[Libguestfs] [PATCH] v2v: parse_libvirt_xml: number disks from 0 (RHBZ#1615885)

[Pino Toscano]

On Tuesday, 14 August 2018 16:53:02 CEST Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 04:04:10PM +0200, Pino Toscano wrote:
> > When parsing the libvirt XML, make sure to assign the IDs for disks
> > (s_disk_id) from 0 instead of 1, just like all the other input modes not
> > based on libvirt XML.
> > ---
> >  v2v/parse_libvirt_xml.ml | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/v2v/parse_libvirt_xml.ml b/v2v/parse_libvirt_xml.ml
> > index 78a6e71c0..dac99511c 100644
> > --- a/v2v/parse_libvirt_xml.ml
> > +++ b/v2v/parse_libvirt_xml.ml
> > @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ let parse_libvirt_xml ?conn xml =
> >    (* Non-removable disk devices. *)
> >    let disks =
> >      let get_disks, add_disk =
> > -      let disks = ref [] and i = ref 0 in
> > +      let disks = ref [] and i = ref (-1) in
> >        let get_disks () = List.rev !disks in
> >        let add_disk qemu_uri format controller p_source =
> >          incr i;
> 
> NACK.  The s_disk_id field is supposed to just be a unique ID and
> -i libvirt is giving it a unique value here so it's not wrong.

I did not say it is wrong, just that the way IDs are allocated here
is different than in other input modes.

> The problem with this bug is that the output driver used the s_disk_id
> field assuming it was a unique, monotonically increasing number
> counting from 0.  (See my other patch to fix that)

OK, this I can agree with.  Would it be possible to add this paragraph
to the commit message of the patch?

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Pino Toscano
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