[libvirt] persistent->transient [was: [PATCH 8/8] UndefineFlags: Extend virsh undefine to support new flag]
Daniel Veillard
veillard at redhat.com
Fri Jul 15 13:01:15 UTC 2011
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 10:25:43AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 07/13/2011 09:56 PM, Osier Yang wrote:
> >>> -=item B<undefine> I<domain-id>
> >>> +=item B<undefine> I<domain-id> optional I<--undefine-managed-state>
> >>>
> >>> Undefine the configuration for an inactive domain. Since it's not
> >>> running
> >>> the domain name or UUID must be used as the I<domain-id>.
> >> Oh, this is different than libvirt.c, which claimed you can run
> >> 'undefine' on a running persistent domain. Which is it? Can undefine
> >> make a running domain transient, or must it be on an inactive domain?
> >
> > No, document in libvirt.c is not correct, undefining on a running domain
> > will be refused.
>
> I argue that we found a bug in the qemu driver then.
>
> Right now, you can use 'virDomainDefineXML' to convert a transient guest
> into a persistent one, but there is no counterpart operation to convert
> a persistent guest back into a transient one.
>
> That is, I think the libvirt.c docs are right in implying that you can
> 'undefine' a running domain, and that the qemu driver needs to be fixed
> to allow this use case.
>
> Either Dan, do you want to weigh in on this API question?
I also side on the side that it should be allowed and it's "just"
a qemu driver bug :-)
Daniel
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