Mike Larkin <mlar...@nested.page> writes: > On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 02:05:26PM -0400, Kevin wrote: >> Hey gang, >> >> Have some VMs that take longer than the 30 seconds to shutdown that's >> defined in vmd.h >> >> #define VM_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT 30 >> >> The VMs in question all have multiple disks and tons of files that >> httpd has a proper kung-fu grip on, so... >>
OP: How long does httpd take to stop in your case? >> when you issue >> >> vmctl stop 23 >> >> VMD gives up waiting for the VM to shut down and just kills it anyway... >> >> which just leads to tears and a painfully long ass fsck. >> >> I seem to remember there's a knob -- somewhere -- that lets you define >> how long VMD should wait, but I sure can't find the damned thing. >> >> Anyone know where this knob lives? >> >> Thanks, >> Kevin >> > > if we were to change it (not saying we will), how much time do you propose? My backlog of neverending vmd improvement ideas involves a re-write of vmmci(4) and the device side. I have ideas for what could improve this and at least let the guest-side maybe better communicate progress so the big hammer approach could be softened a bit.
