On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 09:21:45AM +0200, Martin Kletzander wrote: > On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 11:36:52AM +0800, xinhua.Cao wrote: > > directory /var/lib alway is Persistence directory, but in redhat system, > > /var/run is memory directory. > > our running domain xml is saved at /var/run/libvirt/qemu. so if we cold > > reset system, > > the /var/run/libvirt/qemu directory is clear, but > > /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-*** is saved. so there > > have same /var/run/libvirt/qemu/domain-*** directory will be left over at > > system cold reset. > > Is that he only problem? I know it sounds right to have that in a > runtime directory, but for me it would also make sense to have that in a > persistent directory. Either this or any other file that suggests we > did not clean up a domain yet. I'm not sure we are currently doing it > or that it's a reason for why libDir was chosen, but it might have been.
libDir is almost certainly just a historical accident. Conceptually runDir makes more sense since this requires no storage across reboots. Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :| -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
