[libvirt] [RFC PATCH] Use PAUSED state for domains that are starting up

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 03:50:41PM +0100, Jiri Denemark wrote:
> When libvirt is starting a domain, it reports the state as SHUTOFF until
> it's RUNNING. This is not ideal because domain startup may take a long
> time (usually because of some configuration issues, firewalls blocking
> access to network disks, etc.) and domain lists provided by libvirt look
> awkward. One can see weird shutoff domains with IDs in a list of active
> domains or even shutoff transient domains. In any case, it looks more
> like a bug in libvirt than a normal state a domain goes through.

A shutoff transient domain isn't too bad IMHO, but a shutoff domain
with an ID number is definitely not expected.

Could we perhaps address it by ensuring that we always return '-1'
for ID if the state is "SHUTOFF", even if def->id has a positive
value ?

Regards,
Daniel
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