A domain without a console quietly dies soon after start,
because we try to set /dev/null as a controlling TTY
2014-10-30 15:10:59.705+0000: 1: error : lxcContainerSetupFDs:283 :
ioctl(TIOCSTTY) failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
Report an error early instead of trying to start it.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155410
---
src/lxc/lxc_container.c | 6 ++++--
src/lxc/lxc_process.c | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
index f02b959..8aba3ba 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
@@ -2093,8 +2093,10 @@ static int lxcContainerChild(void *data)
if (virAsprintf(&ttyPath, "%s/%s.devpts/%s",
LXC_STATE_DIR, vmDef->name, tty) < 0)
goto cleanup;
- } else if (VIR_STRDUP(ttyPath, "/dev/null") < 0) {
- goto cleanup;
+ } else {
+ virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+ _("At least one tty is required"));
+ goto cleanup;
}
VIR_DEBUG("Container TTY path: %s", ttyPath);
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_process.c b/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
index ed30c37..6c83fdb 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
@@ -1144,6 +1144,12 @@ int virLXCProcessStart(virConnectPtr conn,
vm->def, NULL) < 0)
goto cleanup;
+ if (vm->def->nconsoles == 0) {
+ virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
+ _("At least one PTY console is required"));
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+
for (i = 0; i < vm->def->nconsoles; i++) {
char *ttyPath;
if (vm->def->consoles[i]->source.type != VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TYPE_PTY) {
--
2.0.4