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[v4,15/16] libxl: ignore emulated IDE disks beyond the first 4

Message ID 80cc023087afee3c37d68f18af258eba5dc75584.1579055705.git-series.marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series Add support for qemu-xen runnning in a Linux-based stubdomain. | expand

Commit Message

Marek Marczykowski-Górecki Jan. 15, 2020, 2:39 a.m. UTC
Qemu supports only 4 emulated IDE disks, when given more (or with higher
indexes), it will fail to start. Since the disks can still be accessible
using PV interface, just ignore emulated path and log a warning, instead
of rejecting the configuration altogether.

Signed-off-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
---
 tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

Comments

Jason Andryuk Jan. 21, 2020, 8:24 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 9:42 PM Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
<marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com> wrote:
>
> Qemu supports only 4 emulated IDE disks, when given more (or with higher
> indexes), it will fail to start. Since the disks can still be accessible
> using PV interface, just ignore emulated path and log a warning, instead
> of rejecting the configuration altogether.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>

Reviewed-by: Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c
index 43af31b..89eca1e 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c
@@ -1871,6 +1871,13 @@  static int libxl__build_device_model_args_new(libxl__gc *gc,
             }
 
             if (disks[i].is_cdrom) {
+                if (disk > 4) {
+                    LOGD(WARN, guest_domid, "Emulated CDROM can be only one of the first 4 disks.\n"
+                         "Disk %s will be available via PV drivers but not as an "
+                         "emulated disk.",
+                         disks[i].vdev);
+                    continue;
+                }
                 drive = libxl__sprintf(gc,
                          "if=ide,index=%d,readonly=on,media=cdrom,id=ide-%i",
                          disk, dev_number);
@@ -1948,6 +1955,10 @@  static int libxl__build_device_model_args_new(libxl__gc *gc,
                                                        &disks[i],
                                                        colo_mode);
                 } else {
+                    LOGD(WARN, guest_domid, "Only 4 emulated IDE disks are supported.\n"
+                         "Disk %s will be available via PV drivers but not as an "
+                         "emulated disk.",
+                         disks[i].vdev);
                     continue; /* Do not emulate this disk */
                 }