[libvirt] [PATCH] Access qemu backing_file with relative pool path

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 09:23:11AM -0700, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 03/03/2011 08:06 PM, Jesse Cook wrote:
> > This patch enables the relative backing file path support provided by
> > qemu-img create.
> > 
> > If the storage pool is not found with the specified path, check if the
> > file exists relative to the pool where the new image will be created by
> > prepending the storage pool path.
> > ---
> >  src/storage/storage_backend.c |   32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> >  1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > @@ -687,10 +687,34 @@ virStorageBackendCreateQemuImg(virConnectPtr conn,
> >              return -1;
> >          }
> >          if (access(vol->backingStore.path, R_OK) != 0) {
> > -            virReportSystemError(errno,
> > -                                 _("inaccessible backing store volume %s"),
> > -                                 vol->backingStore.path);
> > -            return -1;
> > +            /* If the backing store image is not found with the specified path,
> > +             * check for the file relative to the pool path. */
> > +            int accessRetCode = -1;
> > +
> > +            char *absolutePath = NULL;
> > +
> > +            virBuffer absPathBuf = VIR_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
> > +
> > +            virBufferVSprintf(&absPathBuf,
> > +                              "%s/%s",
> > +                              pool->def->target.path,
> > +                              vol->backingStore.path);
> 
> I agree that we need to handle relative paths, but are they relative to
> the directory that owns the original qcow2 image, or are they relative
> to the cwd of the qemu process (not necessarily the same directory)?  We
> need to make sure that we have the same interpretation of relative paths
> as qemu.

"Relative to the cwd of the qemu process" would be unworkably
broken, because given an image file on its own, it would be
impossible to resolve its backing store. Also every QEMU
instance is run with cwd==/ currently.

NB, in src/util/storage_file.c, we resolve backing store
relative to the image which points to it, which is the
same as resolving relative to the pool in this scenario

> Meanwhile, shouldn't you only be computing an alternate name if
> vol->backingStore.path is relative?  If it's absolute, then you would be
> generating /path/to/pool//path/to/backing, which is the wrong file
> compared to what qemu would be using.

Yep, it should check for a leading '/' before trying to resolve
it.

Daniel
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