[libvirt] [PATCH v2 0/2] qemu: Fix stalls during live core dump
Jiri Denemark
jdenemar at redhat.com
Wed Feb 8 11:31:03 UTC 2012
On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 14:40:32 -0700, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 02/07/2012 05:17 AM, Jiri Denemark wrote:
> > Qemu uses non-blocking I/O which doesn't play nice with regular file
> > descriptors. We need to pass a pipe to qemu when dumping core to avoid
> > stalls in live mode.
> >
> > Version 2:
> > - generalize virFileDirectFd a bit more as suggested by Eric
> >
> > Jiri Denemark (2):
> > util: Generalize virFileDirectFd
> > qemu: Always use iohelper for dumping domain core
> >
> > src/qemu/qemu_driver.c | 45 +++++++++++--------
> > src/util/virfile.c | 118 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
> > src/util/virfile.h | 21 ++++++---
> > 3 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-)
>
> ACK series. I'm still not sure whether 'virsh save' needs EAGAIN
> wrapping, but I'm okay delaying that to a separate patch, since you
> convinced me that the primary driving factor for this patch is 'virsh
> dump --live' where qemu will continue on after the dump.
Thanks, pushed.
I'll cook up a quick patch doing what you suggest for save operation after
lunch.
Jirka
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