[PATCH for 6.7.0] NEWS: Document improvements/bug fixes for upcoming release
Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com> --- NEWS.rst | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 852746eb2a..4ed4e45590 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ v6.7.0 (unreleased) * **Improvements** + * Libvirt switch to Meson build system + + Libvirt abandoned autotools and switched to Meson build system. + * Allow sparse streams for block devices Sparse streams (e.g. ``virsh vol-download --sparse`` or ``virsh vol-upload @@ -58,6 +62,36 @@ v6.7.0 (unreleased) either don't have device mapper enabled or where the dm-mod module is not loaded yet. This is now fixed. + * resctrl: Use exclusive lock for /sys/fs/resctrl + + When two or more domains were attempted to start at once, due to a bug in + implementation, resctrl was not locked properly and thus threads did not + mutually exclude with each other resulting in not setting requested + limitations as requested. + + * mdev: Fix daemon crash when reattaching mdevs on assignment conflict + + If there's a list of mdevs to be assigned to a domain, but one of them (NOT + the first) is already assigned to a different domain then libvirtd would + crash. This is now fixed. + + * Fix logic in setting COW flag on btrfs + + When COW is not explicitly requested to be disabled or enabled, then + libvirt should do nothing on non-BTRFS file systems. + + * Avoid crash due to race in glib event loop code + + Libvirt switched to glib event loop in 6.1.0 but it was also tickling a bug + in glib code leading to the daemon crash. Libvirt way of calling glib was + changed so the daemon crashes no more. + + * virdevmapper: Handle kernel without device-mapper support + + In the previous release, Libvirt dropped libdevmapper in favor of its own + implementation. But the implementation did not handle kernels without + device-mapper support. This is now fixed. + v6.6.0 (2020-08-02) =================== -- 2.26.2
On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 7:45 AM Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com> wrote:
Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com> --- NEWS.rst | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 852746eb2a..4ed4e45590 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ v6.7.0 (unreleased)
* **Improvements**
+ * Libvirt switch to Meson build system + + Libvirt abandoned autotools and switched to Meson build system. + * Allow sparse streams for block devices
Sparse streams (e.g. ``virsh vol-download --sparse`` or ``virsh vol-upload @@ -58,6 +62,36 @@ v6.7.0 (unreleased) either don't have device mapper enabled or where the dm-mod module is not loaded yet. This is now fixed.
+ * resctrl: Use exclusive lock for /sys/fs/resctrl + + When two or more domains were attempted to start at once, due to a bug in + implementation, resctrl was not locked properly and thus threads did not + mutually exclude with each other resulting in not setting requested + limitations as requested. + + * mdev: Fix daemon crash when reattaching mdevs on assignment conflict + + If there's a list of mdevs to be assigned to a domain, but one of them (NOT + the first) is already assigned to a different domain then libvirtd would + crash. This is now fixed. + + * Fix logic in setting COW flag on btrfs + + When COW is not explicitly requested to be disabled or enabled, then + libvirt should do nothing on non-BTRFS file systems. + + * Avoid crash due to race in glib event loop code + + Libvirt switched to glib event loop in 6.1.0 but it was also tickling a bug + in glib code leading to the daemon crash. Libvirt way of calling glib was + changed so the daemon crashes no more. + + * virdevmapper: Handle kernel without device-mapper support + + In the previous release, Libvirt dropped libdevmapper in favor of its own + implementation. But the implementation did not handle kernels without + device-mapper support. This is now fixed. +
v6.6.0 (2020-08-02) =================== -- 2.26.2
Reviewed-by: Neal Gompa <ngompa13@gmail.com> -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth!
On Fri, 2020-08-28 at 13:45 +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote:
* **Improvements**
+ * Libvirt switch to Meson build system + + Libvirt abandoned autotools and switched to Meson build system.
This should be in the "Packaging changes" section that we use from time to time specifically for these scenarios.
+ * resctrl: Use exclusive lock for /sys/fs/resctrl + + When two or more domains were attempted to start at once, due to a bug in + implementation, resctrl was not locked properly and thus threads did not + mutually exclude with each other resulting in not setting requested + limitations as requested.
s/ as requested// With the above addressed, Reviewed-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com> and safe for freeze. Thanks for taking care of this! -- Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization
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