libxl: Fix bug in libxl_cdrom_insert, make more robust against bad xenstore data

libxl_cdrom_insert was failing to initialize the backend type,
resulting in the wrong default backend.  The result was not only that
the CD was not inserted properly, but also that some improper xenstore
entries were created, causing further block commands to fail.

This patch fixes the bug by setting the disk backend type based on the
type of the existing device.

It also makes the system more robust by checking to see that it has
got a valid path before proceeding to write a partial xenstore entry.

Signed-off-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com>
Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Committed-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl.c b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
index 6c77556cd5..b411dd1a6f 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
@@ -2354,6 +2354,7 @@ int libxl_cdrom_insert(libxl_ctx *ctx, uint32_t domid, libxl_device_disk *disk,
 
     libxl__device device;
     const char * path;
+    char * tmp;
 
     flexarray_t *insert = NULL;
 
@@ -2384,8 +2385,11 @@ int libxl_cdrom_insert(libxl_ctx *ctx, uint32_t domid, libxl_device_disk *disk,
     disks = libxl_device_disk_list(ctx, domid, &num);
     for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
         if (disks[i].is_cdrom && !strcmp(disk->vdev, disks[i].vdev))
-            /* found */
+        {
+            /* Found.  Set backend type appropriately. */
+            disk->backend=disks[i].backend;
             break;
+        }
     }
     if (i == num) {
         LIBXL__LOG(ctx, LIBXL__LOG_ERROR, "Virtual device not found");
@@ -2411,6 +2415,17 @@ int libxl_cdrom_insert(libxl_ctx *ctx, uint32_t domid, libxl_device_disk *disk,
 
     path = libxl__device_backend_path(gc, &device);
 
+    /* Sanity check: make sure the backend exists before writing here */
+    tmp = libxl__xs_read(gc, XBT_NULL, libxl__sprintf(gc, "%s/frontend", path));
+    if (!tmp)
+    {
+        LIBXL__LOG(ctx, LIBXL__LOG_ERROR, "Internal error: %s does not exist",
+            libxl__sprintf(gc, "%s/frontend", path));
+        rc = ERROR_FAIL;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+
     insert = flexarray_make(gc, 4, 1);
 
     flexarray_append_pair(insert, "type",