On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 05:36:46PM -0800, john.levon@xxxxxxx wrote: > # HG changeset patch > # User john.levon@xxxxxxx > # Date 1232501231 28800 > # Node ID 12e2e9f6eb99f86c2ab20f1e6a7b7a77418e66db > # Parent 39479c2678f822349169112e31e6061af3289548 > Fix remote driver crash > > Ensure ->watch is initialized so it's not used before an > updateHandleImpl is registered. > > Signed-off-by: John Levon <john.levon@xxxxxxx> > > diff --git a/src/remote_internal.c b/src/remote_internal.c > --- a/src/remote_internal.c > +++ b/src/remote_internal.c > @@ -902,7 +902,9 @@ remoteOpen (virConnectPtr conn, > #endif > } > > + priv->watch = -1; > priv->sock = -1; > + > ret = doRemoteOpen(conn, priv, auth, rflags); > if (ret != VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS) { > conn->privateData = NULL; This is already initialized earlier on in the remoteOpen() method so I don't think this chunk could have be the cause of the crashes. if (VIR_ALLOC(priv) < 0) { error (conn, VIR_ERR_NO_MEMORY, _("struct private_data")); return VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR; } if (virMutexInit(&priv->lock) < 0) { error(conn, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, _("cannot initialize mutex")); VIR_FREE(priv); return VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR; } remoteDriverLock(priv); priv->localUses = 1; priv->watch = -1; The remoteNetworkOpen, remoteStorageOpen and remoteDevMonOpen methods have scenarios where we'd miss the initialization, and thus need a patch. But since you have adapted the Xen driver to always go via libvirtd, you shouldn't hit those scenarios either. Daniel -- |: Red Hat, Engineering, London -o- http://people.redhat.com/berrange/ :| |: http://libvirt.org -o- http://virt-manager.org -o- http://ovirt.org :| |: http://autobuild.org -o- http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ :| |: GnuPG: 7D3B9505 -o- F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 :| -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list