| Message ID | alpine.DEB.2.02.1602091556100.27008@kaball.uk.xensource.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
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Stefano Stabellini writes ("[PATCH] docs: document shortcomings of running QEMU as non-root"):
> Running QEMU as non-root causes migration and PCI passthrough not to
> work properly. Migration can be fixed rather easily
> (http://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=145382864118600), but PCI passthrough
> cannot (http://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=145286946113964).
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 06:30:45PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote: > Stefano Stabellini writes ("[PATCH] docs: document shortcomings of running QEMU as non-root"): > > Running QEMU as non-root causes migration and PCI passthrough not to > > work properly. Migration can be fixed rather easily > > (http://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=145382864118600), but PCI passthrough > > cannot (http://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=145286946113964). > > > > Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com> > > Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> applied
diff --git a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 index 8899f75..40690bd 100644 --- a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 +++ b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 @@ -1840,6 +1840,8 @@ option to the device-model. Run the device model as user "username", instead of xen-qemudepriv-domid$domid or xen-qemudepriv-shared or root. +Please note that running QEMU as non-root causes migration and PCI +passthrough not to work properly. =back diff --git a/docs/misc/qemu-deprivilege.txt b/docs/misc/qemu-deprivilege.txt index dde74ab..879a98e 100644 --- a/docs/misc/qemu-deprivilege.txt +++ b/docs/misc/qemu-deprivilege.txt @@ -29,3 +29,7 @@ adduser --no-create-home --system xen-qemuuser-shared 3) root As a last resort, libxl will start QEMU as root. + + +Please note that running QEMU as non-root causes migration and PCI +passthrough not to work properly.
Running QEMU as non-root causes migration and PCI passthrough not to work properly. Migration can be fixed rather easily (http://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=145382864118600), but PCI passthrough cannot (http://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=145286946113964). Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>