target path for disk vol is just meaningless, and it's never used but free()ed silently when creating the volume. --- src/conf/storage_conf.c | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/conf/storage_conf.c b/src/conf/storage_conf.c index e893b2d..5f4f264 100644 --- a/src/conf/storage_conf.c +++ b/src/conf/storage_conf.c @@ -1052,6 +1052,12 @@ virStorageVolDefParseXML(virStoragePoolDefPtr pool, } ret->target.path = virXPathString("string(./target/path)", ctxt); + if (ret->target.path && (pool->type == VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DISK)) { + virStorageReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s", + _("target path for disk vol is just meaningless")); + goto cleanup; + } + if (options->formatFromString) { char *format = virXPathString("string(./target/format/@type)", ctxt); if (format == NULL)