Re: [libvirt] qemu driver fails to load on Xen after be0782e1

Jim Fehlig wrote: > Until recently, the qemu driver has always succeeded in loading even on > a system booted to Xen. Commit be0782e1 broke this, hence libvirtd no > longer loads > > xendom0 # /usr/sbin/libvirtd -l > 2014-08-04 22:27:31.586+0000: 35859: info : libvirt version: 1.2.8 > 2014-08-04 22:27:31.586+0000: 35859: error : > virFileGetDefaultHugepageSize:2958 : internal error: Unable to parse > /proc/meminfo > 2014-08-04 22:27:31.586+0000: 35859: error : virStateInitialize:749 : > Initialization of QEMU state driver failed: internal error: Unable to > parse /proc/meminfo > 2014-08-04 22:27:31.586+0000: 35859: error : daemonRunStateInit:922 : > Driver state initialization failed > > Problem is the Xen kernel does not provide any huge page info in > /proc/meminfo > > xendom0 # cat /proc/meminfo | grep -i huge > xendom0 # > BTW, I think this would be the case for any kernel with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE turned off.

> Michal, short of always building with '--without-qemu' on a Xen system, > is it possible to make detection of huge pages less fatal wrt loading > the qemu driver? > E.g. assume zero/default for entries not present?