[libvirt] [PATCH 2/2] qemu: don't relabel chardev source file if virtlogd is used

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 04:25:01PM +0200, Martin Kletzander wrote:
> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 04:28:35PM +0200, Pavel Hrdina wrote:
> > If libvirt uses virtlogd instead of passing the file path directly
> > to QEMU we shouldn't relabel the chardev source file, otherwise
> > virtlogd will get a permission denied while reloading.
> > 
> > Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=143098
> > 
> 
> You missed a digit and I'm too lazy to check 10 bugs for a reproducer ;)
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina at redhat.com>
> > ---
> > src/conf/domain_conf.c          | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> > src/conf/domain_conf.h          |  1 +
> > src/qemu/qemu_command.c         | 12 ++++++++----
> > src/security/security_dac.c     |  6 ++++++
> > src/security/security_selinux.c |  6 ++++++
> > 5 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
> I see you are changing the parser code, but you are not changing the
> Relax-NG schema, neither any test.
> 
> > diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
> > index aa441fae3c..92f011d3a4 100644
> > --- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
> > +++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
> > @@ -2064,6 +2064,7 @@ virDomainChrSourceDefCopy(virDomainChrSourceDefPtr dest,
> >     }
> > 
> >     dest->type = src->type;
> > +    dest->skipRelabel = src->skipRelabel;
> > 
> >     return 0;
> > }
> > @@ -10608,6 +10609,7 @@ virDomainChrSourceDefParseXML(virDomainChrSourceDefPtr def,
> >     char *append = NULL;
> >     char *haveTLS = NULL;
> >     char *tlsFromConfig = NULL;
> > +    char *skipRelabel = NULL;
> >     int remaining = 0;
> > 
> >     while (cur != NULL) {
> > @@ -10628,6 +10630,8 @@ virDomainChrSourceDefParseXML(virDomainChrSourceDefPtr def,
> >                 case VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TYPE_UNIX:
> >                     if (!append && def->type == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TYPE_FILE)
> >                         append = virXMLPropString(cur, "append");
> > +                    if (!skipRelabel && def->type == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TYPE_FILE)
> > +                        skipRelabel = virXMLPropString(cur, "skipRelabel");
> 
> I'm guessing you want to keep this away from users, right?  You should
> not be parsing it from the XML then.  Or you should add a thing there
> that the XML supports.  Not just a random attribute.
> 
> Either keep this data in private structure or even better, just add the
> same thing as you would do with:
> 
>  <seclabel relabel="no"/>
> 
> with all the details of course.  The user can see it, can supply it, old
> releases support it, all the stuff is there already.
> 
> I'm open to suggestions, but NACK to random "wannabe private" attributes.

The use of virtlogd affects many devices in guests. So we should just
record at the top level of the QEMU domain status, whether virtlogd
was used or not.


Regards,
Daniel
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