[libvirt PATCH] qemu: forbid readonly attribute for externally launched virtiofsd

From: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com> In that case, libvirtd cannot set it on the command line because virtiofsd is not launched by libvirt. https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-87522 Signed-off-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com> --- src/qemu/qemu_validate.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c index 87588024ce..013ff14d75 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c @@ -4684,6 +4684,11 @@ qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefFS(virDomainFSDef *fs, _("virtiofs does not support wrpolicy")); return -1; } + if (fs->readonly) { + virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s", + _("readonly mode cannot be set for extrenally started virtiofsd")); + return -1; + } } if (fs->model != VIR_DOMAIN_FS_MODEL_DEFAULT) { -- 2.49.0

On Mon, May 19, 2025 at 06:22:44PM +0200, Ján Tomko via Devel wrote:
From: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
In that case, libvirtd cannot set it on the command line because virtiofsd is not launched by libvirt.
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-87522
Signed-off-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com> --- src/qemu/qemu_validate.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c index 87588024ce..013ff14d75 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c @@ -4684,6 +4684,11 @@ qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefFS(virDomainFSDef *fs, _("virtiofs does not support wrpolicy")); return -1; } + if (fs->readonly) { + virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s", + _("readonly mode cannot be set for extrenally started virtiofsd"));
s/extrenally/externally/
+ return -1; + } }
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On 5/19/25 18:22, Ján Tomko via Devel wrote:
From: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
In that case, libvirtd cannot set it on the command line because virtiofsd is not launched by libvirt.
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-87522
Signed-off-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com> --- src/qemu/qemu_validate.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c index 87588024ce..013ff14d75 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c @@ -4684,6 +4684,11 @@ qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefFS(virDomainFSDef *fs, _("virtiofs does not support wrpolicy")); return -1; } + if (fs->readonly) { + virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s", + _("readonly mode cannot be set for extrenally started virtiofsd")); + return -1; + }
Isn't this backwards? I mean, this block starts with: if (!fs->sock) { which means the virtiofsd is launched by libvirt. Not to mention, with this patch applied there's at least one test failing (qemuxmlconftest). I think I need to see v2 before giving you my ACK. Michal
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