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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) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani --- NEWS.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index bd40373a80..3a3e3962c2 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ v7.2.0 (unreleased) =20 * **New features** =20 + * qemu: Allow process limits to be managed by an external process + + Whereas in traditional virtualization scenarios libvirt takes full + reponsibility of setting up the environment for a QEMU process, when i= t's + used as part of things like KubeVirt some of these tasks are delegated= to + external, more privileged processes. + + The ``external_limit_manager`` feature can now be enabled in ``qemu.co= nf`` + to tell libvirt that it shouldn't attempt to set process limits itself. + * **Improvements** =20 * **Bug fixes** --=20 2.26.2