Re: [PATCH] libqtest: refuse QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=qemu-kvm

[Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>]

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On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 12:37:36PM +0200, Laurent Vivier wrote:
> On 07/04/2021 12:45, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> > Some downstreams rename the QEMU binary to "qemu-kvm". This breaks
> > qtest_get_arch(), which attempts to parse the target architecture from
> > the QTEST_QEMU_BINARY environment variable.
> > 
> > Print an error instead of returning the architecture "kvm". Things fail
> > in weird ways when the architecture string is bogus.
> > 
> > Arguably qtests should always be run in a build directory instead of
> > against an installed QEMU. In any case, printing a clear error when this
> > happens is helpful.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Qin Wang <qinwang@rehdat.com>
> > Cc: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@redhat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  tests/qtest/libqtest.c | 8 ++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tests/qtest/libqtest.c b/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
> > index 71e359efcd..2fc249c0b5 100644
> > --- a/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
> > +++ b/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
> > @@ -910,6 +910,14 @@ const char *qtest_get_arch(void)
> >          abort();
> >      }
> >  
> > +    if (strcmp(end + 1, "kvm") == 0) {
> > +        fprintf(stderr, "QTEST_QEMU_BINARY must end with *-<arch>. If you are "
> > +                        "using qemu-kvm, please create a symlink like ln -s "
> > +                        "path/to/qemu-kvm qemu-system-x86_64 and use that "
> > +                        "instead.\n");
> > +        abort();
> > +    }
> > +
> >      return end + 1;
> >  }
> >  
> 
> I think it would be more generic to check we have the "-system-" string in the name.

Nice. I will send a v2.

Stefan

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