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[libvirt-users] libvirtError: this function is not supported by the connection driver: virInterfaceDefineXML
by Sijo Jose 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

Hi, Could anyone help I'm getting the following error when I tried to add a new network interface. DETAILS Connection --------------------------- import libvirt conn = libvirt.open('qemu:///system') Interface XML ---------------------- <interface type="bridge" name="br0"> <start mode="onboot"/> <mtu size="1500"/> <protocol family="ipv4"> <dhcp/> </protocol> <bridge stp="off" delay="0.01"> <interface type="ethernet" name="eth0"> <mac address="ab:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff"/> </interface> <interface type="ethernet" name="eth1"/> </bridge> </interface> In [96]: conn.interfaceDefineXML(interfacexml,0) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------libvirtError Traceback (most recent call last)/home/saju/<ipython-input-96-0536ffe3fa23> in <module>()----> 1 conn.interfaceDefineXML(br1xml,0) /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.pyc in interfaceDefineXML(self, xml, flags) 2750 libvirtd. """ 2751 ret = libvirtmod.virInterfaceDefineXML(self._o, xml, flags)-> 2752 if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virInterfaceDefineXML() failed', conn=self) 2753 __tmp = virInterface(self, _obj=ret) 2754 return __tmp libvirtError: this function is not supported by the connection driver: virInterfaceDefineXML Regards Sijo Jose

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[libvirt-users] PCI Passthrough of 2 identical devices
by Thomas Jagoditsch 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

hi, i have a small trouble with pci-passthrough. i have a working configuration passing a tv card into the guest, all is fine and dandy. as soon as i add my second identical card into the host i cant start the guest anymore, whether i add the second card to the guest or not. error message is identical in both cases. message of virt-manager|virsh|libvirtd.log: > libvirtError: internal error: Unable to reset PCI device 0000:03:00.0: internal error: Active 0000:03:01.0 devices on bus with 0000:03:00.0, not doing bus reset the host is a plain kvm server, no services or apps whatsoever accessing the two devices. the other guests (firewall and fileserver) do not use the cards either. if i (soft) remove the 2nd card via > echo -n 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:03\:01.0/remove i can start the guest with the 1st card assigned. thx for anyone looking into this. wbr,tja.. PS: host: > root@father:~# lspci > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06) > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06) > 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI (rev 05) > 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) > 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I217-V (rev 05) > 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 (rev 05) > 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev d5) > 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d5) > 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1 (rev 05) > 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation H87 Express LPC Controller (rev 05) > 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 05) > 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05) > 02:00.0 PCI bridge: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1083/1085 PCIe to PCI Bridge (rev 03) > 03:00.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01) > 03:01.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01) > root@father:~# cat /etc/lsb-release > DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu > DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.10 > DISTRIB_CODENAME=saucy > DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.10" > root@father:~# uname -a > Linux father 3.11.0-18-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 18 21:11:14 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > root@father:~# libvirtd --version > libvirtd (libvirt) 1.1.1 guest: > root@father:~# cat /etc/libvirt/qemu/tvBackend.xml >  > > <domain type='kvm'> > <name>tvBackend</name> > <uuid>f647bb10-7f9a-f94c-33b9-3d99e8e753e0</uuid> > <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory> > <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory> > <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu> > <os> > <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-1.5'>hvm</type> > <boot dev='hd'/> > </os> > <features> > <acpi/> > <apic/> > <pae/> > </features> > <clock offset='utc'/> > <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> > <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> > <on_crash>restart</on_crash> > <devices> > <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm-spice</emulator> > <disk type='file' device='disk'> > <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> > <source file='/kvm/tvBackend.img'/> > <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> > </disk> > <disk type='block' device='cdrom'> > <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> > <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> > <readonly/> > <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/> > </disk> > <controller type='usb' index='0'> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/> > </controller> > <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/> > <controller type='ide' index='0'> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> > </controller> > <interface type='bridge'> > <mac address='52:54:00:10:26:ec'/> > <source bridge='brlan'/> > <model type='virtio'/> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> > </interface> > <serial type='pty'> > <target port='0'/> > </serial> > <console type='pty'> > <target type='serial' port='0'/> > </console> > <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> > <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes'/> > <video> > <model type='vga' vram='9216' heads='1'/> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> > </video> > <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> > <source> > <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> > </source> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/> > </hostdev> > <memballoon model='virtio'> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> > </memballoon> > </devices> > </domain> -- thomas jagoditsch - tjaSoft softWareEntwicklung - netzWerkManagement

