[libvirt] [PATCH v2 0/2] qemu: Fix stalls during live core dump

[Jiri Denemark]

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