[PATCH] qemu: validate: treat only real backing chains as NVRAM backingStore
qemuDomainInitializePflashStorageSource() always attaches a non-NULL src->backingStore used as an empty virStorageSource chain terminator (type VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NONE). qemuValidateDomainDefNvram() incorrectly interpreted every non-NULL backingStore as a genuine backing overlay and reported VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, so legitimate UEFI/NVRAM setups were rejected. Check virStorageSourceIsBacking(src->backingStore) instead of a plain pointer test so only a real backing node is rejected. Regression introduced in commit bca731d0f562f0842f56ec2206fdbd721a468f5b. Signed-off-by: Fima Shevrin <efim.shevrin@virtuozzo.com> --- src/qemu/qemu_validate.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c index 642244b62e..d8347d1964 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c @@ -740,7 +740,14 @@ qemuValidateDomainDefNvram(const virDomainDef *def, return -1; } - if (src->backingStore) { + /* qemuDomainInitializePflashStorageSource() always sets + * src->backingStore to a fresh empty virStorageSource as a + * chain terminator, so a plain `if (src->backingStore)` check + * is always true and rejects every UEFI/NVRAM domain after + * upstream commit that introduced the terminator. Use + * virStorageSourceIsBacking() (type != VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NONE) + * so we only reject genuine backing chains. */ + if (virStorageSourceIsBacking(src->backingStore)) { virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s", _("backingStore is not supported with NVRAM")); return -1; -- 2.47.1
On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 15:49:27 +0000, Efim Shevrin via Devel wrote:
qemuDomainInitializePflashStorageSource() always attaches a non-NULL src->backingStore used as an empty virStorageSource chain terminator (type VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NONE). qemuValidateDomainDefNvram() incorrectly interpreted every non-NULL backingStore as a genuine backing overlay and reported VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, so legitimate UEFI/NVRAM setups were rejected. Check virStorageSourceIsBacking(src->backingStore) instead of a plain pointer test so only a real backing node is rejected.
Regression introduced in commit bca731d0f562f0842f56ec2206fdbd721a468f5b.
Huh, this is a 4 year old commit, are you sure it's a regression at that point? Looking a bit further I've found my more recent commit d57630c282a which adds the terminator.
Signed-off-by: Fima Shevrin <efim.shevrin@virtuozzo.com> --- src/qemu/qemu_validate.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c index 642244b62e..d8347d1964 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c @@ -740,7 +740,14 @@ qemuValidateDomainDefNvram(const virDomainDef *def, return -1; }
- if (src->backingStore) { + /* qemuDomainInitializePflashStorageSource() always sets + * src->backingStore to a fresh empty virStorageSource as a + * chain terminator, so a plain `if (src->backingStore)` check + * is always true and rejects every UEFI/NVRAM domain after + * upstream commit that introduced the terminator. Use + * virStorageSourceIsBacking() (type != VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NONE) + * so we only reject genuine backing chains. */
IMO such an extensive commit is not needed. All code handling virStorageSource needs to do the same. I'll likely drop it before pushing.
+ if (virStorageSourceIsBacking(src->backingStore)) { virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s", _("backingStore is not supported with NVRAM")); return -1;
Reviewed-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com> on the code. I'll hold off for a bit to discuss the commit message.
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