Re: [Xen-users] [libvirt] Xen 4.1 misc issues

[Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@xxxxxxxx>]

Roberto Sassu wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS with the Xen hypervisor
> installed (package version: 4.1.2-2ubuntu2.10),
> and Libvirt v0.10.2.2 (that interacts with Xen through
> the libxl driver).
>
> I performed some adjustments to have the required
> features:
>
>  - Switch from Xend to libxl:
>      I created upstart jobs for xenstored and xenconsoled
>      so that necessary daemons are started earlier enough
>      and Libvirt can contact the hypervisor through libxl.
>
>  - Add support for Open vSwitch:
>      I added the script 'vif-openvswitch', taken from
>      the master branch of the GIT repository, to the
>      /etc/xen/scripts directory in order to plug network
>      interfaces to Open vSwitch switches.
>
> I know that the support for libxl is experimental
> in Xen 4.1, but I'm wondering if someone has a solution
> to the following issues:

Note that in libvirt 1.0.1, I removed support for Xen 4.1 libxl from the
libvirt libxl driver when adding support for libxl in Xen 4.2 and beyond

https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-November/msg01582.html

The libxl interface underwent several incompatible changes between 4.1
and 4.2, and since libxl in 4.1 was experimental I saw no reason to
clutter the libvirt libxl driver with support both.  For Xen <= 4.1, you
should use the legacy xen libvirt driver, which has been around for
years and is quite stable.

If you are interested in libxl, can you use a more recent Xen (>= 4.2)
and libvirt (preferably 1.1.2 since it contains console support you
mention below)?  IMO, I don't think we should waste time investigating
issues in a configuration no longer supported.

Regards,
Jim

>
> 1) On domain destroy, the host configuration is not clean:
>    if the flag 'force' is set to 0 some entries in the
>    xenstored database are not removed (console, ...)
>    if the flag 'force' is set to 1 (as it is done
>    in Libvirt), the event 'online' associated to the
>    network interface is not triggered and, thus, the
>    vif is not removed from the Open vSwitch switch.
>    To fix this issue, I temporarily added a call
>    to vif-openvswitch into the xen-hotplug-cleanup script.
>
> 2) When a domain is started from Libvirt, the console
>    source path does not appear in the output of the
>    command 'virsh dumpxml instance-00000381'
>
> 3) Sometimes, a domU is not started at all. If I start
>    a virtual machine from Libvirt through virsh or directly
>    through xl, these tools report that the virtual machine
>    is running but I see no messages coming from the console
>    and the CPU time remains fixed.
>
> I'm attaching some files that may be useful to understand
> the problem:
>
>  - libvirt.xml: domain specifications (Libvirt format)
>  - domain.xl: domain specifications (Xen format)
>  - libvirt_virsh_dumpxml.log: output of the command
>    'virsh dumpxml instance-00000381'
>  - xl_create.log: output of the command 'xl create -d domain.xl'
>  - xl_info.log: output of the command 'xl info'
>  - qemu-dm-instance-00000381.log: qemu-dm log
>  - syslog_vif6_0.log: vif attach/detach logs from /var/log/syslog
>  - xenstore-db-not-clean.log: xenstore db entries not removed
>    after 'xl destroy'
>  - libvirt_libxl.log: log from /var/log/libvirt/libxl.log
>    after the execution of the command 'virsh create libvirt.xml'
>
> Lastly, I want to add that the image I'm using for the tests
> is Ubuntu Precise 12.04.3 LTS, taken from the URL:
>
> http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/precise/current/precise-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img
>
>
> and the kernel is taken from the URL:
>
> http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/precise/current/unpacked/precise-server-cloudimg-amd64-vmlinuz-virtual
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Roberto Sassu
>

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