[libvirt] [PATCH 00/12] introduce locking into every driver

[Michal Privoznik]

On 7/10/19 5:47 PM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> As part of the proposal to introduce an embedded driver feature, we
> decided we ought to have each driver acquire a lock against the virtual
> root it is configured to use. This will prevent two apps from running an
> embedded driver with the same root.
> 
>    https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2019-May/msg00467.html
> 
> It turns out that this will also be useful for the per-driver split
> daemons work I am working on. In that case libvirtd will exist as a
> monolithic daemon running all drivers, and we'll also have per-driver
> daemons like virtqemud, virtnetworkd, etc. It is only valid to run in
> one setup on the host. ie you must choose libvirtd, or choose per-driver
> daemons, never both.
> 
> The per-driver locking will provide very useful protection against
> mistakes in this respect.
> 
> Since the locking is functionally independant of both patch series, I'm
> sending it now.
> 
> Daniel P. Berrangé (12):
>    qemu: acquire a pidfile in the driver root directory
>    secrets: acquire a pidfile in the driver root directory
>    network: acquire a pidfile in the driver root directory
>    storage: acquire a pidfile in the driver root directory
>    nodedev: acquire a pidfile in the driver root directory
>    interface: acquire a pidfile in the driver root directory
>    nwfilter: acquire a pidfile in the driver root directory
>    libxl: remove obsolete check for xend during driver startup
>    libxl: acquire a pidfile in the driver root directory
>    lxc: acquire a pidfile in the driver root directory
>    vz: acquire a pidfile in the driver root directory
>    bhyve: acquire a pidfile in the driver root directory
> 
>   src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c                |  9 +++++
>   src/bhyve/bhyve_utils.h                 |  3 ++
>   src/conf/virnodedeviceobj.h             |  5 +++
>   src/conf/virnwfilterobj.h               |  4 +++
>   src/conf/virstorageobj.h                |  3 ++
>   src/interface/interface_backend_netcf.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
>   src/interface/interface_backend_udev.c  | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
>   src/libxl/libxl_conf.h                  |  3 ++
>   src/libxl/libxl_driver.c                | 37 ++++++++------------
>   src/lxc/lxc_conf.h                      |  3 ++
>   src/lxc/lxc_driver.c                    |  9 +++++
>   src/network/bridge_driver.c             | 10 ++++++
>   src/network/bridge_driver_platform.h    |  3 ++
>   src/node_device/node_device_hal.c       | 31 +++++++++++++++++
>   src/node_device/node_device_udev.c      | 32 ++++++++++++++++++
>   src/nwfilter/nwfilter_driver.c          | 19 +++++++++++
>   src/qemu/qemu_conf.h                    |  3 ++
>   src/qemu/qemu_driver.c                  |  9 +++++
>   src/secret/secret_driver.c              | 44 +++++++++++++++++++-----
>   src/storage/storage_driver.c            | 11 ++++++
>   src/vz/vz_driver.c                      | 40 +++++++++++++++++++---
>   21 files changed, 327 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn at redhat.com>

Michal