The virConnectOpen(), well virConnectOpenInternal() reports an error if embed root is not an absolute path. This is a fair requirement, but our qemu_shim doesn't check this requirement and instead mkdir()-s passed path only to fail later on, leaving the empty directory behind: $ ls -d asd ls: cannot access 'asd': No such file or directory $ virt-qemu-run -r asd whatever.xml virt-qemu-run: cannot open qemu:///embed?root=asd: unsupported configuration: root path must be absolute $ ls -d asd asd Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn(a)redhat.com&gt; --- src/qemu/qemu_shim.c | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_shim.c b/src/qemu/qemu_shim.c index 7b58583074..33a6aa7d94 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_shim.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_shim.c @@ -209,10 +209,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) } tmproot = true; - } else if (g_mkdir_with_parents(root, 0755) < 0) { - g_printerr("%s: cannot create dir: %s\n", - argv[0], g_strerror(errno)); - goto cleanup; + } else { + if (!g_path_is_absolute(root)) { + g_printerr("%s: the root directory must be an absolute path\n", + argv[0]); + goto cleanup; + } + + if (g_mkdir_with_parents(root, 0755) < 0) { + g_printerr("%s: cannot create dir: %s\n", + argv[0], g_strerror(errno)); + goto cleanup; + } } if (chmod(root, 0755) < 0) { -- 2.39.2