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Re: AW: [Xen-devel] Possible Compatibility Bug in xl create

To: Carsten Schiers <carsten@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: AW: [Xen-devel] Possible Compatibility Bug in xl create
From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 10:43:26 +0100
Cc: xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <Stefano.Stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 10:40 +0100, Carsten Schiers wrote:
> I'll check that tonight.

Thanks.

>  Yep, I think modifying xendomains would be the
> better way. Sorry that I overlooked your other day's question. 

No worries, it was just a vague aside in some other conversation I
think...

Ian.

> 
> BR,
> Carsten.
> 
> ----- Originalnachricht -----
> Von: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Gesendet: Die, 24.5.2011 11:27
> An: Carsten Schiers <carsten@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ; Stefano Stabellini 
> <Stefano.Stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Betreff: Re: [Xen-devel] Possible Compatibility Bug in xl create
> 
> On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 21:01 +0100, Carsten Schiers wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > there is a problem with xl that will still prevent it tob e a 
> > replacement for xm in /etc/init.d/xendomains.
> > 
> > I tracked it down to the rdname function in the a.m. file, which is 
> > expecting the command
> > 
> >   xm create --dryrun --quiet <config-file>
> > 
> > to create a Lisp-like structure, where the xendomain script will extract 
> > the DomU name from.
> > 
> >   xl create --dryrun --quiet <config-file>
> > 
> > will not output such a structure. 
> > 
> >   xl -d -f <config-file> 
> > 
> > will do, but as soon as combined with -n, it will not.
> > 
> > My setting is starting/shutting down only DomUs mentioned in 
> > /etc/xen/auto.
> 
> Thanks, I was just asking the other day who/what used that sxp output...
> 
> Personally think this behaviour of grepping the name out of the sxp is
> pretty mad (I think an xl command to parse the configuration and output
> a specific request field value would be far better) but in the interests
> of xm compatibility does the following work for you?
> 
> 8<--------------------------------------
> 
> # HG changeset patch
> # User Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> # Date 1306229164 -3600
> # Node ID 29bd959c779a629def4de2cda7c1cc2eae291df5
> # Parent  32d62506e3be95124097775dc79c42304a18084c
> xl: print sxp on dry-run of create.
> 
> The help text for xm create's --dry-run says "Dry run - prints the resulting
> configuration in SXP but does not create the domain." so update xl
> implementation to match.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> diff -r 32d62506e3be -r 29bd959c779a tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
> --- a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c    Tue May 24 10:14:10 2011 +0100
> +++ b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c    Tue May 24 10:26:04 2011 +0100
> @@ -1470,10 +1470,6 @@ static int create_domain(struct domain_c
>  
>      parse_config_data(config_file, config_data, config_len, &d_config, 
> &d_config.dm_info);
>  
> -    ret = 0;
> -    if (dom_info->dryrun)
> -        goto out;
> -
>      if (migrate_fd >= 0) {
>          if (d_config.c_info.name) {
>              /* when we receive a domain we get its name from the config
> @@ -1492,9 +1488,13 @@ static int create_domain(struct domain_c
>          }
>      }
>  
> -    if (debug)
> +    if (debug || dom_info->dryrun)
>          printf_info(-1, &d_config, &d_config.dm_info);
>  
> +    ret = 0;
> +    if (dom_info->dryrun)
> +        goto out;
> +
>  start:
>      domid = -1;
>  
> 
> 
> 



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