[libvirt] [PATCH] util: audit: Fix the error code when kernel lacks audit support

[Daniel P. Berrangé]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 04:51:59PM +0100, Erik Skultety wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 04:25:51PM +0100, Peter Krempa wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 16:08:24 +0100, Erik Skultety wrote:
> > > When commit 4199c2f221c tweaked the error path of virAuditOpen it used
> > > VIR_FROM_THIS as the error code to virReportError.
> > >
> > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1596119
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet at redhat.com>
> > > ---
> > >  src/util/viraudit.c | 3 ++-
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/src/util/viraudit.c b/src/util/viraudit.c
> > > index a02e5b36fd..d04343a542 100644
> > > --- a/src/util/viraudit.c
> > > +++ b/src/util/viraudit.c
> > > @@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ int virAuditOpen(unsigned int audit_level ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
> > >              if (audit_level < 2)
> > >                  VIR_INFO("Audit is not supported by the kernel");
> > >              else
> > > -                virReportError(VIR_FROM_THIS, "%s", _("Audit is not supported by the kernel"));
> > > +                virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
> > > +                               _("Audit is not supported by the kernel"));
> >
> > Isn't "VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED" more appropriate as it's an option
> > which is set by libvirtd.conf?
> 
> But the audit_log=2 is a supported configuration.

The original code reported a system error - I'm inclinde to say
we should use that again, since errno is relevant for telling the
user why it was not supported


Regards,
Daniel
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