[libvirt] [PATCH] qemu: mkdir memory_backing_dir on startup

Peter Krempa pkrempa at redhat.com
Wed May 31 13:50:37 UTC 2017


On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 15:17:24 +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> On 05/31/2017 03:00 PM, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> > On Sat, 2017-05-27 at 12:45 +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> >> In 48d9e6cdcc and friends we've allowed users to back guest
> >> memory by a file inside the host. And in order to keep things
> >> manageable the memory_backing_dir variable was introduced to
> >> qemu.conf to specify the directory where the files are kept.
> >> However, libvirt's policy is that directories are created on
> >> domain startup if they don't exist. We've missed this one.
> >>  
> >> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn at redhat.com>
> >> ---
> >>   src/qemu/qemu_driver.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> >>   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> > 
> > ACK and safe for freeze.
> > 
> > Wouldn't mind it if you provided a very brief entry in the
> > release notes, too ;)
> > 
> 
> Ah, good point. Keep forgetting about those. Fixed and pushed. Thanks!

Please note that we've explicitly stated that changes to the news.xml
file should be in separate patches, which you've ignored.
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