No need to check if priviledged when reading hostsysinfo, since that check was already done in libxlDriverShouldLoad(). The libxl driver fails to load if not priviledged. Signed-off-by: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig(a)suse.com&gt; --- src/libxl/libxl_driver.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c index 426167c..e2a6d44 100644 --- a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c +++ b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c @@ -873,8 +873,7 @@ libxlStateInitialize(bool privileged, } /* read the host sysinfo */ - if (privileged) - libxl_driver->hostsysinfo = virSysinfoRead(); + libxl_driver->hostsysinfo = virSysinfoRead(); libxl_driver->domainEventState = virDomainEventStateNew(); if (!libxl_driver->domainEventState) -- 1.8.1.4