May 2009 - Devel - libvirt List Archives

[libvirt] [PATCH] vbox: don't fail on missing vbox
by Guido Günther 08 May '09

08 May '09

Hi, virsh fails with: 10:47:37.104: debug : do_open:922 : no name, allowing driver auto-select 10:47:37.104: debug : do_open:930 : trying driver 0 (Test) ... 10:47:37.104: debug : do_open:936 : driver 0 Test returned DECLINED 10:47:37.104: debug : do_open:930 : trying driver 1 (OPENVZ) ... 10:47:37.105: debug : do_open:936 : driver 1 OPENVZ returned DECLINED 10:47:37.105: debug : do_open:930 : trying driver 2 (VBOX) ... 10:47:37.106: debug : do_open:936 : driver 2 VBOX returned ERROR 10:47:37.106: debug : virUnrefConnect:210 : unref connection 0x10032b10 1 10:47:37.106: debug : virReleaseConnect:171 : release connection 0x10032b10 error: failed to connect to the hypervisor if one has built with vbox support but vbox is not installed. Attached patch calls VBoxCGlueInit() early so we can return 'declined' instead of 'error'. O.k. to apply? -- Guido

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[libvirt] [PATCH] vbox: don't crash if init fails early
by Guido Günther 08 May '09

08 May '09

Hi, not having set up pfuncs already results in a core dump. O.k. to apply? Cheers, -- Guido

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[libvirt] Libvirt-Java Binding
by Marcel Michelmann 07 May '09

07 May '09

Hello, I created a program in Java for communicating with a libvirt/XEN host over SSH. For every update I create a new connection. It just runs about 1 1/2 minutes. I guess it is because I do not close any of these connections. When I tried to close them after having used them (Connect.close()) the program hangs. But after pressing Ctrl+C the program stops and the results are shown. Is that a bug in the libvirt-Java binding? Does anybody else have the same problem with Connect.close()? Thanks, Marcel

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[libvirt] using public vir*Free() (instead of virUnref*()) from vir*FreeName() destructors.
by Laine Stump 07 May '09

07 May '09

I just noticed in datatypes.c that the vir(Network|StoragePool|StorageVol)FreeName destructors call the public API vir*Free() functions rather than the local virUnref*(). vir*Free() all clear any errors, which seems like it might not be the right thing to do (eg, if we're cleaning out the hashtables as part of some error-handling path, and haven't yet logged the error). On the other hand, the public API function does some sanity checking on the object to make sure it really is what we think it is before calling the unref. So it's got that going for it. (5 points to anyone who catches the reference without going to Google) But I don't know enough to know whether or not that's important in this case. So which is more important: the extra sanity check, or not clearing existing error codes?

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[libvirt] PCI Passthrough
by Aaron Clausen 07 May '09

07 May '09

I'm having a heck of a time trying to figure out how to do PCI passthrough for a PCI SCSI controller. I need, if at all possible, to access it so that I can use a SCSI tape drive with a Windows Server 2000 guest. This is xml config I have: <domain type='kvm'> <name>testserver</name> <uuid>f75a2f63-e1bd-72a5-6134-3fcafbcdb970</uuid> <memory>524288</memory> <currentMemory>524288</currentMemory> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> <features> <pae/> </features> <clock offset='localtime'/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/testserver.img'/> <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> </disk> <disk type='block' device='cdrom'> <source dev='/dev/cdrom'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> </disk> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='54:52:00:50:03:08'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <target dev='vnet2'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <source path='/dev/pts/7'/> <target port='0'/> </serial> <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/7'> <source path='/dev/pts/7'/> <target port='0'/> </console> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' keymap='en-us'/> </devices> </domain> -- Aaron Clausen mightymartianca(a)gmail.com

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[libvirt] Virsh list on xen after stop/restart not working properly
by Thomas Graves 07 May '09

07 May '09

Hello, I am seeing an issue on libvirt 0.6.1 and 0.6.3 with xen3.3.1 where virsh list -all isn't reporting all vms that are active. It happens after you shutdown and then restart a vm. As a side note, it works fine on libvirt 0.3.3. It appears that the domid of the vm is changed when you shutdown/restart a vm on xen. Libvirt is checking xenstore to find domids and it is finding the old ones that are marked as cancelled and not finding the higher number ones that are active/valid. Has anyone seen this issue and have a patch for it? It looks like the old libvirt 0.3.3 went to the hypervisor and xend before the xenstore and that is working properly. Thanks, Tom

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[libvirt] KVM processes -- should we be able to attach them to the libvirtd process?
by Hugh O. Brock 07 May '09

07 May '09

Not too long ago we took a patch that allowed QEMU VMs to keep running even if libvirtd died or was restarted. I was talking to Matt Farellee (cc'd) this afternoon about manageability, and he feels fairly strongly that this behavior should be optional -- in other words, it should be possible to guarantee that if libvirtd dies, it will take all the VMs with the "die-with-libvirtd" flag set down with it. I'm not sure this API is portable to Xen, but it would work on any hypervisor that represents the VM as a normal process. Does this strike anyone else as useful behavior? Thanks, --Hugh

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[libvirt] Java api for libvirt migration
by Zvi Dubitzky 07 May '09

07 May '09

I am trying to do a migrate of VM with libvirt 0.6.1 and kvm-84 . I am successful in doing it many times via the C interface . I can do most of the basic libvirt activity via the libvirt JAVA library (libvirt-java-0.2.1). When it comes to a migrate the JVM fails wit a log file attached below . Can someone help. My memory consumption in my JAVA test code is small. The migrate parameters I am sending with the Java are identical to those I use in the C case and is: destDomain = localDomain.migrate (dcon, // destination host Connect object VIR_MIGRATE_LIVE, null, //const char *dname destination domain name target_uri, //"tcp:9.148.28.13:4444" 0 // unsigned long bandwidth) - do not specify ); thanks Zvi Dubitzky Virtualization and System Architecture Email:dubi@il.ibm.com IBM Haifa Research Laboratory Phone: +972-4-8296182 Haifa, 31905, ISRAEL

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[libvirt] [PATCH] return a sensible error on bogus paths
by Guido Günther 07 May '09

07 May '09

Hi, attached patch makes it easier to detect bogus paths when creating/removing pidfiles. O.k. to apply? Cheers, -- Guido

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[libvirt] [PATCH]: don't crash when calling libvirt_lxc without arguments
by Guido Günther 07 May '09

07 May '09

In this case we reference def with is NULL. O.k. to apply? Cheers, -- Guido

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