[libvirt] [PATCH] libxl: Support PV consoles

Ian Campbell ian.campbell at citrix.com
Fri Apr 25 14:22:25 UTC 2014


Currently the driver only exposes the ability to connect to the serial console
of a Xen guest, which doesn't work for a PV guest. Instead look for a PV
console first and a serial console second, if an HVM guest has a PV console
then it is a good bet that it is preferred, I think.

Tested with the following bit of config XML:

<domain type='xen'>
  ...
  <devices>
    <console type='pty'>
      <target type='xen'/>
    </console>
  </devices>
</domain>

I have observed and tested this on ARM but I believe it also applies to x86 PV
guests.

Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell at citrix.com>
Cc: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig at suse.com>
Cc: Dario Faggioli <dario.faggioli at citrix.com>
Cc: Clark Laughlin <clark.laughlin at linaro.org>
---
 src/libxl/libxl_driver.c |   13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
index a6ae8a1..bcf3595 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
@@ -3780,6 +3780,7 @@ libxlDomainOpenConsole(virDomainPtr dom,
 {
     virDomainObjPtr vm = NULL;
     int ret = -1;
+    libxl_console_type console_type = LIBXL_CONSOLE_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
     virDomainChrDefPtr chr = NULL;
     libxlDomainObjPrivatePtr priv;
     char *console = NULL;
@@ -3807,8 +3808,15 @@ libxlDomainOpenConsole(virDomainPtr dom,
 
     priv = vm->privateData;
 
-    if (vm->def->nserials)
+    if (!chr && vm->def->nconsoles) {
+        chr = vm->def->consoles[0];
+        console_type = LIBXL_CONSOLE_TYPE_PV;
+    }
+
+    if (!chr && vm->def->nserials) {
         chr = vm->def->serials[0];
+        console_type = LIBXL_CONSOLE_TYPE_SERIAL;
+    }
 
     if (!chr) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
@@ -3824,7 +3832,8 @@ libxlDomainOpenConsole(virDomainPtr dom,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    ret = libxl_primary_console_get_tty(priv->ctx, vm->def->id, &console);
+    ret = libxl_console_get_tty(priv->ctx, vm->def->id, chr->target.port,
+                                console_type, &console);
     if (ret)
         goto cleanup;
 
-- 
1.7.10.4




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