On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 05:51:10PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > Package: libvirt-daemon > Version: 2.1.0-1 > Severity: wishlist > File: /usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt-guests.sh > > Hi, > > the script /usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt-guests.sh is used to shut down or > suspend domains when the host goes down. This works like a charm. > > However, currently, KVM has the issue that the host going to _sleep_ > sometimes affects the running domains: It sometimes happens that the > domains become unresponsive CPU-hogs. I think that it might help to > suspend the KVM domains before the host sleeps. systemd provides a > mechanism to do that by means of /lib/systemd/system-sleep/. > > /usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt-guests.sh contains most of the code needed to > suspend all running domains, but it doesn't expose those mechanisms to > the public. > > Please consider adding a "suspend" and a "resume" option to > /usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt-guests.sh that applies the respective > operation to all domains even if the selected shutdown operation is > "shutdown". > > I am willing to provide a patch if you indicate that you would accept > it.
It would make sense to propose this upstream. If it goes in there I'm happy to apply it and the [email protected] folks are very friendly people. Cheers, -- Guido
