Bug 1017196 - `service libvirt-guests status` may return 0 even if stopped
Summary: `service libvirt-guests status` may return 0 even if stopped
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: libvirt
Version: 6.4
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
high
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Jiri Denemark
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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Depends On: 1011981
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-10-09 12:25 UTC by Chris Pelland
Modified: 2018-12-04 16:00 UTC (History)
20 users (show)

Fixed In Version: libvirt-0.10.2-18.el6_4.15
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Whereas the status command of libvirt-guests init script returned "0" value when libvirt-guests service was stopped, LSB (Linux Standard Base) required a different value ("3") in such case. Consequently, other scripts relying on the return value could not distinguish whether the service was running or not. The libvirt-guests script has been fixed to conform with LSB and the "service libvirt-guests status" command now returns the correct value in the described scenario.
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Last Closed: 2013-11-13 10:29:04 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2013:1517 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE libvirt bug fix update 2013-11-13 15:27:29 UTC

Description Chris Pelland 2013-10-09 12:25:10 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #1011981 and has been proposed
to be backported to 6.4 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 7 Xuesong Zhang 2013-11-06 07:02:13 UTC 
Test with the latest libvirt 6.4.z build libvirt-0.10.2-18.el6_4.15.x86_64, the return value is always 3 now, so this bug is verified.

Steps:
1. prepare one running guest.
# virsh start a
Domain a started

2. start the libvirt-guests service
# service libvirt-guests start
[root@xuzhangtest1 ~]# service libvirt-guests status
started

3. stop the libvirt-guests service
# service libvirt-guests stop

Running guests on default URI: a

Suspending guests on default URI...
Suspending a: ...
Suspending a: done

4. check the libvirt-guests service status
# service libvirt-guests status
stopped, with saved guests
[root@xuzhangtest1 ~]# echo $?
3




5. start the libvirt-guests service again.
]# service libvirt-guests start

Resuming guests on default URI...
Resuming guest a: done
[root@xuzhangtest1 ~]# service libvirt-guests status
started

6. destroy the guest.
# virsh list --all
 Id    Name                           State
----------------------------------------------------
 -     a                              shut off
7. stop the libvirt-guests service
# service libvirt-guests stop

Running guests on default URI: no running guests.

8. check the libvirt-guests status
[root@xuzhangtest1 ~]# service libvirt-guests status
stopped, with no saved guests
[root@xuzhangtest1 ~]# echo $?
3
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2013-11-13 10:29:04 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1517.html
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