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Bug 804601 - Controllers do not support virsh attach/detach-device --persistent
Summary: Controllers do not support virsh attach/detach-device --persistent
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: libvirt
Version: 6.2
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Osier Yang
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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Blocks: 804821 840699
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-03-19 11:44 UTC by Paolo Bonzini
Modified: 2013-02-21 07:08 UTC (History)
10 users (show)

Fixed In Version: libvirt-0.10.0-0rc1.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2013-02-21 07:08:43 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:0276 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: libvirt security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2013-02-20 21:18:26 UTC

Description Paolo Bonzini 2012-03-19 11:44:07 UTC 
Description of problem:
Configuration of controllers cannot be changed with virsh attach-device and virsh detach-device.  It doesn't seem hard to do

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
0.9.10

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Define a domain.
2. Put the following line in a file scsi.xml:

<controller type='scsi' model='virtio-scsi'/>

3. Execute the following command:

virsh attach-device --persistent prova scsi.xml
  
Actual results:
"error: unsupported configuration: persistent attach of device is not supported"

Expected results:
Controller is added to the domain configuration

Additional info:
detach-device is also unsupported.
Comment 5 Osier Yang 2012-07-23 14:12:46 UTC 
v2 posted upstream.

https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-July/msg01179.html
Comment 6 Osier Yang 2012-08-03 04:23:04 UTC 
Author: Osier Yang <jyang>
Date:   Mon Jul 23 16:18:57 2012 +0800

    qemu: Allow to attach/detach controller device persistently
Comment 8 weizhang 2012-08-24 03:54:02 UTC 
Verify pass on
libvirt-0.10.0-0rc1.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-289.el6.x86_64
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.302.el6.x86_64

1. Start a guest named rhel6u3
2. Prepare a controller xml
# cat controller.xml 
<controller type='scsi' model='virtio-scsi'/>

3. # virsh attach-device --persistent rhel6u3 controller.xml 
Device attached successfully
# virsh dumpxml rhel6u3
...
    <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'>
...
# virsh dumpxml rhel6u3 --inactive
...
    <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'>
...

# cat scsi-disk.xml
 <disk type='file' device='disk'>
 <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>
 <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/local.img'/>
 <target dev='sdb' bus='scsi'/>
  </disk>
# virsh attach-device rhel6u3 scsi-disk.xml
Device attached successfully

# virsh detach-device --persistent rhel6u3 controller.xml 
error: Failed to detach device from controller.xml
error: operation failed: device cannot be detached: device is busy

# virsh detach-device rhel6u3 scsi-disk.xml 
Device detached successfully

# virsh detach-device --persistent rhel6u3 controller.xml 
Device detached successfully

# virsh dumpxml rhel6u3
no scsi controller

# virsh dumpxml rhel6u3 --inactive
no scsi controller
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2013-02-21 07:08:43 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/RHSA-2013-0276.html
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