On 04/04/11 07:38, Anthony Liguori wrote: > On 04/04/2011 08:22 AM, Avi Kivity wrote: >> On 04/03/2011 02:57 PM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: >>> In order for media change to work with Linux host CD-ROM it is >>> necessary to reopen the file (otherwise the inode size will not >>> refresh, this is an issue with existing kernels). >>> >> >> Maybe we should fix the bug in Linux (and backport as necessary)? >> >> I think cd-rom assignment is sufficiently obscure that we can require >> a fixed kernel instead of providing a workaround. > > Do reads fail after CD change? Or do they succeed and the size is just > reported incorrectly? > > If it's the later, I'd agree that it needs fixing in the kernel. If > it's the former, I'd say it's clearly a feature.
In January 2010 I was seeing old data -- data from the prior CD -- in the guest after the media change. David -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
