[libvirt-users] increase number of libvirt threads by starting tansient guest doamin - is it a bug?

[ustermann78 at web.de]

hello,

if i start a transient guest doamin via "virsh create abcd.xml" i see an additional libvirt thread and also some open files:

pstree -h `pgrep libvirtd`
libvirtd───11*[{libvirtd}]

libvirtd 3016 root   21w      REG              253,0      6044 1052094 /var/log/libvirt/libxl/abcd.log
libvirtd 3016 root   22r     FIFO                0,8       0t0  126124 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   23w     FIFO                0,8       0t0  126124 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   24u      REG               0,37         0       4 /proc/xen/privcmd
libvirtd 3016 root   25u     unix 0xffff8807d2c3ad80       0t0  126125 socket
libvirtd 3016 root   26r     FIFO                0,8       0t0  126127 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   27w     FIFO                0,8       0t0  126127 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   28r     FIFO                0,8       0t0  124783 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   29w     FIFO                0,8       0t0  124783 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   30r     FIFO                0,8       0t0  127140 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   31w     FIFO                0,8       0t0  127140 pipe

if i destroy these vm via "virsh destroy abcd", i see that the additional thread still exists and also the list of openfiles is the same.
if i start the transient guest domain again, i observe an increase in the number of libvirt threads ans also in the list of openfiles:

[root at localhost libxl]# pstree -h `pgrep libvirtd`
libvirtd───12*[{libvirtd}]

libvirtd 3016 root   21w      REG              253,0     13783 1052094 /var/log/libvirt/libxl/abcd.log
libvirtd 3016 root   22r     FIFO                0,8       0t0  126124 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   23w     FIFO                0,8       0t0  126124 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   24u      REG               0,37         0       4 /proc/xen/privcmd
libvirtd 3016 root   25u     unix 0xffff8807d2c3ad80       0t0  126125 socket
libvirtd 3016 root   26r     FIFO                0,8       0t0  126127 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   27w     FIFO                0,8       0t0  126127 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   28r     FIFO                0,8       0t0  124783 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   29w     FIFO                0,8       0t0  124783 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   30r     FIFO                0,8       0t0  127140 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   31w     FIFO                0,8       0t0  127140 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   32w      REG              253,0     13783 1052094 /var/log/libvirt/libxl/abcd.log
libvirtd 3016 root   33r     FIFO                0,8       0t0  129039 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   34w     FIFO                0,8       0t0  129039 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   35u      REG               0,37         0       4 /proc/xen/privcmd
libvirtd 3016 root   36u     unix 0xffff8807d398bb80       0t0  129040 socket
libvirtd 3016 root   37r     FIFO                0,8       0t0  129042 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   38w     FIFO                0,8       0t0  129042 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   39r     FIFO                0,8       0t0  129043 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   40w     FIFO                0,8       0t0  129043 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   41r     FIFO                0,8       0t0  129044 pipe
libvirtd 3016 root   42w     FIFO                0,8       0t0  129044 pipe

if i destroy the doamin again and define them via "virsh define abcd.xml" and start them then via "virsh start abcd", the number of libvirtd threads don´t increase again and also the number of open files is the same.

My question: is it normal that for transient guest domains the created libvirtd thread sill exists and also the open files after i destroy the doamin? or is it bug?

thanks
max