 @@ virDomainDefPtr qemuParseCommandLine(virCapsPtr caps, WANT_VALUE(); if (!(def->os.kernel = strdup(val))) goto no_memory; + } else if (STREQ(arg, "-bios")) { + WANT_VALUE(); + if (!(def->os.loader = strdup(val))) + goto no_memory; } else if (STREQ(arg, "-initrd")) { WANT_VALUE(); if (!(def->os.initrd = strdup(val))) diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args index f9727c4..ac98000 100644 --- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args +++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \ -/usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 1024 -smp 1 -nodefaults -device sga \ +/usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -bios /usr/share/seabios/bios.bin \ +-m 1024 -smp 1 -nodefaults -device sga \ -monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -no-acpi -boot c \ -hda /dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1 -serial pty \ -usb -device usb-tablet,id=input0 -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 \ diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.xml index cfc5587..ac15d45 100644 --- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.xml +++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.xml @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ <vcpu>1</vcpu> <os> <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type> + <loader>/usr/share/seabios/bios.bin</loader> <boot dev='hd'/> <bootmenu enable='yes'/> <bios useserial='yes'/> -- 1.7.7.6

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[libvirt] [Patch v2] vmware: detect when a domain was shut down from the inside
by Jean-Baptiste Rouault 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

This patch adds an internal function vmwareUpdateVMStatus to update the real state of the domain. This function is used in various places in the driver, in particular to detect when the domain has been shut down by the user with the "halt" command. --- v2: - Replace internal function vmwareGetVMStatus by vmwareUpdateVMStatus - Improve vmrun list output parsing - variable initialization and coding-style fixes src/vmware/vmware_driver.c | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/vmware/vmware_driver.c b/src/vmware/vmware_driver.c index 8f9d922..53e28e7 100644 --- a/src/vmware/vmware_driver.c +++ b/src/vmware/vmware_driver.c @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ #include "datatypes.h" #include "virfile.h" #include "memory.h" +#include "util.h" #include "uuid.h" #include "command.h" #include "vmx.h" @@ -181,6 +182,64 @@ vmwareGetVersion(virConnectPtr conn, unsigned long *version) } static int +vmwareUpdateVMStatus(struct vmware_driver *driver, virDomainObjPtr vm) +{ + virCommandPtr cmd; + char *outbuf = NULL; + char *vmxAbsolutePath = NULL; + char *parsedVmxPath = NULL; + char *str; + char *saveptr = NULL; + bool found = false; + int oldState = virDomainObjGetState(vm, NULL); + int newState; + int ret = -1; + + cmd = virCommandNewArgList(VMRUN, "-T", vmw_types[driver->type], + "list", NULL); + virCommandSetOutputBuffer(cmd, &outbuf); + if (virCommandRun(cmd, NULL) < 0) + goto cleanup; + + if (virFileResolveAllLinks(((vmwareDomainPtr) vm->privateData)->vmxPath, + &vmxAbsolutePath) < 0) + goto cleanup; + + for(str = outbuf ; (parsedVmxPath = strtok_r(str, "\n", &saveptr)) != NULL; + str = NULL) { + + if (parsedVmxPath[0] != '/') + continue; + + if (STREQ(parsedVmxPath, vmxAbsolutePath)) { + found = true; + /* If the vmx path is in the output, the domain is running or + * is paused but we have no way to detect if it is paused or not. */ + if (oldState == VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED) + newState = oldState; + else + newState = VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING; + break; + } + } + + if (!found) { + vm->def->id = -1; + newState = VIR_DOMAIN_SHUTOFF; + } + + virDomainObjSetState(vm, newState, 0); + + ret = 0; + +cleanup: + virCommandFree(cmd); + VIR_FREE(outbuf); + VIR_FREE(vmxAbsolutePath); + return ret; +} + +static int vmwareStopVM(struct vmware_driver *driver, virDomainObjPtr vm, virDomainShutoffReason reason) @@ -331,6 +390,9 @@ vmwareDomainShutdownFlags(virDomainPtr dom, goto cleanup; } + if (vmwareUpdateVMStatus(driver, vm) < 0) + goto cleanup; + if (virDomainObjGetState(vm, NULL) != VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING) { vmwareError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s", _("domain is not in running state")); @@ -485,6 +547,8 @@ vmwareDomainReboot(virDomainPtr dom, unsigned int flags) vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, vmw_types[driver->type]); vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, vmxPath); + if (vmwareUpdateVMStatus(driver, vm) < 0) + goto cleanup; if (virDomainObjGetState(vm, NULL) != VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING) { vmwareError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s", @@ -596,6 +660,9 @@ vmwareDomainCreateWithFlags(virDomainPtr dom, goto cleanup; } + if (vmwareUpdateVMStatus(driver, vm) < 0) + goto cleanup; + if (virDomainObjIsActive(vm)) { vmwareError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_INVALID, "%s", _("Domain is already running")); @@ -645,6 +712,9 @@ vmwareDomainUndefineFlags(virDomainPtr dom, goto cleanup; } + if (vmwareUpdateVMStatus(driver, vm) < 0) + goto cleanup; + if (virDomainObjIsActive(vm)) { vm->persistent = 0; } else { @@ -874,6 +944,21 @@ vmwareDomainXMLFromNative(virConnectPtr conn, const char *nativeFormat, return xml; } +static void vmwareDomainObjListUpdateDomain(void *payload, const void *name ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, void *data) +{ + struct vmware_driver *driver = data; + virDomainObjPtr vm = payload; + virDomainObjLock(vm); + vmwareUpdateVMStatus(driver, vm); + virDomainObjUnlock(vm); +} + +static void +vmwareDomainObjListUpdateAll(virDomainObjListPtr doms, struct vmware_driver *driver) +{ + virHashForEach(doms->objs, vmwareDomainObjListUpdateDomain, driver); +} + static int vmwareNumDefinedDomains(virConnectPtr conn) { @@ -881,6 +966,7 @@ vmwareNumDefinedDomains(virConnectPtr conn) int n; vmwareDriverLock(driver); + vmwareDomainObjListUpdateAll(&driver->domains, driver); n = virDomainObjListNumOfDomains(&driver->domains, 0); vmwareDriverUnlock(driver); @@ -894,6 +980,7 @@ vmwareNumDomains(virConnectPtr conn) int n; vmwareDriverLock(driver); + vmwareDomainObjListUpdateAll(&driver->domains, driver); n = virDomainObjListNumOfDomains(&driver->domains, 1); vmwareDriverUnlock(driver); @@ -908,6 +995,7 @@ vmwareListDomains(virConnectPtr conn, int *ids, int nids) int n; vmwareDriverLock(driver); + vmwareDomainObjListUpdateAll(&driver->domains, driver); n = virDomainObjListGetActiveIDs(&driver->domains, ids, nids); vmwareDriverUnlock(driver); @@ -922,6 +1010,7 @@ vmwareListDefinedDomains(virConnectPtr conn, int n; vmwareDriverLock(driver); + vmwareDomainObjListUpdateAll(&driver->domains, driver); n = virDomainObjListGetInactiveNames(&driver->domains, names, nnames); vmwareDriverUnlock(driver); return n; @@ -944,6 +1033,9 @@ vmwareDomainGetInfo(virDomainPtr dom, virDomainInfoPtr info) goto cleanup; } + if (vmwareUpdateVMStatus(driver, vm) < 0) + goto cleanup; + info->state = virDomainObjGetState(vm, NULL); info->cpuTime = 0; info->maxMem = vm->def->mem.max_balloon; @@ -979,6 +1071,9 @@ vmwareDomainGetState(virDomainPtr dom, goto cleanup; } + if (vmwareUpdateVMStatus(driver, vm) < 0) + goto cleanup; + *state = virDomainObjGetState(vm, reason); ret = 0; -- 1.7.9.1

