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Sorry, I cloned this bug and did not modify it. Modified it as below and change the component to libvirt: +++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1308395 +++ Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Linux work 3.10.0-342.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jan 14 18:52:04 EST 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux libvirt-1.3.3-1.el7.x86_64 qemu-kvm-rhev-2.3.0-31.el7_2.5.x86_64 Describe the issue: For virt-io multiqueue support, current kernel supports up to 256 rx queues, but when set to the "queues=251" or more, the guest fail to start. May be libvirt needs to increasethe open file descriptor limit (also known as "nofile" limit) for qemu by the number of queues. How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. # virsh dumpxml rhel7.2 | grep /interface -B4 ... <driver name='vhost' queues='251'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/> </interface> # virsh start rhel7.2 error: Failed to start domain rhel7.2 error: internal error: early end of file from monitor, possible problem: ((null):14879): SpiceDispatcher-ERROR **: dispatcher.c:260:dispatcher_init: socketpair failed Too many open files when I set to 255, the guest can not start. # virsh start rhel7.2 error: Failed to start domain rhel7.2 error: internal error: early end of file from monitor, possible problem: 2016-03-30T11:40:53.794624Z qemu-kvm: -netdev tap,fds=25:27:28:29:30:31:32:33:34:35:36:37:38:39:40:41:42:43:44:45:46:47:48:49:50:51:52:53:54:55:56:57:58:59:60:61:62:63:64:65:66:67:68:69:70:71:72:73:74:75:76:77:78:79:80:81:82:83:84:85:86:87:88:89:90:91:92:93:94:95:96:97:98:99:100:101:102:103:104:105:106:107:108:109:110:111:112:113:114:115:116:117:118:119:120:121:122:123:124:125:126:127:128:129:130:131:132:133:134:135:136:137:138:139:140:141:142:143:144:145:146:147:148:149:150:151:152:153:154:155:156:157:158:159:160:161:162:163:164:165:166:167:168:169:170:171:172:173:174:175:176:177:178:180:179:181:182:183:184:185:186:187:188:189:190:191:193:192:194:195:196:197:198:199:200:201:202:203:204:205:206:207:208:209:210:211:212:213:214:215:216:218:217:219:220:221:222:223:224:225:226:227:228:229:230:231:232:233:234:235:236:237:238:239:240:241:242:243:244:245:246:247:248:249:250:251:252:253:254:255:256:257:258:259:260:261:262:263:264:265:266:267:268:269:270:271:272:273:
Well, I moved it under documentation component, as I believe that number of open files is controlled by max_files option in the /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf configuration file and therefore it makes sense to document this specific use case in the related chapter. Jirka, please confirm. Thanks.
Yeah, I think documenting it is probably the right way to address this issue at this point. Another thing is we could possibly change the limit ourselves based on domain XML, but that's a more complex task not limited to multiqueue. For example, we don't do it for disks either.