July 2008 - Devel - libvirt List Archives

[libvirt] [PATCH] Fix logical storage pool operation on SLES10-SP2
by David Lively 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

The attached patch adjusts for a difference in behavior in the LVM utilities 'lvs' and 'vgs'. The SLES10-SP2 versions of these (and presumably others) append a trailing separator. This patch simply adjusts the regexps to allow (but not require) this. I thought just adding the ":?" to the regexps would do this, but this was leaving the trailing separator in the last group match, so I ended up tweaking the preceding group pattern as well. Dave

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[libvirt] [PATCH] qemud: move check for polkit before config file check
by Guido Günther 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

Hi, Without this patch and without a /etc/libvirt/libvirt.conf config file the default policy for running the daemon as non root user is still polkit which is bad. Please apply. Cheers, -- Guido

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[Libvir] [PATCH] Add bus attribute to disk target definition
by Soren Hansen 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

Hi! I'd like to propose that the following patch gets applied against libvirt. It adds the option of putting a bus attribute on a disk target. To acommodate this, it also changes the way drives are defined for kvm from the old "-hda /path/to/file -boot c" style to the new "-drive file=/path/to/file,if=ide,boot=on". This makes it possible to specify virtio, scsi, and ide disks. === modified file 'src/qemu_conf.c' --- src/qemu_conf.c 2008-04-28 15:14:59 +0000 +++ src/qemu_conf.c 2008-04-29 07:43:11 +0000 @@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ xmlChar *source = NULL; xmlChar *target = NULL; xmlChar *type = NULL; + xmlChar *bus = NULL; int typ = 0; type = xmlGetProp(node, BAD_CAST "type"); @@ -598,6 +599,7 @@ } else if ((target == NULL) && (xmlStrEqual(cur->name, BAD_CAST "target"))) { target = xmlGetProp(cur, BAD_CAST "dev"); + bus = xmlGetProp(cur, BAD_CAST "bus"); } else if (xmlStrEqual(cur->name, BAD_CAST "readonly")) { disk->readonly = 1; } @@ -646,7 +648,9 @@ strcmp((const char *)target, "hda") && strcmp((const char *)target, "hdb") && strcmp((const char *)target, "hdc") && - strcmp((const char *)target, "hdd")) { + strcmp((const char *)target, "hdd") && + strcmp((const char *)target, "hdd") && + strncmp((const char *)target, "vd", 2)) { qemudReportError(conn, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, _("Invalid harddisk device name: %s"), target); goto error; @@ -673,6 +677,20 @@ goto error; } + if (!bus) + disk->bus = QEMUD_DISK_BUS_IDE; + else if (!strcmp((const char *)bus, "ide")) + disk->bus = QEMUD_DISK_BUS_IDE; + else if (!strcmp((const char *)bus, "scsi")) + disk->bus = QEMUD_DISK_BUS_SCSI; + else if (!strcmp((const char *)bus, "virtio")) + disk->bus = QEMUD_DISK_BUS_VIRTIO; + else { + qemudReportError(conn, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "Invalid bus type: %s", bus); + goto error; + } + + xmlFree(bus); xmlFree(device); xmlFree(target); xmlFree(source); @@ -688,6 +706,8 @@ xmlFree(source); if (device) xmlFree(device); + if (bus) + xmlFree(bus); return -1; } @@ -1350,6 +1370,68 @@ return -1; } +static int qemudDiskCompare(const void *aptr, const void *bptr) { + struct qemud_vm_disk_def *a = (struct qemud_vm_disk_def *) aptr; + struct qemud_vm_disk_def *b = (struct qemud_vm_disk_def *) bptr; + if (a->device == b->device) + return virDiskNameToIndex(a->dst) - virDiskNameToIndex(b->dst); + else + return a->device - b->device; +} + +static const char *qemudBusIdToName(int busId) { + const char *busnames[] = { "ide", + "scsi", + "virtio" }; + + if (busId >= 0 && busId < 3) + return busnames[busId]; + else + return 0; +} + +static char *qemudDriveOpt(struct qemud_vm_disk_def *disk, int boot) +{ + char opt[PATH_MAX]; + + switch (disk->device) { + case QEMUD_DISK_CDROM: + snprintf(opt, PATH_MAX, "file=%s,if=ide,media=cdrom%s", + disk->src, boot ? ",boot=on" : ""); + break; + case QEMUD_DISK_FLOPPY: + snprintf(opt, PATH_MAX, "file=%s,if=floppy%s", + disk->src, boot ? ",boot=on" : ""); + break; + case QEMUD_DISK_DISK: + snprintf(opt, PATH_MAX, "file=%s,if=%s%s", + disk->src, qemudBusIdToName(disk->bus), boot ? ",boot=on" : ""); + break; + default: + return 0; + } + return strdup(opt); +} + +static char *qemudAddBootDrive(virConnectPtr conn, + struct qemud_vm_def *def, + char *handledDisks, + int type) { + int j = 0; + struct qemud_vm_disk_def *disk = def->disks; + + while (disk) { + if (!handledDisks[j] && disk->device == type) { + handledDisks[j] = 1; + return qemudDriveOpt(disk, 1); + } + j++; + disk = disk->next; + } + qemudReportError(conn, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, + "Requested boot device type %d, but no such device defined.", type); + return 0; +} /* * Parses a libvirt XML definition of a guest, and populates the @@ -1739,7 +1821,6 @@ obj = xmlXPathEval(BAD_CAST "/domain/devices/disk", ctxt); if ((obj != NULL) && (obj->type == XPATH_NODESET) && (obj->nodesetval != NULL) && (obj->nodesetval->nodeNr >= 0)) { - struct qemud_vm_disk_def *prev = NULL; for (i = 0; i < obj->nodesetval->nodeNr; i++) { struct qemud_vm_disk_def *disk = calloc(1, sizeof(*disk)); if (!disk) { @@ -1752,13 +1833,20 @@ goto error; } def->ndisks++; - disk->next = NULL; if (i == 0) { + disk->next = NULL; def->disks = disk; } else { - prev->next = disk; + struct qemud_vm_disk_def *ptr = def->disks; + while (ptr) { + if (!ptr->next || qemudDiskCompare(ptr->next, disk) < 0) { + disk->next = ptr->next; + ptr->next = disk; + break; + } + ptr = ptr->next; + } } - prev = disk; } } xmlXPathFreeObject(obj); @@ -2207,30 +2295,32 @@ goto no_memory; } - for (i = 0 ; i < vm->def->os.nBootDevs ; i++) { - switch (vm->def->os.bootDevs[i]) { - case QEMUD_BOOT_CDROM: - boot[i] = 'd'; - break; - case QEMUD_BOOT_FLOPPY: - boot[i] = 'a'; - break; - case QEMUD_BOOT_DISK: - boot[i] = 'c'; - break; - case QEMUD_BOOT_NET: - boot[i] = 'n'; - break; - default: - boot[i] = 'c'; - break; + if (vm->def->virtType != QEMUD_VIRT_KVM) { + for (i = 0 ; i < vm->def->os.nBootDevs ; i++) { + switch (vm->def->os.bootDevs[i]) { + case QEMUD_BOOT_CDROM: + boot[i] = 'd'; + break; + case QEMUD_BOOT_FLOPPY: + boot[i] = 'a'; + break; + case QEMUD_BOOT_DISK: + boot[i] = 'c'; + break; + case QEMUD_BOOT_NET: + boot[i] = 'n'; + break; + default: + boot[i] = 'c'; + break; + } } + boot[vm->def->os.nBootDevs] = '\0'; + if (!((*argv)[++n] = strdup("-boot"))) + goto no_memory; + if (!((*argv)[++n] = strdup(boot))) + goto no_memory; } - boot[vm->def->os.nBootDevs] = '\0'; - if (!((*argv)[++n] = strdup("-boot"))) - goto no_memory; - if (!((*argv)[++n] = strdup(boot))) - goto no_memory; if (vm->def->os.kernel[0]) { if (!((*argv)[++n] = strdup("-kernel"))) @@ -2251,28 +2341,74 @@ goto no_memory; } - while (disk) { - char dev[NAME_MAX]; - char file[PATH_MAX]; - if (!strcmp(disk->dst, "hdc") && - disk->device == QEMUD_DISK_CDROM) { - if (disk->src[0]) - snprintf(dev, NAME_MAX, "-%s", "cdrom"); - else { - /* Don't put anything on the cmdline for an empty cdrom*/ - disk = disk->next; - continue; - } - } else - snprintf(dev, NAME_MAX, "-%s", disk->dst); - snprintf(file, PATH_MAX, "%s", disk->src); - - if (!