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[libvirt-users] Adding an application to the list
by KSENYA PHIL 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Dear Sirs, my name is Ksenya, I'm from the ISPsystem company, which develops software products for hosting business automation. We'd like to add VMmanager into the Web-applications section http://libvirt.org/apps.html#web VMmanager is a solution for virtulization management that enables to create and manage virtual machines. The libvirt library is used for managing hypervisors, so we want to add VMmanager into your list. For more info about Vmmanager, please refer to our web site http://ispsystem.com/en/software/vmmanager Could you please tell us how we can do that? Kind regards, Ksenya Phil Sales Manager +32 280 80 760 ksenya(a)ispsystem.com ISPsystem Maximize automation www.ispsystem.com facebook profile http://www.facebook.com/ispsystem twitter profile https://twitter.com/@ispsystem

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[libvirt-users] Fail to install libvirt
by Du Jun 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Hi all, I am trying to install libvirt from source code(I have some version of libvirt installed before and I intend to overwrite it), my workflow is shown below, #!/bin/sh apt-get install gnutls-bin libgnutls-dev -y apt-get install libxml++2.6-2 libxml++2.6-dev -y apt-get install libdevmapper-dev -y apt-get install libpciaccess-dev -y apt-get install python-dev -y apt-get install libnl-dev -y if [ ! -f ./libvirt-1.1.1 ]; then wget http://libvirt.org/sources/libvirt-1.1.1.tar.gz fi tar -xzvf ./libvirt-1.1.1.tar.gz cd ./libvirt-1.1.1 ./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc make make install I have no trouble in configure, make, and make install. However, after make installfinishing, when I type virsh --version, I get the following error message: virsh: /usr/lib/libvirt.so.0: version `LIBVIRT_PRIVATE_1.1.1' not found (required by virsh) I wonder what's wrong with that? Please help, thanks! -- Best Regards, Frank

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[libvirt-users] error:libvirt can not be used with os services
by 铁甲流浪狗 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

hello,please help me,thanks. i download libvirt1.1.3.4 tarball opensouce,and use following commands to build&compile it. ./configure make make install ldconfig And i check the system output,all sucessed,but when i execute "service libvirtd status",i receive an error. openstack:/data/安装介质/libvirt-1.1.3.4 # libvirtd --version libvirtd (libvirt) 1.1.3.4 openstack:/data/安装介质/libvirt-1.1.3.4 # libvirtd -d openstack:/etc/rc.d # service libvirtd status service: no such service libvirtd

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[libvirt-users] Questions on using bridge for KVM on ubuntu 13.10
by Peng Yu 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

Hi, I have being try to connect a virtual machine to the outside through a bridge on the host. The following shows that I have a bridge. And I'm able to start a guest. pengy@rigel:~$ brctl show bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces br0 8000.c81f66e29049 no em4 br1 8000.c81f66e29045 no bond0 virbr0 8000.000000000000 yes pengy@rigel:/mnt/nfs/pengy/kvm$ virsh create saiph_installed.xml Domain saiph created from saiph_installed.xml pengy@rigel:/mnt/nfs/pengy/kvm$ brctl show bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces br0 8000.c81f66e29049 no em4 vnet0 br1 8000.c81f66e29045 no bond0 virbr0 8000.000000000000 yes I assigned the static ip address (given my our network administrator) to the guest. But I am not able to connect anywhere outside from the guest (175.91.244.74). Do you know what might cause the problem? How to connect the outside network from the guest? Thanks. pengy@rigel:/mnt/nfs/pengy/kvm$ ssh 175.91.244.74 pengy(a)175.91.244.74's password: Welcome to Ubuntu 13.10 (GNU/Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64) * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/ System information as of Tue Mar 11 14:04:07 CDT 2014 System load: 0.0 Processes: 76 Usage of /: 78.0% of 999MB Users logged in: 0 Memory usage: 1% IP address for eth0: 175.91.244.74 Swap usage: 0% Graph this data and manage this system at: https://landscape.canonical.com/ 0 packages can be updated. 0 updates are security updates. Last login: Tue Mar 11 14:04:07 2014 pengy@saiph:~$ ping www.google.com ^C pengy@saiph:~$ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:aa:00:f0:51 inet addr:175.91.244.74 Bcast:175.91.247.255 Mask:255.255.248.0 inet6 addr: fe80::5054:aaff:fe00:f051/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:6720 errors:0 dropped:24 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:213 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:513702 (513.7 KB) TX bytes:20976 (20.9 KB) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) BTW, I'm albe to follow some of the instructions at http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Networking#Debian.2FUbuntu_Bridging But it is not clear to what the followings are for. net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables = 0 net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables = 0 net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-arptables = 0 *** Sample rc.local file *** /sbin/sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN -j TCPMSS --clamp-mss-to-pmtu exit 0 To verify that the changes have taken affect, please run tail /proc/sys/net/bridge/* iptables -L FORWARD -- Regards, Peng

