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[Xen-devel] [PATCH] xend: fix avoidance to restart domain on crash

To: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xend: fix avoidance to restart domain on crash
From: Kouya Shimura <kouya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:24:12 +0900
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If a qemu-dm dies immediately (probably by wrong setting),
xend repeats to restart a domain so many times. 
That causes system overload.

There is already a logic to avoid too early restarting, however,
it might not work. Since xenstore entry 'xend/previous_restart_time'
is volatile. XendDomainInfo.destroy() which removes the entry from
xenstore is called in some places.

Also, this patch prevents too early restarting even at the first
domain creation.


Signed-off-by: Kouya Shimura <kouya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff -r 94ffd85005c5 tools/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py
--- a/tools/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py   Tue Apr 14 15:23:53 2009 +0100
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py   Wed Apr 15 13:19:36 2009 +0900
@@ -514,7 +514,6 @@ class XendDomainInfo:
         
         if reason not in DOMAIN_SHUTDOWN_REASONS.values():
             raise XendError('Invalid reason: %s' % reason)
-        self._removeVm('xend/previous_restart_time')
         self.storeDom("control/shutdown", reason)
 
         # HVM domain shuts itself down only if it has PV drivers
@@ -2001,20 +2000,13 @@ class XendDomainInfo:
         old_domid = self.domid
         self._writeVm(RESTART_IN_PROGRESS, 'True')
 
-        now = time.time()
-        rst = self._readVm('xend/previous_restart_time')
-        if rst:
-            rst = float(rst)
-            timeout = now - rst
-            if timeout < MINIMUM_RESTART_TIME:
-                log.error(
-                    'VM %s restarting too fast (%f seconds since the last '
-                    'restart).  Refusing to restart to avoid loops.',
-                    self.info['name_label'], timeout)
-                self.destroy()
-                return
-
-        self._writeVm('xend/previous_restart_time', str(now))
+        elapse = time.time() - self.info['start_time']
+        if elapse < MINIMUM_RESTART_TIME:
+            log.error('VM %s restarting too fast (Elapsed time: %f seconds). '
+                      'Refusing to restart to avoid loops.',
+                      self.info['name_label'], elapse)
+            self.destroy()
+            return
 
         prev_vm_xend = self._listRecursiveVm('xend')
         new_dom_info = self.info
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