Re: [PATCH] libxl: avoid infinite loop in libxl__remove_directory()

["Anthony PERARD" <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 04:01:53PM +0100, Jürgen Groß wrote:
> On 06.03.25 12:25, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > Infinitely retrying the rmdir() invocation makes little sense. While the
> > original observation was the log filling the disk (due to repeated
> > "Directory not empty" errors, in turn occurring for unclear reasons),
> > the loop wants breaking even if there was no error message being logged
> > (much like is done in the similar loops in libxl__remove_file() and
> > libxl__remove_file_or_directory()).
> >
> > Fixes: c4dcbee67e6d ("libxl: provide libxl__remove_file et al")
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>
> While probably a more sane solution by reworking this whole mess

libxl?

> is possible, this patch should solve the issue Jan has described.
>
> So:
>
> Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

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