Looks like <shareable/> within <disk> has no effect. I ran virsh dumpxml, inserted the <shareable/>, redefined the domain, and ran virsh dumpxml again. No shareable. I even ran virsh undefine and virsh define again, same thing. XML and output of xm list --long for this guest attached.
<domain type='xen'> <name>rhel5pv</name> <uuid>49a0c6ffc066539264983632d093c2e7</uuid> <bootloader>/usr/bin/pygrub</bootloader> <os> <type>linux</type> <kernel>/var/lib/xen/boot_kernel.BCkYBN</kernel> <initrd>/var/lib/xen/boot_ramdisk.sjOK9_</initrd> <cmdline>ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00</cmdline> </os> <currentMemory>393216</currentMemory> <memory>524288</memory> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='tap' type='aio'/> <source file='/var/lib/xen/images/rhel5pv.img'/> <target dev='xvda'/> <shareable/> </disk> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='00:16:3e:23:9e:eb'/> <source bridge='xenbr0'/> <script path='vif-bridge'/> </interface> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='00:16:3e:23:9e:eb'/> <source bridge='xenbr0'/> <script path='vif-bridge'/> </interface> <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' keymap='en-us'/> <console/> </devices> </domain>
(domain (domid 1) (uuid 49a0c6ff-c066-5392-6498-3632d093c2e7) (vcpus 1) (cpu_weight 1.0) (memory 384) (shadow_memory 0) (maxmem 512) (bootloader /usr/bin/pygrub) (features ) (name rhel5pv) (on_poweroff destroy) (on_reboot restart) (on_crash restart) (image (linux (kernel /var/lib/xen/boot_kernel.c9hdO-) (ramdisk /var/lib/xen/boot_ramdisk.biuRMa) (args 'ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00') ) ) (device (vif (backend 0) (script vif-bridge) (bridge xenbr0) (mac 00:16:3e:23:9e:eb) ) ) (device (vif (backend 0) (script vif-bridge) (bridge xenbr0) (mac 00:16:3e:23:9e:eb) ) ) (device (vkbd (backend 0))) (device (vfb (backend 0) (type vnc) (vncunused 1) (keymap en-us))) (device (tap (backend 0) (dev xvda:disk) (uname tap:aio:/var/lib/xen/images/rhel5pv.img) (mode w) ) ) (state -b----) (shutdown_reason poweroff) (cpu_time 16.260877279) (online_vcpus 1) (up_time 418.871421099) (start_time 1195062949.41) (store_mfn 1329201) (console_mfn 1329200) )
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