[PATCH v2 1/1] NEWS.rst: update with pSeries initial memory fix
Commit v6.10.0-103-g198c1eb6b4 fixed this issue. Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza <danielhb413@gmail.com> --- Changes from v2: - clarified that the bug fix will not affect existing guests that will update from an older Libvirt version to 7.0.0. NEWS.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index da88b19d0a..fffdccd39d 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ v7.0.0 (unreleased) * **Bug fixes** + * Avoid taking extra host memory when launching pSeries guests + + Under certain conditions, pSeries guests were being launched with more + RAM than it was specified in the domain XML by the user. New pSeries + domains created with libvirt 7.0.0 will always launch with the right + amount of initial memory. Existing guests that migrate from an older + libvirt version to 7.0.0 will not be affected by this change. + v6.10.0 (2020-12-01) ==================== -- 2.26.2
Ping for reviews, since this one would be nice to be pushed before the release is out. DHB On 1/6/21 12:04 PM, Daniel Henrique Barboza wrote:
Commit v6.10.0-103-g198c1eb6b4 fixed this issue.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza <danielhb413@gmail.com> ---
Changes from v2: - clarified that the bug fix will not affect existing guests that will update from an older Libvirt version to 7.0.0.
NEWS.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index da88b19d0a..fffdccd39d 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ v7.0.0 (unreleased)
* **Bug fixes**
+ * Avoid taking extra host memory when launching pSeries guests + + Under certain conditions, pSeries guests were being launched with more + RAM than it was specified in the domain XML by the user. New pSeries + domains created with libvirt 7.0.0 will always launch with the right + amount of initial memory. Existing guests that migrate from an older + libvirt version to 7.0.0 will not be affected by this change. +
v6.10.0 (2020-12-01) ====================
On Wed, 2021-01-06 at 12:04 -0300, Daniel Henrique Barboza wrote:
* **Bug fixes**
+ * Avoid taking extra host memory when launching pSeries guests + + Under certain conditions, pSeries guests were being launched with more + RAM than it was specified in the domain XML by the user. New pSeries + domains created with libvirt 7.0.0 will always launch with the right + amount of initial memory. Existing guests that migrate from an older + libvirt version to 7.0.0 will not be affected by this change.
Reviewed-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com> and safe for freeze. The patch doesn't apply cleanly anymore, and there was a tiny issue with trailing whitespace, but I just went ahead and fixed those locally before pushing the patch for you in order to avoid additional round-trips. -- Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization
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