Bug 727094

Summary: Error return value and output for memtune command when use --min-guarantee option
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Alex Jia <ajia>
Component: libvirtAssignee: Alex Jia <ajia>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs>
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Priority: medium    
Version: 6.2CC: dallan, dyuan, mzhan, rwu, veillard
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: libvirt-0.9.4-1.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Alex Jia 2011-08-01 10:09:48 UTC
Description of problem:
Although actual result is fail when setting --min-guarantee for a inactive guest, virsh is still return 0 and without any error information output.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
# uname -r
2.6.32-160.el6.x86_64

# rpm -q libvirt
libvirt-0.9.4-0rc2.el6.x86_64

# rpm -q qemu-kvm
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.169.el6.x86_64


How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. virsh domstate ${guestname} and make sure guest status is "shut off"
2. virsh memtune ${guestname} --min-guarantee 1024 && echo $?
3. check /var/log/libvirtd.log
  
Actual results:
# virsh memtune vr-rhel6u1-x86_64-kvm --min-guarantee 1024 && echo $?

0

# tail -1 /var/log/libvirtd.log 
17:47:23.737: 13256: error : qemuDomainSetMemoryParameters:5976 : invalid argument in Memory tunable `min_guarantee' not implemented


Expected results:
virsh raises correct error information and return value is 1.

Additional info:
This a similar return value issue to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726304, I will commit a patch to fix this issue.

Comment 2 Alex Jia 2011-08-01 14:59:39 UTC
here is a latest patch:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-August/msg00035.html

Comment 3 Dave Allan 2011-08-01 15:42:21 UTC
commit 868453db1ebcc8e7b2e17e8ae99a207ca880530e
Author: Alex Jia <ajia>
Date:   Mon Aug 1 23:06:07 2011 +0800

    qemu: fix return value issue in qemuDomainSetMemoryParameters
    
    whether or not previous return value is -1, the following codes will be
    executed for a inactive guest in qemuDomainSetMemoryParameters:
    ret = virDomainSaveConfig(driver->configDir, persistentDef);
    and if everything is okay, 'ret' is assigned to 0, the previous 'ret'
    will be overwritten, this patch will fix this issue.
    
    * src/qemu/qemu_driver.c: avoid return value is overwritten when set
      min_guarante value to a inactive guest.
    
    * how to reproduce?
      % virsh memtune ${guestname} --min_guarante 1024
      % echo $?
    
      Note: guest must be inactive, in fact, 'min_guarante' hasn't been implemented
      in memory tunable, and I can get the error when check actual libvirtd.log,
      however, virsh hasn't raised any error information, and return value is 0.
    
    Signed-off-by: Alex Jia <ajia>

Comment 5 Alex Jia 2011-08-03 07:47:12 UTC
I can get a appropriate error information and virsh return value is 1, the bug has been fixed on rhel6.2(2.6.32-160.el6.x86_64) with libvirt-0.9.4-1.el6.

# virsh memtune vr-rhel6u1-x86_64-kvm --min_guarante 1024
error: command 'memtune' doesn't support option --min_guarante

# echo $?
1

Comment 6 Min Zhan 2011-11-14 06:51:34 UTC
Some typo in Comment 5. The correct one should be as following:

# virsh memtune rhel62 --min-guarantee 1024 
error: Unable to change memory parameters
error: invalid argument: Memory tunable `min_guarantee' not implemented

# echo $?
1

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 11:20:28 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1513.html