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[libvirt-users] kernel panic when using root from virtfs
by Vasiliy Tolstov 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

I have strange kernel panic Kernel 3.13.3 vanilla root is mounted via 9p virtfs (readonly). virsh --version 1.2.1 qemu --version QEMU emulator version 1.7.0, Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard systemd version 210 Domain config: <domain type='kvm'> <name>build</name> <uuid>328891df-b3c3-aee9-eb5d-00007e7934f7</uuid> <memory unit='MiB'>512</memory> <currentMemory unit='MiB'>512</currentMemory> <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu> <resource> <partition>/machine</partition> </resource> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-1.0'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> <kernel>/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.3</kernel> <initrd>/boot/initrd-3.13.3</initrd> <cmdline>ro root=virtfs:root console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 </cmdline> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> <pae/> </features> <clock offset='utc'/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='squash'> <driver type='path' wrpolicy='immediate'/> <source dir='/home/vtolstov/devel/vtolstov/lb/fs/x86_64'/> <target dir='root'/> <readonly/> </filesystem> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='squash'> <driver type='path' wrpolicy='immediate'/> <source dir='/home/vtolstov/devel/vtolstov/lb/fs/var/log'/> <target dir='var/log'/> </filesystem> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='squash'> <driver type='path' wrpolicy='immediate'/> <source dir='/home/vtolstov/devel/vtolstov/lb/fs/var/cache/paludis'/> <target dir='var/cache/paludis'/> </filesystem> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='squash'> <driver type='path' wrpolicy='immediate'/> <source dir='/home/vtolstov/devel/vtolstov/lb/fs/var/db/paludis'/> <target dir='var/db/paludis'/> </filesystem> <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'> <alias name='virtio-serial0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'> <alias name='pci0'/> </controller> <controller type='ide' index='0'> <alias name='ide0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> </controller> <interface type='network'> <mac address='52:54:00:00:02:4c'/> <source network='mighost'/> <model type='virtio'/> <alias name='net0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <source path='/dev/pts/8'/> <target port='0'/> <alias name='serial0'/> </serial> <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/8'> <source path='/dev/pts/8'/> <target type='serial' port='0'/> <alias name='serial0'/> </console> <channel type='spicevmc'> <target type='virtio' name='com.redhat.spice.0'/> <alias name='channel0'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/> </channel> <channel type='unix'> <source mode='bind' path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/build.agent'/> <target type='virtio' name='org.mighost.agent.0'/> <alias name='channel1'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='2'/> </channel> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='5905' autoport='yes' listen='0.0.0.0'> <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/> </graphics> <video> <model type='vga' vram='9216' heads='1'/> <alias name='video0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </video> <memballoon model='virtio'> <alias name='balloon0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> <seclabel type='none'/> </domain> Sometimes i get error like: [ OK ] Reached target Initrd File Systems. Starting dracut mount hook... [ 14.326081] FDC 0 is a S82078B [ 14.644148] PANIC: double fault, error_code: 0x0 [ 14.640174] PANIC: double fault, error_code: 0x0 [ 14.640174] CPU: 0 PID: 130 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 3.13.3 #2 [ 14.640174] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011 [ 14.640174] task: ffff88001faf0000 ti: ffff88001faee000 task.ti: ffff88001faee000 [ 