[libvirt] RFC: <memory units=...> [was: libvirt doesn't boot kVM, hangs, qemu on 100% CPU]

On 02/21/2012 03:46 PM, Igor Galić wrote: On IRC, we identified the culprit: There ain't no way on earth you're going to boot a kernel in 2 megabytes of memory! I propose enhancing the XML; on output, libvirt should produce: <memory units='k'>2048</memory> => 2048 * kibibyte the output unit must remain the same as it has always been, but the new attribute will make it easier for humans reading the XML to spot blunders like what spawned this thread. On input, the optional attribute is more useful - we can use it to provide a multiplier (of course, the result will be rounded up to k, and again rounded up to any higher granularity per the hypervisor): b => bytes k, KiB => kibibyte (1024) KB => kilobyte (1000) M, MiB => mebibyte (1024*1024) MB => megabyte (1000000) and so on for at least G and T (do we need P, E, Z, or Y? and I'm jealous if you have a machine with 1Y memory). Thoughts before I propose such a patch? -- Eric Blake eblake(a)redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org