Some downstreams rename the QEMU binary to "qemu-kvm". This breaks
qtest_get_arch(), which attempts to parse the target architecture from
the QTEST_QEMU_BINARY environment variable.
Print an error instead of returning the architecture "kvm". Things fail
in weird ways when the architecture string is bogus.
Arguably qtests should always be run in a build directory instead of
against an installed QEMU. In any case, printing a clear error when this
happens is helpful.
Since this is an error that is triggered by the user and not a test
failure, use exit(1) instead of abort(). Change the existing abort()
call in qtest_get_arch() to exit(1) too for the same reason and to be
consistent.
Reported-by: Qin Wang <qinwang@rehdat.com>
Cc: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
---
v3:
* Add newline to wrap error message output at 80 columns [Thomas]
* Drop information about working around this using a symlink [Thomas]
* Use exit(1) instead of abort() [Thomas]
tests/qtest/libqtest.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tests/qtest/libqtest.c b/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
index 71e359efcd..825b13a44c 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
@@ -907,7 +907,14 @@ const char *qtest_get_arch(void)
if (!end) {
fprintf(stderr, "Can't determine architecture from binary name.\n");
- abort();
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ if (!strstr(qemu, "-system-")) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "QTEST_QEMU_BINARY must end with *-system-<arch> "
+ "where 'arch' is the target\narchitecture (x86_64, aarch64, "
+ "etc).\n");
+ exit(1);
}
return end + 1;
--
2.30.2
On 12/04/2021 16.30, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> Some downstreams rename the QEMU binary to "qemu-kvm". This breaks
> qtest_get_arch(), which attempts to parse the target architecture from
> the QTEST_QEMU_BINARY environment variable.
>
> Print an error instead of returning the architecture "kvm". Things fail
> in weird ways when the architecture string is bogus.
>
> Arguably qtests should always be run in a build directory instead of
> against an installed QEMU. In any case, printing a clear error when this
> happens is helpful.
>
> Since this is an error that is triggered by the user and not a test
> failure, use exit(1) instead of abort(). Change the existing abort()
> call in qtest_get_arch() to exit(1) too for the same reason and to be
> consistent.
>
> Reported-by: Qin Wang <qinwang@rehdat.com>
> Cc: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> ---
> v3:
> * Add newline to wrap error message output at 80 columns [Thomas]
> * Drop information about working around this using a symlink [Thomas]
> * Use exit(1) instead of abort() [Thomas]
>
> tests/qtest/libqtest.c | 9 ++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tests/qtest/libqtest.c b/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
> index 71e359efcd..825b13a44c 100644
> --- a/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
> +++ b/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
> @@ -907,7 +907,14 @@ const char *qtest_get_arch(void)
>
> if (!end) {
> fprintf(stderr, "Can't determine architecture from binary name.\n");
> - abort();
> + exit(1);
> + }
> +
> + if (!strstr(qemu, "-system-")) {
> + fprintf(stderr, "QTEST_QEMU_BINARY must end with *-system-<arch> "
> + "where 'arch' is the target\narchitecture (x86_64, aarch64, "
> + "etc).\n");
> + exit(1);
> }
>
> return end + 1;
>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
On 12/04/2021 16:30, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> Some downstreams rename the QEMU binary to "qemu-kvm". This breaks
> qtest_get_arch(), which attempts to parse the target architecture from
> the QTEST_QEMU_BINARY environment variable.
>
> Print an error instead of returning the architecture "kvm". Things fail
> in weird ways when the architecture string is bogus.
>
> Arguably qtests should always be run in a build directory instead of
> against an installed QEMU. In any case, printing a clear error when this
> happens is helpful.
>
> Since this is an error that is triggered by the user and not a test
> failure, use exit(1) instead of abort(). Change the existing abort()
> call in qtest_get_arch() to exit(1) too for the same reason and to be
> consistent.
>
> Reported-by: Qin Wang <qinwang@rehdat.com>
> Cc: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> ---
> v3:
> * Add newline to wrap error message output at 80 columns [Thomas]
> * Drop information about working around this using a symlink [Thomas]
> * Use exit(1) instead of abort() [Thomas]
>
> tests/qtest/libqtest.c | 9 ++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tests/qtest/libqtest.c b/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
> index 71e359efcd..825b13a44c 100644
> --- a/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
> +++ b/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
> @@ -907,7 +907,14 @@ const char *qtest_get_arch(void)
>
> if (!end) {
> fprintf(stderr, "Can't determine architecture from binary name.\n");
> - abort();
> + exit(1);
> + }
> +
> + if (!strstr(qemu, "-system-")) {
> + fprintf(stderr, "QTEST_QEMU_BINARY must end with *-system-<arch> "
> + "where 'arch' is the target\narchitecture (x86_64, aarch64, "
> + "etc).\n");
> + exit(1);
> }
>
> return end + 1;
>
Reviewed-by: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@redhat.com>
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