Re: [PATCH 2/3] Blacklist the live image backing device

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On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 14:07 -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> We can't let the user install to the usb key holding their live
> image without causing significant trouble.  So blacklist that dev

You'll need to import the stat module, but otherwise it looks good.

> ---
>  storage/udev.py |    9 +++++++++
>  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/storage/udev.py b/storage/udev.py
> index e8e8246..808ee29 100644
> --- a/storage/udev.py
> +++ b/storage/udev.py
> @@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ def __is_blacklisted_blockdev(dev_name):
>      """Is this a blockdev we never want for an install?"""
>      if dev_name.startswith("loop") or dev_name.startswith("ram"):
>          return True
> +    # FIXME: the backing dev for the live image can't be used as an
> +    # install target.  note that this is a little bit of a hack 
> +    # since we're assuming that /dev/live will exist
> +    if os.path.exists("/dev/live") and \
> +            stat.S_ISBLK(os.stat("/dev/live")[stat.ST_MODE]):
> +        livetarget = os.path.realpath("/dev/live")
> +        if livetarget.startswith(dev_name):
> +            log.info("%s looks to be the live device; ignoring" % (dev_name,))
> +            return True
>  
>      return False
>  

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