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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] libxl: Support PV consoles



Ian Campbell wrote:
> Currently the driver only exposes the ability to connect to the serial console
> of a Xen guest, which doesn't work for a PV guest. Since for an HVM guest the
> serial devices are duplicated as consoles it is sufficient to just use the
> console devices unconditionally.
>
> Tested with the following bit of config XML:
>
> <domain type='xen'>
>   ...
>   <devices>
>     <console type='pty'>
>       <target type='xen'/>
>     </console>
>   </devices>
> </domain>
>
> I have observed and tested this on ARM but I believe it also applies to x86 PV
> guests.
>   

Yep, I think you are right.

ACK to the patch.  I'll push it, after a bit of testing.

Regards,
Jim

> Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dario Faggioli <dario.faggioli@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Clark Laughlin <clark.laughlin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: Just use nconsoles unconditionally, they contain serial too
> ---
>  src/libxl/libxl_driver.c |   12 +++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
> index a6ae8a1..535e7da 100644
> --- a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
> +++ b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
> @@ -3780,6 +3780,7 @@ libxlDomainOpenConsole(virDomainPtr dom,
>  {
>      virDomainObjPtr vm = NULL;
>      int ret = -1;
> +    libxl_console_type console_type = LIBXL_CONSOLE_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
>      virDomainChrDefPtr chr = NULL;
>      libxlDomainObjPrivatePtr priv;
>      char *console = NULL;
> @@ -3807,8 +3808,8 @@ libxlDomainOpenConsole(virDomainPtr dom,
>  
>      priv = vm->privateData;
>  
> -    if (vm->def->nserials)
> -        chr = vm->def->serials[0];
> +    if (vm->def->nconsoles)
> +        chr = vm->def->consoles[0];
>  
>      if (!chr) {
>          virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
> @@ -3824,7 +3825,12 @@ libxlDomainOpenConsole(virDomainPtr dom,
>          goto cleanup;
>      }
>  
> -    ret = libxl_primary_console_get_tty(priv->ctx, vm->def->id, &console);
> +    console_type =
> +        (chr->targetType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_CONSOLE_TARGET_TYPE_SERIAL ?
> +                            LIBXL_CONSOLE_TYPE_SERIAL : 
> LIBXL_CONSOLE_TYPE_PV);
> +
> +    ret = libxl_console_get_tty(priv->ctx, vm->def->id, chr->target.port,
> +                                console_type, &console);
>      if (ret)
>          goto cleanup;
>  
>   

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