If cgroups are enabled in general but cpu cgroup is disabled in qemu.conf or not mounted at all, libvirt would refuse to start any domain even though scheduler parameters are not set in domain XML. This patch makes cpu cgroup mandatory only for domains that actually want to use it. --- src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c b/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c index be1b96d..df67ff3 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c @@ -549,7 +549,8 @@ int qemuSetupCgroupForVcpu(struct qemud_driver *driver, virDomainObjPtr vm) if (driver->cgroup == NULL) return 0; /* Not supported, so claim success */ - if (!qemuCgroupControllerActive(driver, VIR_CGROUP_CONTROLLER_CPU)) { + if ((period || quota) && + !qemuCgroupControllerActive(driver, VIR_CGROUP_CONTROLLER_CPU)) { virReportError(VIR_ERR_SYSTEM_ERROR, "%s", _("cgroup cpu is not active")); return -1; -- 1.7.12 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list