Hint that the users should limit the number of VMs queried in the bulk stats API. --- src/libvirt-domain.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c index 310b91b37..b01f2705c 100644 --- a/src/libvirt-domain.c +++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c @@ -11315,6 +11315,10 @@ virConnectGetDomainCapabilities(virConnectPtr conn, * VIR_CONNECT_GET_ALL_DOMAINS_STATS_SHUTOFF and/or * VIR_CONNECT_GET_ALL_DOMAINS_STATS_OTHER for all other states. * + * Note that this API is prone to exceeding maximum RPC message size on hosts + * with lots of VMs so it's suggested to use virDomainListGetStats with a + * reasonable list of VMs as the argument. + * * Returns the count of returned statistics structures on success, -1 on error. * The requested data are returned in the @retStats parameter. The returned * array should be freed by the caller. See virDomainStatsRecordListFree. @@ -11386,6 +11390,9 @@ virConnectGetAllDomainStats(virConnectPtr conn, * Note that any of the domain list filtering flags in @flags may be rejected * by this function. * + * Note that this API is prone to exceeding maximum RPC message size on hosts + * with lots of VMs so it's suggested to limit the number of VMs queried. + * * Returns the count of returned statistics structures on success, -1 on error. * The requested data are returned in the @retStats parameter. The returned * array should be freed by the caller. See virDomainStatsRecordListFree. -- 2.12.2 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list