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[libvirt] [PATCH] Allow byte[] arrays to be set as a secretValue
by Wido den Hollander 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Signed-off-by: Wido den Hollander <wido(a)widodh.nl> --- src/main/java/org/libvirt/Secret.java | 11 +++++++++++ src/main/java/org/libvirt/jna/Libvirt.java | 1 + 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/main/java/org/libvirt/Secret.java b/src/main/java/org/libvirt/Secret.java index e536cf4..48f7895 100644 --- a/src/main/java/org/libvirt/Secret.java +++ b/src/main/java/org/libvirt/Secret.java @@ -146,6 +146,17 @@ public class Secret { } /** + * Sets the value of the secret + * + * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure. + */ + public int setValue(byte[] value) throws LibvirtException { + int returnValue = libvirt.virSecretSetValue(VSP, value, new NativeLong(value.length), 0); + processError(); + return returnValue; + } + + /** * Undefines, but does not free, the Secret. * * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure. diff --git a/src/main/java/org/libvirt/jna/Libvirt.java b/src/main/java/org/libvirt/jna/Libvirt.java index 2c8c03d..b1e53a2 100644 --- a/src/main/java/org/libvirt/jna/Libvirt.java +++ b/src/main/java/org/libvirt/jna/Libvirt.java @@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ public interface Libvirt extends Library { public SecretPointer virSecretLookupByUUID(ConnectionPointer virConnectPtr, byte[] uuidBytes); public SecretPointer virSecretLookupByUUIDString(ConnectionPointer virConnectPtr, String uuidstr); public int virSecretSetValue(SecretPointer virSecretPtr, String value, NativeLong value_size, int flags); + public int virSecretSetValue(SecretPointer virSecretPtr, byte[] value, NativeLong value_size, int flags); public int virSecretUndefine(SecretPointer virSecretPtr); //Stream Methods -- 1.7.5.4

