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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 6 of 8] xl: add a global configuration file

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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 6 of 8] xl: add a global configuration file
From: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:34:16 +0200
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Friday 27 August 2010 13:19:13 Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> xl: add a global configuration file
>
> Add a global configuration file: /etc/xen/xl.conf; the only option
> currently parsed is autoballoon that is 1 by default.

What's the purpose of xl.conf ? Should it replace the global xend
configuration file?

Why do you hardcode pathes? Is something wrong with our infrastructure?

>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff -r 88da46b5c142 tools/examples/Makefile
> --- a/tools/examples/Makefile Wed Aug 25 19:56:47 2010 +0100
> +++ b/tools/examples/Makefile Wed Aug 25 20:05:34 2010 +0100
> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ XEN_CONFIGS += xmexample.nbd
>  XEN_CONFIGS += xmexample.vti
>  XEN_CONFIGS += xend-pci-quirks.sxp
>  XEN_CONFIGS += xend-pci-permissive.sxp
> +XEN_CONFIGS += xl.conf
>
>  .PHONY: all
>  all:
> diff -r 88da46b5c142 tools/examples/xl.conf
> --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
> +++ b/tools/examples/xl.conf  Wed Aug 25 20:05:34 2010 +0100
> @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
> +## Global XL config file ##
> +
> +# automatically balloon down dom0 when xen doesn't have enough free
> +# memory to create a domain
> +autoballon=1
> diff -r 88da46b5c142 tools/libxl/xl.c
> --- a/tools/libxl/xl.c        Wed Aug 25 19:56:47 2010 +0100
> +++ b/tools/libxl/xl.c        Wed Aug 25 20:05:34 2010 +0100
> @@ -29,18 +29,49 @@
>
>  #include "libxl.h"
>  #include "libxl_utils.h"
> +#include "libxlutil.h"
>  #include "xl.h"
>
>  xentoollog_logger_stdiostream *logger;
> +int autoballoon = 1;
>
>  static xentoollog_level minmsglevel = XTL_PROGRESS;
>
> +static void parse_global_config(const char *configfile,
> +                              const char *configfile_data,
> +                              int configfile_len)
> +{
> +    long l;
> +    XLU_Config *config;
> +    int e;
> +
> +    config = xlu_cfg_init(stderr, configfile);
> +    if (!config) {
> +        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to allocate for configuration\n");
> +        exit(1);
> +    }
> +
> +    e = xlu_cfg_readdata(config, configfile_data, configfile_len);
> +    if (e) {
> +        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to parse config file: %s\n", strerror(e));
> +        exit(1);
> +    }
> +
> +    if (!xlu_cfg_get_long (config, "autoballoon", &l))
> +        autoballoon = l;
> +
> +    xlu_cfg_destroy(config);
> +}
> +
>  int main(int argc, char **argv)
>  {
>      int opt = 0;
>      char *cmd = 0;
>      struct cmd_spec *cspec;
>      int ret;
> +    const char *config_file = "/etc/xen/xl.conf";

Don't hardcode the path. Use libxl_xen_config_dir_path().

> +    void *config_data = 0;
> +    int config_len = 0;
>
>      while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "+v")) >= 0) {
>          switch (opt) {
> @@ -69,6 +100,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>          exit(1);
>      }
>
> +    /* Read global config file options */
> +    ret = libxl_read_file_contents(&ctx, config_file,
> +            &config_data, &config_len);
> +    if (ret)
> +        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read config file: %s: %s\n",
> +                config_file, strerror(errno));
> +    parse_global_config(config_file, config_data, config_len);
> +
>      /* Reset options for per-command use of getopt. */
>      argv += optind;
>      argc -= optind;
> diff -r 88da46b5c142 tools/libxl/xl.h
> --- a/tools/libxl/xl.h        Wed Aug 25 19:56:47 2010 +0100
> +++ b/tools/libxl/xl.h        Wed Aug 25 20:05:34 2010 +0100
> @@ -90,4 +90,7 @@ struct cmd_spec *cmdtable_lookup(const c
>  extern libxl_ctx ctx;
>  extern xentoollog_logger_stdiostream *logger;
>
> +/* global options */
> +extern int autoballoon;
> +
>  #endif /* XL_H */
>
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