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As of v9.8.0-rc1~7 we check whether two <memory/> devices don't overlap (since we allow setting where a <memory/> device should be mapped to). We do this pretty straightforward, by comparing start and end address of each <memory/> device combination. But since only the start address is given (an exposed in the XML), the end address is computed trivially as: start + mem->size * 1024 And for majority of memory device types this works. Except for NVDIMMs. For them the <memory/> device consists of two separate regions: 1) actual memory device, and 2) label. Label is where NVDIMM stores some additional information like namespaces partition and so on. But it's not mapped into the guest the same way as actual memory device. In fact, mem->size is a sum of both actual memory device and label sizes. And to make things a bit worse, both sizes are subject to alignment (either the alignsize value specified in XML, or system page size if not specified in XML). Therefore, to get the size of actual memory device we need to take mem->size and substract label size rounded up to alignment. If we don't do this we report there's an overlap between two NVDIMMs even when in reality there's none. Fixes: 3fd64fb0e236fc80ffa2cc977c0d471f11fc39bf Fixes: 91f9a9fb4fc0d34ed8d7a869de3d9f87687c3618 Resolves: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-4452?focusedId=23805174#comment-23805174 Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@redhat.com>
Libvirt API for virtualization
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the website:
License
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General Public License, version 2.0 (or later). See the files COPYING.LESSER and COPYING for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/compiling.html
Contributing
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
- users@lists.libvirt.org (for user discussions)
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