[libvirt] virtlockd max_clients limitation

David Weber wb at munzinger.de
Mon Aug 19 08:14:55 UTC 2013


Am Montag, 19. August 2013, 08:08:52 schrieb Michal Privoznik:
> On 18.08.2013 16:46, David Weber wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > we recently ran into a problem when trying to start more than 20 guests if
> > direct locking with virtlockd was enabled. The error message locked like
> > this: # start test7
> > error: Failed to start domain test7
> > error: Cannot recv data: Connection reset by peer
> > 
> > Our research indicated there is a max_clients parameter set in
> > src/locking/lock_daemon.c which causes the limitation. Simply increasing
> > this number works as a workaround.
> > 
> > I don't have a deep understanding of the code, so I don't know if there is
> > a bug and the connection should be dropped after the lock is set or if
> > max_clients really is the way to go. If the latter I guess max_clients
> > should be configurable like in virtlockd or at least be higher than 20 :)
> > 
> > Libvirt version 1.1.1
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > David
> > 
> >>From 5187231a973a9956723683c7fad14c8bb3dfcac2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> >>
> > From: David Weber <wb at munzinger.de>
> > Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 16:16:36 +0200
> > Subject: [PATCH] Increase virtlockd max clients
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> >  src/locking/lock_daemon.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/src/locking/lock_daemon.c b/src/locking/lock_daemon.c
> > index c4c1727..d96d0fc 100644
> > --- a/src/locking/lock_daemon.c
> > +++ b/src/locking/lock_daemon.c
> > 
> >                     virLockDaemonNew(bool privileged)
> >          
> >          return NULL;
> >      
> >      }
> > 
> > -    if (!(lockd->srv = virNetServerNew(1, 1, 0, 20,
> > +    if (!(lockd->srv = virNetServerNew(1, 1, 0, 100,
> > 
> >                                         -1, 0,
> >                                         false, NULL,
> >                                         virLockDaemonClientNew,
> 
> This will work for a while until somebody tries starting up more than
> 100 libvirtds. Maybe it's time for /etc/libvirt/virtlockd.conf introduction.

Attached patch makes max_clients configurable in virtlockd.conf
Would it make sense to also modify the worker count?

> 
> Michal


>From 0e6ddd5825792faad5bb4c9ea1d5bd59dd09f821 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Weber <wb at munzinger.de>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 09:48:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Make max_clients in virtlockd configurable

---
 src/locking/lock_daemon.c        | 6 +++---
 src/locking/lock_daemon_config.c | 2 ++
 src/locking/lock_daemon_config.h | 1 +
 src/locking/virtlockd.aug        | 1 +
 src/locking/virtlockd.conf       | 4 ++++
 5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/locking/lock_daemon.c b/src/locking/lock_daemon.c
index 77d6e0d..5f675ef 100644
--- a/src/locking/lock_daemon.c
+++ b/src/locking/lock_daemon.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static void virLockDaemonLockSpaceDataFree(void *data,
 }
 
 static virLockDaemonPtr
-virLockDaemonNew(bool privileged)
+virLockDaemonNew(virLockDaemonConfigPtr config, bool privileged)
 {
     virLockDaemonPtr lockd;
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ virLockDaemonNew(bool privileged)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (!(lockd->srv = virNetServerNew(1, 1, 0, 20,
+    if (!(lockd->srv = virNetServerNew(1, 1, 0, config->max_clients,
                                        -1, 0,
                                        false, NULL,
                                        virLockDaemonClientNew,
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     /* rv == 1, means we setup everything from saved state,
      * so we only setup stuff from scratch if rv == 0 */
     if (rv == 0) {
-        if (!(lockDaemon = virLockDaemonNew(privileged))) {
+        if (!(lockDaemon = virLockDaemonNew(config, privileged))) {
             ret = VIR_LOCK_DAEMON_ERR_INIT;
             goto cleanup;
         }
diff --git a/src/locking/lock_daemon_config.c b/src/locking/lock_daemon_config.c
index 88c4150..48725be 100644
--- a/src/locking/lock_daemon_config.c
+++ b/src/locking/lock_daemon_config.c
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ virLockDaemonConfigNew(bool privileged ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
         return NULL;
 
     data->log_buffer_size = 64;
+    data->max_clients = 20;
 
     return data;
 }
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ virLockDaemonConfigLoadOptions(virLockDaemonConfigPtr data,
     GET_CONF_STR(conf, filename, log_filters);
     GET_CONF_STR(conf, filename, log_outputs);
     GET_CONF_INT(conf, filename, log_buffer_size);
+    GET_CONF_INT(conf, filename, max_clients);
 
     return 0;
 
diff --git a/src/locking/lock_daemon_config.h b/src/locking/lock_daemon_config.h
index 8cb0e5d..e75d4a9 100644
--- a/src/locking/lock_daemon_config.h
+++ b/src/locking/lock_daemon_config.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ struct _virLockDaemonConfig {
     char *log_filters;
     char *log_outputs;
     int log_buffer_size;
+    int max_clients;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/locking/virtlockd.aug b/src/locking/virtlockd.aug
index 9d20e72..d0b56c2 100644
--- a/src/locking/virtlockd.aug
+++ b/src/locking/virtlockd.aug
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ module Libvirtd =
                      | str_entry "log_filters"
                      | str_entry "log_outputs"
                      | int_entry "log_buffer_size"
+                     | int_entry "max_clients"
 
    (* Each enty in the config is one of the following three ... *)
    let entry = logging_entry
diff --git a/src/locking/virtlockd.conf b/src/locking/virtlockd.conf
index b6450b4..37f3ef3 100644
--- a/src/locking/virtlockd.conf
+++ b/src/locking/virtlockd.conf
@@ -58,3 +58,7 @@
 # the default buffer size in kilobytes.
 # If value is 0 or less the debug log buffer is deactivated
 #log_buffer_size = 64
+
+# The maximum number of concurrent client connections to allow
+# over all sockets combined.
+#max_clients = 20
-- 
1.8.1.2

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