Currently <vm-dir>/<vm-name>.conf file is used only for debugging
purposes - the real one is passed directly to libvirt, without storing
on disk for it.
In some cases (e.g. qvm-clone) QubesVM.create_config_file() can be
called before VM directory exists and in this case it would fail.
Because it isn't critical fail in any means (the config file will be
recreated on next occasion) just ignore this error.
Final version most likely will have this part of code removed
completely.
Mostly done. Things still using xenstore/not working at all:
- DispVM
- qubesutils.py (especially qvm-block and qvm-usb code)
- external IP change notification for ProxyVM (should be done via RPC
service)
libvirt_domain object needs to be recreated, so force it. Also fix
config path setting (missing extension) - create_config_file
uses it as custom config indicator (if such detected, VM settings -
especially name, would not be updated).
1. Fake dom0 object doesn't need proper maxmem nor vcpus - set
statically to 0 instead of getting from physical host.
2. QubesHVM doesn't preserve maxmem setting, so set it to self.memory
earlier (to suppress default total_memory/2 calculation).
This makes easier to import right objects in submodules (only one
object). This also implement lazy connection - at first access, not at
module import, which speeds up tools, which doesn't need runtime
information (like qvm-prefs or qvm-service). In the future this will
ease migration from xenstore to QubesDB.
Also implement "offline mode" - operate on qubes.xml without connecting
to VMM - raise exception at such try.
This is needed to run tools during installation, where only minimal
set of services are started, especially no libvirt.
Do not recreate them at each startup. This will save some time and also
solve some problems from invalidated libvirt handles after domain
shutdown (e.g. causes qubes-manager crashes).
This requires storing uuid in qubes.xml.
Move DispVM creation to qfile-daemon-dvm/QubesDisposableVm from
qubes-restore. As actual restore is handled by libvirt, we don't get
much from separate qubes-restore process.
This code still needs some improvements, especially on performance.
Check maxmem taking into account the minimum init memory that allows
that requested maximum memory.
Explanation:
Linux kernel needs space for memory-related structures created at boot.
If init_mem is just 400MB, then max_mem can't balloon above 4.3GB (at
which poing it yields "add_memory() failed: -17" messages and apps
crash), regardless of the max_mem_size value.
Based on Marek's findings and my tests on a 16GB PC, using several
processes like:
stress -m 1 --vm-bytes 1g --vm-hang 100
result in the following points:
init_mem ==> actual max memory
400 4300
700 7554
800 8635
1024 11051
1200 12954
1300 14038
1500 14045 <== probably capped on my 16GB system
The actual ratio of max_mem_size/init_mem is surprisingly constant at
10.79
If less init memory is set than that ratio allows, then the set
maxmem is unreachable and the VM becomes unstable (app crashes)
Based on qubes-devel discussion titled "Qubes Dom0 init memory against
Xen best practices?" at:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/qubes-devel/VRqkFj1IOtA/UgMgnwfxVSIJ
Do not pollute environment of calling process, otherwise all VMs started
from Qubes Manager afterwards will get QREXEC_STARTUP_NOWAIT, which
will cause wait_for_session not working.
When netvm and firewallvm is shut down, netvm handling code will
try to revoke firewallvm access to external IP. But if netvm shutdown
happens in the meantime, xenstore will throw ENOENT error.
In such case show an error to the user (via tray notification, not
dialog box!) and leave the VM in "transient" state. The user can wait
some more time for VM startup, check what VM is doing, or kill it
manually.
Now gui-agent supports reconnect to guid, so start it early to have Xorg
running in the VM.
This is still not done - for example it tries to run some commands via
(not running yet) qrexec.
Some programs (like KDE system settings) makes /etc/localtime hardlink
instead of symlink. Handle this case. Hopefully there will be less and
less such applications...
Alway start stubdom guid, then if guiagent_installed set - start the
target one and when connects, kill stubdom one. This allow the user to
see startup messages so prevent the impression of hang VM.
Note 1: this doesn't work when VM disables SVGA output (just after
windows boot splash screen).
Note 2: gui-daemon sometimes hangs after receiving SIGTERM (libvchan_wait
during libvchan_close). This looks to be stubdom gui agent problem.
This is somehow related to #757, but only first (easier) step. Actual
change of QubesAdminVm base class requires somehow more changes, for
example qvm-ls needs to know how to display this type of VM (none of
template, appvm, netvm).
Make this first step change now, because starting with R2Beta3 dom0 will
be stored in qubes.xml (for new backups purposes) so this rename would
be complicated later.
