Re: [libvirt] Failing pool deletion testcase

On Sat, Nov 05, 2011 at 02:41:41PM +0100, Guido Günther wrote: > Hi, > when running libvirt-tck I'm seeing this test failure: > > # Failed test 'deleted pool' > # at /usr/share/libvirt-tck/tests/storage/110-disk-pool.t line 120. > # died: Sys::Virt::Error (libvirt error code: 3, message: this function is not supported by the connection driver: pool does not support pool deletion > # ) > > because pool deletion isn't supported by the disk storage backend. Since > the test is there I wonder if there are patches floating around already > to implement it? If not I guess wiping the partition table followed by a > "blockdev --reread-pt" would be the right approach? Yeah, we just need to blow away the DOS and/or GPT partition table signatures and trigger a re-read by the kernel The "correct" way would be to use parted to clear it, the "quick" way would be to just write zeros over the relevant areas.