[libvirt] [PATCH] conf: Don't parse edev of non-passthrough input device

[Han Han]

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 12:34 AM, John Ferlan <jferlan at redhat.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 07/11/2018 01:57 AM, Han Han wrote:
> > In input devices, edev attribute is only for passthrough devices.
> > Don't parse this for other input devices.
> >
> > Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1591151
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Han Han <hhan at redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  src/conf/domain_conf.c | 3 ++-
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
> > index 7396616eda..ea2e796b78 100644
> > --- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
> > +++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
> > @@ -13050,7 +13050,8 @@ virDomainInputDefParseXML(virDomainXMLOptionPtr
> xmlopt,
> >          goto error;
> >      }
> >
> > -    if ((evdev = virXPathString("string(./source/@evdev)", ctxt)))
> > +    if ((evdev = virXPathString("string(./source/@evdev)", ctxt)) &&
> > +        (def->type == VIR_DOMAIN_INPUT_TYPE_PASSTHROUGH))
> >          def->source.evdev = virFileSanitizePath(evdev);
> >      if (def->type == VIR_DOMAIN_INPUT_TYPE_PASSTHROUGH &&
> !def->source.evdev) {
> >          virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s",
> >
>
> Does this really change anything on the command line? That is before
> this patch does the path show up on the command line (no, I believe) and
> after? (no, of course).
>
> Look at commit id 1a538a07c which implemented this for domain/conf/xml
> and commit id 971f5f229 which generates the command line.
>
> All your change does is not parse the path for anything other than
> PASSTHROUGH leaving no way for a consumer to know they generated
> incorrect XML.
>
> Since this is a config/xml error, then you'll need to modify:
>
>     virDomainDeviceDefValidateInternal
>
> and the
>
>     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_INPUT:
>
> to add a new call such as:
>
>     return virDomainInputDefValidate(dev->data.input);
>
> where the virDomainInputDefValidate would have a similar switch as
> virDomainInputDefGetPath, but if it finds input->source.evdev "set" for
> MOUSE, TABLET, or KBD, then an error should be generated, e.g.:
>
>     virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s",
>                    _("setting source evdev path only supported for "
>                      "passthrough input devices"));
>     return -1;
>
> If a domain is created/defined/started using the bad XML format, then an
> error would be generated. For a running domain with bad XML it won't
> disappear.
>
> John
>
Thank you for review. The 2rd version:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2018-July/msg01753.html


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-----------------------------------
Han Han
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Redhat.

Email: hhan at redhat.com
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