[openstack-dev] [devstack] libvirt default log level

Simon Pasquier simon.pasquier at bull.net
Wed Jan 15 17:13:41 UTC 2014


+1 for your change. I've been hit by the very same issue today.

Simon

On 15/01/2014 17:56, Steven Dake wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ken'ichi Omichi submitted a change [1] in devstack to change the default
> log level to 1 for libvirt.  This results in continual spam to
> /var/log/messages in my development system, even after exiting
> devstack.  The spam looks like:
> "
> Jan 14 08:13:49 bigiron libvirtd: 2014-01-14 15:13:49.334+0000: 1480:
> debug : virFileClose:90 : Closed fd 8
> Jan 14 08:13:49 bigiron libvirtd: 2014-01-14 15:13:49.334+0000: 1480:
> debug : virFileClose:90 : Closed fd 9
> Jan 14 08:13:49 bigiron libvirtd: 2014-01-14 15:13:49.334+0000: 1480:
> debug : virFileClose:90 : Closed fd 10
> Jan 14 08:13:49 bigiron libvirtd: 2014-01-14 15:13:49.334+0000: 1480:
> debug : virFileClose:90 : Closed fd 11
> "
> in a continual loop
>
> I submitted a change [2] that sets the default to level 2 (info +
> warnings + errors) which was -1'ed by Sean Dague.  His suggestion was to
> take the discussion upstream so consensus around what the default should
> be can be made so this doesn't end up getting changed every week.
>
> The core mission of devstack is to provide a development environment for
> developers.  The fact that it is being used in the gate seems somewhat
> ancillary to it's mission, and forcing a default of "spam the system
> logs with tons of libvirt messages" seems counter to the core mission of
> devstack.  As is, without modification devstack makes looking at
> anything useful in my system logs impossible without grep -v libvirt and
> is intrusive to developer's workstations.
>
> [1] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/63992/
> <https://review.openstack.org/#/c/63992/>
> [2] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/66630/
>
>
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