> Locks held by virtlockd are dropped on re-exec. > > virtlockd 94306 POSIX 5.4G WRITE 0 0 0 /tmp/test.qcow2 > virtlockd 94306 POSIX 5B WRITE 0 0 0 /run/virtlockd.pid > virtlockd 94306 POSIX 5B WRITE 0 0 0 /run/virtlockd.pid > > Acquire locks in PostExecRestart code path. > > Signed-off-by: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@xxxxxxxx> I've just encountered this same unexpected behaviour (currently on RHEL7 box running libvirt 3.2), and found this thread while searching for a bug report. Has this patch been accepted, or the issue fixed in a later release? I notice there was some confusion in the conversation following as to the cause of this issue/the fix for it.

If not, is there a bug open against this which I can follow/comment on?