The virLXCControllerAppendNBDPids function didn't properly initialize
pids and npids. In case of failure it was crashing when freeing those.
The nbd device pid file doesn't appear immediately after starting
qemu-nbd: adding a small loop to wait for it.
---
src/lxc/lxc_controller.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c b/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
index 828b8a8..78d3eee 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
@@ -533,16 +533,31 @@ static int virLXCControllerAppendNBDPids(virLXCControllerPtr ctrl,
const char *dev)
{
char *pidpath = NULL;
- pid_t *pids;
- size_t npids;
+ pid_t *pids = NULL;
+ size_t npids = 0;
size_t i;
int ret = -1;
+ size_t loops = 0;
pid_t pid;
if (!STRPREFIX(dev, "/dev/") ||
virAsprintf(&pidpath, "/sys/devices/virtual/block/%s/pid", dev + 5)
< 0)
goto cleanup;
+ /* Wait for the pid file to appear */
+ while (!virFileExists(pidpath)) {
+ /* wait for 100ms before checking again, but don't do it for ever */
+ if (errno == ENOENT && loop < 10) {
+ usleep(100 * 1000);
+ loop++;
+ } else {
+ virReportSystemError(errno,
+ _("Cannot check NBD device %s pid"),
+ dev + 5);
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+ }
+
if (virPidFileReadPath(pidpath, &pid) < 0)
goto cleanup;
--
2.1.4