libvirt/src
Laine Stump 73c0a148af qemu: support event_idx parameter for virtio disk and net devices
In some versions of qemu, both virtio-blk-pci and virtio-net-pci
devices can have an event_idx setting that determines some details of
event processing. When it is enabled, it "reduces the number of
interrupts and exits for the guest". qemu will automatically enable
this feature when it is available, but there may be cases where this
new feature could actually make performance worse (NB: no such case
has been found so far).

As a safety switch in case such a situation is encountered in the
field, this patch adds a new attribute "event_idx" to the <driver>
element of both disk and interface devices. event_idx can be set to
"on" (to force event_idx on in case qemu has it disabled by default)
or "off" (for force event_idx off). In the case that event_idx support
isn't present in qemu, the attribute is ignored (this on the advice of
the qemu developer).

docs/formatdomain.html.in: document the new flag (marking it as
   "don't mess with this!"
docs/schemas/domain.rng: add event_idx in appropriate places
src/conf/domain_conf.[ch]: add event_idx to parser and formatter
src/libvirt_private.syms: export
   virDomainVirtioEventIdx(From|To)String
src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.[ch]: detect and report event_idx in
   disk/net
src/qemu/qemu_command.c: add event_idx parameter to qemu commandline
    when appropriate.
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-event_idx.args,
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-event_idx.xml,
tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c,
tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c: test cases for event_idx.
2011-08-15 09:35:42 -04:00
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conf qemu: support event_idx parameter for virtio disk and net devices 2011-08-15 09:35:42 -04:00
cpu libvirt,logging: cleanup VIR_XXX0() 2011-05-11 12:41:14 -06:00
esx destroy: Implement internal API for ESX driver 2011-07-21 20:41:27 +02:00
interface libvirt: do not mix internal flags into public API 2011-07-18 13:50:51 -06:00
libxl managedsave: prohibit use on transient domains 2011-08-10 21:50:02 -06:00
locking build: rename files.h to virfile.h 2011-07-21 10:34:51 -06:00
lxc Move pidfile functions into util/virpidfile.{c,h} 2011-08-12 20:37:00 +01:00
network Introduce functions for checking whether a pidfile is valid 2011-08-12 20:37:00 +01:00
node_device build: rename files.h to virfile.h 2011-07-21 10:34:51 -06:00
nwfilter nwfilter: tolerate disappearing interfaces while instantiating filter 2011-08-11 06:56:50 -04:00
openvz build: silence coverity false positives 2011-08-02 16:39:01 -06:00
phyp destroy: Implement internal API for phyp driver 2011-07-21 20:41:27 +02:00
qemu qemu: support event_idx parameter for virtio disk and net devices 2011-08-15 09:35:42 -04:00
remote rpc: Fix memory leak in remoteDomainSet*Parameters functions 2011-07-27 21:09:23 +02:00
rpc Support changing UNIX socket owner in virNetSocketNewListenUNIX 2011-08-15 15:21:31 +02:00
secret build: rename files.h to virfile.h 2011-07-21 10:34:51 -06:00
security build: rename files.h to virfile.h 2011-07-21 10:34:51 -06:00
storage storage: Directory shouldn't be listed as type 'file' 2011-08-11 13:34:26 -06:00
test vcpu: teach getVcpusFlags about current 2011-07-25 15:45:10 -06:00
uml fdstream: drop delete argument 2011-08-02 14:53:43 -06:00
util build: fix recent build failures 2011-08-12 16:16:29 -06:00
vbox vbox, xenapi: add virDomainUndefineFlags 2011-08-12 07:44:54 -06:00
vmware destroy: Implement internal API for vmware driver 2011-07-21 20:41:27 +02:00
vmx conf: add <listen> subelement to domain <graphics> element 2011-07-28 13:46:39 -04:00
xen fdstream: drop delete argument 2011-08-02 14:53:43 -06:00
xenapi vbox, xenapi: add virDomainUndefineFlags 2011-08-12 07:44:54 -06:00
xenxs conf: add <listen> subelement to domain <graphics> element 2011-07-28 13:46:39 -04:00
.gitignore util: add missing export 2010-10-12 09:42:18 -06:00
Makefile.am Move pidfile functions into util/virpidfile.{c,h} 2011-08-12 20:37:00 +01:00
README Remove the Open Nebula driver 2011-03-28 14:09:11 +01:00
datatypes.c virStorageVol: avoid PATH_MAX-sized array 2011-06-22 17:13:58 -06:00
datatypes.h conf: prefer unsigned flags 2011-07-13 17:05:10 -06:00
driver.c libvirt: do not mix internal flags into public API 2011-07-18 13:50:51 -06:00
driver.h driver.h: Fix two driver documentation mistakes 2011-07-25 13:50:32 +08:00
fdstream.c fdstream: drop delete argument 2011-08-02 14:53:43 -06:00
fdstream.h fdstream: drop delete argument 2011-08-02 14:53:43 -06:00
gnutls_1_0_compat.h Fix detection of GnuTLS 1.x.y 2011-08-03 19:22:29 +02:00
internal.h maint: fix typos on guaranteed 2011-07-20 16:53:31 -06:00
libvirt-qemu.c maint: print flags in hex during debug 2011-07-13 07:47:45 -06:00
libvirt.c managedsave: prohibit use on transient domains 2011-08-10 21:50:02 -06:00
libvirt_bridge.syms Replace brSetInetAddress/brSetInetNetmask with brAddInetAddress 2010-12-23 15:53:26 -05:00
libvirt_daemon.syms Export conditional state driver symbols only when they are defined 2010-03-23 02:05:18 +01:00
libvirt_driver_modules.syms Move --with-driver-modules symbols into a separate sym file 2009-01-05 14:06:41 +00:00
libvirt_internal.h qemu: Migration job on source daemon 2011-07-27 08:45:10 -06:00
libvirt_linux.syms migrate linux-specific symbol names into their own sym file 2009-01-05 14:08:26 +00:00
libvirt_macvtap.syms Fix undefined symbol errors when macvtap support is disabled 2010-12-01 17:08:08 +01:00
libvirt_network.syms network: provide internal API to return IP of a network 2011-07-25 13:48:55 +08:00
libvirt_nwfilter.syms Some NWFilter symbols are conditional and have to be exported conditional 2010-04-23 19:51:00 +02:00
libvirt_private.syms qemu: support event_idx parameter for virtio disk and net devices 2011-08-15 09:35:42 -04:00
libvirt_public.syms Add new API virDomainBlockPull* to headers 2011-07-22 13:18:06 +08:00
libvirt_qemu.syms Define a QEMU specific API to attach to a running QEMU process 2011-07-12 15:39:03 +01:00
libvirt_vmx.syms esx: Move VMX handling code out of the driver directory 2010-12-21 22:40:17 +01:00
libvirt_xenxs.syms Fix build with --with-driver-modules enabled 2011-05-27 09:51:28 +02:00
nodeinfo.c build: rename files.h to virfile.h 2011-07-21 10:34:51 -06:00
nodeinfo.h build: avoid ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED in headers 2011-07-14 07:51:30 -06:00
qemu_protocol-structs build: also track RPC on-wire enum values 2011-07-15 17:48:09 -06:00
remote_protocol-structs Asynchronous event for BlockJob completion 2011-07-22 13:57:42 +08:00
virnetprotocol-structs build: also track RPC on-wire enum values 2011-07-15 17:48:09 -06:00

