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Bug 819014 - blockIoTune modifies live xml even on failure
Summary: blockIoTune modifies live xml even on failure
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: libvirt
Version: 6.3
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Eric Blake
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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Whiteboard:
Depends On: 770683
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-05-04 15:24 UTC by Eric Blake
Modified: 2012-06-20 06:57 UTC (History)
14 users (show)

Fixed In Version: libvirt-0.9.10-17.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of: 770683
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-06-20 06:57:57 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:0748 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: libvirt security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2012-06-19 19:31:38 UTC

Comment 1 Eric Blake 2012-05-04 15:41:48 UTC 
Modifying the live xml even when the monitor command fails is problematic, because you can end up with corrupted xml that will prevent a managedsave/restore cycle on the domain.  The fix is a one-liner (move the change to the live xml to occur after the check for error).
Comment 2 Eric Blake 2012-05-04 15:59:32 UTC 
Upstream patch proposed:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-May/msg00322.html
Comment 4 Eric Blake 2012-05-04 23:35:55 UTC 
In POST:
http://post-office.corp.redhat.com/archives/rhvirt-patches/2012-May/msg00096.html
Comment 6 dyuan 2012-05-11 09:04:16 UTC 
Verified PASS with libvirt-0.9.10-18.el6.

# virsh blkdeviotune xp hda --total_bytes_sec 1000
error: Unable to change block I/O throttle
error: unsupported configuration: block I/O throttling not supported with this QEMU binary

# virsh dumpxml xp
...
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/winXP-32-virtio.qcow2'/>
      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
      <alias name='ide0-0-0'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
    </disk>
...

Reproduced it with libvirt-0.9.10-16.el6.

# virsh blkdeviotune xp hda --total_bytes_sec 1000
error: Unable to change block I/O throttle
error: internal error Unexpected error

# virsh dumpxml xp|grep disk -A 10
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/winXP-32-virtio.qcow2'/>
      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
      <iotune>
        <total_bytes_sec>1000</total_bytes_sec>
      </iotune>
      <alias name='ide0-0-0'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
    </disk>
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 06:57:57 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-2012-0748.html
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