Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 1/2] qemu: using correct function to reboot guest.

["Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange redhat com>]

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 05:53:31PM +0800, xuhj linux vnet ibm com wrote:
> From: Xu He Jie <xuhj linux vnet ibm com>
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xu He Jie <xuhj linux vnet ibm com>
> ---
>  src/qemu/qemu_driver.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
> index f4ee4c3..b0c9c02 100644
> --- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
> +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
> @@ -1567,7 +1567,7 @@ static int qemuDomainReboot(virDomainPtr dom, unsigned int flags) {
>          }
>  
>          qemuDomainObjEnterMonitor(driver, vm);
> -        ret = qemuMonitorSystemPowerdown(priv->mon);
> +        ret = qemuMonitorSystemReset(priv->mon);
>          qemuDomainObjExitMonitor(driver, vm);
>  
>          priv->fakeReboot = true;

NACK.

The virDomainReboot() API semantics are to perform a *graceful*
reboot of the guest. ie, the guest OS shuts down normally, and
then does a warm reboot of the virtual machine.


The system_reset monitor command does an *immediate* reset of
the virtual machine, without any guest shutdown.


If you want to expose this capability, then it should be done
via a new API.  virDomainReset(), or by adding a new flag like
VIR_DOMAIN_REBOOT_IMMEDIATE to the existing API.

Regards,
Daniel
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