On 10/30/18 3:18 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote:
On 10/30/2018 03:17 AM, Jim Fehlig wrote:
> On 10/29/18 7:26 PM, Jim Fehlig wrote:
>> The pvops Linux kernel implements machine_ops.crash_shutdown as
>>
>> static void xen_hvm_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *regs)
>> {
>> native_machine_crash_shutdown(regs);
>> xen_reboot(SHUTDOWN_soft_reset);
>> }
>>
>> but currently the libxl driver does not handle the soft reset
>> shutdown event. As a result, the guest domain never proceeds
>> past xen_reboot(), making it impossible for HVM domains to save
>> a crash dump using kexec.
>>
>> This patch adds support for handling the soft reset event by
>> calling libxl_domain_soft_reset() and re-enabling domain death
>> events, which is similar to the xl tool handling of soft reset
>> shutdown event.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig(a)suse.com>
>> ---
>> src/libxl/libxl_domain.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c b/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c
>> index 0032b9dd11..295ec04a85 100644
>> --- a/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c
>> +++ b/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c
>> @@ -447,8 +447,10 @@ libxlDomainShutdownThread(void *opaque)
>> virObjectEventPtr dom_event = NULL;
>> libxl_shutdown_reason xl_reason =
>> ev->u.domain_shutdown.shutdown_reason;
>> libxlDriverConfigPtr cfg;
>> + libxl_domain_config d_config;
>> cfg = libxlDriverConfigGet(driver);
>> + libxl_domain_config_init(&d_config);
>> vm = virDomainObjListFindByID(driver->domains, ev->domid);
>> if (!vm) {
>> @@ -532,6 +534,33 @@ libxlDomainShutdownThread(void *opaque)
>> * after calling libxl_domain_suspend() are handled by it's
>> callers.
>> */
>> goto endjob;
>> + } else if (xl_reason == LIBXL_SHUTDOWN_REASON_SOFT_RESET) {
>> + libxlDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
>> + int res;
>
> I'm not sure why I have this useless local. I've squashed the below diff
> into my local branch.
ACK
Thanks, but I found this didn't compile with Xen 4.6, our minimum supported Xen
version. Soft reset was introduced in 4.7. I've sent a V2, which includes some
cleanups to the libxlDomainShutdownThread function. Thanks for looking at it if
you have time
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2018-October/msg01370.html
Regards,
Jim