It seems that those Apparmor denials are responsible for severe slowdown of guests boot when the host boots up.
This simple fix makes the guests boot swiftly: # diff -Naur /etc/apparmor.d/usr.lib.libvirt.virt-aa-helper.orig /etc/apparmor.d/usr.lib.libvirt.virt-aa-helper --- /etc/apparmor.d/usr.lib.libvirt.virt-aa-helper.orig 2016-08-14 10:32:27.051646248 -0400 +++ /etc/apparmor.d/usr.lib.libvirt.virt-aa-helper 2016-08-14 10:32:20.019646323 -0400 @@ -66,4 +66,9 @@ /**.vmdk r, /**.[iI][sS][oO] r, /**/disk{,.*} r, + + # XXX: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/1546674 + /etc/hosts r, + /etc/host.conf r, + /etc/nsswitch.conf r, } -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1546674 Title: virt-aa-helper Apparmor profile missing rules for name resolution To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/1546674/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs