[Libguestfs] [PATCH] launch: libvirt: Better error when bridge / virbr0 doesn't exist (RHBZ#1262127).

[Richard W.M. Jones]

The current diagnostic is terrible.  This one tells the user how to
diagnose and fix the problem.
---
 src/launch-libvirt.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/launch-libvirt.c b/src/launch-libvirt.c
index 1c0bfac..d4c4c47 100644
--- a/src/launch-libvirt.c
+++ b/src/launch-libvirt.c
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ static int is_blk (const char *path);
 static void ignore_errors (void *ignore, virErrorPtr ignore2);
 static void set_socket_create_context (guestfs_h *g);
 static void clear_socket_create_context (guestfs_h *g);
+static int check_bridge_exists (guestfs_h *g, const char *brname);
 
 #if HAVE_LIBSELINUX
 static void selinux_warning (guestfs_h *g, const char *func, const char *selinux_op, const char *data);
@@ -393,6 +394,9 @@ launch_libvirt (guestfs_h *g, void *datav, const char *libvirt_uri)
   }
   guestfs_pop_error_handler (g);
 
+  if (g->enable_network && check_bridge_exists (g, data->network_bridge) == -1)
+    goto cleanup;
+
   /* Locate and/or build the appliance. */
   TRACE0 (launch_build_libvirt_appliance_start);
 
@@ -1988,6 +1992,49 @@ is_blk (const char *path)
   return S_ISBLK (statbuf.st_mode);
 }
 
+static int
+is_dir (const char *path)
+{
+  struct stat statbuf;
+
+  if (stat (path, &statbuf) == -1)
+    return 0;
+  return S_ISDIR (statbuf.st_mode);
+}
+
+/* Used to check the network_bridge exists, or give a useful error
+ * message.
+ */
+static int
+check_bridge_exists (guestfs_h *g, const char *brname)
+{
+  CLEANUP_FREE char *path = NULL;
+
+  /* If this doesn't look like Linux, give up. */
+  if (!is_dir ("/sys/class/net"))
+    return 0;
+
+  /* Does the interface exist and is it a bridge? */
+  path = safe_asprintf (g, "/sys/class/net/%s/bridge", brname);
+  if (is_dir (path))
+    return 0;
+
+  error (g,
+         _("bridge '%s' not found.  Try running:\n"
+           "\n"
+           "  brctl show\n"
+           "\n"
+           "to get a list of bridges on the host, and then selecting the\n"
+           "bridge you wish the appliance network to connect to using:\n"
+           "\n"
+           "  export LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND_SETTINGS=network_bridge=<bridge name>\n"
+           "\n"
+           "You may also need to allow the bridge in /etc/qemu/bridge.conf.\n"
+           "For further information see guestfs(3)."),
+           brname);
+  return -1;
+}
+
 static void
 ignore_errors (void *ignore, virErrorPtr ignore2)
 {
-- 
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