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[libvirt] Potential deadlock in libvirt lxc driver
by Thomas Hunger 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

Hi, I'm running version 0.9.10 on debian [1]. When starting and stopping containers I see deadlocks every so often. I attached a full backtrace (see at the end of the log). This seems to happen in conditions similar to the segfault I wrote about recently. I.e. usually when destroying domains. I'm unsure why but it seems to me that lxcMonitorEvent gets called after a vm has been freed. This happens despite lxcVmCleanup calling "virEventRemoveHandle(priv->monitorWatch);" to remove the handle. best, Tom [1] Linux zap 3.1.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Jan 10 05:01:58 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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[libvirt] [PATCH] Add support for RAM filesystems for LXC
by Daniel P. Berrange 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange(a)redhat.com> Introduce a new syntax for filesystems to allow use of a RAM filesystem <filesystem type='ram'> <source usage='1024'/> <target dir='/mnt'/> </filesystem> The usasge is in KB to limit consumption of host memory. * docs/formatdomain.html.in: Document new syntax * docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng: Add new attributes * src/conf/domain_conf.c: Parsing/formatting of RAM filesystems * src/lxc/lxc_container.c: Mounting of RAM filesystems Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange(a)redhat.com> --- docs/formatdomain.html.in | 9 +++++++- docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng | 13 +++++++++++ src/conf/domain_conf.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------- src/lxc/lxc_container.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in index e1fe0c4..9d1e02b 100644 --- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in +++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in @@ -1617,6 +1617,12 @@ format will be autodetected. Only used by LXC driver <span class="since">(since 0.9.5)</span>. </dd> + <dt><code>type='ram'</code></dt> + <dd> + An in-memory filesystem, using memory from the host OS. + The source element has a single attribute <code>usage</code> + which gives the memory usage limit in kilobytes. + <span class="since"> (since 0.9.13)</span></dd> </dl> The filesystem block has an optional attribute <code>accessmode</code> @@ -1656,7 +1662,8 @@ The resource on the host that is being accessed in the guest. The <code>name</code> attribute must be used with <code>type='template'</code>, and the <code>dir</code> attribute must - be used with <code>type='mount'</code> + be used with <code>type='mount'</code>. The <code>usage</code> attribute + is used with <code>type='ram'</code> to set the memory limit in KB. </dd> <dt><code>target</code></dt> diff --git a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng index 8419ccc..884680a 100644 --- a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng +++ b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng @@ -1271,6 +1271,19 @@ </element> </interleave> </group> + <group> + <attribute name="type"> + <value>ram</value> + </attribute> + <interleave> + <element name="source"> + <attribute name="usage"> + <ref name="unsignedLong"/> + </attribute> + <empty/> + </element> + </interleave> + </group> </choice> <interleave> <element name="target"> diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c index c82971a..5d692d6 100644 --- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c +++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c @@ -4177,7 +4177,8 @@ virDomainFSDefParseXML(xmlNodePtr node, def->wrpolicy = VIR_DOMAIN_FS_WRPOLICY_DEFAULT; } - if (source == NULL) { + if (source == NULL && + def->type != VIR_DOMAIN_FS_TYPE_RAM) { virDomainReportError(VIR_ERR_NO_SOURCE, target ? "%s" : NULL, target); goto error; @@ -11086,27 +11087,31 @@ virDomainFSDefFormat(virBufferPtr buf, virBufferAddLit(buf, "/>\n"); } - if (def->src) { - switch (def->type) { - case VIR_DOMAIN_FS_TYPE_MOUNT: - virBufferEscapeString(buf, " <source dir='%s'/>\n", - def->src); - break; + switch (def->type) { + case VIR_DOMAIN_FS_TYPE_MOUNT: + virBufferEscapeString(buf, " <source dir='%s'/>\n", + def->src); + break; - case VIR_DOMAIN_FS_TYPE_BLOCK: - virBufferEscapeString(buf, " <source dev='%s'/>\n", - def->src); - break; + case VIR_DOMAIN_FS_TYPE_BLOCK: + virBufferEscapeString(buf, " <source dev='%s'/>\n", + def->src); + break; - case VIR_DOMAIN_FS_TYPE_FILE: - virBufferEscapeString(buf, " <source file='%s'/>\n", - def->src); - break; + case VIR_DOMAIN_FS_TYPE_FILE: + virBufferEscapeString(buf, " <source file='%s'/>\n", + def->src); + break; - case VIR_DOMAIN_FS_TYPE_TEMPLATE: - virBufferEscapeString(buf, " <source name='%s'/>\n", - def->src); - } + case VIR_DOMAIN_FS_TYPE_TEMPLATE: + virBufferEscapeString(buf, " <source name='%s'/>\n", + def->src); + break; + + case VIR_DOMAIN_FS_TYPE_RAM: + virBufferAsprintf(buf, " <source usage='%lld'/>\n", + def->usage); + break; } virBufferEscapeString(buf, " <target dir='%s'/>\n", diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c index 0636eab..f35b8f9 100644 --- a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c +++ b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c @@ -338,6 +338,8 @@ static int lxcContainerPivotRoot(virDomainFSDefPtr root) ret = -1; + VIR_DEBUG("Pivot via %s", root->src); + /* root->parent must be private, so make / private. */ if (mount("", "/", NULL, MS_PRIVATE|MS_REC, NULL) < 0) { virReportSystemError(errno, "%s", @@ -995,6 +997,47 @@ cleanup: } +static int lxcContainerMountFSTmpfs(virDomainFSDefPtr fs) +{ + int ret = -1; + char *data = NULL; + + if (virAsprintf(&data, "size=%lldk", fs->usage) < 0) { + virReportOOMError(); + goto cleanup; + } + + if (virFileMakePath(fs->dst) < 0) { + virReportSystemError(errno, + _("Failed to create %s"), + fs->dst); + goto cleanup; + } + + if (mount("tmpfs", fs->dst, "tmpfs", 0, data) < 0) { + virReportSystemError(errno, + _("Failed to mount directory %s as tmpfs"), + fs->dst); + goto cleanup; + } + + if (fs->readonly) { + VIR_DEBUG("Binding %s readonly", fs->dst); + if (mount(fs->dst, fs->dst, NULL, MS_BIND|MS_REMOUNT|MS_RDONLY, NULL) < 0) { + virReportSystemError(errno, + _("Failed to make directory %s readonly"), + fs->dst); + } + } + + ret = 0; + +cleanup: + VIR_FREE(data); + return ret; +} + + static int lxcContainerMountFS(virDomainFSDefPtr fs, const char *srcprefix) { @@ -1007,6 +1050,10 @@ static int lxcContainerMountFS(virDomainFSDefPtr fs, if (lxcContainerMountFSBlock(fs, srcprefix) < 0) return -1; break; + case VIR_DOMAIN_FS_TYPE_RAM: + if (lxcContainerMountFSTmpfs(fs) < 0) + return -1; + break; case VIR_DOMAIN_FS_TYPE_FILE: lxcError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, _("Unexpected filesystem type %s"), @@ -1196,6 +1243,8 @@ static int lxcContainerResolveSymlinks(virDomainDefPtr vmDef) for (i = 0 ; i < vmDef->nfss ; i++) { virDomainFSDefPtr fs = vmDef->fss[i]; + if (!fs->src) + continue; if (virFileResolveAllLinks(fs->src, &newroot) < 0) return -1; -- 1.7.10.1

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[libvirt] Website sidebar not consistent between libvirt.org and wiki.libvirt.org
by Cole Robinson 15 Jun '12

15 Jun '12

The sidebar here looks right: http://libvirt.org/ But the sidebar here seems pretty out of date: http://wiki.libvirt.org/ Including missing options, and the FAQ link pointing to the old FAQ.html file which shouldn't exist anymore. Any one know how to fix? Thanks, Cole

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[libvirt] [PATCH] qemu: fix potential dead lock
by Wen Congyang 15 Jun '12

15 Jun '12

If we lock the qemu_driver, we should call qemuDomainObjBeginJobWithDriver() not qemuDomainObjBeginJob(). --- src/qemu/qemu_driver.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c index 39b27b1..3d62aab 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c @@ -8905,7 +8905,7 @@ qemuDomainMigrateBegin3(virDomainPtr domain, goto cleanup; asyncJob = QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_MIGRATION_OUT; } else { - if (qemuDomainObjBeginJob(driver, vm, QEMU_JOB_MODIFY) < 0) + if (qemuDomainObjBeginJobWithDriver(driver, vm, QEMU_JOB_MODIFY) < 0) goto cleanup; asyncJob = QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE; } -- 1.7.1

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[libvirt] [libvirt-sandbox][PATCH] module lookup and rundir fix
by Radu C. 12 Jun '12

12 Jun '12

Hello, I've been trying to get libvirt-sandbox working on my Gentoo box but I ran into some difficulties. The version I'm using is the latest git one. The first problem was the following when running virt-sandbox: "Unable to start sandbox: Error opening file '/tmp/libvirt-sandbox-9ivpRN/9pnet.ko': File exists" I pinpointed the problem to the following diff in commit [05fb94d2c42abe9cfd86c3663d704c268f325503]: - gchar *moddirpath = g_strdup_printf("/lib/modules/%s/kernel", + gchar *moddirpath = g_strdup_printf("/lib/modules/%s", The problem is that symlinks are made to the build directory and it finds a module multiple times. I inserted a printf in the lookup loop so here's what I mean: dmns libvirt-sandbox # virt-sandbox -c qemu:///system -n test1323 -v -d /usr/bin/yes found: /lib/modules/3.4.0-gentoo/kernel/fs/fscache/fscache.ko found: /lib/modules/3.4.0-gentoo/source/fs/fscache/fscache.ko found: /lib/modules/3.4.0-gentoo/build/fs/fscache/fscache.ko found: /lib/modules/3.4.0-gentoo/kernel/net/9p/9pnet.ko found: /lib/modules/3.4.0-gentoo/source/net/9p/9pnet.ko found: /lib/modules/3.4.0-gentoo/build/net/9p/9pnet.ko found: /lib/modules/3.4.0-gentoo/kernel/fs/9p/9p.ko found: /lib/modules/3.4.0-gentoo/source/fs/9p/9p.ko found: /lib/modules/3.4.0-gentoo/build/fs/9p/9p.ko found: /lib/modules/3.4.0-gentoo/kernel/net/9p/9pnet_virtio.ko found: /lib/modules/3.4.0-gentoo/source/net/9p/9pnet_virtio.ko found: /lib/modules/3.4.0-gentoo/build/net/9p/9pnet_virtio.ko The next problem was the following: dmns libvirt-sandbox # virt-sandbox -c qemu:///system -n test123 -v -d /usr/bin/yes Unable to start sandbox: Failed to create domain: internal error Process exited while reading console log output: char device redirected to /dev/pts/1 char device redirected to /dev/pts/3 Virtio-9p Failed to initialize fs-driver with id:fsdev-fs1 and export path:libvirt-sandbox/test123/config It appears when running as root because of the following line: ./libvirt-sandbox/libvirt-sandbox-context.c: cachedir = (getuid() ? g_get_user_cache_dir() : RUNDIR); RUNDIR is always "" due to being compiled with -DRUNDIR=\"\" . This is because there's a typo in makefile.am Both of these are fixed in the diff attachment. Having these fixes in place everything works fine when using libvirt 0.9.10 but for newer versions I noticed every time I ran virt-sandbox the libvirtd daemon would segfault. Using git bisect I traced the problem back to commit [1]. So I reverted back to libvirt 0.9.10 but I believe there is a problem both in the commit and somewhere in libvirt-sandbox. Please have a look and tell me if you need extra info. [1] http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=4716138229ae47c5492c13a862… Radu Caragea.

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[libvirt] [PATCH 0/4] virsh snapshot-info
by Eric Blake 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

I'm working on a patch series to allow offline disk snapshots, and in the process, I found that I either don't have enough information ('virsh snapshot-list' is great for a summary, but not for an individual snapshot) or too much ('virsh snapshot-dumpxml' means I have to wade through the XML). This provides an intermediate view, designed for ease of use. Eric Blake (4): snapshot: new query APIs snapshot: add 'virsh snapshot-info' snapshot: RPC for new query APIs snapshot: implement new APIs for qemu, esx, and vbox include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in | 9 +++ src/driver.h | 10 +++ src/esx/esx_driver.c | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/libvirt.c | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/libvirt_public.syms | 6 ++ src/qemu/qemu_driver.c | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/remote/remote_driver.c | 2 + src/remote/remote_protocol.x | 23 +++++++- src/remote_protocol-structs | 16 +++++ src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ tools/virsh.c | 125 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ tools/virsh.pod | 5 ++ 12 files changed, 531 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) -- 1.7.7.6

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[libvirt] Per-guest configurable user/group for QEMU processes
by Marcelo Cerri 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

Hi, This set of patches updates the libvirt's security driver mechanism to support per-guest configurable user and group for QEMU processes running together with other security drivers, such as SELinux and AppArmor. This patches implement the changes discussed in the following thread: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-February/msg00990.html Regards, Marcelo Cerri

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