((*argv)[++n] = strdup(dev))) - goto no_memory; - if (!((*argv)[++n] = strdup(file))) - goto no_memory; - - disk = disk->next; + if (vm->def->virtType == QEMUD_VIRT_KVM) { + char *handledDisks = NULL; + int j; + + handledDisks = calloc(sizeof(*handledDisks), vm->def->ndisks); + + if (!handledDisks) + goto no_memory; + + /* When using -drive notation, we need to provide the devices in boot + * preference order. */ + for (i = 0 ; i < vm->def->os.nBootDevs ; i++) { + if (!((*argv)[++n] = strdup("-drive"))) + goto no_memory; + + switch (vm->def->os.bootDevs[i]) { + case QEMUD_BOOT_CDROM: + if (!((*argv)[++n] = qemudAddBootDrive(conn, vm->def, handledDisks, QEMUD_DISK_CDROM))) + goto error; + break; + case QEMUD_BOOT_FLOPPY: + if (!((*argv)[++n] = qemudAddBootDrive(conn, vm->def, handledDisks, QEMUD_DISK_FLOPPY))) + goto error; + break; + case QEMUD_BOOT_DISK: + if (!((*argv)[++n] = qemudAddBootDrive(conn, vm->def, handledDisks, QEMUD_DISK_DISK))) + goto error; + break; + } + } + + /* Pick up the rest of the devices */ + j=0; + while (disk) { + if (!handledDisks[j]) { + handledDisks[j] = 1; + if (!((*argv)[++n] = strdup("-drive"))) + goto no_memory; + if (!((*argv)[++n] = qemudDriveOpt(disk, 0))) + goto no_memory; + } + disk = disk->next; + j++; + } + } else { + while (disk) { + char dev[NAME_MAX]; + char file[PATH_MAX]; + + if (!strcmp(disk->dst, "hdc") && + disk->device == QEMUD_DISK_CDROM) + if (disk->src[0]) + snprintf(dev, NAME_MAX, "-%s", "cdrom"); + else { + disk = disk->next; + continue; + } + else + snprintf(dev, NAME_MAX, "-%s", disk->dst); + snprintf(file, PATH_MAX, "%s", disk->src); + + if (!((*argv)[++n] = strdup(dev))) + goto no_memory; + if (!((*argv)[++n] = strdup(file))) + goto no_memory; + + disk = disk->next; + } } if (!net) { @@ -3565,6 +3701,7 @@ virBufferVSprintf(&buf, " <source %s='%s'/>\n", typeAttrs[disk->type], disk->src); + virBufferVSprintf(&buf, " <target dev='%s' bus='%s'/>\n", disk->dst, qemudBusIdToName(disk->bus)); virBufferVSprintf(&buf, " <target dev='%s'/>\n", disk->dst); if (disk->readonly) === modified file 'src/qemu_conf.h' --- src/qemu_conf.h 2008-04-25 20:46:13 +0000 +++ src/qemu_conf.h 2008-04-29 07:13:16 +0000 @@ -56,10 +56,17 @@ QEMUD_DISK_FLOPPY, }; +enum qemud_vm_disk_bus { + QEMUD_DISK_BUS_IDE, + QEMUD_DISK_BUS_SCSI, + QEMUD_DISK_BUS_VIRTIO +}; + /* Stores the virtual disk configuration */ struct qemud_vm_disk_def { int type; int device; + int bus; char src[PATH_MAX]; char dst[NAME_MAX]; int readonly; === modified file 'src/util.c' --- src/util.c 2008-04-25 14:53:05 +0000 +++ src/util.c 2008-04-29 06:59:49 +0000 @@ -771,3 +771,43 @@ return -1; } + +/* Translates a device name of the form (regex) "[fhv]d[a-z]+" into + * the corresponding index (e.g. sda => 1, hdz => 26, vdaa => 27) + * @param name The name of the device + * @return name's index, or 0 on failure + */ +int virDiskNameToIndex(const char *name) { + const char *ptr = NULL; + int idx = 0; + + if (strlen(name) < 3) + return 0; + + switch (*name) { + case 'f': + case 'h': + case 'v': + break; + default: + return 0; + } + + if (*(name + 1) != 'd') + return 0; + + ptr = name+2; + + while (*ptr) { + idx = idx * 26; + + if ('a' > *ptr || 'z' < *ptr) + return 0; + + idx += *ptr - 'a' + 1; + ptr++; + } + + return idx; +} + === modified file 'src/util.h' --- src/util.h 2008-04-25 14:53:05 +0000 +++ src/util.h 2008-04-29 06:59:57 +0000 @@ -92,4 +92,6 @@ int virParseMacAddr(const char* str, unsigned char *addr); +int virDiskNameToIndex(const char* str); + #endif /* __VIR_UTIL_H__ */ -- Soren Hansen | Virtualisation specialist | Ubuntu Server Team Canonical Ltd. | http://www.ubuntu.com/

