[libvirt] [PATCH v2 0/2] Rework RPC message buffer

[Michal Privoznik]

On 15.05.2012 17:04, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> This patch set tries to fix corner cases where libvirt runs on huge
> system, e.g. 4K CPU monster. In these cases, capabilities XML is
> enormously big, as we are transferring info about each singe CPU core
> (to which NUMA node it belongs, etc.). This XML is bigger than our
> RPC limit, therefore users cannot get it as it is dropped on server,
> leaving them with inability to connect. Therefore we need to increase
> those limits (whole RPC message and RPC string). However, simple
> lifting up will work, but increase mem usage.
> 
> Therefore I've reworked RPC buffer handling: changed it from
> 'statically' to dynamically allocated.
> So in most cases - when small messages are sent - this will even
> decrease our memory consumption. Leaving us flexible for corner cases
> described above.
> 
> On the other hand, I realize we've had our history with RPC breakage.
> So I think I'll require more than 1 ACK before pushing.
> 
> diff to v1:
> -couple of fixes (1/2)
> -increased other limits as well (2/2)
> 
> Michal Privoznik (2):
>   rpc: Switch to dynamically allocated message buffer
>   rpc: Size up RPC limits
> 
>  src/remote/remote_protocol.x |   20 +-
>  src/rpc/virnetclient.c       |   16 ++-
>  src/rpc/virnetmessage.c      |   12 ++-
>  src/rpc/virnetmessage.h      |    5 +-
>  src/rpc/virnetprotocol.x     |    6 +-
>  src/rpc/virnetserverclient.c |   24 +++-
>  tests/virnetmessagetest.c    |  393 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  7 files changed, 279 insertions(+), 197 deletions(-)
> 

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