From nobody Sat May 11 15:39:44 2024 Delivered-To: importer@patchew.org Received-SPF: pass (zohomail.com: domain of redhat.com designates 170.10.133.124 as permitted sender) client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com; Authentication-Results: mx.zohomail.com; dkim=pass; spf=pass (zohomail.com: domain of redhat.com designates 170.10.133.124 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; dmarc=pass(p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1656316985522299.7721676900518; Mon, 27 Jun 2022 01:03:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-562-X83EGJIuNk-Lh8uLOrDKnQ-1; Mon, 27 Jun 2022 04:02:37 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D497A805B6D; Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:02:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mm-prod-listman-01.mail-001.prod.us-east-1.aws.redhat.com (unknown [10.30.29.100]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AC6B40CFD05; Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:02:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mm-prod-listman-01.mail-001.prod.us-east-1.aws.redhat.com (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by mm-prod-listman-01.mail-001.prod.us-east-1.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EA041947041; Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:02:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx07.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.7]) by mm-prod-listman-01.mail-001.prod.us-east-1.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB98319466DF for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:02:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) id 994C91415111; Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:02:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from maggie.redhat.com (unknown [10.43.2.39]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4235E1415108 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:02:32 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1656316984; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding:list-id:list-help: list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=ZUM8taliad7qynjw9dwmnduh5KjO5dQ/ziXgt5qfcBs=; b=Dz1GHtmrRyWBPBqi8wutXuWHcpEfS4+10rcpALO5+9BoZS5MFE5NCAd29hqsWzupce9UBJ qyA50QLVBIxit21Uf8asoV2VywKWBQMzQWvXvkiq58aLpldouzwxB183EelBfkiuNOtgRe w9dhcyBWtkTNp5w/rnIfTG/Lfexunik= X-MC-Unique: X83EGJIuNk-Lh8uLOrDKnQ-1 X-Original-To: libvir-list@listman.corp.redhat.com From: Michal Privoznik To: libvir-list@redhat.com Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: Document my contributions for the upcoming release Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:02:30 +0200 Message-Id: <4aa41a6fdc46ac006b07a4580a9ad1c2907893e1.1656316950.git.mprivozn@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.85 on 10.11.54.7 X-BeenThere: libvir-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Development discussions about the libvirt library & tools List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com Sender: "libvir-list" X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.11.54.1 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @redhat.com) X-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1656316986617100001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; x-default="true" There are couple of features/improvements/bugfixes I contributed into the upcoming release. Include those worth mentioning in the NEWS. Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik Reviewed-by: J=C3=A1n Tomko --- NEWS.rst | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 9a92fb4fcb..bb8d9a89b1 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -27,10 +27,40 @@ v8.5.0 (unreleased) A new ``VIR_MIGRATE_POSTCOPY_RESUME`` flag (``virsh migrate --postcopy= -resume``) was introduced for recovering from a failed post-copy migration. =20 + * Introduce thread_pool_min and thread_pool_max attributes to IOThread + + New attributes ``thread_pool_min`` and ``thread_pool_max`` were introd= uced + to ```` as well as new ```` element with = the + same attributes. This way it's possible to instruct QEMU to spawn enou= gh + worker threads for an IOThread upfront, resulting in predictable time + needed to process an I/O requests. + * **Improvements** =20 + * Define a TFTP server without a DHCP server in network configuration + + It's now possible to define a network with no DHCP server but with a T= FTP + server. This may be useful when DHCP service is provided by other enti= ty on + the network than libvirt spawned dnsmasq. + * **Bug fixes** =20 + * qemu: Restore label to temp file in qemuDomainScreenshot() + + When virDomainScreenshot() is called, libvirt instructs QEMU to save t= he + screenshot into a temporary file. This file needs to be labelled corre= ctly, + so that QEMU can access it. And since the file is temporary (it's dele= ted + after the screenshot was taken) the corresponding label restore was + missing. This proven to be problematic for profile based models, like + AppArmor, where the temporary files were added into the profile but ne= ver + removed, which resulted in longer profile recalculation times. + + * qemuBuildInterfaceConnect: Initialize @tapfd array + + Due to an uninitialized array, unsuccessful attempt to start a guest w= ith + an ```` might have resulted in closing of a random FD and = thus + sudden disconnect of a client or other random failures. + =20 v8.4.0 (2022-06-01) =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --=20 2.35.1