From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH OSSTEST] ts-debian-install: Stop nbd-server
 before creating the guest
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 14:47:52 +0100
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On Fri, 2015-07-24 at 14:39 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Ian Campbell writes ("[PATCH OSSTEST] ts-debian-install: Stop nbd-server 
> before creating the guest"):
> > Like the umount this is useful when running the test/job repeatedly in
> > development, since it allows the LV to be destroyed.
> 
> This will cause trouble if the host is shared.  This is not a bug
> right now because the nbd server only runs in a job which is already
> pretty heavy-handed.
> 
> But, also, it seems rather action-at-a-distance.  ts-debian-install
> has no other knowledge of nbd.

Yes, I wasn't sure where else it could go though.

TBH, this was annoying while I was writing the new migration testcase, but
now I'm done I can live without this.

Ian.