14.640174] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81109df8>] [<ffffffff81109df8>] file_read_actor+0x58/0x160 [ 14.640174] RSP: 0018:ffff88001faefd60 EFLAGS: 00010206 [ 14.640174] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88001faefe10 RCX: 000000000000100f [ 14.640174] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffea000070ebc0 RDI: 00007f94d60b3037 [ 14.640174] RBP: ffff88001faefd90 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: ffffea000070ebdc [ 14.640174] R10: 0000000000000023 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000001000 [ 14.640174] R13: 000000000001f000 R14: ffff88001f9d5e00 R15: 0000000000001000 [ 14.640174] FS: 00007f94d60dc7c0(0000) GS:ffff88001f400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 14.640174] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 14.640174] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000001fad9000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 [ 14.640174] Stack: [ 14.640174] ffff88001faefd70 ffff88001e025280 0000000000000021 0000000000001000 [ 14.640174] ffff88001f9d5e00 ffffea000070ebc0 ffff88001faefe58 ffffffff8110a1ca [ 14.640174] ffff88001f9d5e10 ffff88001faefe90 ffff88001faefea0 0000000000000000 [ 14.640174] Call Trace: [ 14.640174] [<ffffffff8110a1ca>] generic_file_aio_read+0x2ca/0x700 [ 14.640174] [<ffffffff811a11f6>] blkdev_aio_read+0x46/0x70 [ 14.640174] [<ffffffff8116c355>] do_sync_read+0x55/0x90 [ 14.640174] [<ffffffff8116c9e0>] vfs_read+0x90/0x160 [ 14.640174] [<ffffffff8116d4e4>] SyS_read+0x44/0xa0 [ 14.640174] [<ffffffff816ab07d>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f [ 14.640174] Code: 38 31 c0 66 66 90 c6 01 00 66 66 90 85 c0 0f 85 bf 00 00 00 49 63 fc 48 8d 7c 39 ff 48 31 f9 48 f7 c1 00 f0 ff ff 74 11 66 66 90 <c6> 07 00 66 66 90 85 c0 0f 85 c6 00 00 00 65 ff 04 25 e0 c7 00 [ 14.640174] Kernel panic - not syncing: Machine halted. [ 14.644148] CPU: 1 PID: 126 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 3.13.3 #2 [ 14.644148] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011 [ 14.644148] task: ffff88001fa42f80 ti: ffff88001fa84000 task.ti: ffff88001fa84000 [ 14.644148] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81109df8>] [<ffffffff81109df8>] file_read_actor+0x58/0x160 [ 14.644148] RSP: 0018:ffff88001fa85d60 EFLAGS: 00010206 [ 14.644148] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88001fa85e10 RCX: 000000000000100f [ 14.644148] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffea0000708340 RDI: 00007f94d60cb037 [ 14.644148] RBP: ffff88001fa85d90 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: ffffea000070835c [ 14.644148] R10: 000000000000003b R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000001000 [ 14.644148] R13: 0000000000007000 R14: ffff88001f9d3900 R15: 0000000000001000 [ 14.640174] Shutting down cpus with NMI [ 14.644148] FS: 00007f94d60dc7c0(0000) GS:ffff88001f500000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 14.644148] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 14.644148] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000001fa67000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 [ 14.644148] Stack: [ 14.644148] ffff88001fa85d70 ffff88001e2522c0 0000000000000039 0000000000001000 [ 14.644148] ffff88001f9d3900 ffffea0000708340 ffff88001fa85e58 ffffffff8110a1ca [ 14.644148] ffff88001f9d3910 ffff88001fa85e90 ffff88001fa85ea0 0000000000000000 [ 14.644148] Call Trace: [ 14.644148] [<ffffffff8110a1ca>] generic_file_aio_read+0x2ca/0x700 [ 14.644148] [<ffffffff811a11f6>] blkdev_aio_read+0x46/0x70 [ 14.644148] [<ffffffff8116c355>] do_sync_read+0x55/0x90 [ 14.644148] [<ffffffff8116c9e0>] vfs_read+0x90/0x160 [ 14.644148] [<ffffffff8116d4e4>] SyS_read+0x44/0xa0 [ 14.644148] [<ffffffff816ab07d>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f [ 14.644148] Code: 38 31 c0 66 66 90 c6 01 00 66 66 90 85 c0 0f 85 bf 00 00 00 49 63 fc 48 8d 7c 39 ff 48 31 f9 48 f7 c1 00 f0 ff ff 74 11 66 66 90 <c6> 07 00 66 66 90 85 c0 0f 85 c6 00 00 00 65 ff 04 25 e0 c7 00 -- Vasiliy Tolstov, e-mail: v.tolstov(a)selfip.ru jabber: vase(a)selfip.ru

