Public bug reported: I am running libvirtd to control qemu/kvm machines (via openstack nova- compute) and have found that a long-running libvirtd daemon eventually stops responding to commands.
Admittedly, these systems are a little loaded, however I do not expect libvirtd to stop responding entirely. Please let me know if there is any further information that you require? Restarting libvirtd as a work-around allows libvirtd to start responding again. == Server A == = Process Information = $ time sudo virsh -c qemu:///system list ^C real 0m30.094s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.000s $ ps axuwwwf | grep libvirtd root 15606 0.1 0.0 276984 4564 ? Sl Nov22 32:04 /usr/sbin/libvirtd -d root 16389 0.0 0.0 276984 3552 ? S Dec04 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/libvirtd -d $ sudo strace -p 15606 Process 15606 attached - interrupt to quit futex(0x7f2f0b91b9d0, FUTEX_WAIT, 15607, NULL $ sudo strace -p 16389 Process 16389 attached - interrupt to quit futex(0x7f2f0f980e28, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL = System Information = $ cat /etc/lsb-releaseĀ· DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10" $ dpkg -l | grep libvirt ii libvirt-bin 0.9.2-4ubuntu15.1 the programs for the libvirt library ii libvirt0 0.9.2-4ubuntu15.1 library for interfacing with different virtualization systems == Server B == = Process Information = $ time sudo virsh -c qemu:///system list ^C real 0m34.162s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.010s root 6053 0.1 0.0 277132 3344 ? Sl Dec05 12:51 /usr/sbin/libvirtd -d root 27262 0.0 0.0 277132 2132 ? S Dec10 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/libvirtd -d $ sudo strace -p 27262 Process 27262 attached - interrupt to quit futex(0x7f0238cf6e28, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL $ sudo strace -p 6053 Process 6053 attached - interrupt to quit futex(0x7f0234c919d0, FUTEX_WAIT, 6054, NULL $ sudo fuser /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock /run/libvirt/libvirt-sock: 6053 $ sudo fuser /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro /run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro: 6053 $ sudo lsof /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME libvirtd 6053 root 10u unix 0xffff8805f61b3740 0t0 78644591 /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock libvirtd 6053 root 33u unix 0xffff8805f61b6b40 0t0 78643065 /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock Swap (from /proc/$pid/smaps): 1672 kB - 27262 (libvirtd) 1684 kB - 6053 (libvirtd) = System Information = $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10" $ dpkg -l | grep libvirt ii libvirt-bin 0.9.2-4ubuntu15.1 the programs for the libvirt library ii libvirt0 0.9.2-4ubuntu15.1 library for interfacing with different virtualization systems ** Affects: libvirt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/903212 Title: libvirtd stops responding To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/903212/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs