On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 06:59:20PM +0100, Jiri Denemark via Devel wrote:
On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 13:44:41 -0400, Laine Stump wrote:
> On 3/20/25 10:57 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé via Devel wrote:
> > From: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange(a)redhat.com>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange(a)redhat.com>
> > ---
> > NEWS.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
> > index 98ca838642..45d48c1485 100644
> > --- a/NEWS.rst
> > +++ b/NEWS.rst
> > @@ -35,6 +35,23 @@ v11.2.0 (unreleased)
> > or even map them to specific virtqueues similarly to the ``virtio-blk``
> > device allowing for better performance in certain scenarios.
> >
> > + * qemu: integrate support for VM shutdown on host shutdown
> > +
> > + It is now possible to instruct the QEMU driver to automatically perform
> > + managed save, graceful shutdown, or hard poweroff on running VMs, when a
> > + host shutdown is requested. This feature is intended to eventually replace
> > + usage of the libvirt-guests script. The new approach improves on the
> > + libvirt-guests script, by proactively monitor logind for a signal that a
>
> s/monitor/monitoring/ :-)
>
>
> > + host shutdown has been requested. It will initiate the chosen action on
> > + running guests immediately, allowing shutdown inhibitors to be released
> > + sooner. The new solution is also able to iteratively try multiple actions
> > + until one of them succeeeds in shutting down the VM.
> > +
> > + Since it must be mutually exclusive with the libvirt-guests script, this
> > + feature currently requires an manual opt-in through editting of the
And s/ an / a / :-)
And s/editting/editing/ O:-)