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[libvirt] KVM migration patch (2008-07-29)
by Richard W.M. Jones 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

This is just a rebase of the KVM migration patch to the latest libvirt CVS: http://www.annexia.org/tmp/libvirt-kvm-migrate-20080729.patch Rich. -- Richard Jones, Emerging Technologies, Red Hat http://et.redhat.com/~rjones Read my OCaml programming blog: http://camltastic.blogspot.com/ Fedora now supports 59 OCaml packages (the OPEN alternative to F#) http://cocan.org/getting_started_with_ocaml_on_red_hat_and_fedora

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[libvirt] [PATCH]: Fix Qemu CD-ROM with no source
by Chris Lalancette 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

The new generic domain re-factor introduced a small regression into the drive handling code. In particular, if you had a section of XML like: <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> </disk> This used to work with older libvirt, but now fails. This is because we are actually passing the literal string (null) to the qemu command-line, which qemu barfs on. This patch fixes it up by making it blank, which allows qemu to continue on it's merry way. Signed-off-by: Chris Lalancette <clalance(a)redhat.com>

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[libvirt] Now ESXi is 'free'
by Stefan de Konink 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

Now ESXi is 'free as in beer' would it be appropriate to hack a libvirtd in it? Stefan

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[libvirt] [PATCH] OpenVZ xml refactoring
by Evgeniy Sokolov 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

Patch switch OpenVZ XML format to generic. main changes: - I used generic virDomainNetDef to define network in container. And wrote function to apply virDomainNetDef for container. Method virDomainNetDefParseXML is public now. - tag "container" is changed to "devices" - changed format of tag "filesystem" - added processing "vcpu" tag.

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[libvirt] [PATCH]: qemu_driver: convert uuid to string in error messages
by Guido Günther 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

Hi, qemu_driver misses some conversions to a char* before printing the uuid. Possible fix attached. Cheers, -- Guido

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[libvirt] Re: kexec/kdump of a kvm guest?
by Mike Snitzer 27 Jul '08

