[PATCH] qemuValidateDomainDef: Clarify error message when S390 PV launch security is unsupported by the kernel

Marc Hartmayer mhartmay at linux.ibm.com
Tue Aug 30 13:17:36 UTC 2022


Peter Krempa <pkrempa at redhat.com> writes:

> Split up the condition and report a different error message when the
> host or host config results in S390 PV launch security being
> unavailable.
>
> Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2122534
> Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa at redhat.com>
> ---
>  src/qemu/qemu_validate.c | 11 +++++++----
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
> index 6403266559..63f3459c90 100644
> --- a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
> +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
> @@ -1454,11 +1454,14 @@ qemuValidateDomainDef(const virDomainDef *def,
>              break;
>          case VIR_DOMAIN_LAUNCH_SECURITY_PV:
>              if (!virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_CONFIDENTAL_GUEST_SUPPORT) ||
> -                !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_S390_PV_GUEST) ||
> -                !virQEMUCapsGetKVMSupportsSecureGuest(qemuCaps)) {
> +                !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_S390_PV_GUEST)) {
>                  virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
> -                               _("S390 PV launch security is not supported with "
> -                                 "this QEMU binary"));
> +                               _("S390 PV launch security is not supported with this QEMU binary"));
> +                return -1;
> +            }
> +            if (!virQEMUCapsGetKVMSupportsSecureGuest(qemuCaps)) {
> +                virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
> +                               _("S390 PV launch security is not supported by this host or kernel"));

Not sure if the error message is clear enough… PV also depends on the
kernel cmdline opt-in - `prot_virt=1` has to be set.

>                  return -1;
>              }
>              break;
> -- 
> 2.37.1
>

Reviewed-by: Marc Hartmayer <mhartmay at linux.ibm.com>

Thanks for fixing this.

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