README

       libvirt library code README
       ===========================

The directory provides the bulk of the libvirt codebase. Everything
except for the libvirtd daemon and client tools. The build uses a
large number of libtool convenience libraries - one for each child
directory, and then links them together for the final libvirt.so,
although some bits get linked directly to libvirtd daemon instead.

The files directly in this directory are supporting the public API
entry points & data structures.

There are two core shared modules to be aware of:

 * util/  - a collection of shared APIs that can be used by any
            code. This directory is always in the include path
            for all things built

 * conf/  - APIs for parsing / manipulating all the official XML
            files used by the public API. This directory is only
            in the include path for driver implementation modules

 * vmx/   - VMware VMX config handling (used by esx/ and vmware/)


Then there are the hypervisor implementations:

 * esx/          - VMware ESX and GSX support using vSphere API over SOAP
 * lxc/          - Linux Native Containers
 * openvz/       - OpenVZ containers using cli tools
 * phyp/         - IBM Power Hypervisor using CLI tools over SSH
 * qemu/         - QEMU / KVM using qemu CLI/monitor
 * remote/       - Generic libvirt native RPC client
 * test/         - A "mock" driver for testing
 * uml/          - User Mode Linux
 * vbox/         - Virtual Box using native API
 * vmware/       - VMware Workstation and Player using the vmrun tool
 * xen/          - Xen using hypercalls, XenD SEXPR & XenStore
 * xenapi/       - Xen using libxenserver


Finally some secondary drivers that are shared for several HVs.
Currently these are used by LXC, OpenVZ, QEMU, UML and Xen drivers.
The ESX, Power Hypervisor, Remote, Test & VirtualBox drivers all
implement the secondary drivers directly

 * cpu/          - CPU feature management
 * interface/    - Host network interface management
 * network/      - Virtual NAT networking
 * nwfilter/     - Network traffic filtering rules
 * node_device/  - Host device enumeration
 * secret/       - Secret management
 * security/     - Mandatory access control drivers
 * storage/      - Storage management drivers


Since both the hypervisor and secondary drivers can be built as
dlopen()able modules, it is *FORBIDDEN* to have build dependencies
between these directories. Drivers are only allowed to depend on
the public API, and the internal APIs in the util/ and conf/
directories