27 Jul '08

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal(a)redhat.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 07:49:59AM -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 4:39 AM, Alexander Graf <agraf(a)suse.de> wrote: >> > As you're stating that the host kernel breaks with kvm modules loaded, maybe >> > someone there could give a hint. >> >> OK, I can try using a newer kernel on the host too (e.g. 2.6.25.x) to >> see how kexec/kdump of the host fairs when kvm modules are loaded. >> >> On the guest side of things, as I mentioned in my original post, >> kexec/kdump wouldn't work within a 2.6.22.19 guest with the host >> running 2.6.25.4 (with kvm-70). >> > > Hi Mike, > > I have never tried kexec/kdump inside a kvm guest. So I don't know if > historically they have been working or not. Avi indicated he seems to remember that at least kexec worked last he tried (didn't provide when/what he tried though). > Having said that, Why do we need kdump to work inside the guest? In this > case qemu should be knowing about the memory of guest kernel and should > be able to capture a kernel crash dump? I am not sure if qemu already does > that. If not, then probably we should think about it? > > To me, kdump is a good solution for baremetal but not for virtualized > environment where we already have another piece of software running which > can do the job for us. We will end up wasting memory in every instance > of guest (memory reserved for kdump kernel in every guest). I haven't looked into what mechanics qemu provides for collecting the entire guest memory image; I'll dig deeper at some point. It seems the libvirt mid-layer ("virsh dump" - dump the core of a domain to a file for analysis) doesn't support saving a kvm guest core: # virsh dump guest10 guest10.dump libvir: error : this function is not supported by the hypervisor: virDomainCoreDump error: Failed to core dump domain guest10 to guest10.dump Seems that libvirt functionality isn't available yet with kvm (I'm using libvirt 0.4.2, I'll give libvirt 0.4.4 a try). cc'ing the libvirt-list to get their insight. That aside, having the crash dump collection be multi-phased really isn't workable (that is if it requires a crashed guest to be manually saved after the fact). The host system _could_ be rebooted; whereby losing the guest's core image. So automating qemu and/or libvirtd to trigger a dump would seem worthwhile (maybe its already done?). So while I agree with you its ideal to not have to waste memory in each guest for the purposes of kdump; if users want to model a guest image as closely as possible to what will be deployed on bare metal it really would be ideal to support a 1:1 functional equivalent with kvm. I work with people who refuse to use kvm because of the lack of kexec/kdump support. I can do further research but welcome others' insight: do others have advice on how best to collect a crashed kvm guest's core? > It will be interesting to look at your results with 2.6.25.x kernels with > kvm module inserted. Currently I can't think what can possibly be wrong. If the host's 2.6.25.4 kernel has both the kvm and kvm-intel modules loaded kexec/kdump does _not_ work (simply hangs the system). If I only have the kvm module loaded kexec/kdump works as expected (likewise if no kvm modules are loaded at all). So it would appear that kvm-intel and kexec are definitely mutually exclusive at the moment (at least on both 2.6.22.x and 2.6.25.x). Mike

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[libvirt] virsh
by drew einhorn 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Hi, I have virsh running in a remote ssh session in a dom0 xen VM, it is presenting a virtual console for a domU vm running a RHEL5 installer The RHEL5 is going astray setting up the network using DHCP, I want to do Ctrl-Alt-Fn to view the installer log files, and access a shell prompt. But the Ctrl-Alt-Fn is being consumed by the laptop running the remote ssh ssh session. How do I get the virsh to send Ctrl-Alt-Fn to the domU console? -- Drew Einhorn

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[libvirt] [PATCH]: Utterly trivial comment cleanups in src/domain_conf.c
by Chris Lalancette 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

The subject pretty much says it all, except for the minor fact of using "domain.xml" in the xmlReadDoc(). This cleanup really just makes the code easier to read. Signed-off-by: Chris Lalancette <clalance(a)redhat.com>

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[libvirt] Problems when using libvirt-cim provider
by SHAN, CHUN -HCHBJ 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Hi,all: I am trying to use libvirt API and libvirt-cim now. After installed them successfully, I can see the "Virt_*****" providers using "cimprovider -l -s"commond. My cimom is pegasus. Then I used wbemcli as cim client. But when I used "wbemcli ei" to enumerate instances of a specified class,for example,Xen_DiskPool, error code was: wbemcli:Cim(1) CIM_ERR_FAILED: A general error occurred that is not covered by a more specific error code:"For provider Virt_DevicePool the library name was empty. Check provider registered location". Could you please help me to solve this problem? Did it mean that the providers were not registered correctly? But I "make postinstall" the provider and no errors occourred. Thank you! Regards, Chun Shan Disclaimer: The contents of this e-mail, and its attachments, if any, are confidential and may be protected by law against any unauthorized use. If you have received this e-mail by mistake or have reason to believe that you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by reply e-mail as soon as possible and delete it from your computer system immediately thereafter. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy this e-mail or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. While we have made every effort to keep our network virus free, we take no responsibility for any computer virus which might be transferred by way of this e-mail.