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Re: [libvirt-users] cgroup for VM - does it work properly?
by Martin Pavlásek 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

On Thu 06 Mar 2014 20:16:45 CET, Martin Pavlásek wrote: > On 06/03/14 10:35, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 12:32:28AM +0100, Martin Pavlásek wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> I tried to restrict usage of some running VM by cpu.shares (i.e. set to >>> 10 from original 1024) on loaded system and it seem doesn't work as I >>> expected... all running processes has same CPU usage (by htop) :-/ >>> Does anyone has same experience? >> The cpu.shares variable doesn't provide absolute restriction on >> CPU usage, rather it is doing relative prioritization. >> >> eg if you have 2 cgroups that are at the same level in the hierarchy >> and you give one shares=512 and one shared=1024, then the latter VM >> will get twice the CPU scheduler time of the former. If the latter >> VM is completely idle though, the former VM will not be capped in any >> way. >> >> If you want absolute caps then you need to use period/quota settings. >> Also you want todo this via the virsh schedinfo command, not accessing >> cgroups directly. >> >> Regards, >> Daniel > Thanks Daniel for reply, nice example! > In my case I've got quite weird results > > guest: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null for simulating heavy load > host: dd if=... same as guest (to make host also loaded) > > host: htop for watching CPU usage (host has only one core), qemu (one > VM, two threads) + dd (host) = 99% usage that is correct, as expected > host: virsh schedinfo --set cpu_shares=10 <domain-ID> > ...but whole load is still distributed equally - still ~30% for each. > > All processes are under itself default cgroup, so / for host dd and each > VM in their own (something like /machine/<domain-name>). I didn't change > any cgroup directly in this case. > After that qemu processes should shoconsume significantly less cpu than > others, isn't it (change "relative priority" from 1024 to 10)? > Limiting by period or quota works, but I would be really happy to use > just cpu.shares - I don't want to write own process scheduler, weights > of cpu sharing is sufficient for me. > > Do you have idea why this behaviour happen? > Regards > I just find out what was wrong... :-) cpu.shares is applied only to process in same cgroup, so all common processes belong to / (cgroup root), all VMs under /machine/. So dd running on host belongs to /, but when I set cpu.shares of any VM, it wouldn't apply as I expected, because these processes are exists in different cgroups. PS: I'm sorry Danied for answer only to you, I've mismatched Reply and Reply to all... -- -- Martin Pavlásek <mpavlase(a)redhat.com> OpenStack QA Associate/Red Hat Czech/BRQ irc: mpavlase

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[libvirt-users] Fwd: How to get guest's cpu and mem usage with Java APIs
by Enrico De Maio 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

I would like to know how much memory and cpu virtual machine are using so yes guest's perspective. I'm building a web app that has to alert the user when the vm is going to be stressed and I would like to do this in terms of mem and cpu usage. Thanks in advance for your support, Enrico De Maio On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Eric Blake <eblake(a)redhat.com> wrote: > On 03/10/2014 04:54 AM, Enrico De Maio wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > > I'm using libvirt java api bindings for my thesis. I would like to know > if > > there is a way to obtain live information about cpu and mem usage of a > > domain. > > Are you asking the question from the host's perspective (how much > resources has the host given to the guest) or from the guest's > perspective (how much is the guest actively using, even if the host has > given it more)? Libvirt already provides several API calls. such as the > ones used by 'virsh cpu-stats' and 'virsh dommemstat'; you may have to > do some code reading to figure out what C calls the virsh code made in > order to find the same API under the Java bindings. > > -- > Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 > Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org > >

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[libvirt-users] How to get guest's cpu and mem usage with Java APIs
by Enrico De Maio 10 Mar '14

10 Mar '14

Hi everybody, I'm using libvirt java api bindings for my thesis. I would like to know if there is a way to obtain live information about cpu and mem usage of a domain. Regards, Enrico De Maio Skype: enrico.de.maio Mobile: +39 338 205 3397

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