* [PATCH] docs: document shortcomings of running QEMU as non-root
@ 2016-02-09 16:03 Stefano Stabellini
2016-02-09 18:30 ` Ian Jackson
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stefano Stabellini @ 2016-02-09 16:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: xen-devel; +Cc: Ian Jackson, Wei Liu, Ian Campbell, Stefano Stabellini
Running QEMU as non-root causes migration and PCI passthrough not to
work properly. Migration can be fixed rather easily
(http://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=145382864118600), but PCI passthrough
cannot (http://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=145286946113964).
Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
diff --git a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5
index 8899f75..40690bd 100644
--- a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5
+++ b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5
@@ -1840,6 +1840,8 @@ option to the device-model.
Run the device model as user "username", instead of
xen-qemudepriv-domid$domid or xen-qemudepriv-shared or root.
+Please note that running QEMU as non-root causes migration and PCI
+passthrough not to work properly.
=back
diff --git a/docs/misc/qemu-deprivilege.txt b/docs/misc/qemu-deprivilege.txt
index dde74ab..879a98e 100644
--- a/docs/misc/qemu-deprivilege.txt
+++ b/docs/misc/qemu-deprivilege.txt
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@ adduser --no-create-home --system xen-qemuuser-shared
3) root
As a last resort, libxl will start QEMU as root.
+
+
+Please note that running QEMU as non-root causes migration and PCI
+passthrough not to work properly.
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* Re: [PATCH] docs: document shortcomings of running QEMU as non-root
2016-02-09 16:03 [PATCH] docs: document shortcomings of running QEMU as non-root Stefano Stabellini
@ 2016-02-09 18:30 ` Ian Jackson
2016-02-15 17:53 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ian Jackson @ 2016-02-09 18:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stefano Stabellini; +Cc: xen-devel, Wei Liu, Ian Campbell
Stefano Stabellini writes ("[PATCH] docs: document shortcomings of running QEMU as non-root"):
> Running QEMU as non-root causes migration and PCI passthrough not to
> work properly. Migration can be fixed rather easily
> (http://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=145382864118600), but PCI passthrough
> cannot (http://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=145286946113964).
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] docs: document shortcomings of running QEMU as non-root
2016-02-09 18:30 ` Ian Jackson
@ 2016-02-15 17:53 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk @ 2016-02-15 17:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ian Jackson; +Cc: xen-devel, Wei Liu, Ian Campbell, Stefano Stabellini
On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 06:30:45PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Stefano Stabellini writes ("[PATCH] docs: document shortcomings of running QEMU as non-root"):
> > Running QEMU as non-root causes migration and PCI passthrough not to
> > work properly. Migration can be fixed rather easily
> > (http://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=145382864118600), but PCI passthrough
> > cannot (http://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=145286946113964).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
>
> Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
applied
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