Re: [Xen-devel] domain uuid always change in xl list -l if no uuid in vm.cfg

[Zhigang Wang <zhigang.x.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/15/2014 05:22 PM, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 04:00:31PM -0400, Zhigang Wang wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> `xl list --long` will return a random domain UUID if no UUID is specified in 
>> vm.cfg::
>>
>>     # xl list -l |grep uuid
>>                 "uuid": "bbf0c18e-3325-4fe9-b303-5fa1ef0751c5",
>>     # xl list -l |grep uuid
>>                 "uuid": "4982f6e2-0e17-4c88-8fa1-1d333d9f1f6e",
>>
>> In this case, the domain handle (uuid) is set as 
>> `ffc51cf9-2fb2-4838-b757-bcd65ace42b6` and will not change.
>>
>> I think we may need always return the domain handle as shown in xenstore::
>>
>>     # xenstore-read /local/domain/1/vm
>>     /vm/ffc51cf9-2fb2-4838-b757-bcd65ace42b6
>>
>> Related code tool/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c:
>>
>> static void parse_config_data(...
>>
>>     if (!xlu_cfg_get_string (config, "uuid", &buf, 0) ) {
>>         if ( libxl_uuid_from_string(&c_info->uuid, buf) ) {
>>             fprintf(stderr, "Failed to parse UUID: %s\n", buf);
>>             exit(1);
>>         }
>>     }else{
>>         libxl_uuid_generate(&c_info->uuid);
>>     }
>>
>> I don't think it's right to just get the domain handle here. We may need to 
>> refactor the logic a little.
>>
>> If Wei or anyone else is working on related staff, please consider this.
>>
> 
> My series already covers this. ;-)

Excellent. Will read and test your patches later.

Zhigang


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