[libvirt] [PATCH v2 14/21] conf: report an error if nic needs filtering by no driver is present

If a <interface> includes a filter name but the nwfilter driver is not present we silently do nothing. This is very bad, because an application that thinks it is protected by malicious guest traffic will in fact be vulnerable. Reporting an error gives the administrator the ability to know there is a problem and fix it. Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange(a)redhat.com&gt; --- src/conf/domain_nwfilter.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/conf/domain_nwfilter.c b/src/conf/domain_nwfilter.c index e360aceeba..7570e0ae83 100644 --- a/src/conf/domain_nwfilter.c +++ b/src/conf/domain_nwfilter.c @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ #include "datatypes.h" #include "domain_conf.h" #include "domain_nwfilter.h" +#include "virerror.h" + +#define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_NWFILTER static virDomainConfNWFilterDriverPtr nwfilterDriver; @@ -44,8 +47,10 @@ virDomainConfNWFilterInstantiate(const char *vmname, { if (nwfilterDriver != NULL) return nwfilterDriver->instantiateFilter(vmname, vmuuid, net); - /* driver module not available -- don't indicate failure */ - return 0; + + virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s", + _("No network filter driver available")); + return -1; } void -- 2.17.0