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[libvirt] PATCH Remove unused openvz code
by Daniel P. Berrange 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

The openvz driver currrently generates a compile warning due to this unused function. If no one objects I'll shortly remove it. I intend to turn on openvz and LXC driver compilation for the nightly builds to get more testing coverage Daniel diff -r 59140de4e7a9 src/openvz_driver.c --- a/src/openvz_driver.c Mon Jul 21 18:27:29 2008 +0100 +++ b/src/openvz_driver.c Tue Jul 22 22:12:22 2008 +0100 @@ -91,32 +91,11 @@ unsigned int flags ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED); static int openvzDomainUndefine(virDomainPtr dom); -static int convCmdbufExec(char cmdbuf[], char *cmdExec[]); static void cmdExecFree(char *cmdExec[]); static int openvzGetProcessInfo(unsigned long long *cpuTime, int vpsid); struct openvz_driver ovz_driver; - -static int convCmdbufExec(char cmdbuf[], char *cmdExec[]) -{ - int i=0, limit = OPENVZ_MAX_ARG - 1; - char cmdWord[CMDOP_LEN]; - while(*cmdbuf) - { - if(i >= limit) - { - cmdExec[i] = NULL; - return -1; - } - sscanf(cmdbuf, "%s", cmdWord); - cmdbuf += strlen(cmdWord); - while(*cmdbuf == ' ') cmdbuf++; - cmdExec[i++] = strdup(cmdWord); - } - cmdExec[i] = NULL; - return i; -} static void cmdExecFree(char *cmdExec[]) { -- |: Red Hat, Engineering, London -o- http://people.redhat.com/berrange/ :| |: http://libvirt.org -o- http://virt-manager.org -o- http://ovirt.org :| |: http://autobuild.org -o- http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ :| |: GnuPG: 7D3B9505 -o- F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 :|

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[libvirt] Couple qemu driver bugs after xml refactoring
by Cole Robinson 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Hi all, I've hit a couple bugs in the qemu driver with the recent domain xml refactoring. I've debugged them but in both cases I'm not sure what the optimal solutions are, so I'm just laying them out here: 1) Previously defining a qemu guest without a 'listen' address specified in the graphics tag would default to 127.0.0.1 (hardcoded in qemu_driver->vncListen). Current xml doesn't set this default, and will build a qemu command line with an entry like '-vnc (null):1'. Not sure if the default should be set at the parsing level or the driver level. 2) If a cpuset isn't specified, def->cpumask is null. However qemudInitCpus from qemu_driver.c doesn't know how to handle this, causing libvirtd to crash. This function is also using QEMUD_CPUMASK_LEN which I think should be replaced with VIR_DOMAIN_CPUMASK_LEN. I tried the obvious fix of just skipping the dependent code if cpumask is null, but there still seemed to be problems and I didn't dig much deeper. Thanks, Cole

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[libvirt] Double free in test driver error handling (0.4.4)
by Tóth István 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

While debugging the libvirt-java error handling problem, Ive found that if I call the test driver with a bad uri, the application instantly bombs with a double free error. Try to run the attached test program to trigger the bug. regards István #include <libvirt/libvirt.h> #include <stdio.h> int main(){ int ret=virInitialize(); virConnectOpen("test:///defaultt"); }

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[libvirt] [PATCH]: libvirt.h: very xen centric
by Guido Günther 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Hi, while reading through that I noticed libvirt.h is quiet xen centric. Purely cosmetic patch attached, -- Guido

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[libvirt] [PATCH] qemudOpenMonitor: fix open(2) error check
by Guido Günther 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Hi, open returns -1 on failure. Pointed out by Guido Trotter on: http://bugs.debian.org/492250 Patch against current CVS attached. -- Guido

