Re: [libvirt-users] Preloading shared library with libVirt

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 13:33:08 -0500, Probir Roy wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to preload two shared libraries while running Qemu using > libvirt. To preload the shared libraries I have added an environment > variable in the $domain.xml file with the following command: > > ``` > virt-xml generic --edit --confirm --qemu-commandline > 'env=LD_PRELOAD=/home/probir/Downloads/kpv_temp/temp/kvmTest/build_kvm/libperform.so:/home/probir/Downloads/kpv_temp/temp/kvmTest/dependencies/libmonitor/installDir/lib/libmonitor.so' > > ``` > However, while running the domain, I get the following message of failure > to preload the shared files in the log. > > ``` > 2019-07-17 17:35:22.939+0000: starting up libvirt version: 1.3.1, package: > 1ubuntu10.27 (Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers(a)ubuntu.com&gt; Tue, 02 Jul > 2019 09:22:37 -0400), qemu version: 2.5.0 (Debian 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.39), > hostname: probir-XPS-13-9343 > LC_ALL=C PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin > QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice > LD_PRELOAD=/home/probir/Downloads/kpv_temp/temp/kvmTest/build_kvm/libperform.so:/home/probir/Downloads/kpv_temp/temp/kvmTest/dependencies/libmonitor/installDir/lib/libmonitor.so > /usr/bin/kvm-spice -name generic -S -machine [...] > ERROR: ld.so: object > '/home/probir/Downloads/kpv_temp/temp/kvmTest/build_kvm/libperform.so' from > LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored. > ERROR: ld.so: object > '/home/probir/Downloads/kpv_temp/temp/kvmTest/dependencies/libmonitor/installDir/lib/libmonitor.so' > from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): > ignored. My rough guess would be that the process we forked off for qemu has security confinment applied (apparmor and unix permissions changed in case of ubuntu) and ld.so is thus unable to open the libraries you want it to preload.