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RE: [Xen-devel] Xrenstore and many save/restore cycles...

To: "Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>, "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Xrenstore and many save/restore cycles...
From: "Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 18:29:49 +0200
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Petersson, Mats
> Sent: 10 May 2007 16:51
> To: Daniel P. Berrange
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Keir Fraser
> Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Xrenstore and many save/restore cycles...
> 
> > > It seems like I've got a lot of 
> > /local/domain/0/backend/console/* stuff
> > > tho. Not sure if I have any other .../0/backend/* stuff 
> as well, but
> > > certainly there are literally thousands of consoles there.. 
> > > 
> > > Trying to locate where these are created and restored, but 
> > no success
> > > yet. 
> 
> /s/restored/destroyed/ above.
> > 
> > If its the virtual framebuffer bits, then they're populated 
> > in a couple
> > of places
> > 
> > tools/python/xen/xend/server/vfbif.py
> 
> 
> Thanks Daniel, 
> 
> I don't think it's the vfb, as it's called "console" in the xenstore. 
> 
> Attached is the diff (xs.diff) between an "early days" and "current"
> xenstore-ls output whilst running a save/restore script and the "early
> days" output (xs.saved). [This is after a restart of the machine with
> the latest xen-unstable (c/s 15017). I also cleaned out the original
> database for xenstore, to be sure that all is "neat"]. 

Also just noticed that this "growth" of the Xenstore happens on normal
"create/destroy" too.

Still trying to understand where these are supposed to be removed. 

--
Mats
> 
> --
> Mats
> 
> 



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