[libvirt] xend_internal: Use domain/status for shutdown check

[Stefan Bader]

On 04/08/2012 03:08 PM, Cole Robinson wrote:
> On 04/02/2012 10:38 AM, Stefan Bader wrote:
>> xend_internal: Use domain/status for shutdown check
>>
>> On newer xend (v3.x and after) there is no state and domid reported
>> for inactive domains. When initially creating connections this is
>> handled in various places by assigning domain->id = -1.
>> But once an instance has been running, the id is set to the current
>> domain id. And it does not change when the instance is shut down.
>> So when querying the domain info, the hypervisor driver, which gets
>> asked first will indicate it cannot find information, then the
>> xend driver is asked and will set the status to NOSTATE because it
>> checks for the -1 domain id.
>> Checking domain/status for 0 seems to be more reliable for that.
>>
>> One note: I am not sure whether the domain->id also should get set
>> back to -1 whenever any sub-driver thinks the instance is no longer
>> running.
>>
>> BugLink: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=746007
>> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/929626
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader at canonical.com>
>>
>> Index: libvirt-0.9.8/src/xen/xend_internal.c
>> ===================================================================
>> --- libvirt-0.9.8.orig/src/xen/xend_internal.c	2011-12-04 08:15:00.000000000 +0100
>> +++ libvirt-0.9.8/src/xen/xend_internal.c	2012-03-23 11:07:43.575529377 +0100
>> @@ -989,9 +989,11 @@
>>              state = VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCKED;
>>          else if (strchr(flags, 'r'))
>>              state = VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING;
>> -    } else if (domain->id < 0) {
>> -        /* Inactive domains don't have a state reported, so
>> -           mark them SHUTOFF, rather than NOSTATE */
>> +    } else if (sexpr_int(root, "domain/status") == 0) {
> 
> Maybe this should be
> 
> (domain->id < 0 || sexpr_int(root, ...
> 
It would not matter. Since the status is zero for all non-running domains it
covers those with domain->id < 0 as well.

> Just to be sure we preserve behavior for older xen.
> 
> Also, please send patches with [PATCH] prefix.

Will re-send this but first would like to resolve the comment you had.

-Stefan
> 
> Thanks,
> Cole
> 
>> +        /* As far as I can see the domain->id is a bad sign for checking
>> +         * inactive domains as this is inaccurate after the domain has
>> +         * been running once. However domain/status from xend seems to
>> +         * be always present and 0 for inactive domains. */
>>          state = VIR_DOMAIN_SHUTOFF;
>>      }
>>  
> 


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