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authorStefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>2012-05-29 16:36:49 +0100
committerStefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>2012-05-29 16:36:49 +0100
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treeb95c678581c124e71d2bf6c755121d81808e64ac
parentcb5ee9d490cd4e6037c64f76debed7a5ccbeb9c9 (diff)
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xl/libxl: add a blkdev_start parameter
Introduce a blkdev_start in xl.conf and a corresponding string in libxl_domain_build_info. Add a blkdev_start parameter to libxl__device_disk_local_attach: it is going to be used in a following patch. blkdev_start specifies the first block device to be used for temporary block device allocations by the toolstack. Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com> Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com> Committed-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
-rw-r--r--docs/man/xl.conf.pod.56
-rw-r--r--tools/examples/xl.conf3
-rw-r--r--tools/libxl/libxl.c3
-rw-r--r--tools/libxl/libxl_bootloader.c3
-rw-r--r--tools/libxl/libxl_create.c3
-rw-r--r--tools/libxl/libxl_internal.h3
-rw-r--r--tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl1
-rw-r--r--tools/libxl/xl.c3
-rw-r--r--tools/libxl/xl.h1
-rw-r--r--tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c2
10 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5 b/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5
index 8bd45ea573..149430c61e 100644
--- a/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5
+++ b/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ previous C<xm> toolstack this can be configured to use the old C<SXP>
Default: C<json>
+=item B<blkdev_start="NAME">
+
+Configures the name of the first block device to be used for temporary
+block device allocations by the toolstack.
+The default choice is "xvda".
+
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO
diff --git a/tools/examples/xl.conf b/tools/examples/xl.conf
index 56d3b3b9c1..ebf057c37a 100644
--- a/tools/examples/xl.conf
+++ b/tools/examples/xl.conf
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@
# default output format used by "xl list -l"
#output_format="json"
+
+# first block device to be used for temporary VM disk mounts
+#blkdev_start="xvda"
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl.c b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
index de71a66ec6..84e0950e14 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
@@ -1745,7 +1745,8 @@ out:
char * libxl__device_disk_local_attach(libxl__gc *gc,
const libxl_device_disk *in_disk,
- libxl_device_disk *disk)
+ libxl_device_disk *disk,
+ const char *blkdev_start)
{
libxl_ctx *ctx = gc->owner;
char *dev = NULL;
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_bootloader.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_bootloader.c
index e7959b9034..7ebc0dfcf3 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_bootloader.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_bootloader.c
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ void libxl__bootloader_run(libxl__egc *egc, libxl__bootloader_state *bl)
goto out;
}
- bl->diskpath = libxl__device_disk_local_attach(gc, bl->disk, &bl->localdisk);
+ bl->diskpath = libxl__device_disk_local_attach(gc, bl->disk, &bl->localdisk,
+ info->blkdev_start);
if (!bl->diskpath) {
rc = ERROR_FAIL;
goto out;
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
index e5999c0a20..77acecca9a 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ int libxl__domain_build_info_setdefault(libxl__gc *gc,
}
}
+ if (b_info->blkdev_start == NULL)
+ b_info->blkdev_start = libxl__strdup(0, "xvda");
+
if (b_info->type == LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_HVM) {
if (!b_info->u.hvm.bios)
switch (b_info->device_model_version) {
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_internal.h b/tools/libxl/libxl_internal.h
index ef23734f10..f48f402072 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_internal.h
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_internal.h
@@ -1290,7 +1290,8 @@ _hidden int libxl__device_disk_add(libxl__gc *gc, uint32_t domid,
*/
_hidden char * libxl__device_disk_local_attach(libxl__gc *gc,
const libxl_device_disk *in_disk,
- libxl_device_disk *new_disk);
+ libxl_device_disk *new_disk,
+ const char *blkdev_start);
_hidden int libxl__device_disk_local_detach(libxl__gc *gc,
libxl_device_disk *disk);
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl b/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
index 5b81ee978d..508194bd12 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ libxl_domain_build_info = Struct("domain_build_info",[
("localtime", libxl_defbool),
("disable_migrate", libxl_defbool),
("cpuid", libxl_cpuid_policy_list),
+ ("blkdev_start", string),
("device_model_version", libxl_device_model_version),
("device_model_stubdomain", libxl_defbool),
diff --git a/tools/libxl/xl.c b/tools/libxl/xl.c
index 69f8737459..492153f29f 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/xl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/xl.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ xentoollog_logger_stdiostream *logger;
int dryrun_only;
int force_execution;
int autoballoon = 1;
+char *blkdev_start;
char *lockfile;
char *default_vifscript = NULL;
char *default_bridge = NULL;
@@ -94,6 +95,8 @@ static void parse_global_config(const char *configfile,
fprintf(stderr, "invalid default output format \"%s\"\n", buf);
}
}
+ if (!xlu_cfg_get_string (config, "blkdev_start", &buf, 0))
+ blkdev_start = strdup(buf);
xlu_cfg_destroy(config);
}
diff --git a/tools/libxl/xl.h b/tools/libxl/xl.h
index 2af9428124..7169ed0c59 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/xl.h
+++ b/tools/libxl/xl.h
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ extern int dryrun_only;
extern char *lockfile;
extern char *default_vifscript;
extern char *default_bridge;
+extern char *blkdev_start;
enum output_format {
OUTPUT_FORMAT_JSON,
diff --git a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
index ca988d6979..259b065487 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
@@ -627,6 +627,8 @@ static void parse_config_data(const char *config_source,
}
libxl_domain_build_info_init_type(b_info, c_info->type);
+ if (blkdev_start)
+ b_info->blkdev_start = strdup(blkdev_start);
/* the following is the actual config parsing with overriding values in the structures */
if (!xlu_cfg_get_long (config, "cpu_weight", &l, 0))