Re: [libvirt] Slow libvirtd startup

On 09.01.2013 22:38, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote: > Hi, > Too lazy to explain again so I'll just c&p conversation I had about > the issue with Eric on IRC: > > <zeenix> is timeouts on session libvirt (or in general) something new? > <zeenix> libvirtd startup seems to now take a few seconds so Boxes UI > is all empty for that amount of time > <eblake> it's been around for a while; qemu.conf has settings to > control how long it should take > <zeenix> unless Boxes is launched before libvirtd timesout > <eblake> but there is a relatively new patch that makes the libvirtd > -t actually be useful for qemu:///session > <zeenix> don't think i ever changed that, at least not recently > <zeenix> that could be it > <zeenix> i only saw it happening after i update libvirtd (after a month) > <eblake> if you're seeing some delays in starting libvirtd, those are > probably worth fixing > <zeenix> s/update/recently updated/ > <zeenix> yeah > <zeenix> i'll try to write a test app > <zeenix> no need, i can reproduce with virsh :) > > [zeenix@z-laptop virt]$ time virsh list > Id Name State > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > real 0m6.349s > user 0m0.016s > sys 0m0.010s > [zeenix@z-laptop virt]$ time virsh list > Id Name State > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > real 0m0.024s > user 0m0.010s > sys 0m0.011s > > You can try turning debug logs on and hopefully it will let more light in. To turn them on: $ cat ~/.config/libvirt/libvirtd.conf log_level=1 log_outputs="1:file:/tmp/libvirtd.log" Moreover, if you could upload them somewhere then so we all can take a look.