https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1461214 Since fec8f9c49af we try to use predictable file names for 'memory-backend-file' objects. But that made us provide full path to qemu when hot plugging the object while previously we provided merely a directory. But this makes qemu behave differently. If qemu sees a path terminated with a directory it calls mkstemp() and unlinks the file immediately. But if it sees full path it just calls open(path, O_CREAT ..); and never unlinks the file. Therefore it's up to libvirt to unlink the file and not leave it behind. Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn(a)redhat.com&gt; --- Zack, can you please check if this patch is suitable for your use cases? src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c | 3 +++ src/qemu/qemu_process.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/qemu/qemu_process.h | 4 ++++ 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c index 6dc16a105..f26e2ca60 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c @@ -3894,6 +3894,9 @@ qemuDomainRemoveMemoryDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver, if (qemuDomainNamespaceTeardownMemory(vm, mem) < 0) VIR_WARN("Unable to remove memory device from /dev"); + if (qemuProcessDestroyMemoryBackingPath(driver, vm, mem) < 0) + VIR_WARN("Unable to destroy memory backing path"); + virDomainMemoryDefFree(mem); /* fix the balloon size */ diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c index 1a0923af3..73624eefe 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c @@ -3467,6 +3467,32 @@ qemuProcessBuildDestroyMemoryPaths(virQEMUDriverPtr driver, } +int +qemuProcessDestroyMemoryBackingPath(virQEMUDriverPtr driver, + virDomainObjPtr vm, + virDomainMemoryDefPtr mem) +{ + virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver); + char *path = NULL; + int ret = -1; + + if (qemuGetMemoryBackingPath(vm->def, cfg, mem->info.alias, &path) < 0) + goto cleanup; + + if (unlink(path) < 0 && + errno != ENOENT) { + virReportSystemError(errno, _("Unable to remove %s"), path); + goto cleanup; + } + + ret = 0; + cleanup: + VIR_FREE(path); + virObjectUnref(cfg); + return ret; +} + + static int qemuProcessVNCAllocatePorts(virQEMUDriverPtr driver, virDomainGraphicsDefPtr graphics, diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.h b/src/qemu/qemu_process.h index cd9a72031..3fc7d6c85 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.h +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.h @@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ int qemuProcessBuildDestroyMemoryPaths(virQEMUDriverPtr driver, virDomainMemoryDefPtr mem, bool build); +int qemuProcessDestroyMemoryBackingPath(virQEMUDriverPtr driver, + virDomainObjPtr vm, + virDomainMemoryDefPtr mem); + void qemuProcessAutostartAll(virQEMUDriverPtr driver); void qemuProcessReconnectAll(virConnectPtr conn, virQEMUDriverPtr driver); -- 2.13.6