Re: [PATCH 1/2] util:mdev: Improve the error msg on non-existent mdev prior to VM start

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missing space in summary

On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 11:50:01 +0100, Erik Skultety wrote:
> What one currently gets is:
> failed to read '/sys/bus/mdev/devices/<UUID>/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 <eskultet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  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..2e3769aa6 100644
> --- a/src/util/virmdev.c
> +++ b/src/util/virmdev.c
> @@ -150,13 +150,22 @@ virMediatedDeviceNew(const char *uuidstr, virMediatedDeviceModelType model)
>  {
>      virMediatedDevicePtr ret = NULL;
>      virMediatedDevicePtr dev = NULL;
> +    char *sysfspath = NULL;
> +
> +    if (!(sysfspath = virMediatedDeviceGetSysfsPath(uuidstr)))
> +        goto cleanup;
> +
> +    if (!virFileExists(sysfspath)) {
> +        virReportSystemError(errno, _("failed to read device '%s'"),
> +                             sysfspath);

You did not try to read the device at this point. It merely does not
exist.

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