[AutoQA] #183: Write a script and a daemon to send signals between virt machine and host

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#183: Write a script and a daemon to send signals between virt machine and host
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 Reporter:  kparal          |       Owner:                
     Type:  task            |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  major           |   Milestone:  Virtualization
Component:  infrastructure  |     Version:  1.0           
 Keywords:                  |  
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 We need to exchange some signals between virt machine and a host. For
 example "autotest job finished, need to revert to previous state". We need
 to write simple script that will send this signal for virt machine and a
 daemon that will receive this signal in the host machine and act
 accordingly.

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#183: Write a script and a daemon to send signals between virt machine and host
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 Reporter:  kparal  |        Owner:                
     Type:  task    |       Status:  new           
 Priority:  major   |    Milestone:  Virtualization
Component:  core    |   Resolution:                
 Keywords:          |  
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Changes (by kparal):

 * cc: smferguson (added)

Comment:

 Scott M Ferguson [https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/autoqa-
 devel/2010-November/001287.html says] he's working on this, adding to CC.

 I believe there is some inspiration to be found in the rats_install test
 (VM is communicating with the host) and also in the anaconda_storage test
 (currently in clumens branch, also VM communication with the host).

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#183: Write a script and a daemon to send signals between virt machine and host
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 Reporter:  kparal  |        Owner:                
     Type:  task    |       Status:  new           
 Priority:  major   |    Milestone:  Virtualization
Component:  core    |   Resolution:                
 Keywords:          |  
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Changes (by jlaska):

 * cc: lmr (added)

Comment:

 lmr pointed me to some examples where the KVM tests are responsible for
 creating guests, and running autotest's inside the guest.  There is some
 code in the upstream KVM autotest suite (see
 http://autotest.kernel.org/browser/trunk/client/tests/kvm/tests/autotest.py
 and
 http://autotest.kernel.org/browser/trunk/client/tests/kvm/kvm_test_utils....).
 I'm not sure how all the pieces fit together, but after a quick glance, it
 appears to mimic the autotest code paths when rsyncing tests+results to
 and from test clients, but using a VM instead.

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#183: Write a script and a daemon to send signals between virt machine and host
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 Reporter:  kparal  |        Owner:                
     Type:  task    |       Status:  new           
 Priority:  major   |    Milestone:  Virtualization
Component:  core    |   Resolution:                
 Keywords:          |  
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Old description:

>  We need to exchange some signals between virt machine and a host.
> For
>  example "autotest job finished, need to revert to previous state". We
>  need to write simple script that will send this signal for virt machine
>  and a daemon that will receive this signal in the host machine and act
>  accordingly.
>  
New description:

 We need to exchange some signals between virt machine and a host. For
 example "autotest job finished, need to revert to previous state". We need
 to write simple script that will send this signal for virt machine and a
 daemon that will receive this signal in the host machine and act
 accordingly.

 An idea how this could work has been posted here:
 https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/autoqa-devel/2010-June/000642.html

 This is the concept:
 {{{
       |
       |1.job
       |                 .-------------------------.
       v                 |          Host           |
 .----------.            |          ^              |
 | Autotest |            |          |4.signal      |
 |  server  |^           |          |              |
 '----------'| 3.result  | .----------------.      |
       |     '-------------|    Autotest    |      |
       '------------------>|     client     |      |
             2.job       | | (virt machine) |      |
                         | '----------------'      |
                         '-------------------------'

 }}}

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#183: Write a script and a daemon to send signals between virt machine and host
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 Reporter:  kparal  |        Owner:                
     Type:  task    |       Status:  new           
 Priority:  major   |    Milestone:  Virtualization
Component:  core    |   Resolution:                
 Keywords:          |  
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Changes (by kparal):

 * cc: smferguson (removed)

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