[libvirt] python module set-up ignores virInitialize failure
Daniel P. Berrange
berrange at redhat.com
Tue May 18 15:06:23 UTC 2010
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 01:56:23PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
>
> > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:43:30AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> >> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:32:13PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
> >> > I've just fixed code in a test that ignored virInitialize failure.
> >> > Looking at all uses, I saw one other: in python/libvirt-override.c,
> >> > where the initialization function ignores virInitialize failure:
> >> >
> >> > void
> >> > #ifndef __CYGWIN__
> >> > initlibvirtmod
> >> > #else
> >> > initcygvirtmod
> >> > #endif
> >> > (void)
> >> > {
> >> > static int initialized = 0;
> >> >
> >> > if (initialized != 0)
> >> > return;
> >> >
> >> > virInitialize();
> >> >
> >> > /* initialize the python extension module */
> >> > Py_InitModule((char *)
> >> > #ifndef __CYGWIN__
> >> > "libvirtmod"
> >> > #else
> >> > "cygvirtmod"
> >> > #endif
> >> > , libvirtMethods);
> >> >
> >> > initialized = 1;
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> > Unfortunately, this function is public, so we can't change its signature.
> >>
> >> More specifically, the signature is defined by Python's loadable
> >> module interface so we're not at liberty to redeclare that.
> >>
> >> > Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> abort()
> >
> > Actually I've got another idea. Make the Py_InitModule() call conditional
> > on virInitialize() suceeding. That way if virInitialize() fails, none of
> > the libvirt APIs will get bound to the python layer, preventing their
> > use
>
> Either works for me:
>
> From 7dbf938ab10657a94702cd766afa336fc68d8c80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Jim Meyering <meyering at redhat.com>
> Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 13:46:27 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] python: don't ignore virInitialize failure in module initialization
>
> * python/libvirt-override.c (initlibvirtmod): Upon virInitialize
> failure, skip the Py_InitModule call.
> ---
> python/libvirt-override.c | 3 ++-
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/python/libvirt-override.c b/python/libvirt-override.c
> index b97445b..c9721f7 100644
> --- a/python/libvirt-override.c
> +++ b/python/libvirt-override.c
> @@ -3534,25 +3534,26 @@ void
> #ifndef __CYGWIN__
> initlibvirtmod
> #else
> initcygvirtmod
> #endif
> (void)
> {
> static int initialized = 0;
>
> if (initialized != 0)
> return;
>
> - virInitialize();
> + if (virInitialize() < 0)
> + return;
>
> /* initialize the python extension module */
> Py_InitModule((char *)
> #ifndef __CYGWIN__
> "libvirtmod"
> #else
> "cygvirtmod"
> #endif
> , libvirtMethods);
>
> initialized = 1;
> }
ACK
Daniel
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