To POST: https://gitlab.com/redhat/rhel/src/libvirt/-/merge_requests/17
Verified this bug with: libvirt-daemon-7.6.0-6.1.module+el8.5.0+14474+b3410d40.x86_64 qemu-kvm-6.0.0-33.module+el8.5.0+14188+8c5ecfdd.3.x86_64 glib2-2.56.4-156.el8.x86_64 1. change the value of LimitNOFILE in /usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd.service # cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd.service ... LimitNOFILE=100 ... 2. reload the daemon # systemctl stop libvirtd # systemctl daemon-reload # systemctl start libvirtd 3. prepare a guest xml 4. creating and destroy the guest repeatedly for i in {1..1000}; do echo $i; virsh create avocado-vt-vm1.xml; virsh destroy avocado-vt-vm1; done 1 Domain 'avocado-vt-vm1' created from avocado-vt-vm1.xml Domain 'avocado-vt-vm1' destroyed .... 999 Domain 'avocado-vt-vm1' created from avocado-vt-vm1.xml Domain 'avocado-vt-vm1' destroyed 1000 Domain 'avocado-vt-vm1' created from avocado-vt-vm1.xml Domain 'avocado-vt-vm1' destroyed (No error reported)
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 (virt:av and virt-devel:av bug fix update), 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2022:0972