[libvirt] [PATCH] snapshot: ABI stability must include memory sizing

[Eric Blake]

On 09/14/2011 09:47 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> On 13.09.2011 22:27, Eric Blake wrote:
>> Commit 973fcd8f introduced the ability for qemu to reject snapshot
>> reversion on an ABI incompatibility; but the very example that was
>> first proposed on-list[1] as a demonstration of an ABI incompatibility,
>> namely that of changing the max memory allocation, was not being
>> checked for, resulting in a cryptic failure when running with larger
>> max mem than what the snapshot was created with:
>> error: operation failed: Error -22 while loading VM state
>>
>> This commit merely protects the three variables within mem that are
>> referenced by qemu_command.c, rather than all 7 (the other 4 variables
>> affect cgroup handling, but have no visible effect to the qemu guest).
>>
>> [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2010-December/msg00331.html
>>
>> * src/conf/domain_conf.c (virDomainDefCheckABIStability): Add
>> memory sizing checks.
>> ---
>>
>> See also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=735553#c5

>
> ACK

Thanks; pushed.

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