From: Shriram Rajagopalan <rshriram@cs.ubc.ca>
To: xen-devel@lists.xen.org
Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@citrix.com>,
Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>,
Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>,
Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1 of 4 V5] remus: add libnl3 dependency to autoconf scripts
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 12:03:04 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4b471809a5bb016afb2d.1384804984@athos.nss.cs.ubc.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <patchbomb.1384804983@athos.nss.cs.ubc.ca>
# HG changeset patch
# User Shriram Rajagopalan <rshriram@cs.ubc.ca>
# Date 1384798655 28800
# Node ID 4b471809a5bb016afb2d24521b5f8f548057b29f
# Parent 974c8559f8234d46c0e5cd06a5caca072548f4f8
remus: add libnl3 dependency to autoconf scripts
Libnl3 is required for controlling Remus network buffering.
This patch adds dependency on libnl3 (>= 3.2.8) to autoconf scripts.
Also provide ability to configure tools without libnl3 support, that
is without network buffering support.
Signed-off-by: Shriram Rajagopalan <rshriram@cs.ubc.ca>
Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
diff -r 974c8559f823 -r 4b471809a5bb README
--- a/README Mon Nov 18 09:38:07 2013 -0800
+++ b/README Mon Nov 18 10:17:35 2013 -0800
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ disabled at compile time:
includes the alternative ocaml xenstored.
* cmake (if building vtpm stub domains)
* markdown
+ * Development install of libnl3 (e.g., libnl-3-200,
+ libnl-3-dev, etc). Required if network buffering is desired
+ when using Remus with libxl. See tools/remus/README for detailed
+ information.
Second, you need to acquire a suitable kernel for use in domain 0. If
possible you should use a kernel provided by your OS distributor. If
diff -r 974c8559f823 -r 4b471809a5bb config/Tools.mk.in
--- a/config/Tools.mk.in Mon Nov 18 09:38:07 2013 -0800
+++ b/config/Tools.mk.in Mon Nov 18 10:17:35 2013 -0800
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ PTHREAD_LIBS := @PTHREAD_LIBS@
PTYFUNCS_LIBS := @PTYFUNCS_LIBS@
+LIBNL3_LIBS := @LIBNL3_LIBS@
+LIBNL3_CFLAGS := @LIBNL3_CFLAGS@
# Download GIT repositories via HTTP or GIT's own protocol?
# GIT's protocol is faster and more robust, when it works at all (firewalls
# may block it). We make it the default, but if your GIT repository downloads
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ CONFIG_QEMU_TRAD := @qemu_traditional
CONFIG_QEMU_XEN := @qemu_xen@
CONFIG_XEND := @xend@
CONFIG_BLKTAP1 := @blktap1@
+CONFIG_REMUS_NETBUF := @remus_netbuf@
#System options
ZLIB := @zlib@
diff -r 974c8559f823 -r 4b471809a5bb tools/configure.ac
--- a/tools/configure.ac Mon Nov 18 09:38:07 2013 -0800
+++ b/tools/configure.ac Mon Nov 18 10:17:35 2013 -0800
@@ -230,6 +230,21 @@ AC_SUBST(libiconv)
# Checks for header files.
AC_CHECK_HEADERS([yajl/yajl_version.h sys/eventfd.h])
+# Check for libnl3 >=3.2.8. If present enable remus network buffering.
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBNL3, [libnl-3.0 >= 3.2.8 libnl-route-3.0 >= 3.2.8],
+ [libnl3_lib="y"], [libnl3_lib="n"])
+
+AS_IF([test "x$libnl3_lib" = "xn" ], [
+ AC_MSG_WARN([Disabling support for Remus network buffering.
+ Please install libnl3 libraries, command line tools and devel
+ headers - version 3.2.8 or higher])
+ AC_SUBST(remus_netbuf, [n])
+ ],[
+ AC_SUBST(LIBNL3_LIBS)
+ AC_SUBST(LIBNL3_CFLAGS)
+ AC_SUBST(remus_netbuf, [y])
+])
+
AC_OUTPUT()
AS_IF([test "x$xend" = "xy" ], [
diff -r 974c8559f823 -r 4b471809a5bb tools/libxl/Makefile
--- a/tools/libxl/Makefile Mon Nov 18 09:38:07 2013 -0800
+++ b/tools/libxl/Makefile Mon Nov 18 10:17:35 2013 -0800
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ endif
LIBXL_LIBS =
LIBXL_LIBS = $(LDLIBS_libxenctrl) $(LDLIBS_libxenguest) $(LDLIBS_libxenstore) $(LDLIBS_libblktapctl) $(PTYFUNCS_LIBS) $(LIBUUID_LIBS)
+LIBXL_LIBS += $(LIBNL3_LIBS)
CFLAGS_LIBXL += $(CFLAGS_libxenctrl)
CFLAGS_LIBXL += $(CFLAGS_libxenguest)
CFLAGS_LIBXL += $(CFLAGS_libxenstore)
CFLAGS_LIBXL += $(CFLAGS_libblktapctl)
+CFLAGS_LIBXL += $(LIBNL3_CFLAGS)
CFLAGS_LIBXL += -Wshadow
CFLAGS += $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
diff -r 974c8559f823 -r 4b471809a5bb tools/remus/README
--- a/tools/remus/README Mon Nov 18 09:38:07 2013 -0800
+++ b/tools/remus/README Mon Nov 18 10:17:35 2013 -0800
@@ -2,3 +2,9 @@ Remus provides fault tolerance for virtu
checkpoints to a backup, which will activate if the target VM fails.
See the website at http://nss.cs.ubc.ca/remus/ for details.
+
+Using Remus with libxl on Xen 4.4 and higher:
+ To enable network buffering, you need libnl 3.2.8
+ or higher along with the development headers and command line utilities.
+ If your distro does not have the appropriate libnl3 version, you can find
+ the latest source tarball of libnl3 at http://www.carisma.slowglass.com/~tgr/libnl/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-11-18 20:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-18 20:03 [PATCH 0 of 4 V5] Remus/Libxl: Network buffering support Shriram Rajagopalan
2013-11-18 20:03 ` Shriram Rajagopalan [this message]
2013-11-18 20:03 ` [PATCH 2 of 4 V5] tools/libxl: Remus network buffering - hotplug scripts and setup code Shriram Rajagopalan
2013-11-25 15:32 ` Ian Jackson
2013-12-19 19:37 ` Shriram Rajagopalan
2013-11-18 20:03 ` [PATCH 3 of 4 V5] tools/libxl: Control network buffering in remus callbacks Shriram Rajagopalan
2013-11-25 15:38 ` Ian Jackson
2013-11-18 20:03 ` [PATCH 4 of 4 V5] tools/xl: Remus - Network buffering cmdline switch Shriram Rajagopalan
2013-11-25 15:37 ` Ian Jackson
2013-12-12 5:45 ` Shriram Rajagopalan
2013-12-12 11:07 ` Ian Campbell
2013-12-12 15:13 ` Ian Jackson
2013-12-12 15:36 ` Ian Campbell
2013-12-12 15:12 ` Ian Jackson
2013-12-12 18:37 ` Shriram Rajagopalan
2013-12-12 18:43 ` Ian Jackson
2013-12-12 18:47 ` Brendan Cully
2013-12-12 18:52 ` Shriram Rajagopalan
2013-12-12 18:55 ` Brendan Cully
2013-11-19 16:23 ` [PATCH 0 of 4 V5] Remus/Libxl: Network buffering support Ian Campbell
2013-11-19 17:58 ` Shriram Rajagopalan
2013-11-24 6:51 ` Shriram Rajagopalan
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