[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#657120: Bug#657120: libvirt-bin: Should bring down virtual networks upon stop when no VM still there

[Olivier Berger]

On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:12:53 +0100, Guido Günther <agx at sigxcpu.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:26:12AM +0100, Olivier Berger wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:59:33 +0100, Guido Günther <agx at sigxcpu.org> wrote:
> > > Libvirt doesn't bring down vms when it stops nor storage pools nor
> > > networks. Why should it? 
> > 
> > Because it started a network even though no VM was ever started, AFAICT.
> > 
> > I have a virbr0 bridge started automatically even if I haven't used a VM
> > since my machine's boot... and if I stop libvirt-bin, it stays there.
> > 
> > Shouldn't it do things in a symetric way as for the start operations ?
> > 
> > Hope this is a sound rationale.
> Are you sure you tested the Debian (in contrast to the Ubuntu)
> package?

Yes sir.

> We don't start any networks automatically. So there's no virbr0 by
> default. It only does so if you set the network to _autostart_.

Ok, so let's add a condition : if libvirt is configured so as to start
the network with autostart, then it should have a symetrical autostop
feature, for when no VM is left.

How does it sound ?

Best regards,

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Olivier BERGER 
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