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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1559867 When attaching a device to the domain we need to be sure to use the correct domain definition (vm->def or vm->newDef) when calling virDomainDeviceDefParse because the post parse processing algorithms that may assign an address for the device will use whatever domain definition was passed in. Additionally, some devices (SCSI hostdev and SCSI disk) use algorithms that rely on knowing what already exists of the other type when generating the new device's address. Using the wrong VM definition could result in duplicated addresses. In the case of the bz, two hostdev's with no domain address provided were added to the running domain's config only. However, the parsing algorithm used the live domain in order to figure out the host device address resulting in the same address being used and a subsequent start failing due to duplicate address. Fix this by separating the checks/code into CONFIG and LIVE processing using the correct definition for each block and performing cleanup for both options as necessary. Signed-off-by: John Ferlan <jferlan@redhat.com> ACKed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@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 2.1 (or later). See the files COPYING.LESSER
and COPYING for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
Libvirt uses the GNU Autotools build system, so in general can be built and installed with the usual commands. For example, to build in a manner that is suitable for installing as root, use:
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
$ make
$ sudo make install
While to build & install as an unprivileged user
$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr
$ make
$ make install
The libvirt code relies on a large number of 3rd party libraries. These will
be detected during execution of the configure script and a summary printed
which lists any missing (optional) dependencies.
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:
- libvirt-users@redhat.com (for user discussions)
- libvir-list@redhat.com (for development only)
Further details on contacting the project are available on the website: