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auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0.0 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: Michal Privoznik Reviewed-by: Neal Gompa --- NEWS.rst | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 852746eb2a..4ed4e45590 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ v6.7.0 (unreleased) =20 * **Improvements** =20 + * Libvirt switch to Meson build system + + Libvirt abandoned autotools and switched to Meson build system. + * Allow sparse streams for block devices =20 Sparse streams (e.g. ``virsh vol-download --sparse`` or ``virsh vol-up= load @@ -58,6 +62,36 @@ v6.7.0 (unreleased) either don't have device mapper enabled or where the dm-mod module is = not loaded yet. This is now fixed. =20 + * resctrl: Use exclusive lock for /sys/fs/resctrl + + When two or more domains were attempted to start at once, due to a bug= in + implementation, resctrl was not locked properly and thus threads did n= ot + mutually exclude with each other resulting in not setting requested + limitations as requested. + + * mdev: Fix daemon crash when reattaching mdevs on assignment conflict + + If there's a list of mdevs to be assigned to a domain, but one of them= (NOT + the first) is already assigned to a different domain then libvirtd wou= ld + crash. This is now fixed. + + * Fix logic in setting COW flag on btrfs + + When COW is not explicitly requested to be disabled or enabled, then + libvirt should do nothing on non-BTRFS file systems. + + * Avoid crash due to race in glib event loop code + + Libvirt switched to glib event loop in 6.1.0 but it was also tickling = a bug + in glib code leading to the daemon crash. Libvirt way of calling glib = was + changed so the daemon crashes no more. + + * virdevmapper: Handle kernel without device-mapper support + + In the previous release, Libvirt dropped libdevmapper in favor of its = own + implementation. But the implementation did not handle kernels without + device-mapper support. This is now fixed. + =20 v6.6.0 (2020-08-02) =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --=20 2.26.2