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Re: port-xen/47899: xen block script does not create vnd devices when needed.
The following reply was made to PR port-xen/47899; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, port-xen-maintainer%netbsd.org@localhost,
gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost,
7heo%7heo.tk@localhost
Cc:
Subject: Re: port-xen/47899: xen block script does not create vnd devices when
needed.
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 11:22:41 -0400
On Jun 6, 1:30pm, bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost (Manuel Bouyer) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: port-xen/47899: xen block script does not create vnd devices
| The following reply was made to PR port-xen/47899; it has been noted by
GNATS.
|
| From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
| To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
| Cc: port-xen-maintainer%NetBSD.org@localhost,
gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost,
| netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, 7heo%7heo.tk@localhost
| Subject: Re: port-xen/47899: xen block script does not create vnd devices
| when needed.
| Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 15:26:16 +0200
|
| On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 12:05:01PM +0000, Michael van Elst wrote:
| > >vnconfig -l works fine for me:
| > >ragga:/domains#vnconfig -l
| > >vnd0: not in use
| > >vnd1: /domains (/dev/raid1f) inode 4
| > >vnd2: /domains (/dev/raid1f) inode 11
| > >vnd3: /domains (/dev/raid1f) inode 12
| > >vnd4: not in use
| > >vnd5: not in use
| > >vnd6: not in use
| > >[...]
| > >vnd29: not in use
| > >vnd30: not in use
| > >vnd31: not in use
| >
| > vnconfig will clone the driver instance when necessary, but
| > never remove it. The first 4 instances are precreated by
| > the driver to be compatible with earlier kernels where
| > the driver wasn't cloning.
|
| but AFAIK vnconfig doesn't know how much instances are available in
| the kernel. It only checks if existing /dev/vnd* nodes are busy or
| not: it does a VNDIOCGET for each vnu_unit against /dev/vnd0d
| (up do cd_ndevs if I read the code properly).
| I guess cd_ndevs is increased dynamically when devices are used ...
No, this is a bug. Let me fix it. It should not be using cd_ndevs.
christos
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