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[libvirt] [PATCH] fix Relax-NG pattern matching
by John Levon 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Don't use unescaped meta-characters. Signed-off-by: John Levon <john.levon(a)sun.com> Index: docs/libvirt.rng =================================================================== RCS file: /data/cvs/libvirt/docs/libvirt.rng,v retrieving revision 1.9 diff -u -r1.9 libvirt.rng --- docs/libvirt.rng 10 Jul 2008 08:05:39 -0000 1.9 +++ docs/libvirt.rng 24 Jul 2008 16:40:16 -0000 @@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ </define> <define name='domainName'> <data type='string'> - <param name="pattern">[A-Za-z0-9_.:/\+\-&-]+</param> + <param name="pattern">[A-Za-z0-9_\.\+\-&:/]+</param> </data> </define> <define name='genericName'> @@ -860,22 +860,22 @@ </define> <define name='filePath'> <data type='string'> - <param name="pattern">[a-zA-Z0-9_\+\-%./&]+</param> + <param name="pattern">[a-zA-Z0-9_\.\+\-&/%]+</param> </data> </define> <define name='absFilePath'> <data type='string'> - <param name="pattern">/[a-zA-Z0-9_\+\-%./&]+</param> + <param name="pattern">/[a-zA-Z0-9_\.\+\-&/%]+</param> </data> </define> <define name='devicePath'> <data type='string'> - <param name="pattern">/[a-zA-Z0-9_\+\-%/]+</param> + <param name="pattern">/[a-zA-Z0-9_\+\-/%]+</param> </data> </define> <define name='deviceName'> <data type='string'> - <param name="pattern">[a-zA-Z0-9_\-:./]+</param> + <param name="pattern">[a-zA-Z0-9_\.\-:/]+</param> </data> </define> <define name='addrMAC'>

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[libvirt] Virt-Manager, libvirt & TLS
by Geoff Wiener 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Hi! This is my first post to either of these list, I have been lurking, (sorry to cross post but I don't know if this is a virt-manager or libvirt question). So first off thank you to everyone for all your efforts. I think libvirt and virt-manager are excellent! I've built a pair of server s in the lab with a Xen stack and have been attempting to get virt-manager 0.5.4 to communicate with, first libvirt 0.4.2 and then libvirt 0.4.4 using TLS across the network in a "client / server" configuration unsuccessfully. All the machines are on the same subnet (192.168.4.x/24). I can make Virt-Manager communicate with Libvirt over TCP without authentication so now that I know the installation works I want to further secure it using TLS. I've read everything I can get my hands on, subscribe to the lists and feel that I must be making a simple error ;I could really use a fresh perspective. I would really appreciate any feedback you can offer. Here's my configuration and testing method. Workstation Ubuntu Hardy Heron 64 bit Virt-manager 0.5.4 Server Distribution = CentOS 5.1 (64 bit) Kernel = 2.6.18.8-xen (compiled from source) Xen = 3.2.1.gz virsh # version Compiled against library: libvir 0.4.4 Using library: libvir 0.4.4 Using API: Xen 3.0.1 Running hypervisor: Xen 3.2.0 /usr/local/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf Listen_tcp = 1 auth_unix_ro = "none" auth_unix_rw="none" auth_tcp="none" In this configuration I can use "Remove Password or Kerberos" to connect. I just enter the hostname of the Xen machine and Virt-Manager lets me see all the Domains that are running (or shutdown if I virsh define them) as well as look at their consoles (if the vfb is configured correctly). I followed the configuration notes at: http://libvirt.org/remote.html with a couple of exceptions: 1. I already have a linux based CA that I use with OpenVPN so I used that CA root certificate and just generated client and server cert / key pairs for my client and server (I tested with just one server) 2. I reverted back to the default libvirtd.conf to setup for TLS and noticed that the default paths for the certificate locations were not in line with the documentation on the web page but there were commented sections as follows that matched the documentation, so I uncommented them: key_file = "/etc/pki/libvirt/private/serverkey.pem" cert_file = "/etc/pki/libvirt/servercert.pem" ca_file = "/etc/pki/CA/cacert.pem" #crl_file = "/etc/pki/CA/crl.pem" Note: I did not uncomment the CRL_FILE path as I do not want to use a CRL at this time 3. On the server I execute "libvirtd -listen -verbose" (libvirtd output) attached 4. virt-manager 0.5.4 (as root) , File, Open Connection Hypervisor: Xen Connection: Remote SSL/TLS with x509 certificate Hostname: vxen-01.aenigmacorp.com (I have a host entry for this machine) The virt-manager console reports "unable to open a connection to the libvirt management daemon". Verify that the "libvirtd" daemon has been started. Then, in details there is a lot of info (see virt-manager output) 5. If I tail /root/.virt-manager/virt-manager.log I get the following output (see virt-manager.log) That about sums it up. I have not read any instructions that ask me to copy the CA root certificate to the client, is that required? And if so where would I put it. Also, whenever I attempt to connect there are no errors appearing in the libvirtd output, which is a bit surprising. I would have expected that by using -verbose on the libvirtd command line that i would see more info. Lin 94 in the libvirt.py script is definitely trying to do some kind of authentication but I don't really know what to do to troubleshot this next? I still don't know if my issue is related to the client or the server? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks Geoff Wiener

