Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/6] xenconsoled: rotating log file abstration

[David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/06/16 10:55, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 10:44:50AM +0100, David Vrabel wrote:
>> On 06/06/16 16:59, Wei Liu wrote:
>>> Wei Liu (6):
>>>   xenconsoled: introduce log file abstraction
>>>   xenconsoled: switch hypervisor log to use logfile abstraction
>>>   xenconsoled: switch guest log to use logfile abstraction
>>>   xenconsoled: delete two now unused functions
>>>   xenconsoled: options to control log rotation
>>>   xenconsoled: handle --log-backups 0 in logfile_rollover
>>
>> What not use syslog and/or logrotate?
>>
> 
> It's cumbersome to setup per guest facility for syslog. We don't want
> console log from different guests mix together in one file.
> 
> Logrorate runs periodically. It doesn't actively limit the disk space
> consumed.
> 
> The combination of syslog and logrotate can't prevent a guest from
> filling up Dom0 disk as far as I can tell. I'm happy to know if there is
> some sort of simple configuration we can ship with open source Xen.

Ok. Found the other thread now.

We should just use virtlogd instead of re-inventing the wheel.

David

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