Fixes 'block_io_throttle inserted entry was not in expected format' error message spam. Without this patch, libvirtd writes an error message every time this function runs for a domain which has CD-ROM drives without a media attached. The 'inserted' key is not present when the drive is empty. The original code incorrectly assumes that the 'inserted' entry is not in the right format (wrong JSON value type, not an 'Object') when virJSONValueObjectGetObject(temp_dev, "inserted") returns NULL. However, NULL is also returned when the 'inserted' entry is simply not present. Signed-off-by: Fabian Leditzky <fabian(a)ldsoft.dev&gt; --- src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c index 9f417d27c6..baf934c2af 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c @@ -4581,8 +4581,16 @@ qemuMonitorJSONBlockIoThrottleInfo(virJSONValue *io_throttle, found = true; if (!(inserted = virJSONValueObjectGetObject(temp_dev, "inserted"))) { - virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s", - _("block_io_throttle inserted entry was not in expected format")); + /* + * Ensure that we only print the error message when the 'inserted' key is actually the wrong type/format. + * Some device types (e.g. SATA CD-ROM) will have no 'inserted' key present if no media is present. + * Avoid spamming this error in such cases. + */ + if (virJSONValueObjectGet(temp_dev, "inserted")) { + virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s", + _("block_io_throttle inserted entry was not in expected format")); + } + return -1; } GET_THROTTLE_STATS("bps", total_bytes_sec); -- 2.47.1