Currently there is no way to opt out of libvirt dropping POSIX
capabilities for qemu. This at least is a useful debugging tool, but
is also wanted by users (and distributors):
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559154
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573850
Signed-off-by: Cole Robinson <crobinso(a)redhat.com>
---
src/qemu/qemu.conf | 5 +++++
src/qemu/qemu_conf.c | 5 +++++
src/qemu/qemu_conf.h | 2 +-
src/qemu/qemu_driver.c | 11 +++++++++--
4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu.conf b/src/qemu/qemu.conf
index 98a1176..b976dcc 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu.conf
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu.conf
@@ -178,3 +178,8 @@
# QEMU_AUDIO_DRV environment variable when using VNC.
#
# vnc_allow_host_audio = 0
+#
+
+# If clear_emulator_capabilities is enabled, libvirt will drop all POSIX
+# capabilities of the QEmu/KVM emulator. This is enabled by default
+# clear_emulator_capabilities = 1
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
index 66a949e..d7e61d2 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ int qemudLoadDriverConfig(struct qemud_driver *driver,
/* Setup critical defaults */
driver->dynamicOwnership = 1;
+ driver->clearEmulatorCapabilities = 1;
if (!(driver->vncListen = strdup("127.0.0.1"))) {
virReportOOMError();
@@ -355,6 +356,10 @@ int qemudLoadDriverConfig(struct qemud_driver *driver,
CHECK_TYPE ("vnc_allow_host_audio", VIR_CONF_LONG);
if (p) driver->vncAllowHostAudio = p->l;
+ p = virConfGetValue (conf, "clear_emulator_capabilities");
+ CHECK_TYPE ("clear_emulator_capabilities", VIR_CONF_LONG);
+ if (p) driver->clearEmulatorCapabilities = p->l;
+
virConfFree (conf);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
index 7616d15..0f8a1b3 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ struct qemud_driver {
ebtablesContext *ebtables;
unsigned int relaxedACS : 1;
-
unsigned int vncAllowHostAudio : 1;
+ unsigned int clearEmulatorCapabilities : 1;
virCapsPtr caps;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index ad7fb54..3faf31e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -3287,7 +3287,7 @@ static int qemudStartVMDaemon(virConnectPtr conn,
int stdin_fd) {
const char **argv = NULL, **tmp;
const char **progenv = NULL;
- int i, ret;
+ int i, ret, runflags;
struct stat sb;
int *vmfds = NULL;
int nvmfds = 0;
@@ -3501,9 +3501,16 @@ static int qemudStartVMDaemon(virConnectPtr conn,
for (i = 0 ; i < nvmfds ; i++)
FD_SET(vmfds[i], &keepfd);
+ VIR_DEBUG("Clear emulator capabilities: %d",
+ driver->clearEmulatorCapabilities);
+ runflags = VIR_EXEC_NONBLOCK;
+ if (driver->clearEmulatorCapabilities) {
+ runflags |= VIR_EXEC_CLEAR_CAPS;
+ }
+
ret = virExecDaemonize(argv, progenv, &keepfd, &child,
stdin_fd, &logfile, &logfile,
- VIR_EXEC_NONBLOCK | VIR_EXEC_CLEAR_CAPS,
+ runflags,
qemudSecurityHook, &hookData,
pidfile);
VIR_FREE(pidfile);
--
1.6.6.1