[libvirt] [PATCH] Ensure virExec preserves logging environment

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Mon Nov 22 19:01:00 UTC 2010


On 11/22/2010 07:11 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> The virFork call resets all logging handlers that may have been
> set. Re-enable them after fork in virExec, so that env variables
> fir LIBVIRT_LOG_OUTPUTS and LIBVIRT_LOG_FILTERS take effect
> until the execve()
> 
> * src/util/util.c: Preserve logging in child in virExec
> ---
>  src/util/util.c |    6 ++++++
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/util/util.c b/src/util/util.c
> index f2fe58a..a0849e1 100644
> --- a/src/util/util.c
> +++ b/src/util/util.c
> @@ -602,6 +602,9 @@ __virExec(const char *const*argv,
>          childout = -1;
>      }
>  
> +    /* Initialize full logging for a while */
> +    virLogSetFromEnv();

Should this function be changed to take a bool parameter for marking
logging fd's as cloexec?  Or, for that matter, should all logging fd's
always be cloexec in the first place?

> +
>      /* Daemonize as late as possible, so the parent process can detect
>       * the above errors with wait* */
>      if (flags & VIR_EXEC_DAEMON) {
> @@ -650,6 +653,9 @@ __virExec(const char *const*argv,
>          virClearCapabilities() < 0)
>          goto fork_error;
>  
> +    /* Close logging again to ensure no FDs leak to child */
> +    virLogReset();

In which case we wouldn't need this, because the fds would then
automatically avoid leaking?

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake at redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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