6:41 a.m.
This resolves:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=888635
(which was already closed as CANTFIX because the qemu "-boot strict"
commandline option wasn't available at the time).
Problem: you couldn't have a domain that used PXE to boot, but also
had an un-bootable disk device *even if that disk wasn't listed in the
boot order*, because if PXE timed out (e.g. due to the bridge
forwarding delay), the BIOS would move on to the next target, which
would be the unbootable disk device (again - even though it wasn't
given a boot order), and get stuck at a "BOOT DISK FAILURE, PRESS ANY
KEY" message until a user intervened.
The solution available since sometime around QEMU 1.5, is to add
"-boot strict=on" to *every* qemu command. When this is done, if any
devices have a boot order specified, then QEMU will *only* attempt to
boot from those devices that have an explicit boot order, ignoring the
rest.
---
src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c | 3 +++
src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h | 1 +
src/qemu/qemu_command.c | 6 ++++++
tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3-1.caps | 1 +
tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0-1.caps | 1 +
tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.50-1.caps | 1 +
tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c | 4 ++++
7 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 548b988..a68e555 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virQEMUCaps, QEMU_CAPS_LAST,
"virtio-mmio",
"ich9-intel-hda",
"kvm-pit-lost-tick-policy",
+
+ "boot-strict", /* 160 */
);
struct _virQEMUCaps {
@@ -2279,6 +2281,7 @@ static struct virQEMUCapsCommandLineProps virQEMUCapsCommandLine[] =
{
{ "machine", "mem-merge", QEMU_CAPS_MEM_MERGE },
{ "drive", "discard", QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_DISCARD },
{ "realtime", "mlock", QEMU_CAPS_MLOCK },
+ { "boot-opts", "strict", QEMU_CAPS_BOOT_STRICT },
};
static int
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index 02d47c6..aea64ea 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ enum virQEMUCapsFlags {
QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_MMIO = 157, /* -device virtio-mmio */
QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_ICH9_INTEL_HDA = 158, /* -device ich9-intel-hda */
QEMU_CAPS_KVM_PIT_TICK_POLICY = 159, /* kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy */
+ QEMU_CAPS_BOOT_STRICT = 160, /* -boot strict */
QEMU_CAPS_LAST, /* this must always be the last item */
};
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 763417f..84736d7 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -8204,6 +8204,12 @@ qemuBuildCommandLine(virConnectPtr conn,
def->os.bios.rt_delay);
}
+ if (virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_BOOT_STRICT)) {
+ if (boot_nparams++)
+ virBufferAddChar(&boot_buf, ',');
+ virBufferAddLit(&boot_buf, "strict=on");
+ }
+
if (boot_nparams > 0) {
virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-boot");
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3-1.caps
b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3-1.caps
index 09cf657..2b00449 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3-1.caps
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.5.3-1.caps
@@ -131,4 +131,5 @@
<flag name='usb-storage.removable'/>
<flag name='ich9-intel-hda'/>
<flag name='kvm-pit-lost-tick-policy'/>
+ <flag name='boot-strict'/>
</qemuCaps>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0-1.caps
b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0-1.caps
index 33ee73b..7bce4aa 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0-1.caps
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.0-1.caps
@@ -135,4 +135,5 @@
<flag name='virtio-mmio'/>
<flag name='ich9-intel-hda'/>
<flag name='kvm-pit-lost-tick-policy'/>
+ <flag name='boot-strict'/>
</qemuCaps>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.50-1.caps
b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.50-1.caps
index a66034a..bfaab9d 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.50-1.caps
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_1.6.50-1.caps
@@ -134,4 +134,5 @@
<flag name='virtio-mmio'/>
<flag name='ich9-intel-hda'/>
<flag name='kvm-pit-lost-tick-policy'/>
+ <flag name='boot-strict'/>
</qemuCaps>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index dad5973..631ece7 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -418,6 +418,10 @@ mymain(void)
QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_BOOT,
QEMU_CAPS_BOOTINDEX,
QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_BLK_SCSI, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_BLK_SG_IO);
+ DO_TEST("boot-strict",
+ QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_BOOT,
+ QEMU_CAPS_BOOTINDEX, QEMU_CAPS_BOOT_STRICT,
+ QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_BLK_SCSI, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_BLK_SG_IO);
DO_TEST("bootloader", QEMU_CAPS_DOMID, QEMU_CAPS_KVM);
DO_TEST("reboot-timeout-disabled", QEMU_CAPS_REBOOT_TIMEOUT);
--
1.8.4.2