Re: [PATCH] Introduce dom0-min-space configuration option

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 07/26/2010 01:48 PM, Michal Novotny wrote:
>>
> Well, the root cause is insufficient disk space since without
> insufficient disk space issue we won't be running into those issues. In
> fact there are 2 points of view on this one:
>
>   1) implement a check for enough disk space (this is what I did)
>   2) implement the proper error message saying there is not enough space
> to extract it (ENOSPC) - this is what you and Ian suggest
>
> I am not telling any of those options is bad, nevertheless it's based
> just on the point of view. So, is option 2 better  and worth
> implementing rather than limiting the domain run only to case with
> enough space on dom0?

Yes, definitely.

Option 1 wouldn't work, initrd and kernel files have all sort of sizes.

Paolo