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Re: [PATCH 1/1] xen/manage: enable C_A_D to force reboot


  • To: Jürgen Groß <jgross@xxxxxxxx>, Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • From: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 13:26:16 -0400
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  • Cc: rose.wang@xxxxxxxxxx, sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx, joe.jin@xxxxxxxxxx
  • Delivery-date: Fri, 15 May 2020 17:26:40 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 5/15/20 3:01 AM, Jürgen Groß wrote:
> On 14.05.20 01:34, Dongli Zhang wrote:
>> The systemd may be configured to mask ctrl-alt-del via "systemctl mask
>> ctrl-alt-del.target". As a result, the pv reboot would not work as
>> signal
>> is ignored.
>>
>> This patch always enables C_A_D before the call of ctrl_alt_del() in
>> order
>> to force the reboot.
>
> Hmm, I'm not sure this is a good idea.
>
> Suppose a guest admin is doing a critical update and wants to avoid a
> sudden reboot in between. By masking the reboot this would be possible,
> with your patch it isn't.
>
> In case a reboot is really mandatory it would still be possible to just
> kill the guest.
>
> I'm not completely opposed to the patch, but I think this is a change
> which should not be done easily.


I think 'xl reboot -F' should do be handling this scenario but (1) it is
currently not quite set up for this and (2) I can't see how it works at
all given that noone handles LIBXL_TRIGGER_RESET in
arch_do_domctl(XEN_DOMCTL_sendtrigger).


-boris


>
>
> Juergen
>
>>
>> Reported-by: Rose Wang <rose.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Joe Jin <joe.jin@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>   drivers/xen/manage.c | 7 +++++++
>>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/xen/manage.c b/drivers/xen/manage.c
>> index cd046684e0d1..3190d0ecb52e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/xen/manage.c
>> +++ b/drivers/xen/manage.c
>> @@ -204,6 +204,13 @@ static void do_poweroff(void)
>>   static void do_reboot(void)
>>   {
>>       shutting_down = SHUTDOWN_POWEROFF; /* ? */
>> +    /*
>> +     * The systemd may be configured to mask ctrl-alt-del via
>> +     * "systemctl mask ctrl-alt-del.target". As a result, the pv reboot
>> +     * would not work. To enable C_A_D would force the reboot.
>> +     */
>> +    C_A_D = 1;
>> +
>>       ctrl_alt_del();
>>   }
>>  
>




 


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