[libvirt] [PATCH 4/5] qemuDomainResumeFlags: Introduce VIR_DOMAIN_RESUME_SYNC_TIME

[Eric Blake]

On 11/06/2014 09:12 AM, Peter Krempa wrote:
> On 11/05/14 13:35, Michal Privoznik wrote:
>> This flag can be used to sync the domain's time right after
>> domain CPUs are started. It's basically backing call of two
>> subsequent APIs into one:
>>
>> 1) virDomainResume(dom)
>> 2) virDomainSetTime(dom, 0, 0, VIR_DOMAIN_TIME_SYNC)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn at redhat.com>
>> ---
>>  include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h | 4 ++++
>>  src/qemu/qemu_driver.c           | 7 ++++++-
>>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>

>> +
>> +    if (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_RESUME_SYNC_TIME &&
>> +        qemuDomainSetTimeImpl(driver, vm, 0, 0, true) < 0)
>> +        goto endjob;
>> +
> 
> This is a bit problematic. As you are compounding two operations into
> one, if syncing of the time fails, you've already resumed the guest.
> 
> Now with this code you would return failure of the entire API call,
> which would have the caller figure out what happened.
> 
> Said this, I'm not against this idea but:
> 1) You need to make it painfully obvious in the error message that the
> guest was resumed at this point.
> 2) You also need to make it obvious in the function docs that this might
> happen and also mention that to have better control the user is better
> off with calling the time sync function separately.
> 3) You should also document that the time sync will not happen exactly
> at the time the guest was resumed. (Some instructions were executed with
> the old time setting)

4) Modify src/remote/remote_protocol.x to add
 @acl: domain:set_time:VIR_DOMAIN_RESUME_SYNC_TIME
as the set_time privilege may be distinct from the weaker domain:suspend
privilege.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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