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Bug 1131919 - setmem doesn't take effect for lxc guest
Summary: setmem doesn't take effect for lxc guest
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: libvirt
Version: 7.1
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Erik Skultety
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-08-20 09:48 UTC by Jincheng Miao
Modified: 2015-11-19 05:47 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: libvirt-1.2.13-1.el7
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2015-11-19 05:47:48 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2015:2202 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE libvirt bug fix and enhancement update 2015-11-19 08:17:58 UTC

Description Jincheng Miao 2014-08-20 09:48:59 UTC 
Description of problem:
setmem doesn't take effect for lxc guest.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
libvirt-1.2.7-1.el7.x86_64
kernel-3.10.0-145.el7.x86_64


How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. define and start a lxc guest
# virsh -c lxc:// dumpxml helloworld
<domain type='lxc'>
  <name>helloworld</name>
  <uuid>ed1955f7-4e72-40ae-8265-c193e7436c8a</uuid>
  <memory unit='KiB'>102400</memory>
  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>102400</currentMemory>
  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
  <resource>
    <partition>/machine</partition>
  </resource>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64'>exe</type>
    <init>/bin/sh</init>
  </os>
  <clock offset='utc'/>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/libexec/libvirt_lxc</emulator>
    <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'>
      <source dir='/'/>
      <target dir='/'/>
    </filesystem>
    <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/3'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/3'/>
      <target type='lxc' port='0'/>
      <alias name='console0'/>
    </console>
  </devices>
  <seclabel type='none' model='selinux'/>
</domain>

2. check cur_balloon memory size
# virsh -c lxc:// dumpxml helloworld | grep -1 memory
  <uuid>ed1955f7-4e72-40ae-8265-c193e7436c8a</uuid>
  <memory unit='KiB'>102400</memory>
  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>102400</currentMemory>

# virsh memtune helloworld
hard_limit     : 102400
soft_limit     : unlimited
swap_hard_limit: unlimited

# virsh dommemstat helloworld
actual 102400
swap_in 948
rss 948

3. set cur_balloon memory to lower value
# virsh -c lxc:// setmem helloworld 1000

# echo $?
0

4. check that value
# virsh -c lxc:// dumpxml helloworld | grep -1 memory
  <uuid>ed1955f7-4e72-40ae-8265-c193e7436c8a</uuid>
  <memory unit='KiB'>102400</memory>
  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>102400</currentMemory>

# virsh memtune helloworld
hard_limit     : 1000
soft_limit     : unlimited
swap_hard_limit: unlimited

# virsh dommemstat helloworld
actual 102400
swap_in 948
rss 948

only the output of memtune is changed as we specified,
dumpxml and dommemstat aren't updated.

check from cgroup memory controller:
# cat /sys/fs/cgroup/memory/machine.slice/machine-lxc\\x2dhelloworld.scope/memory.limit_in_bytes 
1024000

This value also didn't change.

Expect result:
cur_balloon memory is changed to what setmem specified.
Comment 1 Erik Skultety 2014-11-13 14:19:51 UTC 
Fixed upstream:

commit c87f268a369eb0f275781abbf446731f6c23f522
Author: Erik Skultety <eskultet>
Date:   Fri Oct 24 11:17:20 2014 +0200

    lxc: fix setmem effect on a running LXC machine
    
    When user calls setmem on a running LXC machine, we do update its cgroup
    entry, however we neither update domain's runtime XML nor
    we update our internal structures and this patch fixes it.

v1.2.10-98-gc87f268
Comment 4 Yang Yang 2015-05-14 06:12:02 UTC 
Verified on libvirt-1.2.15-1.el7.x86_64

Steps
1. prepare a lxc with following xml
# virsh -c lxc:/// dumpxml helloworld
<domain type='lxc' id='14079'>
  <name>helloworld</name>
  <uuid>ed1955f7-4e72-40ae-8265-c193e7436c8a</uuid>
  <memory unit='KiB'>102400</memory>
  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1000</currentMemory>
  <vcpu placement='static' cpuset='1-3'>2</vcpu>
  <resource>
    <partition>/machine</partition>
  </resource>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64'>exe</type>
    <init>/bin/sh</init>
  </os>
  <clock offset='utc'/>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/libexec/libvirt_lxc</emulator>
    <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'>
      <source dir='/'/>
      <target dir='/'/>
    </filesystem>
    <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/11'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/11'/>
      <target type='lxc' port='0'/>
      <alias name='console0'/>
    </console>
  </devices>
  <seclabel type='dynamic' model='selinux' relabel='yes'>
    <label>system_u:system_r:svirt_lxc_net_t:s0:c822,c883</label>
    <imagelabel>system_u:object_r:svirt_sandbox_file_t:s0:c822,c883</imagelabel>
  </seclabel>
</domain>

2. check mem
# virsh -c lxc:// dumpxml helloworld | grep -1 memory
  <uuid>ed1955f7-4e72-40ae-8265-c193e7436c8a</uuid>
  <memory unit='KiB'>102400</memory>
  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>102300</currentMemory>

# virsh -c lxc:/// memtune helloworld
hard_limit     : 102400
soft_limit     : unlimited
swap_hard_limit: unlimited

# virsh -c lxc:/// dommemstat helloworld
actual 102300
swap_in 564
rss 564


3. set memory
# virsh -c lxc:/// setmem helloworld 1000

# virsh -c lxc:// dumpxml helloworld | grep -1 memory
  <uuid>ed1955f7-4e72-40ae-8265-c193e7436c8a</uuid>
  <memory unit='KiB'>102400</memory>
  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1000</currentMemory>

# virsh -c lxc:/// memtune helloworld
hard_limit     : 1000
soft_limit     : unlimited
swap_hard_limit: unlimited

# virsh -c lxc:/// dommemstat helloworld
actual 1000
swap_in 564
rss 564
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 05:47:48 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.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2202.html
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