[libvirt] [PATCH 2/3] libxl: Set disk format for empty cdrom device

Stefan Bader stefan.bader at canonical.com
Thu Mar 27 16:55:03 UTC 2014


The XML config for a CDROM device can be without a source path,
indicating that there is no media present. Without this change
the libxl driver fails to start a guest in that case because
the libxl library checks for the LIBXL_DISK_FORMAT_EMPTY format
type and tries to stat the NULL pointer that gets passed on.

> libxl: error: libxl_device.c:265:libxl__device_disk_set_backend:
> Disk vdev=hdc failed to stat: (null): Bad address

Signed-off-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader at canonical.com>
---
 src/libxl/libxl_conf.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c b/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
index de6f7ce..b8de72a 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
@@ -827,6 +827,9 @@ libxlMakeDisk(virDomainDiskDefPtr l_disk, libxl_device_disk *x_disk)
     x_disk->removable = 1;
     x_disk->readwrite = !l_disk->readonly;
     x_disk->is_cdrom = l_disk->device == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_DEVICE_CDROM ? 1 : 0;
+    /* An empty CDROM must have the empty format, otherwise libxl fails. */
+    if (x_disk->is_cdrom && !x_disk->pdev_path)
+        x_disk->format = LIBXL_DISK_FORMAT_EMPTY;
     if (l_disk->transient) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                        _("libxenlight does not support transient disks"));
-- 
1.7.9.5




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