If invalid type is specified, e.g. <serial type='foo'> <target port='0'/> </serial> We replace 'foo' with "null" type implicitly, without reporting an error message to tell the user, and "start" or "edit" the domain will be success. It's not good to guess what the user wants, This patch is to fix the problem. * src/conf/domain_conf.c --- src/conf/domain_conf.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c index c857a89..b4df38c 100644 --- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c +++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c @@ -2821,10 +2821,14 @@ virDomainChrDefParseXML(virCapsPtr caps, } type = virXMLPropString(node, "type"); - if (type == NULL) + if (type == NULL) { def->type = VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TYPE_PTY; - else if ((def->type = virDomainChrTypeFromString(type)) < 0) - def->type = VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TYPE_NULL; + } else if ((def->type = virDomainChrTypeFromString(type)) < 0) { + virDomainReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, + _("unknown type presented to host for character device: %s"), + type); + goto error; + } nodeName = (const char *) node->name; if ((def->deviceType = virDomainChrDeviceTypeFromString(nodeName)) < 0) { -- 1.7.3.2