[libvirt] [PATCH 0/6] Memory locking limit improvements

[Andrea Bolognani]

As noticed by Peter[1], the memory locking limit for the
QEMU process is increased before assigning a VFIO device to
a guest, but it might not be decreased when returning said
device to the host.

This series fixes this inconsistent behaviour and cleans up
the code a little bit along the way.

The idea is to introduce a new, smarter function called
qemuDomainAdjustMaxMemLock() that does The Right Thing™ and
increases the limit when required, while at the same time
storing the original value. This way, when memory locking
is no longer needed, it can restore it.

I've tested this both on x86 and ppc64, both by removing
devices that were assigned in the domain XML and devices
that I had hotplugged.

Patches 1-2 lay some groundwork by allowing retrieval of
the memory locking limit for a process.

Patches 3-4 add qemuDomainAdjustMaxMemLock() and use it
where appropriate in the existing code.

Patch 5 adds one more use of the function, after a PCI
hostdev has been detached from the guest.

Patch 6 replaces the use of Mlock with MemLock. Suggestions
on how to further improve the names of those functions is
very welcome, this is just a first step in the right
direction.

Cheers.


[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2015-November/msg00642.html

Andrea Bolognani (6):
  process: Allow virProcessPrLimit() to get current limit
  process: Add virProcessGetMaxMemLock()
  qemu: Add qemuDomainAdjustMaxMemLock()
  qemu: Use qemuDomainAdjustMaxMemLock()
  qemu: Reduce memlock limit after detaching hostdev
  qemu: Replace Mlock with MemLock in function names

 configure.ac             |  2 +-
 src/conf/domain_conf.h   |  3 +++
 src/libvirt_private.syms |  1 +
 src/qemu/qemu_command.c  |  4 ++--
 src/qemu/qemu_domain.c   | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 src/qemu/qemu_domain.h   |  5 +++--
 src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c  | 46 ++++++++++++++++----------------------
 src/util/virprocess.c    | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 src/util/virprocess.h    |  2 ++
 9 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

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