https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1624204 The guestfwd channels are -netdevs really. Hotplug them as such. Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx> --- src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c | 20 +++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c index 01920a78f5..a0ccc3b82c 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c @@ -2292,10 +2292,14 @@ int qemuDomainAttachChrDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver, char *tlsAlias = NULL; const char *secAlias = NULL; bool need_release = false; + bool guestfwd = false; - if (chr->deviceType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_DEVICE_TYPE_CHANNEL && - qemuDomainPrepareChannel(chr, priv->channelTargetDir) < 0) - goto cleanup; + if (chr->deviceType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_DEVICE_TYPE_CHANNEL) { + guestfwd = chr->targetType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_CHANNEL_TARGET_TYPE_GUESTFWD; + + if (qemuDomainPrepareChannel(chr, priv->channelTargetDir) < 0) + goto cleanup; + } if (qemuAssignDeviceChrAlias(vmdef, chr, -1) < 0) goto cleanup; @@ -2337,8 +2341,14 @@ int qemuDomainAttachChrDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver, goto exit_monitor; chardevAttached = true; - if (qemuMonitorAddDevice(priv->mon, devstr) < 0) - goto exit_monitor; + if (guestfwd) { + if (qemuMonitorAddNetdev(priv->mon, devstr, + NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, 0) < 0) + goto exit_monitor; + } else { + if (qemuMonitorAddDevice(priv->mon, devstr) < 0) + goto exit_monitor; + } if (qemuDomainObjExitMonitor(driver, vm) < 0) goto audit; -- 2.19.2