[libvirt] [RFC PATCH 2/2] qemu: Force capabilities cache read if libvirtd date is different

John Ferlan jferlan at redhat.com
Wed May 20 12:52:57 UTC 2015


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195882

Original commit id 'cbde3589' indicates that the cache file would be
discarded if either the QEMU binary or libvirtd 'ctime' changes; however,
the code only discarded if the QEMU binary time didn't match or if the
new libvirtd ctime was later than what created the cache file.

This could lead to issues with respect to how the order of libvirtd images
is created for maintenance or patch branches where if someone had a libvirtd
created on 'date x' that was created from (a) backported patch(es) followed
by a subsequent install of the primary release which would have 'date y'
where if 'date x' was greater than 'date y', then features in a primary
release branch may not be available.

Signed-off-by: John Ferlan <jferlan at redhat.com>
---
 src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 2757636..51bbf55 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -2979,9 +2979,11 @@ virQEMUCapsInitCached(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps, const char *cacheDir)
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    /* Discard if cache is older that QEMU binary */
+    /* Discard if cache is older that QEMU binary or
+     * if libvirtd changed
+     */
     if (qemuctime != qemuCaps->ctime ||
-        selfctime < virGetSelfLastChanged()) {
+        selfctime != virGetSelfLastChanged()) {
         VIR_DEBUG("Outdated cached capabilities '%s' for '%s' "
                   "(%lld vs %lld, %lld vs %lld)",
                   capsfile, qemuCaps->binary,
-- 
2.1.0




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