Build libvirt from git (ccf7567329f). Using the libvirt ‘run’ script, run something like libguestfs-test-tool. I think basically any command which runs a guest will do. NB These commands are all run as NON-root: killall libvirtd lt-libvirtd virtlogd lt-virtlogd ./build/run libguestfs-test-tool Now there will be a lt-virtlogd process using 100% of CPU: PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 2572972 rjones 20 0 47880 16256 14516 R 100.0 0.1 0:19.27 lt-virt+ $ ls /proc/2572972/fd -l total 0 lrwx------. 1 rjones rjones 64 Feb 17 17:45 0 -> /dev/null lrwx------. 1 rjones rjones 64 Feb 17 17:45 1 -> /dev/null lr-x------. 1 rjones rjones 64 Feb 17 17:45 11 -> /var/lib/sss/mc/passwd lr-x------. 1 rjones rjones 64 Feb 17 17:45 12 -> /var/lib/sss/mc/group lrwx------. 1 rjones rjones 64 Feb 17 17:45 13 -> 'socket:[48299994]' lr-x------. 1 rjones rjones 64 Feb 17 17:45 14 -> 'pipe:[48299995]' l-wx------. 1 rjones rjones 64 Feb 17 17:45 16 -> /home/rjones/.cache/libvirt/qemu/log/guestfs-xllxycje1blj4nmd.log l-wx------. 1 rjones rjones 64 Feb 17 17:45 17 -> /run/systemd/inhibit/1620.ref lrwx------. 1 rjones rjones 64 Feb 17 17:45 2 -> /dev/null lrwx------. 1 rjones rjones 64 Feb 17 17:45 3 -> 'socket:[48299981]' l-wx------. 1 rjones rjones 64 Feb 17 17:45 4 -> /run/user/1000/libvirt/virtlogd.pid lrwx------. 1 rjones rjones 64 Feb 17 17:45 5 -> 'socket:[48299984]' lrwx------. 1 rjones rjones 64 Feb 17 17:45 6 -> 'socket:[48299986]' lr-x------. 1 rjones rjones 64 Feb 17 17:45 7 -> 'pipe:[48299988]' l-wx------. 1 rjones rjones 64 Feb 17 17:45 8 -> 'pipe:[48299988]' lrwx------. 1 rjones rjones 64 Feb 17 17:45 9 -> 'anon_inode:[eventfd]' $ ls -ltr /home/rjones/.cache/libvirt/qemu/log/guestfs-xllxycje1blj4nmd.log -rw-------. 1 rjones rjones 4003 Feb 17 17:44 /home/rjones/.cache/libvirt/qemu/log/guestfs-xllxycje1blj4nmd.log Only one thread running with this stack trace: Thread 1 (Thread 0x7fa51f219b40 (LWP 2572972)): #0 virObjectGetLockableObj (anyobj=0x55fb2896c200) at ../../src/util/virobject.c:393 #1 virObjectLock (anyobj=0x55fb2896c200) at ../../src/util/virobject.c:427 #2 0x00007fa520fda48f in virNetServerHasClients (srv=0x55fb2896c200) at ../../src/rpc/virnetserver.c:966 #3 0x00007fa520fd7b69 in daemonServerHasClients (payload=<optimized out>, key=<optimized out>, opaque=0x7ffc8adb5a47) at ../../src/rpc/virnetdaemon.c:916 #4 0x00007fa520ea7140 in virHashForEach (data=<optimized out>, iter=<optimized out>, table=<optimized out>) at ../../src/util/virhash.c:639 #5 virHashForEach (table=0x55fb289571a0, iter=iter@entry=0x7fa520fd7b60 <daemonServerHasClients>, data=data@entry=0x7ffc8adb5a47) at ../../src/util/virhash.c:627 #6 0x00007fa520fd89ee in virNetDaemonHasClients (dmn=<optimized out>) at ../../src/rpc/virnetdaemon.c:927 #7 0x00007fa520fd8aa5 in virNetDaemonRun (dmn=0x55fb28957110) at ../../src/rpc/virnetdaemon.c:842 #8 0x000055fb27b5c8e9 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=0x7ffc8adb6188) at ../../src/logging/log_daemon.c:1153 pstack shows it's fairly busy and the stack trace is not very consistent, eg: #0 0x00007fa52032aaed in g_free () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #1 0x00007fa520e73d1b in virFree (ptrptr=ptrptr@entry=0x55fb2896c1a8) at ../../src/util/viralloc.c:348 #2 0x00007fa520e982d2 in virResetError (err=0x55fb2896c1a0) at ../../src/util/virerror.c:472 #3 virResetError (err=0x55fb2896c1a0) at ../../src/util/virerror.c:468 #4 0x00007fa520e9963c in virEventRunDefaultImpl () at ../../src/util/virevent.c:341 #5 0x00007fa520fd8abd in virNetDaemonRun (dmn=0x55fb28957110) at ../../src/rpc/virnetdaemon.c:858 #6 0x000055fb27b5c8e9 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=0x7ffc8adb6188) at ../../src/logging/log_daemon.c:1153 #0 0x00007fa520184a37 in poll () at /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007fa520324e3e in g_main_context_iterate.isra () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007fa520324f73 in g_main_context_iteration () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00007fa520e9a4f0 in virEventGLibRunOnce () at ../../src/util/vireventglib.c:496 #4 0x00007fa520e99645 in virEventRunDefaultImpl () at ../../src/util/virevent.c:343 #5 0x00007fa520fd8abd in virNetDaemonRun (dmn=0x55fb28957110) at ../../src/rpc/virnetdaemon.c:858 #6 0x000055fb27b5c8e9 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=0x7ffc8adb6188) at ../../src/logging/log_daemon.c:1153 #0 0x00007fa520322d9d in g_source_ref () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #1 0x00007fa520322e71 in g_source_iter_next () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007fa52032479f in g_main_context_check () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00007fa520324de2 in g_main_context_iterate.isra () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #4 0x00007fa520324f73 in g_main_context_iteration () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #5 0x00007fa520e9a4f0 in virEventGLibRunOnce () at ../../src/util/vireventglib.c:496 #6 0x00007fa520e99645 in virEventRunDefaultImpl () at ../../src/util/virevent.c:343 #7 0x00007fa520fd8abd in virNetDaemonRun (dmn=0x55fb28957110) at ../../src/rpc/virnetdaemon.c:858 #8 0x000055fb27b5c8e9 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=0x7ffc8adb6188) at ../../src/logging/log_daemon.c:1153 Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read 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