>[...]we'd need to know what XML string > you are passing to attach-device <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <device> <disk device="cdrom" type="file"> <source file="/tmp/foo.iso"/> <target dev="hdc"/> <readonly/> </disk> </device> If I run it without the first line, I get an "unexptected error". > and you might also want to run things > through valgrind to see if we really are smashing the heap in your > particular case. I'm new to valgrind so hopefully this output is helpfull for you: ==2735== Memcheck, a memory error detector ==2735== Copyright (C) 2002-2010, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. ==2735== Using Valgrind-3.6.1 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info ==2735== Command: virsh ==2735== ==2735== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s) ==2735== at 0x5E8D27B: __GI___strcasecmp_l (strcmp.S:243) ==2735== by 0x5E2CE2C: __gconv_open (gconv_open.c:70) ==2735== by 0x5E39EB6: _nl_find_msg (dcigettext.c:990) ==2735== by 0x5E3A673: __dcigettext (dcigettext.c:654) ==2735== by 0x42FA32: main (virsh.c:19291) ==2735== ==2735== Use of uninitialised value of size 8 ==2735== at 0x5E8F3B4: __GI___strcasecmp_l (strcmp.S:2257) ==2735== by 0x5E2CE2C: __gconv_open (gconv_open.c:70) ==2735== by 0x5E39EB6: _nl_find_msg (dcigettext.c:990) ==2735== by 0x5E3A673: __dcigettext (dcigettext.c:654) ==2735== by 0x42FA32: main (virsh.c:19291) ==2735== ==2735== Use of uninitialised value of size 8 ==2735== at 0x5E8F3B8: __GI___strcasecmp_l (strcmp.S:2258) ==2735== by 0x5E2CE2C: __gconv_open (gconv_open.c:70) ==2735== by 0x5E39EB6: _nl_find_msg (dcigettext.c:990) ==2735== by 0x5E3A673: __dcigettext (dcigettext.c:654) ==2735== by 0x42FA32: main (virsh.c:19291) ==2735== [...] virsh # attach-device dos /tmp/bla.xml Fehler: Fehler beim Anhängen des Geräts von /tmp/bla.xml Fehler: zu wenig Arbeitsspeicher [...] ==2735== ==2735== HEAP SUMMARY: ==2735== in use at exit: 191,210 bytes in 1,495 blocks ==2735== total heap usage: 3,907 allocs, 2,412 frees, 1,390,037 bytes allocated ==2735== ==2735== LEAK SUMMARY: ==2735== definitely lost: 60 bytes in 1 blocks ==2735== indirectly lost: 240 bytes in 10 blocks ==2735== possibly lost: 701 bytes in 26 blocks ==2735== still reachable: 190,209 bytes in 1,458 blocks ==2735== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks [...] ==2735== ERROR SUMMARY: 6 errors from 3 contexts (suppressed: 73 from 7) Also I used gdb to see where the virAlloc() which fails is called: Breakpoint 1, virAlloc (ptrptr=0x7fffffffd960, size=776) at util/memory.c:93 93 { (gdb) bt #0 virAlloc (ptrptr=0x7fffffffd960, size=776) at util/memory.c:93 #1 0x00007ffff7b37d73 in vboxDomainAttachDeviceImpl (dom=0x6bcc80, xml=0x6c8f50 "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n<device>\n<disk device=\"cdrom\" type=\"file\">\n<source file=\"/tmp/foo.iso\"/>\n<target dev=\"hdc\"/>\n<readonly/>\n</disk>\n</device>\n", mediaChangeOnly=<optimized out>) at vbox/vbox_tmpl.c:5339 #2 0x00007ffff7a5dc10 in virDomainAttachDevice (domain=0x6bcc80, xml=0x6c8f50 "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n<device>\n<disk device=\"cdrom\" type=\"file\">\n<source file=\"/tmp/foo.iso\"/>\n<target dev=\"hdc\"/>\n<readonly/>\n</disk>\n</device>\n") at libvirt.c:9172 #3 0x000000000041aea5 in cmdAttachDevice (ctl=0x7fffffffdd20, cmd=0x6c8c50) at virsh.c:13144 #4 0x00000000004118e5 in vshCommandRun (ctl=0x7fffffffdd20, cmd=0x6c8c50) at virsh.c:17710 #5 0x000000000042f9a8 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at virsh.c:19315 (gdb) n 101 *(void **)ptrptr = calloc(1, size); (gdb) n 103 return -1; I'm using the current version from git (5452e88). Hope the informations are useful this time. Thanks in advance ! -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list