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From: Nathan March <nathan@gt.net>
Subject: Re: Bug in Xen 4.1.0: Xen leaks tapdisk2 processes
Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 16:25:29 -0700
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On 5/6/2011 11:27 AM, Jim Fehlig wrote:
>>
>>> I don't have a spare server to test the patch with at the moment, but I
>>> can try this out later this week.
>>>     
>> If you are running xm/xend rather than xl then it won't help.
>>
>> But I'm not sure how one tells with libvrit which you are running, I'd
>> expect that if xend were running it would be used by default. Jim?
>>   
> If xend is running, libvirt will use it.  If not, it will attempt to use
> libxenlight.  'virsh version' will tell which xen backend you are using.
>
> E.g. if xend is running:
> xen33: # virsh version
> Compiled against library: libvir 0.9.0
> Using library: libvir 0.9.0
> Using API: Xen 3.0.1
>
> If xend is not running:
> xen33: # virsh version
> Compiled against library: libvir 0.9.0
> Using library: libvir 0.9.0
> Using API: xenlight 0.9.0
>
> Looks like I need to put libxenlight's version in there instead of
> libvirt's version, but 'Xen' vs. 'xenlight' will tell which libvirt
> backend is being used.
>
In that case, I can confirm that I'm using xend:

xen1 ~ # virsh version
Compiled against library: libvir 0.9.0
Using library: libvir 0.9.0
Using API: Xen 3.0.1
Running hypervisor: Xen 4.1.0

- Nathan