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Re: [Xen-devel] That xenstored console leak...

To: John Levon <levon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] That xenstored console leak...
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:06:58 +0000
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On 14/1/08 22:55, "John Levon" <levon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> I don't understand what you mean. There's no code to delete the entire /vm
>> path, regardless of whether the path is /vm/<uuid>/ or /vm/<uuid>-<number>
>> (I'm pretty sure).
> 
> The old code re-used the same /vm/<uuid>/ path, so there was no leak.
> The new code creates a completely new /vm/<uuid>-<number> path, leaking the
> old one (/vm/<uuid>-<oldnumber>).
> 
> Am I missing something obvious here?

It depends on your test case. If you save/restore the same VM repeatedly
then in the old case you would see no leak. But youw ould still see a leak
if you created/destroyed lots of different VMs.

 -- Keir



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