On 3/18/19 2:19 AM, Peter Krempa wrote: > Mention that successful return does not equal to device being detached > similarly as we do at the API level. > > Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <[email protected]> > --- > tools/virsh.pod | 14 ++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod > index 66e2bf24ec..39ff8cd7c9 100644 > --- a/tools/virsh.pod > +++ b/tools/virsh.pod > @@ -3264,6 +3264,16 @@ or attempting to detach a device that is not present > in the domain XML, > but shares some specific attributes with one that is present, > may lead to unexpected results. > > +B<Quirk>: Device unplug is asynchronous in most cases and requires guest > +cooperation. This means that it's up to the discretion of the guest to > disallow > +or delay the unplug arbitrarily. As the libvirt API used in this command was > +designed as synchronous it returns success after some timeout even if the > device > +was not unplugged yet to allow further interactions with the domain if the > guest > +e.g. if the guest is unresponsive. Callers which need to make sure that the > +device was unplugged can use libvirt events (see virsh event) to be notified > +when the device is removed. Note that the even may arrive before the command
event > +returns. -- Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3226 Virtualization: qemu.org | libvirt.org
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