Re: [PATCH] Add NEWS item for auto-shutdown feature

From: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange(a)redhat.com&gt; Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange(a)redhat.com&gt; --- 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

+ 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 + /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf configuration file. The libvirt-guests script must + be disabled before doing this. + * **Improvements** * **Bug fixes**