Bug 1569666 - targetcli crashes when creating a block-based backstore
Summary: targetcli crashes when creating a block-based backstore
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: targetcli
Version: 28
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Andy Grover
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-04-19 18:01 UTC by Scott Mayhew
Modified: 2018-05-23 15:58 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: targetcli-2.1.fb48-4.fc28 targetcli-2.1.fb48-4.fc27
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Last Closed: 2018-05-23 15:38:42 UTC
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Description Scott Mayhew 2018-04-19 18:01:01 UTC
Description of problem:
targetcli crashes when creating a block-based backstore.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
targetcli-2.1.fb48-3.fc28.noarch

How reproducible:
easy

Steps to Reproduce:
/> cd backstores/block
/backstores/block> create block_backend1 /dev/sdb


Actual results:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/targetcli", line 122, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/targetcli", line 112, in main
    shell.run_interactive()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/shell.py", line 905, in run_interactive
    self._cli_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/shell.py", line 734, in _cli_loop
    self.run_cmdline(cmdline)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/shell.py", line 848, in run_cmdline
    self._execute_command(path, command, pparams, kparams)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/shell.py", line 823, in _execute_command
    result = target.execute_command(command, pparams, kparams)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/node.py", line 1406, in execute_command
    return method(*pparams, **kparams)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/targetcli/ui_backstore.py", line 561, in ui_command_create
    readonly = self._ui_block_ro_check(dev)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/targetcli/ui_backstore.py", line 539, in _ui_block_ro_check
    buf = array.array('c', [chr(0)] * 4)
ValueError: bad typecode (must be b, B, u, h, H, i, I, l, L, q, Q, f or d)


Expected results:

/backstores/block> create block_backend1 /dev/sdb
Created block storage object block_backend1 using /dev/sdb.

Additional info:

Fixed by
https://github.com/open-iscsi/targetcli-fb/commit/ed5ff9b9505e50b545e86dfbdd32077f0ddda0cb?diff=unified

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2018-05-08 18:27:28 UTC
targetcli-2.1.fb48-4.fc27 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 27. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-ec416ac4f1

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2018-05-08 18:27:35 UTC
targetcli-2.1.fb48-4.fc28 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 28. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-b8908dc20e

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2018-05-09 23:30:59 UTC
targetcli-2.1.fb48-4.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-ec416ac4f1

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2018-05-10 01:29:32 UTC
targetcli-2.1.fb48-4.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-b8908dc20e

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2018-05-23 15:38:42 UTC
targetcli-2.1.fb48-4.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2018-05-23 15:58:25 UTC
targetcli-2.1.fb48-4.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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