From nobody Sun Feb 8 17:42:09 2026 Delivered-To: importer@patchew.org Received-SPF: pass (zoho.com: domain of redhat.com designates 209.132.183.28 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.132.183.28; envelope-from=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; helo=mx1.redhat.com; Authentication-Results: mx.zohomail.com; spf=pass (zoho.com: domain of redhat.com designates 209.132.183.28 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; dmarc=pass(p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1521203891368500.234452803777; Fri, 16 Mar 2018 05:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.13]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4AE5367ECF; Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:38:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from colo-mx.corp.redhat.com (colo-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.21]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B5F8D60A9D; Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:38:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com (lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.19.33]) by colo-mx.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFC1965D10; Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:38:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.3]) by lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id w2GCc7np026876 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2018 08:38:07 -0400 Received: by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) id 0AF9E10B00AF; Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:38:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from beluga.usersys.redhat.com (unknown [10.43.2.166]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89E8410B00B4; Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:38:06 +0000 (UTC) From: Erik Skultety To: libvir-list@redhat.com Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:37:53 +0100 Message-Id: <29f56e9da09cb18a4e3b6a3845f8173fb2fc2c86.1521203584.git.eskultet@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: References: In-Reply-To: References: X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.78 on 10.11.54.3 X-loop: libvir-list@redhat.com Cc: Erik Skultety Subject: [libvirt] [PATCH v2 1/2] util: mdev: Improve the error msg on non-existent mdev prior to VM start X-BeenThere: libvir-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: junk List-Id: Development discussions about the libvirt library & tools List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.13 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.38]); Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:38:09 +0000 (UTC) X-ZohoMail: RSF_0 Z_629925259 SPT_0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" What one currently gets is: failed to read '/sys/bus/mdev/devices//mdev_type/device_api': No such file or directory This indicates that something is missing within the device's sysfs tree which likely might be not be the case here because the device simply doesn't exist yet. So, when creating our internal mdev obj, let's check whether the device exists first prior to trying to verify the user-provided model within domain XML. Signed-off-by: Erik Skultety --- src/util/virmdev.c | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/util/virmdev.c b/src/util/virmdev.c index e4816cf20..27541cf34 100644 --- a/src/util/virmdev.c +++ b/src/util/virmdev.c @@ -150,13 +150,22 @@ virMediatedDeviceNew(const char *uuidstr, virMediated= DeviceModelType model) { virMediatedDevicePtr ret =3D NULL; virMediatedDevicePtr dev =3D NULL; + char *sysfspath =3D NULL; + + if (!(sysfspath =3D virMediatedDeviceGetSysfsPath(uuidstr))) + goto cleanup; + + if (!virFileExists(sysfspath)) { + virReportError(VIR_ERR_DEVICE_MISSING, + _("mediated device '%s' not found"), uuidstr); + goto cleanup; + } =20 if (VIR_ALLOC(dev) < 0) - return NULL; - - if (!(dev->path =3D virMediatedDeviceGetSysfsPath(uuidstr))) goto cleanup; =20 + VIR_STEAL_PTR(dev->path, sysfspath); + /* Check whether the user-provided model corresponds with the actually * supported mediated device's API. */ @@ -167,6 +176,7 @@ virMediatedDeviceNew(const char *uuidstr, virMediatedDe= viceModelType model) VIR_STEAL_PTR(ret, dev); =20 cleanup: + VIR_FREE(sysfspath); virMediatedDeviceFree(dev); return ret; } --=20 2.13.6 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list