From 78e90879fa0b127860b947f948f81429313275b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathon Jongsma Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:38:49 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Add news for virDomainAgentSetResponseTimeout() Signed-off-by: Jonathon Jongsma Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik --- docs/news.xml | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml index 240d288c37..72c0edb317 100644 --- a/docs/news.xml +++ b/docs/news.xml @@ -66,6 +66,19 @@ initialized the vGPU. + + + Add API to change the response timeout for guest agent commands + + + By default, when a command is sent to the guest agent, libvirt waits + forever for a response from the guest agent. If the guest is + unresponsive for any reason, this can block the calling thread + indefinitely. By setting a custom timeout using + virDomainAgentSetResponseTimeout(), API users can change + this behavior. + +
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