[libvirt] Small regression with domain refactoring

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Wed Jul 30 09:13:54 UTC 2008


On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 09:26:53AM +0200, Chris Lalancette wrote:
> Hey,
>      I've run into another regression when using a KVM guest with libvirt tip.
> If I have a guest with some XML:
> 
>     <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' listen='127.0.0.1'/>
> 
> Then when I "virsh define" that guest, it ends up looking like:
> 
>     <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' listen='127.0.0.1'/>
> 
> So far, so good.  Now, when I actually "virsh start" the guest, it ends up like:
> 
>     <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' listen='127.0.0.1'/>
> 
> That is, there is no change to the XML when the domain is running.  What is
> supposed to happen is that the "port" field should be filled in with the port
> that libvirt ended up choosing for this guest.  This is important for tools like
> virt-viewer, which parse this part of the XML to find out where to connect to.
> 
> Looking at the code, I believe the problem is in
> src/domain_conf.c:virDomainGraphicsDefFormat().  It looks like:
> 
>     case VIR_DOMAIN_GRAPHICS_TYPE_VNC:
>         if (def->data.vnc.autoport)
>             virBufferAddLit(buf, " port='-1'");
>         else if (def->data.vnc.port)
>             virBufferVSprintf(buf, " port='%d'",
>                               def->data.vnc.port);
> 
> The problem is that we are missing some sort of "isActive" check in there, so
> that it fills in the actual port it is using if the domain is running.
> Unfortunately, from a quick perusal, I couldn't easily figure out how to do
> this; does someone have a suggestion on how to fix this?

Can you try the patch posted by Charles Duffy a short while ago, with
subject "autoport overrides actual VNC port number in dump-xml". I
think it should solve your immediate problem.


Daniel
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