[libvirt] Failing pool deletion testcase

[Guido Günther]

Hi Daniel,
On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 09:56:39AM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 05, 2011 at 02:41:41PM +0100, Guido Günther wrote:
> > Hi,
> > when running libvirt-tck I'm seeing this test failure:
> > 
> > #   Failed test 'deleted pool'
> > #   at /usr/share/libvirt-tck/tests/storage/110-disk-pool.t line 120.
> > # died: Sys::Virt::Error (libvirt error code: 3, message: this function is not supported by the connection driver: pool does not support pool deletion
> > # )
> > 
> > because pool deletion isn't supported by the disk storage backend. Since
> > the test is there I wonder if there are patches floating around already
> > to implement it? If not I guess wiping the partition table followed by a
> > "blockdev --reread-pt" would be the right approach?
> 
> Yeah, we just need to blow away the DOS and/or  GPT partition table
> signatures and trigger a re-read by the kernel The "correct" way would
> be to use parted to clear it, the "quick" way would be to just write
> zeros over the relevant areas.

Yes, adding this to parted first makes even more sense. I'll add this to
my TODO list.
Cheers,
 -- Guido