Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels

[Avi Kivity]

On 11/08/2011 04:52 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 04:41:40PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> > On 11/06/2011 03:35 AM, Alexander Graf wrote:
> > > To quickly get going, just execute the following as user:
> > >
> > >     $ ./Documentation/run-qemu.sh -r / -a init=/bin/bash
> > >
> > > This will drop you into a shell on your rootfs.
> > >
> > 
> > Doesn't work on Fedora 15.  F15's qemu-kvm doesn't have -machine or
> > -virtfs.  Even qemu.git on F15 won't build virtfs since xattr.h
> > detection is broken (patch posted).
>
> Nevermind that running virtfs as a rootfs is a really dumb idea.  You
> do now want to run a VM that has a rootfs that gets changed all the
> time behind your back.

True.

> Running qemu -snapshot on the actual root block device is the only
> safe way to reuse the host installation, although it gets a bit
> complicated if people have multiple devices mounted into the namespace.

How is -snapshot any different?  If the host writes a block after the
guest has been launched, but before that block was cowed, then the guest
will see the new block.

It could work with a btrfs snapshot, but not everyone uses that.

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