Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] pygrub: remove isconfig option

[Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/22/2016 04:46 PM, Firas Azar wrote:
> Andrew:
>
> Currently if we use pygrub --isconfig <image>, there is a good chance 
> that this command could fail with an "out of memory" error. This can 
> happen especially if the image file in question is at least a few 
> gigabytes in size and the dom0_mem setting is relatively small. So 
> even if any software used this option it is likely it would fail. This 
> problem is due to the parser using "readlines" function in 
> GrubConf.py, which attempts to load the entire file into memory.
FWIW, the same problem is observed on unstable. Running this option 
results in very high disk IO rate and eventually OOM killer wakes up and 
whacks pygrub.
So chances are this has been broken for a while since I believe Firas is 
working with 4.4. I haven't tried anything other than unstable though.
-boris


> The advantage of "-l -n" option is that it exercises the "real" code 
> path, which boots the PV guests.
> Regards
>
> --Firas
>
> On 03/22/2016 04:22 PM, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> > On 22/03/16 20:06, Firas Azar wrote:
> > > The pygrub command option "isconfig" is broken and obsolete. This 
> > > patch removes it since the alternate options "-l -n" provide the 
> > > same functionality.
> > Broken how?
> >
> > Are you sure that no existing software is using that option?
> >
> > ~Andrew
>
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