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The default memlock limit is 64k which is not enough to start a single
VM. The requirements for one VM are 12k, 8k for eBPF map and 4k for eBPF
program, however, it fails to create eBPF map and program with 64k limit.
By testing I figured out that the minimal limit is 80k to start a single
VM with functional eBPF and if I add 12k I can start another one.
This leads into following calculation:
80k as memlock limit worked to start a VM with eBPF which means there
is 68k of lock memory that I was not able to figure out what was using
it. So to get a number for 4096 VMs:
68 + 12 * 4096 = 49220
If we round it up we will get 64M of memory lock limit to support 4096
VMs with default map size which can hold 64 entries for devices.
This should be good enough as a sane default and users can change it if
the need to.
Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1807090
Signed-off-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
Libvirt API for virtualization
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
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License
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General
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Installation
Libvirt uses the GNU Autotools build system, so in general can be built and installed with the usual commands, however, we mandate to have the build directory different than the source directory. For example, to build in a manner that is suitable for installing as root, use:
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ ../configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
$ make
$ sudo make install
While to build & install as an unprivileged user
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ ../configure --prefix=$HOME/usr
$ make
$ make install
The libvirt code relies on a large number of 3rd party libraries. These will
be detected during execution of the configure script and a summary printed
which lists any missing (optional) dependencies.
Contributing
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
- libvirt-users@redhat.com (for user discussions)
- libvir-list@redhat.com (for development only)
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