[libvirt] virtlockd max_clients limitation

David Weber wb at munzinger.de
Mon Aug 19 10:34:27 UTC 2013


Am Montag, 19. August 2013, 10:49:35 schrieb Daniel P. Berrange:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:14:55AM +0200, David Weber wrote:

> > 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;
> 
> I think we should probably default to a much larger value - say 1024.
> Unlike libvirtd, virtlockd is only accessible by privileged clients
> so we don't need to be so strict on default limits. We want a value
> high enough to not cause bogus failures with people starting lots of
> VMs. So 1024 seems like a good high starting point
> 

Agreed

> >      return data;
> >  
> >  }
> > 

> > 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
> 
> The comment should probably also say
> 
> "Each running virtual machine will require one open connection
>  to virtlockd. So 'max_clients' will affect how many VMs can
>  be run on a host"
> 
> To make it extra clear what this limit is impacting.

Ok. Updated patch attached.



>From 8889516ec3375463573a819a6e5bec7fdbafbbf3 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       | 8 ++++++++
 5 files changed, 15 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..8e632f5 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 = 1024;
 
     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..fa4d3f7 100644
--- a/src/locking/virtlockd.conf
+++ b/src/locking/virtlockd.conf
@@ -58,3 +58,11 @@
 # 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.
+# Each running virtual machine will require one open connection
+# to virtlockd. So 'max_clients' will affect how many VMs can
+# be run on a host
+#max_clients = 1024
+
-- 
1.8.1.2




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