Qemu uses non-blocking I/O which doesn't play nice with regular file descriptors. We need to pass a pipe to qemu instead, which can easily be done using iohelper. --- src/qemu/qemu_driver.c | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c index 99da3f2..52350f2 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c @@ -2943,9 +2943,11 @@ doCoreDump(struct qemud_driver *driver, int ret = -1; virFileWrapperFdPtr wrapperFd = NULL; int directFlag = 0; + unsigned int flags = VIR_FILE_WRAPPER_NON_BLOCKING; /* Create an empty file with appropriate ownership. */ if (bypass_cache) { + flags |= VIR_FILE_WRAPPER_BYPASS_CACHE; directFlag = virFileDirectFdFlag(); if (directFlag < 0) { qemuReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED, "%s", @@ -2961,9 +2963,7 @@ doCoreDump(struct qemud_driver *driver, NULL, NULL)) < 0) goto cleanup; - if (bypass_cache && - !(wrapperFd = virFileWrapperFdNew(&fd, path, - VIR_FILE_WRAPPER_BYPASS_CACHE))) + if (!(wrapperFd = virFileWrapperFdNew(&fd, path, flags))) goto cleanup; if (qemuMigrationToFile(driver, vm, fd, 0, path, -- 1.7.8.4 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list