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Linux gained new close_range() syscall (in v5.9) that allows closing a range of FDs in a single syscall. Ideally, we would use it to close FDs when spawning a process (e.g. via virCommand module). Glibc has close_range() wrapper over the syscall, which falls back to iterative closing of all FDs inside the range if running under older kernel. We don't wane that as in that case we might just close opened FDs (see Linux version of virCommandMassClose()). And musl doesn't have close_range() at all. Therefore, call syscall directly. Now, mass close of FDs happens in a fork()-ed off child. While it could detect whether the kernel does support close_range(), it has no way of passing this info back to the parent and thus each child would need to query it again and again. Since this can't change while we are running we can cache the information - hence virCloseRangeInit(). Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Kristina Hanicova <khanicov@redhat.com>
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==============================
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.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the
website:
https://libvirt.org
License
=======
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General
Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are
not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General
Public License, version 2.0 (or later). See the files ``COPYING.LESSER``
and ``COPYING`` for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
============
Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/compiling.html
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**)
Further details on contacting the project are available on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contact.html