[libvirt-users] Libvirt migration issues (0.9.4 and 0.9.9)
Daniel Espling
espling at cs.umu.se
Tue Jan 31 09:47:18 UTC 2012
Sorry for the spamming, but changing the below code:
if (cloexec)
fd = fcntl(sock->fd, F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC);
else
fd = dup(sock->fd);
to:
fd = dup(sock->fd);
if (cloexec && fd >= 0)
cntl(fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
made it work for me.
//Daniel
On Jan 31, 2012, at 10:32 AM, Daniel Espling wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> I spent some time trying to debug this:
>
> added some printouts and noticed that the virNetSocketDupFD() function is called with cloexec = True, hence triggering the call: fd = fcntl(sock->fd, F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC);
>
> However, running on CentOS 5.5 our glibc version is glibc-2.5-49.el5_5.5, and it seems the F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC flag was not added until glibc2.7 [1]. I then tried to replace that code with:
>
> if (cloexec) {
> fd = fcntl(sock->fd, F_DUPFD);
> if (fd >= 0)
> fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
> }
>
> but the results are the same; Unable to copy socket file handle: Invalid argument
>
> I also added some more printouts to find more about the fd:
> 2012-01-31 11:20:24.093+0000: 10445: error : virNetSocketDupFD:790 : sock->fd: 15, cloexec: 1: Invalid argument
>
> and can at least see that fd 15 is the one complaining. Looking at lsof for the KVM process:
>
> kvm 7456 root 13u 0000 0,8 0 852 anon_inode
> kvm 7456 root 14u IPv4 167375 TCP localhost.localdomain:5900 (LISTEN)
> kvm 7456 root 15r FIFO 0,7 167376 pipe
> kvm 7456 root 16w FIFO 0,7 167376 pipe
> kvm 7456 root 17u CHR 10,200 2986 /dev/net/tun
>
> Seems like it fails duplicating a pipe leading back to the same process?
>
> Regards,
>
> Daniel
>
> 1) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1643304/how-to-set-close-on-exec-by-default
>
>
> On Jan 30, 2012, at 3:14 PM, Daniel Espling wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> we're having two different problems with migrations in libvirt, running as root user on host machines with CentOS release 5.5 (Final), kernel: Linux 2.6.32.24 #3 SMP Fri Oct 29 16:22:02 BST 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> First case:
>>
>> virsh version
>> Compiled against library: libvir 0.9.4
>> Using library: libvir 0.9.4
>> Using API: QEMU 0.9.4
>> Running hypervisor: QEMU 1.0.50
>>
>> Migrations work well for a basic VM, but if we attach a disk to the usb bus migration is no longer possible and fails with the error message: "error: operation failed: migration job: is not active". This is regardless of if the device is mounted inside the VM or not (debian). Please find more information attached.
>>
>> If we attach the same (.iso based) disk to the scsi bus instead, migrations work as normal.
>>
>> ----
>>
>> To mitigate this problem, we tried upgrading to a more recent libvirt version:
>>
>> Compiled against library: libvir 0.9.9
>> Using library: libvir 0.9.9
>> Using API: QEMU 0.9.9
>> Running hypervisor: QEMU 1.0.50
>>
>> When trying to migrate a normal (debian) instance from one host to another using the same domain as in the previous successful case without any devices attached, migration fails with the error message "error: Unable to copy socket file handle: Invalid argument". The libvirt.log only has a similar single-line of information: 2012-01-30 15:44:46.772+0000: 7546: error : virNetSocketDupFD:787 : Unable to copy socket file handle: Invalid argument.
>>
>> The network configuration used here is the same as we successfully used in the 0.9.4 test case, using static ip's.
>>
>> Thankful for assistance, not really sure what to try next. :)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Daniel Espling
>>
>>
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