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Nova so far applied a retry loop that tried to periodically detach the device from libvirt while the device was visible in the domain xml. This could lead to an issue where an already progressing detach on the libvirt side is interrupted by nova re-sending the detach request for the same device. See bug #1882521 for more information. Also if there was both a persistent and a live domain the nova tried the detach from both at the same call. This lead to confusion about the result when such call failed. Was the detach failed partially? We can do better, at least for the live detach case. Based on the libvirt developers detaching from the persistent domain always succeeds and it is a synchronous process. Detaching from the live domain can be both synchronous or asynchronous depending on the guest OS and the load on the hypervisor. But for live detach libvirt always sends an event [1] nova can wait for. So this patch does two things. 1) Separates the detach from the persistent domain from the detach from the live domain to make the error cases clearer. 2) Changes the retry mechanism. Detaching from the persistent domain is not retried. If libvirt reports device not found, while both persistent and live detach is needed, the error is ignored, and the process continues with the live detach. In any other case the error considered as fatal. Detaching from the live domain is changed to always wait for the libvirt event. In case of timeout, the live detach is retried. But a failure event from libvirt considered fatal, based on the information from the libvirt developers, so in this case the detach is not retried. Related-Bug: #1882521 [1]https://libvirt.org/html/libvirt-libvirt-domain.html#virConnectDomainEventDeviceRemovedCallback Change-Id: I7f2b6330decb92e2838aa7cee47fb228f00f47da
OpenStack Nova
OpenStack Nova provides a cloud computing fabric controller, supporting a wide variety of compute technologies, including: libvirt (KVM, Xen, LXC and more), Hyper-V, VMware, OpenStack Ironic and PowerVM.
Use the following resources to learn more.
API
To learn how to use Nova's API, consult the documentation available online at:
For more information on OpenStack APIs, SDKs and CLIs in general, refer to:
Operators
To learn how to deploy and configure OpenStack Nova, consult the documentation available online at:
In the unfortunate event that bugs are discovered, they should be reported to the appropriate bug tracker. If you obtained the software from a 3rd party operating system vendor, it is often wise to use their own bug tracker for reporting problems. In all other cases use the master OpenStack bug tracker, available at:
Developers
For information on how to contribute to Nova, please see the contents of the CONTRIBUTING.rst.
Any new code must follow the development guidelines detailed in the HACKING.rst file, and pass all unit tests.
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Other Information
During each Summit and Project Team Gathering, we agree on what the whole community wants to focus on for the upcoming release. The plans for nova can be found at: