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+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #995312 +++

Description of problem:
libvirt leak vm on failure to qemu-attach a process
 
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
libvirt-1.1.1-6.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps:
1. Create guest image and start guest from qemu-kvm command.
# qemu-img create /var/lib/libvirt/images/foo.img 1G
Formatting '/var/lib/libvirt/images/foo.img', fmt=raw size=1073741824

# /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -cdrom /var/lib/libvirt/images/foo.img -monitor unix:/tmp/demo,server,nowait -name foo -uuid cece4f9f-dff0-575d-0e8e-01fe380f12ea  &
[1] 13155
VNC server running on `::1:5900'

2.Attach qemu-kvm process to libvirtd.
# virsh qemu-attach 13155
error: An error occurred, but the cause is unknown

3.Check VM leak.
$ virsh list --all
 Id    Name                           State
----------------------------------------------------
 2     foo                            shut off

$ virsh shutdown foo
error: Failed to shutdown domain foo
error: invalid argument: monitor must not be NULL

Correct - there are patches since 1.1.1 was released that need to be backported to RHEL 7.  I'm working on it now.

In POST:
http://post-office.corp.redhat.com/archives/rhvirt-patches/2013-September/msg00735.html

VERIFIED this patch.

Verifying Package:
libvirt-1.1.1-6.el7.x86_64

Verifying Steps:
Following the steps in [1]， when running:
$ virsh list --all
 Id    Name                           State
----------------------------------------------------

VM no longer leaks, so this patch is VERIFIED.

[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010617#c0

This request was resolved in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0.

Contact your manager or support representative in case you have further questions about the request.