On 26.09.2013 11:48, Panday Ritesh Sharma (rpanday) wrote: > Yes, I am sure because other information pulled are correct. And the same way > we have used libvirt APIs to extract other informations at different places. > > My question is if VM is in shut-off state does it mean running ? IF not, what > is the correct state for this VM. I am wondering why the state is 'unsigned > char' in virDomainGetInfo, why it could not be 'enum' as it is returning > enums only. > >
Domain in the shut-off state is shut off. It is not running. The state is unsigned char due to ABI stability. If it were enum and we add a new item into the enum we can hardly avoid breaking ABI. In general, compiler may decide more space is needed to store the enum and hence the ABI won't be compatible. That is, after you've upgraded the libvirt, you'll get malicious errors even though your code is just correct. Michal -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