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[libvirt] [PATCH] qemuDriver: check for migrate command
by Guido Günther 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Hi, qemu doesn't know about "migrate" used to save a qemu/kvm domain. Current CVS fails silently - this patch checks if the command if available. Cheers, -- Guido

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[libvirt] xml format for openvz driver
by Evgeniy Sokolov 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Hello! I made review of domain XML format for driver in libvirt. And I have several questions and additions. For tag domain: need to add "vmid" or "id" - currenly tag "name" is used for ID. OpenVZ has mandatory parameter ID, but it also support optional parameter "name", which is not implemented for openvz driver now. I plan to support of "name" in future. For tag domain/os: need to add "ostemplate" desirable "config" For tag domain/devices/disk: need to add "diskspace" desirable "diskinodes" - it is optional because of "disknodes" are over very rarely. For tag domain/devices/interface: How to describe, if want to add ip addresses for routing network? Also, OpenVZ may move network adapter to VM (for example, eth1), adapter becomes inaccessible on harware node. How to describe it? Is it ethernet type? Thanks! Evgeniy

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[libvirt] [FeatureRequest/RFC] non-volitile domain defines
by Stefan de Konink 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

I think I have already sent an email about this to the list, but no reply on this specific point. Libvirt is currently capable of storing storage, networks, the only thing that is really missing is the direct storage of domains. I wonder if a patch would be accepted that stores defined domains (live) to disk upon change. Some sort of dumpxml per define/attach/etc. when a domain is undefined the file is removed. Stefan

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[libvirt] [PATCH] repeat lookup by name in LookupByID
by Evgeniy Sokolov 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

There was error every time when I undefine stoped container "no domain with matching id". Bug arrise due to stoped container has ID = -1. In such case container will be searched by name. other: use VIR_ERR_NO_DOMAIN when domain is not found

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[libvirt] virbr0 bridge delay
by Richard W.M. Jones 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-July/msg01254.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-July/msg01258.html Since we know [or do we?] that virbr0 is only connected to end systems, not to other bridges, should we do the brctl set command suggested above inside libvirt? Rich. -- Richard Jones, Emerging Technologies, Red Hat http://et.redhat.com/~rjones Read my OCaml programming blog: http://camltastic.blogspot.com/ Fedora now supports 59 OCaml packages (the OPEN alternative to F#) http://cocan.org/getting_started_with_ocaml_on_red_hat_and_fedora

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[libvirt] Release of libvirt-java-0.2.0
by Daniel Veillard 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

Okay I made a new release with the API renaming changes we discussed previously. It is available at the usual place: ftp://libvirt.org/libvirt/java/ I also built it for Fedora-9, it should be available for testing there soon too. There is still a few issues, for example I get an out of bound exception error when running the test.java, looks like a pointer/integer conversion error when using the authentification callbacks (I realize i may have left a couple of debug statement in the JNI C file there). In general I'm not sure the jlong VDP cast trick will always work, it looks a bit unsafe but that's an implementation detail it should not affect the API. I tried to incorporate some solaris fixes from John Levon, but i can't garantee it's all fixed (well not the warnings due to the VDP cast) So this is a good version for testing, feedback, patches and expertise much welcome, as I'm sort of a Java newbie ! Daniel -- Red Hat Virtualization group http://redhat.com/virtualization/ Daniel Veillard | virtualization library http://libvirt.org/ veillard(a)redhat.com | libxml GNOME XML XSLT toolkit http://xmlsoft.org/ http://veillard.com/ | Rpmfind RPM search engine http://rpmfind.net/

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