https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1021480 Seems the property has been deprecated for qemu, although seemingly ignored. This patch enforces from a libvirt perspective that a scsi-block 'lun' device should not provide the 'serial' property. Signed-off-by: John Ferlan <jferlan(a)redhat.com&gt; --- docs/formatdomain.html.in | 3 +++ src/qemu/qemu_command.c | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in index 1781996..4eb907d 100644 --- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in +++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in @@ -2502,6 +2502,9 @@ <dd>If present, this specify serial number of virtual hard drive. For example, it may look like <code>&lt;serial&gt;WD-WMAP9A966149&lt;/serial&gt;</code>. + Not supported for scsi-block devices, that is those using + disk <code>type</code> 'block' using <code>device</code> 'lun' + on <code>bus</code> 'scsi'. <span class="since">Since 0.7.1</span> </dd> <dt><code>wwn</code></dt> diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c index 0a6d92f..cbea0d5 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c @@ -3731,6 +3731,13 @@ qemuBuildDriveStr(virConnectPtr conn, virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_SERIAL)) { if (qemuSafeSerialParamValue(disk->serial) < 0) goto error; + if (disk->bus == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_SCSI && + disk->device == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_DEVICE_LUN) { + virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s", + _("scsi-block 'lun' devices do not support the " + "serial property")); + goto error; + } virBufferAddLit(&opt, ",serial="); virBufferEscape(&opt, '\\', " ", "%s", disk->serial); }