Re: [RFC] Question regarding the validity of QEMU capabilities

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On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 12:59:51PM +0200, Marc Hartmayer wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> the actual capabilities of QEMU are depending on the host. This
> includes dependencies like which kernel modules are loaded or which
> kernel parameters are used (e.g. kvm.nested). Therefore, after a
> restart we cannot be sure that the QEMU capabilities remain the same.
> 
> How can we solve this problem?

Hi,

thanks for bringing up this issue, we kind of already know about it
but it's good idea to discuss it publicly.

> 
> I have come up with two ways:
>  - reprobe the capabilities with every host reboot

This is the solution that was agreed on but nobody was motivated enough
to write the code :).

>  - check for every possible change in virQEMUCapsIsValid... (this is
>    already done for KVM). In my opinion this is not the way to go.

Pavel

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